In which WHM interface can you
configure the forwarders for the root, cpanel, and nobody mail accounts?
WHM Home » Server Contacts » Edit
System Mail Preferences
José sends an email message to
Maria. If the system cannot deliver the message, José will get a notification
from which of the following sources?
The mailer daemon.
Given the following options,
which describe an actual reason that the system may place a message into the
Exim queue?
There are DNS issues preventing
Exim from finding the remote mail server.
Which of the following options
accurately describes the behavior of an open relay server?
An open relay server does not
require you to authenticate. -
If there is a long delay
indicated when an email is being sent, the Mailer Daemon will send a warning
message to which of the following destinations?
The email's sender.
Which of the following options
best indicate a legitimate reason that would describe why you would want to
configure the forwarder address fields within the WHM Home » Server Contacts »
Edit System Mail Preferences interface?
To prevent emails destined for
"root" from getting frozen within the mail queue.
Which of the following options accurately
describes the behavior of an open relay server?
An open relay server does not
require you to authenticate. -
Justine's boss just told her that
the authentication daemon for the mail server is broken. Which of the following options best indicates
the component of the mail system that is affected by this?
The component that validates user
credentials.
Which of the following actions
can you perform in the WHM Home » Email » Mail Queue Manager interface?
Delete a particular message
permanently so that is not delivered.
Given the following options,
which describe an actual reason that the system may place a message into the
Exim queue?
The load average on the server is
above the delivery threshold.
Which of the following options
describe an actual value that can be adjusted within the WHM Home » Service
Configuration » Mailserver Configuration interface?
Controlling the maximum and spare
quantities of authentication daemon processes.
Which of the following methods
best indicate the recommended approach for backing up, restoring or resetting
the system's Exim configuration?
Use the corresponding functions
found within the Exim Configuration Manager interface, in WHM.
Which of the following options
found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM can
best be described as the option that allows you to edit the list of IP
addresses that the system excludes ONLY from SMTP sender verification checks?
Sender verification bypass IP
addresses
You can use the Exim
Configuration Manager - Basic Editor to configure Exim to deliver mail without
scanning messages based on which of the following criteria?
When the message is over a
certain size.
Which of the following options
found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM can
best be described as enabling the checking of DNS resolution to see if the
sender's domain exists?
Sender Verification
Which of the following options
best describes the type of SpamAssassin options that appear in the Exim
Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface, found in WHM?
Options that affect if and how
Exim passes messages to SpamAssassin.
Which of the following items from
the WHM Home » Service Configuration » Exim Configuration Manager - Basic
Editor interface would allow you to exclude mail sent from specific remote IP
addresses or hostnames from being subjected to recipient verification checks,
sender checks, spam checks, and relay checks?
Trusted SMTP IP Addresses
Within which of the following WHM
interfaces can you enable additional ports for Exim to listen for SMTP
connections on?
WHM Home » Service Configuration
» Service Manager
Which of the following options
best describes the term email reputation?
It is a calculation of the
likelihood of a message being spam based on other messages sent from the same
server. -
Which of the following options
found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM can
best be described as enabling the contacting of the sender's mail server to see
if the sender exists?
Sender Verification Callouts
Which of the following tools may
help you to resolve issues indicated by the time moved backwards warning?
The "ntp tool.
Which of the following Mail
interfaces in WHM can provide you with a historical snapshot of the mail queue?
Mail Delivery Reports
Given the following options,
which accurately describes the behavior of the Mail Troubleshooter interface,
found in WHM?
It does not send an actual test
message, but simulates sending one.
Given the following options,
which best describes something about an email address that can be determined by
using the WHM Home » Email » Mail Troubleshooter interface, found in WHM?
It will indicate whether the
destination address forwards mail to a remote server.
If you suspect that mail has not
been delivered because the user is over their quota, in which of the following
WHM interfaces might you look to confirm why the message was not delivered?
WHM Home » Email » Mail Delivery
Reports
Which of the following options
best indicate the typical delivery failure rate that a spamming email account
will report, if examining from the Mail Delivery Reports interface found in
WHM?
The account will have a high
failure rate.
Given the following options,
which of these accurately describe the behavior of the Mail Troubleshooter
interface, found in WHM?
It can report the remote or local
server that Exim uses to hand off messages for a specific email address.
