EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following access control methodologies can be described BEST as allowing a user the least access based on the jobs the user needs to perform?

Question2: A server administrator needs to check remotely for unnecessary running services across 12 servers. Which of the following tools should the administrator use?

Question3: A server administrator wants to ensure a storage array can survive the failure of two drives without the loss of dat a. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?

Question4: Which of the following is an example of load balancing?

Question5: Which of the following is typical of software licensing in the cloud?

Question6: Which of the following BEST describes a guarantee of the amount of time it will take to restore a downed service?

Question7: A storage administrator is investigating an issue with a failed hard drive. A technician replaced the drive in the storage array; however, there is still an issue with the logical volume. Which of the following best describes the NEXT step that should be completed to restore the volume?

Question8: An administrator is troubleshooting a RAID issue in a failed server. The server reported a drive failure, and then it crashed and would no longer boot. There are two arrays on the failed server: a two-drive RAIO 0 set tor the OS, and an eight-drive RAID 10 set for dat a. Which of the following failure scenarios MOST likely occurred?

Question9: An administrator is investigating a physical server mat will not Boot into the OS. The server has three hard drives configured in a RAID 5 array. The server passes POST, out the OS does not load. The administrator verities the CPU and RAM are Doth seated correctly and checks the dual power supplies. The administrator then verifies all the BIOS settings are correct and connects a bootable USB drive in the server, and the OS loads correctly. Which of the following is causing the issue?

Question10: A server administrator is deploying a new server that has two hard drives on which to install the OS. Which of the following RAID configurations should be used to provide redundancy for the OS?

Question11: A technician needs to deploy an operating system that would optimize server resources. Which of the following server installation methods would BEST meet this requirement?

Question12: Users ate experiencing issues when trying to access resources on multiple servers. The servers are virtual and run on an ESX server. A systems administrator is investigating but is unable to connect to any of the virtual servers. When the administrator connects to the host, a purple screen with while letters appears. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the administrator perform FIRST?

Question13: A systems administrator has noticed performance degradation on a company file server, and one of the disks on it has a solid amber light. The administrator logs on to the disk utility and sees the array is rebuilding. Which of the following should the administrator do NEXT once the rebuild is finished?

Question14: Which of the following BEST measures now much downtime an organization can tolerate Curing an unplanned outage?

Question15: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate scripting language to use for a logon script for a Linux box?

Question16: Which of the following cloud models is BEST described as running workloads on resources that are owned by the company and hosted in a company-owned data center, as well as on rented servers in another company's data center?

Question17: A systems administrator is investigating a server with a RAID array that will not boot into the OS. The administrator notices all the hard drives are reporting to be offline. The administrator checks the RAID controller and verifies the configuration is correct. The administrator then replaces one of the drives with a known-good drive, but it appears to be unavailable as well. Next, the administrator takes a drive out of the server and places it in a spare server, and the drive is available and functional. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question18: A server technician is installing a new server OS on legacy server hardware. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to ensure the OS will work as intended?

Question19: A technician is checking a server rack. Upon entering the room, the technician notices the tans on a particular server in the rack are running at high speeds. This is the only server in the rack that is experiencing this behavior. The ambient temperature in the room appears to be normal. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the fans in that server are operating at full speed?

Question20: Due to a recent application migration, a company's current storage solution does not meet the necessary requirements tor hosting data without impacting performance when the data is accessed in real time by multiple users. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this Issue?

Question21: An organization implements split encryption keys for sensitive files. Which of the following types of risks does this mitigate?

Question22: Which of the following BEST describes the concept of right to downgrade?

Question23: Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS installation?

Question24: A system administrator has been alerted to a zero-day vulnerability that is impacting a service enabled on a server OS. Which of the following would work BEST to limit an attacker from exploiting this vulnerability?

Question25: Which of the following backup types only records changes to the data blocks on a virtual machine?

Question26: A technician needs to install a Type 1 hypervisor on a server. The server has SD card slots, a SAS controller, and a SATA controller, and it is attached to a NAS. On which of the following drive types should the technician install the hypervisor?

Question27: A server administrator needs to configure a server on a network that will have no more than 30 available IP addresses. Which of the following subnet addresses will be the MOST efficient for this network?

