COMPTIA SERVER+ / PART III EXAM 2024
In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to
implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as
compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement? -
Answer Bare metal
A technician needs to install an operating system patch on a virtual server. Which of the following
backup types should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to
be restored the FASTEST? - Answer Snapshot
An administrator needs to perform a backup of all servers for an upcoming disaster recovery exercise at
a company cold site. Which of the following types of backup should be performed? - Answer Full
A company has hired a consultant to review the production storage infrastructure and provide
suggestions on improving performance. The consultant has identified a bottleneck in the production
switching fabric and successfully tested the solution in a lab environment. Which of the following should
the consultant perform NEXT, according to best practices? - Answer Establish a plan of action to
implement the solution in production.
Which of the following involves finding and correcting the MOST important reason for performance
issues? - Answer Root cause analysis
A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server powers up but
attempts to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem? -
Answer Incorrect media type
A technician is asked to troubleshoot a server that constantly reboots. There are no error messages
displayed on the server. Which of the following should the technician check? - Answer Cooling failure
A technician receives an error message when trying to boot the server stating the operating system was
not found. Change management logs indicate a new hard drive backplane was installed in the server last
, night. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST when troubleshooting the issue? - Answer
Check system board cables
A database server stops responding to requests, and the administrator suspects that the server is
experiencing memory faults during heavy network traffic and database access. Which of the following is
the FIRST troubleshooting step? - Answer Check the application logs.
A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on the /dev/sda
partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the administrator run to view
available disk space on the partition? - Answer df
A system administrator notices that a server is consistently getting slower and less responsive the longer
it has been since the last reboot. Once the server is rebooted, the system performs at the expected
baseline, but starts slowing down again until the system is unresponsive. Which of the following is the
MOST likely cause of this problem? - Answer Service/application memory leak
Users on a network segment report that they are unable to connect to a newly installed file server. The
file server IP address settings are as follows:
IP address: 10.0.10.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 10.10.10.1
Which of the following changes should the server administrator make? - Answer Change the IP address
on the server to 10.10.10.254.
In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to
implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as
compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement? -
Answer Bare metal
A technician needs to install an operating system patch on a virtual server. Which of the following
backup types should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to
be restored the FASTEST? - Answer Snapshot
An administrator needs to perform a backup of all servers for an upcoming disaster recovery exercise at
a company cold site. Which of the following types of backup should be performed? - Answer Full
A company has hired a consultant to review the production storage infrastructure and provide
suggestions on improving performance. The consultant has identified a bottleneck in the production
switching fabric and successfully tested the solution in a lab environment. Which of the following should
the consultant perform NEXT, according to best practices? - Answer Establish a plan of action to
implement the solution in production.
Which of the following involves finding and correcting the MOST important reason for performance
issues? - Answer Root cause analysis
A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server powers up but
attempts to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem? -
Answer Incorrect media type
A technician is asked to troubleshoot a server that constantly reboots. There are no error messages
displayed on the server. Which of the following should the technician check? - Answer Cooling failure
A technician receives an error message when trying to boot the server stating the operating system was
not found. Change management logs indicate a new hard drive backplane was installed in the server last
, night. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST when troubleshooting the issue? - Answer
Check system board cables
A database server stops responding to requests, and the administrator suspects that the server is
experiencing memory faults during heavy network traffic and database access. Which of the following is
the FIRST troubleshooting step? - Answer Check the application logs.
A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on the /dev/sda
partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the administrator run to view
available disk space on the partition? - Answer df
A system administrator notices that a server is consistently getting slower and less responsive the longer
it has been since the last reboot. Once the server is rebooted, the system performs at the expected
baseline, but starts slowing down again until the system is unresponsive. Which of the following is the
MOST likely cause of this problem? - Answer Service/application memory leak
Users on a network segment report that they are unable to connect to a newly installed file server. The
file server IP address settings are as follows:
IP address: 10.0.10.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 10.10.10.1
Which of the following changes should the server administrator make? - Answer Change the IP address
on the server to 10.10.10.254.
