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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
8
Section 2: Administration
13
Section 3: Security
17
Section 4: Troubleshooting
25
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Questions

  1. What assurance or security condition indicates that files have not changed through the actions of an unauthorized user or program?
    1. Confidentiality
    2. Availability
    3. Dependability
    4. Integrity
  1. An attacker is able to modify the permissions of the user account he or she is using to provide access to resources with a higher level of permissions and rights. Of what is this an example?
    1. Horizontal privilege escalation
    2. Vertical privilege escalation
    3. Principle of least privilege
    4. Account spoofing
  1. You attempt to open a Windows application, but a message displays saying that the application will not load. Which of the following could possibly be the issue?
    1. Windows Update service isn't running
    2. The ownership of the application is incorrect
    3. Malware may have deleted or renamed the application
    4. The hard disk location of the application is corrupted
    5. All of the above
    6. None of the...