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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)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: System Architecture
8
Section 2: Administration
13
Section 3: Security
17
Section 4: Troubleshooting
25
Glossary
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B
C
D
E
F
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J
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Questions

  1. Which of the following best describes an IPv4 address?
    1. Classless
    2. Five classes of 32-bits in four octets
    3. 128-bits in eight sections of 16 bits
    4. The network identifier has a fixed size
  1. Which IPv4 address class uses 16 bits to identify the network portion of an address?
    1. Class A
    2. Class B
    3. Class C
    4. Class D
    5. IPv4 is classless
  1. Which network service provides an alias public address to internal network nodes with private LAN addresses?
    1. DHCP
    2. DNS
    3. WINS
    4. NAT
  1. In the subnet shown in the following diagram, the red dotted line encompasses which of the following?
    1. Broadcast domain
    2. IPv4
    3. Collision domain
    4. IPv6
  1. Wire-based Ethernet networks use which technology to manage message collisions?
    1. CSMA/CA
    2. TCP/IP
    3. CSMA/CD
    4. NAT
  2. Which of the following is likely to be the broadcast address for a subnet?
    1. 10.0.0.0
    2. 192.168.32.10
    3. 201.255.255.255
    4. 168.92.15.0
  1. Which of the following is...