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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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Questions

  1. Which of the following is not a phase of a change control process?
    1. Approval
    2. Immediate application
    3. Implement
    4. Purpose
    5. Scope
    6. Test
  1. One difference between a change management program and a patch management program is as follows:
    1. Patch management should be a priority
    2. Patches should use the same change management process as major OS updates
    3. Patch management requires no testing
    4. A software patch only affects the user interface
  1. What type of software provides for scheduled device checks, including checks against preset thresholds, hard disk utilization, disk IOPS, and other system health metrics on a server?
    1. Asset management systems
    2. SNMP-MIBs
    3. Server monitors
    4. Packet sniffers
  1. What is the significance of the IOPS metric?
    1. It is an estimate of the maximum channel/bus bandwidth
    2. It represents the maximum number of reads and writes (input/output operations) to and from...