Maintain Server Security POWEREDGE-OPERATE-V2 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a widely recognized set of security configuration guidelines for servers?

   • ACIS Benchmarks
   • BITIL
   • CISO 9001
   • DTOGAF
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which practice is most effective in preventing unauthorized access through compromised user credentials on a Dell PowerEdge server?

   • ASetting passwords to never expire
   • BImplementing multi-factor authentication (MFA)
   • CDisabling the firewall
   • DUsing a single shared administrator account
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4. 13application · medium · select all that apply

   A Dell PowerEdge server is experiencing a denial-of-service (DoS) attack that is flooding the network interface with traffic. The server hosts a critical application. Which two actions should the administrator take to mitigate the attack while preserving the server's availability? (Select all that apply.)

   • AReboot the server to clear the network buffers.
   • BIncrease the server's logging level to capture more details about the attack.
   • CConfigure the host-based firewall to drop traffic from the attacking source IPs.
   • DEnable rate limiting on the network interface to cap the number of packets per second.
   • EDisable the network interface to stop the flood.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which technology provides full-disk encryption on a Dell PowerEdge server to protect data at rest?

   • AIPsec
   • BSecure Boot
   • CTPM (Trusted Platform Module)
   • DBitLocker
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6. 15expert · hard

   A security analyst is reviewing logs on a Dell PowerEdge server and finds that a user account was created at 2:00 AM, added to the sudo group, and then used to log in via SSH from an external IP. The analyst checks the audit logs and finds that the audit daemon was stopped 10 minutes before the account was created. What is the most likely explanation?

   • AThe audit daemon stopped due to a system crash and restarted automatically.
   • BThe account was created by a legitimate administrator who stopped auditd to perform maintenance.
   • CThe attacker disabled auditd to avoid detection, then created the account and escalated privileges.
   • DThe server's time zone is incorrect, causing the logs to show the wrong times.
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