An administrator recently installed a known good RAID adapter. During boot up, the administrator is able to access the RAID configuration utility; however, when the administrator checks for the card in the operating system, it does not show up. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?

A. Move the RAID adapter to another slot.

B. Perform a baseline of the system.

C. Contact the reseller of the adapter for a replacement card.

D. Check the RAID adapter's manufacturer for the latest drivers.

Which of the following allows multiple server systems to be connected by a backplane?

A. Blade form factor

B. Rack form factor

C. ATX form factor

D. Tower form factor

Security patches that were issued to address a security flaw in the database server software have failed to install. All other OS security patches applied successfully. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the failure?

A. Database patches typically require a reinstall of the database server software.

B. The server was unavailable during the patch window.

C. The OS patches and database patches cannot be deployed together.

D. The account used does not have permission to patch the database software.

An administrator needs to maintain 1TB of storage space for a server. A performance critical application will use this storage space for a database. The database will be replicated between multiple servers. Cost and performance are the most important considerations. Which of the following RAID configurations would be the BEST choice for the storage array?

A. RAID 6 with six 250GB hard drives

B. RAID 5 with five 250GB hard drives

C. RAID 0 with four 250GB hard drives

D. RAID 10 with eight 250GB hard drives

Which of the following is the MAIN advantage of using a differential backup over an incremental backup?

A. Does not require drive space

B. Backup time is faster

C. Does not depend on a full backup

D. Restore time is faster