CompTIA exam questions
The RAID controller on a server failed and was replaced with a different brand. Which of the following will be needed after the server has been rebuilt and joined to the domain?
A. Vendor documentation
B. Recent backups
C. Physical IP address
D. Physical network diagram
A user is running a RAID 0 array and has problems with one of the drives. Which of the following actions will the technician take NEXT?
A. Replace the failing drive and let the RAID recover.
B. Add an additional drive to the array and let the RAID recover.
C. Replace the drive; all the data is lost and cannot be recovered.
D. Remap the RAID array to another drive letter to recover the data.
When walking past a server with a RAID 5 array, a technician hears a loud clicking noise. Which of the following could MOST likely occur?
A. BSOD
B. OS not found on boot
C. Hard drive failure
D. RAID array failure
A technician is called in to troubleshoot a four disk RAID 10 array on a high end Windows 7 Enterprise workstation. One drive has failed. Which of the following should the technician do to fix the problem?
A. Reseat the drive and verify the RAID array is healthy
B. Replace the failed drive and verify the RAID is healthy.
C. Replace the failed drive and restore the data.
D. Add a fifth drive and make it a spare.
A technician is working on a PC that utilizes a RAID array for operation. The user of the system has reported that random files are becoming corrupted on creation with no pattern to the activity. One drive in the array is likely failing and causing the read/write failures. Which of the following types of RAID is MOST likely in use?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10
A user is running a RAID 0 array and has problems with one of the drives. Which of the following actions will the technician take NEXT?
A. Replace the failing drive and let the RAID recover.
B. Add an additional drive to the array and let the RAID recover.
C. Replace the drive; all the data is lost and cannot be recovered.
D. Remap the RAID array to another drive letter to recover the data.
A loud clicking noise in a RAID array indicates which of the following is MOST likely failing?
A. Hard drive
B. Power supply
C. Audio adapter
D. RAID controller
Jane, the network administrator, is notified that the server is responding very slowly. Upon entering the server room, she notices one of the drives in a RAID1 array has failed. Which of the following would BEST restore full functionality of the server while preserving redundancy?
A. Use Disk Management to remove the RAID array and use the drive standalone.
B. Use the RAID configuration tool to remove the RAID array and use the drive standalone.
C. Remove the failed drive in device manager and continue operating.
D. Replace the drive with a new drive and repair the RAID.
Peter, a technician, recently built a new gaming PC for Jane, a customer, with two hard drives configured in RAID 0. Jane calls and states she was playing a game online and the computer shut off. Now the computer will not boot. Which of the following is a cost effective way to correct the issue?
A. Remove both drives from the RAID array
B. Reformat both drives and reload windows
C. Replace both of the drives and load windows
D. Replace one of the drives and rebuild the array
A customer requests a technician to build a Home Server PC with a RAID array. The customer will be using a NAS as a backup system. Which of the following RAID configuration with SATA hard drives would provide the BEST performance?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10