If the mail server defers a
message, what did it actually do to the message?
Delayed it.
Rejected it.
Classified it as spam.
All mail from a specific user is
neither delivered to the inbox nor bounced. When you check the WHM Home » Email
» Mail Delivery Reports interface, you see a funnel-shaped icon next to the
message.
Which of the following options
best describes what this probably indicates?
The message was likely rejected
at SMTP-time due to spam-like characteristics.
The message was likely caught in
a user-level filter and deleted.
The message was likely delivered
successfully, but to the user's "Spam" folder.
All mail from a specific user is
neither delivered to the inbox nor bounced.
When you check the WHM Home »
Email » Mail Delivery Reports interface, you see a green checkmark icon next to
the message. Which of the following options best describes what this indicates?
That the message was rejected at
SMTP time due to spam-like characteristics.
That the message was delivered
successfully to a folder other than the inbox.
That the message has been caught
in a routing loop.
Which of the following options
indicates what the abbreviation TTL stands for, in the context of DNS?
Time To Live; indicating how long
a resource record should be cached.
Given the selection of nameserver
software options available in a cPanel & WHM interface, which of the
choices below have a major weakness that can be described as having a
considerably extended initial zone loading time, if the server contains a very
large quantity of zones?
BIND/named
Which of the following options
best describes the term recursive, in the context of DNS?
A recursive nameserver can
resolve non-local domains.
Which of the following options
accurately indicate a task that can be performed from within the WHM interface?
Change an MX record.
Which of the following options
best describes the behavior that occurs when a zone contains no MX records?
You cannot send mail from the
domain.
The zone is considered invalid.
The A record is used to determine
where mail should be sent.
Which of the following statements
best describes the term resolver?
A nameserver that can resolve
non-local domains.
A root nameserver.
A nameserver that can only
resolve local domains.
Of the following nameserver
software options available in a cPanel & WHM environment, which is
described as having the following major strengths?
Very high performance.
Low memory footprint.
PowerDNS
Which of the following statements
most accurately describes the term clustering, in the context of a server
hosting environment?
Two or more servers that all
serve the same purpose configured in a distributed, connected environment.
Which of the following most
accurately describes what happens when a domain with two NS records in its zone
is queried?
Both records are returned.
Which of the following options
indicates what the abbreviation TTL stands for, in the context of DNS?
Time To Live; indicating how long
a resource record should be cached.
Which of the following most
accurately describes what happens when a zone contains two CNAME records with
the same name?
The zone is considered invalid.
Which of the following options
best describes the term recursive, in the context of DNS?
A recursive nameserver can
resolve non-local domains.
Which of the following options
best describes the behavior that occurs when a zone contains no MX records?
The A record is used to determine
where mail should be sent.
Which of the following statements
best describes the term resolver?
A nameserver that can resolve
non-local domains.
Which of the following described
situations would utilize DNS resolution as a key component of its handling?
To determine where to send mail
for a domain.
SPF and DKIM are resource records
that help reduce which of the following?
Spoofing and unauthorized
senders.
When you use the supported 1:1
NAT setup in WHM, the List Accounts interface in WHM will display which of the
following values in each accounts' listed IP address column?
The public IP address.
Which of the following statements
accurately describe a situation in which DNS zone templates would be useful, in
a cPanel & WHM environment?
Any time that similar
customizations are needed across all hosted accounts.
Which of the following types of
DNS cluster synchronization found in WHM can be best described as the copying
of one updated zone file to the current server, based on the value you provide
as the domain you wish to synchronize?
Synchronize one zone to this
server only.
Which of the following types of
authentication is used to establish DNS clustering, in a cPanel & WHM
environment?
API Tokens
cPanel offers a DNSOnly
installation specifically for the purpose of using with a standard cPanel &
WHM environment in a DNS cluster configuration. Which of the following is the
standard license cost associated with DNSOnly?
Free.
After performing an installation
of cPanel & WHM on a fresh environment, what is the initial, default state
of DNS clustering?
DNS clustering is initially
disabled, and must be manually enabled.
Which of the following best
describes one of the primary, intended purposes of a DNSOnly server?
Providing a means of establishing
DNS redundancy in a cluster configuration.
Which of the following DNS
clustering synchronization types, found in the WHM interface, can be best
described as the copying of all updated versions of local zone files to all
servers in the cluster?
