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CompTIA Server+
Server hardware and administration: racking, power, RAID and shared storage, out-of-band management, operating system installation, network services, high availability and virtualization, scripting and licensing, data and physical security, hardening, backups and disaster recovery, and a structured method for troubleshooting hardware, storage, software, network and security faults.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Server Hardware Installation and Management | 18% |
| Server Administration | 30% |
| Security and Disaster Recovery | 24% |
| Troubleshooting | 28% |
Two sample questions
1. Racks are arranged so that server intakes face each other across one row and exhausts face each other across the next. What is this design called?
- Front-to-back stacking
- Raised-floor plenum design
- Top-of-rack cooling
- Hot aisle/cold aisle — correct
Why: Hot aisle/cold aisle layouts keep intake air and exhaust air in separate rows for efficient cooling.
2. A security guard checks IDs at the data centre entrance. What type of control is this?
- A physical, preventive and deterrent control — correct
- A technical detective control on the network
- An administrative policy control on access
- A logical preventive control on the server
Why: Guards are physical controls that deter and prevent unauthorised entry.
The real SK0-005 exam
| Length | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | Maximum of 90 (multiple-choice and performance-based) |
| Pass mark | 750 on a scale of 100 to 900 |
| Price | Purchased per attempt through Pearson VUE |
| Recommended before you sit it | None enforced. CompTIA recommends A+ or equivalent knowledge and two years of hands-on experience in a server environment. |
| Valid for | 3 years, renewable through continuing education |
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