Question28: Which of the following can be BEST described as the amount of time a company can afford to be down during recovery from an outage?

Question29: A user logs in to a Linux server and attempts to run the following command:
sudo emacs /root/file
However the user gets the following message:
User userid is not allowed to execute Temacs' on this server. Which of the following would BEST allow the user to find out which commands can be used?

Question30: A server administrator was asked to build a storage array with the highest possible capacity. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?

Question31: A technician is deploying a single server to monitor and record me security cameras at a remote site, which of the following architecture types should be used to minimize cost?

Question32: Which of the following licenses would MOST likely include vendor assistance?

Question33: A company has implemented a requirement to encrypt all the hard drives on its servers as part of a data loss prevention strategy. Which of the following should the company also perform as a data loss prevention method?

Question34: Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?

Question35: An administrator is investigating several unexpected documents and video files that recently appeared in a network share. The administrator checks the properties of the files and sees the author's name on the documents is not a company employee. The administrator questions the other users, but no one knows anything about the files. The administrator then checks the log files and discovers the FTP protocol was used to copy the files to the server. Which of the following needs to be done to prevent this from happening again?

Question36: A server room contains ten physical servers that are running applications and a cluster of three dedicated hypervisors. The hypervisors are new and only have 10% utilization. The Chief Financial Officer has asked that the IT department do what it can to cut back on power consumption and maintenance costs in the data center. Which of the following would address the request with minimal server downtime?

Question37: A server administrator needs to keep a copy of an important fileshare that can be used to restore the share as quickly as possible. Which of the following is the BEST solution?

Question38: A server technician is installing a Windows server OS on a physical server. The specifications for the installation call for a 4TB data volume. To ensure the partition is available to the OS, the technician must verify the:

Question39: An administrator is configuring a server that will host a high-performance financial application. Which of the following disk types will serve this purpose?

Question40: Which of the following tools will analyze network logs in real time to report on suspicious log events?

Question41: A technician runs top on a dual-core server and notes the following conditions:
top -- 14:32:27, 364 days, 14 users load average 60.5 12.4 13.6
Which of the following actions should the administrator take?

Question42: Which of me following should be placed at the top of a Bash script to ensure it can be executed?

Question43: A company stores extremely sensitive data on an alt-gapped system. Which of the following can Be Implemented to increase security against a potential insider threat?

Question44: A data center employee shows a driver's license to enter the facility Once the employee enters, the door immediately doses and locks, triggering a scale that then weighs the employee before granting access to another locked door. This is an example of.

Question45: Which of the following will correctly map a script to a home directory for a user based on username?

Question46: A server technician is configuring the IP address on a newly installed server. The documented configuration specifies using an IP address of 10.20.10.15 and a default gateway of 10.20.10.254. Which of the following subnet masks would be appropriate for this setup?

Question47: A systems administrator is preparing to install two servers in a single rack. The administrator is concerned that having both servers in one rack will increase the chance of power issues due to the increased load. Which of the following should the administrator implement FIRST to address the issue?

Question48: A server administrator encounters some issues with the server OS after applying monthly patches. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the administrator perform?

Question49: The management team has mandated the encryption of all server administration traffic. Which of the following should MOST likely be implemented?

Question50: A server administrator is configuring a new server that will hold large amounts of information. The server will need to be accessed by multiple users at the same time. Which of the following server roles will the administrator MOST likely need to install?

Question51: A server administrator has configured a web server. Which of the following does the administrator need to install to make the website trusted?

Question52: Which of the following relates to how much data loss a company agrees to tolerate in the event of a disaster?

Question53: Which of the following BEST describes overprovisioning in a virtual server environment?

Question54: Which of the following policies would be BEST to deter a brute-force login attack?

Question55: Which of the following is the MOST secure method to access servers located in remote branch offices?

Question56: Which of the following is a system that scans outgoing email for account numbers, sensitive phrases, and other forms of Pll?

Question57: Winch of the following is a type of replication in which all files are replicated, all the time?

Question58: Which of the following testing exercises for disaster recovery is primarily used to discuss incident response strategies for critical systems without affecting production data?

Question59: A technician is attempting to log in to a Linux server as root but cannot remember the administrator password. Which of the following is the LEAST destructive method of resetting the administrator password?

