CompTIA SK0-005 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: SK0-005
- Exam Name: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam
- Certification Provider: CompTIA
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
A datacenter technician is attempting to troubleshoot a server that keeps crashing. The server runs normally for approximately five minutes, but then it crashes. After restoring the server to operation, the same cycle repeats. The technician confirms none of the configurations have changed, and the load on the server is steady from power-on until the crash.
Which of the following will MOST likely resolve the issue?
- A . Reseating any expansion cards in the server
- B . Replacing the failing hard drive
- C . Reinstalling the heat sink with new thermal paste
- D . Restoring the server from the latest full backup
A datacenter technician is attempting to troubleshoot a server that keeps crashing. The server runs normally for approximately five minutes, but then it crashes. After restoring the server to operation, the same cycle repeats. The technician confirms none of the configurations have changed, and the load on the server is steady from power-on until the crash.
Which of the following will MOST likely resolve the issue?
- A . Reseating any expansion cards in the server
- B . Replacing the failing hard drive
- C . Reinstalling the heat sink with new thermal paste
- D . Restoring the server from the latest full backup
Users at a company work with highly sensitive data. The security department implemented an administrative and technical control to enforce least-privilege access assigned to files. However, the security department has discovered unauthorized data exfiltration.
Which of the following is the BEST way to protect the data from leaking?
- A . Utilize privacy screens.
- B . Implement disk quotas.
- C . Install a DLP solution.
- D . Enforce the lock-screen feature.
Which of the following steps in the troubleshooting theory should be performed after a solution has been implemented? (Choose two.)
- A . Perform a root cause analysis
- B . Develop a plan of action
- C . Document the findings
- D . Escalate the issue
- E . Scope the issue
- F . Notify the users
A systems administrator is setting up a server on a LAN that uses an address space that follows the RFC 1918 standard.
Which of the following IP addresses should the administrator use to be in compliance with the standard?
- A . 11.251.196.241
- B . 171.245.198.241
- C . 172.16.19.241
- D . 193.168.145.241
An administrator is configuring a server to communicate with a new storage array. To do so, the administrator enters the WWPN of the new array in the server’s storage configuration.
Which of the following technologies is the new connection using?
- A . iSCSI
- B . eSATA
- C . NFS
- D . FcoE
A security analyst suspects a remote server is running vulnerable network applications. The analyst does not have administrative credentials for the server.
Which of the following would MOST likely help the analyst determine if the applications are running?
- A . User account control
- B . Anti-malware
- C . A sniffer
- D . A port scanner
A server administrator has noticed that the storage utilization on a file server is growing faster than planned. The administrator wants to ensure that, in the future, there is a more direct relationship between the number of users using the server and the amount of space that might be used.
Which of the following would BEST enable this correlation?
- A . Partitioning
- B . Deduplication
- C . Disk quotas
- D . Compression
A technician is connecting a Linux server to a share on a NAS.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate native protocol to use for this task?
- A . CIFS
- B . FTP
- C . SFTP
- D . NFS
Which of the following server types would benefit MOST from the use of a load balancer?
- A . DNS server
- B . File server
- C . DHCP server
- D . Web server