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10 free, exam-style Server Plus (Server Plus) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free Server Plus practice test to study every exam domain.

These 10 free Server Plus questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Server Plus blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Server Hardware Installation and Management 18% of exam

Question 1

An administrator is building a RAID 5 array using five 4 TB drives. What is the total usable storage capacity of this array?

  1. 8 TB
  2. 12 TB
  3. 16 TB
  4. 20 TB
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Correct answer: C - 16 TB

Question 2

A virtualization administrator needs to provide shared block-level storage for VMware ESXi hosts using existing Ethernet infrastructure. Which storage protocol should be deployed?

  1. NFS
  2. CIFS
  3. FTP
  4. iSCSI
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Correct answer: D - iSCSI

Domain 2: Server Administration 30% of exam

Question 3

An administrator needs to segment management traffic from production traffic on a single physical network switch. Which technology should be configured?

  1. NIC teaming
  2. NAT
  3. Link aggregation
  4. VLAN
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Correct answer: D - VLAN

Question 4

Two servers are configured so that both actively handle client requests simultaneously. If one server fails, the remaining server absorbs the full workload without interruption. Which clustering configuration is this?

  1. Round-robin load balancing
  2. Active-passive clustering
  3. Active-active clustering
  4. NIC teaming with failover
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Correct answer: C - Active-active clustering

Domain 3: Security and Disaster Recovery 24% of exam

Question 5

A company needs to securely dispose of decommissioned servers that contain only solid-state drives (SSDs). Which data destruction method will NOT be effective for these drives?

  1. Degaussing
  2. Shredding
  3. Cryptographic erasure
  4. Crushing
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Correct answer: A - Degaussing

Question 6

An administrator configures a backup strategy using a full backup every Sunday and incremental backups Monday through Saturday. A failure occurs on Thursday morning. Which backup media are required to perform a complete restore?

  1. Sunday's full and Wednesday's incremental only
  2. Sunday's full and Monday's through Wednesday's incrementals
  3. The most recent full and the most recent differential
  4. Sunday's full only
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Correct answer: B - Sunday's full and Monday's through Wednesday's incrementals

Question 7

A user logs into a server by entering a password and then tapping a hardware token. How many authentication factors are being used?

  1. One
  2. Three
  3. Two
  4. Four
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Correct answer: C - Two

Domain 4: Troubleshooting 28% of exam

Question 8

A server administrator has confirmed that a theory of probable cause is correct. According to the CompTIA troubleshooting methodology, which step should be performed NEXT?

  1. Implement the solution or escalate
  2. Verify full system functionality
  3. Document findings, actions, and outcomes
  4. Establish a plan of action to resolve the problem
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Correct answer: D - Establish a plan of action to resolve the problem

Question 9

A server running Windows is unable to authenticate domain users. Investigation reveals the server's clock is 8 minutes ahead of the domain controller. What is the MOST likely cause of the authentication failure?

  1. The DNS server address is misconfigured on the server
  2. Kerberos has rejected the tickets due to clock skew
  3. The server's machine account password has expired
  4. The domain controller is not replicating properly
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Correct answer: B - Kerberos has rejected the tickets due to clock skew

Question 10

After replacing a failed drive in a RAID 5 array, the server's overall disk performance degrades significantly for several hours. What is the MOST likely cause?

  1. The array is rebuilding and recalculating parity data
  2. The replacement drive has a firmware incompatibility
  3. The RAID controller cache battery has failed
  4. The new drive is a different interface type than the originals
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Correct answer: A - The array is rebuilding and recalculating parity data

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