Question 1 10 Marks

1. Which of the role are associated with server administration?
   1. Hardware selection
   2. Server operating system selection
   3. Service installation
   4. All of the provided roles

1. Tom, a server administrator of the organization wants to install a low performance hardware with limited functionality for the time period. Which of the installation mode he might have selected?
   1. Full featured
   2. Minimum
   3. Custom
   4. None of the provided options

1. Tom as a service administrator wants to log system and service events (start time, stop time error etc.). Which of the software tools, he might have chosen?
   1. System management tools
   2. System monitoring and tuning tools
   3. Auditing tools
   4. Automation tools

1. Identify the top level domain (TLD) in the provided DNS: www. cloud.microsoft.com.
   1. www
   2. google
   3. com
   4. cloud

1. Which of the statement is not true regarding the server services?
   1. IP address can be assigned automatically using DHCP
   2. An IP address is a logical number that uniquely identifies computer on the TCP/IP network.
   3. There are two primary DNS zones
   4. DHCP does not provides host configuration details to all the connected hosts in the network automatically.

1. Which of the statement is not true in-terms of Active directory?
   1. Class - A logical grouping of objects such as computers, accounts, domain.
   2. Domain - Holds all network objects and information only about those objects it contains.
   3. Forest - A hierarchical grouping like a pyramid structure of one or more windows domain trees.
   4. Tree - A hierarchical grouping like a pyramid structure of one or more forest.

1. Identify the wrong statement.
   1. DAC is not the only access control mechanism used in Windows system.
   2. MAC is the only access control mechanism used in windows system.
   3. Discretionary Access Control model is less secure to mandatory access control model.
   4. DAC is the access control system followed in Unix based systems.

1. Server block storage relies on two key technologies: RAID and SAN. In which RAID technologies the data is stripped then mirrored?
   1. RAID 0+1
   2. RAID 1+0
   3. RAID 3
   4. RAID 5

1. Identify which is not a server block-level storage technology.
   1. Storage Area Network
   2. Network Attached Storage
   3. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
   4. Direct Attached Storage

1. Identify the wrong statement related to the server troubleshooting methodology.
   1. Defines procedures to perform at each step in the processes.
   2. Recommends best practices for documentations and procedural actions.
   3. Facilitates a systematic approach to solving a problem.
   4. There is a single troubleshooting methodology.

Question 2 5 Marks

Identify the system management tools that may be used in Windows Server 2016 for below services to

1. Local user management vs. network user management
2. Measure the I/O and network performance
3. Analyze logs, events to create various types of reports
4. Automate tasks such as backups and domain user/group synchronization.
5. User management tools

Question 3 5 Marks

RAID is a storage virtualization technology for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement or both. Answer the following questions with your understanding on RAID.

1. Compare RAID 1 0 and RAID 0 1.
2. The parity information storage principle is slightly different in RAID 3 4 and 5. Justify

Question 4 5 Marks

Domain name system and dynamic host configuration protocol are two important services during server administration.

1. Identify root domain, top level domain and subdomain the following domain name : support.microsoft.com
2. Why do you think dynamic host configuration protocol are essential in planning and implementing server deployment?