A systems administrator is setting up a server farm for a new company. The company has a public range of IP addresses and uses the addresses internally. Which of the following IP addresses best fits this scenario?

A. 10.3.7.27

B. 127.0.0.1

C. 192.168.7.1

D. 216.176.128.10

An IT administrator is configuring ten new desktops without an operating system. The infrastructure contains an imaging server and operating system loaded on a USB, a DVD, and an SD card. Which of the following options would minimize the amount of time the administrator needs to load the operating system on every machine?

A. SD card

B. Optical

C. Network

D. USB

Which of the following is a benefit of failover NIC teaming?

A. Decreased latency

B. Increased transmission size

C. Increased system resources

D. Increased fault tolerance

A server administrator is currently working on an incident. Which of the following steps should the administrator perform before resolving the issue?

A. Inform the impacted users.

B. Make the changes to the system.

C. Determine the probable causes.

D. Identify changes to the server.

A web server that is being deployed in the perimeter network needs to be shielded from malicious traffic. Which of the following could help identify these threats?

A. Applying OS updates

B. Disabling unused services

C. Implementing HIDS

D. Installing anti-malware

A server administrator implemented a new backup solution and needs to configure backup methods for remote sites. These remote sites have low bandwidth and backups must not interfere with the network during normal business hours. Which of the following methods can be used to meet these requirements? (Select two).

A. Open file

B. Archive

C. Cloud

D. Snapshot

E. Differential

F. Synthetic full

An administrator is setting up a new server and has been asked to install an operating system that does not have a GUI because the server has limited resources. Which of the following installation options should the administrator use?

A. Bare metal

B. Headless

C. Virtualized

D. Slipstreamed

A new company policy requires that any data loss in excess of one hour is unacceptable in the event of a disaster. Which of the following concepts is being referred to in this policy?

A. MTTR

B. RTO

C. RPO

D. MTBF

A new 40GB NIC has just been installed in a server but is not detected within the Windows server OS. Which of the following would most likely fix the issue?

A. Update the firmware on the NIC.

B. Update the server OS.

C. Update the remote management console.

D. Update the switch firmware.

The management team has requested that new software licenses be purchased out of the capital budget as one-time, non-renewing expenses this year. Which of the following types of software licenses would most likely be used to meet this request?

A. Open-source

B. Subscription

C. Volume

D. Perpetual

A server is only able to connect to a gigabit switch at 100Mb. Other devices are able to access the network port at full gigabit speeds, and when the server is brought to another location, it is able to connect at full gigabit speed. Which of the following should an administrator check first?

A. The switch management

B. The VLAN configuration

C. The network cable

D. The network drivers

A bad actor leaves a USB drive with malicious code on it in a company's parking lot. Which of the following describes this scenario?

A. Hacking

B. Insider threat

C. Phishing

D. Social engineering