Question60: Which of the following would be BEST to help protect an organization against social engineering?

Question61: A technician wants to limit disk usage on a server. Which of the following should the technician implement?

Question62: A server room with many racks of servers is managed remotely with occasional on-site support. Which of the following would be the MOST cost-effective option to administer and troubleshoot network problems locally on the servers?

Question63: A security analyst suspects a remote server is running vulnerable network applications. The analyst does not have administrative credentials for the server. Which of the following would MOST likely help the analyst determine if the applications are running?

Question64: Which of the following must a server administrator do to ensure data on the SAN is not compromised if it is leaked?

Question65: A server administrator has noticed that the storage utilization on a file server is growing faster than planned. The administrator wants to ensure that, in the future, there is a more direct relationship between the number of users using the server and the amount of space that might be used. Which of the following would BEST enable this correlation?

Question66: A server administrator is installing a new server that uses 40G0 network connectivity. The administrator needs to find the proper cables to connect the server to the switch. Which of the following connectors should the administrator use?

Question67: A technician has several possible solutions to a reported server issue. Which of the following BEST represents how the technician should proceed with troubleshooting?

Question68: A senior administrator instructs a technician to run the following script on a Linux server:
for i in {1..65536); do echo Si; telnet localhost $i; done
The script mostly returns the following message: Connection refused. However, there are several entries in the console display that look like this:
80
Connected to localhost
443
Connected to localhost
Which of the following actions should the technician perform NEXT?

Question69: A server technician installs a new NIC on a server and configures the NIC for IP connectivity. The technician then tests the connection using the ping command. Given the following partial output of the ping and ipconfig commands:

Which of the following caused the issue?

Question70: A technician is setting up a small office that consists of five Windows 10 computers. The technician has been asked to use a simple IP configuration without manually adding any IP addresses. Which of the following will the technician MOST likely use for the IP address assignment?

Question71: A systems administrator is setting up a server on a LAN that uses an address space that follows the RFC 1918 standard. Which of the following IP addresses should the administrator use to be in compliance with the standard?

Question72: Ann, an administrator, is configuring a two-node cluster that will be deployed. To check the cluster's functionality, she shuts down the active node. Cluster behavior is as expected, and the passive node is now active. Ann powers on the server again and wants to return to the original configuration. Which of the following cluster features will allow Ann to complete this task?

Question73: A technician is attempting to reboot a remote physical Linux server. However, attempts to command a shutdown -----now result in the loss of the SSH connection. The server still responds to pings. Which of the following should the technician use to command a remote shutdown?

Question74: A snapshot is a feature that can be used in hypervisors to:

Question75: A backup application is copying only changed files each line it runs. During a restore, however, only a single file is used. Which of the following backup methods does this describe?

Question76: A company wants to deploy software to all users, Out very few of men will be using the software at any one point in time. Which of the following licensing models would be BEST lot the company?

Question77: A server administrator is completing an OS installation for a new server. The administrator patches the server with the latest vendor-suggested software, configures DHCP, and verifies all network cables are properly connected in the IDF, but there is no network connectivity. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the lack of connectivity?

Question78: A server administrator was asked to build a storage array with the highest possible capacity. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?

Question79: A company is building a new datacenter next to a busy parking lot. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to ensure wayward vehicle traffic does not interfere with datacenter operations?

Question80: A server is reporting a hard drive S.M.A.R.T. error. When a technician checks on the drive, however, it appears that all drives in the server are functioning normally. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?

Question81: A server administrator must respond to tickets within a certain amount of time. The server administrator needs to adhere to the:

Question82: A server administrator is setting up a new payroll application. Compliance regulations require that all financial systems logs be stored in a central location. Which of the following should the administrator configure to ensure this requirement is met?

Question83: An administrator is installing a new file server that has four drive bays available. Which of the following RAID types would provide the MOST storage as well as disk redundancy?

Question84: Which of me following is the BEST action to perform before applying patches to one of the hosts in a high availability cluster?

Question85: Which of the following would MOST likely be part of the user authentication process when implementing SAML across multiple applications?

Question86: An administrator needs to perform bare-metal maintenance on a server in a remote datacenter. Which of the following should the administrator use to access the server's console?