Free CompTIA Server+ Practice Test

A server administrator needs to install a new RAID controller that requires direct access to the system bus for maximum performance. Which slot type should the administrator use?

A technician discovers that a server's CPU temperature is consistently reaching 95°C under normal load. The server has been running for three years without maintenance. What is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

An organization is implementing hot-swappable drive capabilities in their new server infrastructure. Which of the following hardware features is REQUIRED to support this functionality?

A datacenter technician needs to add 256GB of additional memory to a server that currently has 128GB installed across four channels. The server supports quad-channel memory architecture. What is the BEST practice for installing the new memory to maintain optimal performance?

A system administrator is configuring a new Windows Server and needs to ensure that security updates are applied automatically while allowing the administrator to schedule feature updates manually. Which update configuration should be implemented?

An administrator needs to provide five different departments access to shared files on a server, with each department having access only to their own files. What is the MOST efficient approach to implement this requirement?

A company's web server experiences high traffic during business hours (8 AM - 6 PM) but minimal traffic at night. The administrator wants to optimize resource usage. Which approach would be MOST effective?

An administrator discovers that a critical service failed to start after a server reboot. The service is configured to start automatically. Which Windows tool should the administrator use FIRST to investigate why the service failed to start?

A server administrator needs to implement a backup solution that provides the fastest recovery time for a complete server failure. The organization has a limited backup window of 4 hours nightly. Which backup strategy should be implemented?

An organization uses virtualization with multiple VMs running on a single host. The administrator needs to ensure that one critical VM always has priority access to CPU resources during contention. What should be configured?

A server administrator must ensure that only authorized personnel can access the server room. Which physical security control provides the BEST combination of access logging and individual accountability?

During a security audit, an administrator discovers that several administrator accounts on a Windows Server have not been used in over six months. What is the BEST security practice to implement?

A company's disaster recovery plan requires a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 4 hours and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 1 hour. Which backup and recovery solution BEST meets these requirements?

An administrator needs to secure a server that will be accessible from the Internet. The server runs a web application on port 443 and requires remote administration. What is the MOST secure approach?

A datacenter experienced a power outage, and the UPS systems provided 15 minutes of runtime before servers began shutting down. Management wants to ensure 30 minutes of runtime for future outages. What should be implemented?

Users report that they cannot access a web application hosted on a server. The administrator can ping the server successfully but cannot access the web application from their workstation. What should the administrator check FIRST?

A server is experiencing intermittent crashes with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors. Memory diagnostics return no errors, and the hard drives pass all tests. The crashes occur randomly with different error codes. What is the MOST likely cause?

After applying operating system updates, a database server starts experiencing significantly slower query performance. CPU and memory utilization appear normal. What should the administrator investigate FIRST?

A file server is running out of disk space despite having a large capacity RAID array. The administrator notices that shadow copies are consuming significant space. What is the BEST immediate action to free up space while maintaining some backup capability?

Users report intermittent connectivity issues to a server that hosts multiple services. The administrator notices high packet loss when pinging the server's IP address, but the server itself shows no performance issues. Other servers on the same switch work fine. What is the MOST likely cause?