What is the purpose of a host-based firewall on a server?

To control incoming and outgoing network traffic on that server

To protect the entire network from external attacks

To encrypt data stored on the server

What is the primary purpose of deploying antivirus software on a server?

To monitor network traffic for intrusions

To detect and remove malicious software

To encrypt sensitive data on the server

A server administrator is managing a Windows server that runs a critical legacy application. The application is known to be incompatible with the latest antivirus definitions, causing it to crash. The security baseline requires antivirus protection on all servers. What should the administrator do?

Update the antivirus definitions to the latest version and hope the issue is resolved.

Disable the antivirus software entirely to ensure the application runs correctly.

Exclude the legacy application's executable and data directories from real-time scanning.

Move the legacy application to a different server that does not have antivirus installed.

What is a security baseline for a server?

A record of all security incidents

A standard set of security settings applied to servers

A list of all users on the server

A server administrator is performing a security audit on a Linux server. The administrator runs `systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running` and sees that the `cups` service is running. The server is a dedicated database server and does not need printing capabilities. What should the administrator do?

Change the `cups` service to listen on a non-standard port.

Disable the `cups` service and ensure it does not start on boot.

Configure the host firewall to block traffic to the `cups` service.

Leave the `cups` service running because it is a standard Linux service.

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Server Hardening SK0-005 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Security and disaster recovery domain, which accounts for 24% of the SK0-005 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~8–14 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 29 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What is the purpose of a host-based firewall on a server?
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8application · medium
A server administrator is managing a Windows server that runs a critical legacy application. The application is known to be incompatible with the latest antivirus definitions, causing it to crash. The security baseline requires antivirus protection on all servers. What should the administrator do?
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What is a security baseline for a server?
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A server administrator is performing a security audit on a Linux server. The administrator runs `systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running` and sees that the `cups` service is running. The server is a dedicated database server and does not need printing capabilities. What should the administrator do?
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