Synchronize all zones to all
servers.
Which of the following types of
DNS cluster synchronization found in the WHM interface can be accurately
described as the copying of all updated versions of local zone files from other
servers in the cluster to this server?
Synchronize all zones to this
server only.
If you have one DNSONLY server
and three full cPanel & WHM servers, which of the following is recommended
as the optimal cluster configuration, given this scenario?
The cPanel & WHM servers
should be set to push to the DNS Only server, which should not send updates
back to the cPanel & WHM Servers.
Within which of the following WHM
interfaces would you be able to add SPF and DKIM records to an account?
WHM Home >> Account
Functions >> Modify Account
By default, cPanel creates SPF
records in which of the following modes?
Testing mode (non-production)
Yudith runs a small web-hosting
company. She has added and removed several zones manually but has accidentally
deleted a zone belonging to a cPanel account. Fortunately, this zone did not
contain any custom records.
Given the situation, which of the
following WHM interfaces should she utilize to re-create the zone?
WHM » DNS Functions » Add a DNS Zone.
If, because of incorrect
customization, you cannot edit a zone in the WHM editor, which of the following
WHM interfaces can you use to re-apply the zone template and remove any
customizations?
WHM » DNS Functions » Reset a DNS
Zone.
Which of the following
definitions best describes InnoDB's data dictionary component?
A part of the InnoDB storage
engine that uses metadata to map structural information to the file it’s stored
in.
By default, what kind of remote
MySQL access is allowed, given the correct user and password?
No remote access is provided by
default.
Which of the following
database-related term can be defined as the marking of a table or row so that
only one process can access it a time?
Locking
Which of the following
MySQL/MariaDB-related terms can be accurately described as the language used to
add, remove, and view data in a database?
SQL
Which of the following actions
can you perform directly from within the WHM interface, without using
phpMyAdmin?
Change a database user's
password.
Which of the following
MySQL/MariaDB-related terms can be accurately described as a data structure
that improves the speed of operations in a table?
Index
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following MySQL storage engines is set as the
default?
MyISAM
Which of the following best
describes the role of the MySQL root password in a cPanel & WHM
environment?
A password that is primarily
handled via automated means by cPanel & WHM back-end services, and can be
reset as needed.
Given the following options,
which accurately describe a feature specific to the MyISAM storage engine?
MyISAM has repair capabilities
that allow you to perform the REPAIR query, either directly or from the WHM
interface, on tables that may have corrupted data or indexes.
Which of the following MySQL
storage engines is the native default (native to MySQL - not necessarily in
cPanel & WHM) engine used by MySQL versions 5.5.5 and above?
InnoDB
Which of the following terms can
be described as the way that permissions are handled inside a MySQL or MariaDB
database?
Grants
Which of the following describes a
term that indicates a trait of the object described by the table, or can be
otherwise referenced as a table column?
Field
Which of the following actions
can you perform directly from within the WHM interface, without using
phpMyAdmin?
Change a database user's
password.
The WHM Home >> SQL
Services >> Manage Databases interface allows you to do which of the
following operations?
Automated renaming of a
MySQL/MariaDB database.
WHM contains an interface feature
that allows you to attempt an automatic repair on which of the following types
of tables?
MyISAM
The WHM Home >> SQL
Services >> Manage Database Users interface in WHM can be used for which
of the following purposes?
Rename existing database users.
Which of the following details
about the remote server would you need to know, if you wanted to set up a new
remote MySQL profile in WHM?
Remote SSH port
Using the Manage MySQL Profiles
interface in WHM, what is the recommended maximum number of cPanel & WHM
servers should be connected to each configured remote MySQL server?
1
Which of the following WHM
interfaces would you use to configure a cPanel & WHM server to utilize a
remote MySQL® server environment to handle its database operations?
Manage MySQL® Profiles
As of cPanel & WHM 60, what
is the minimum version of MySQL that can be running on a remote server, in
order for it to be used in a Remote MySQL Profile?
5.5
When using a cPanel & WHM
environment, remote MySQL capabilities should be set up via the MySQL Profiles
interface in WHM at which of the following stages of a server's operations?
After installation, but before
beginning to create production accounts on the server.
In modern versions of cPanel
& WHM, what benefits can database prefixing, enabled from the SQL tab of
the Tweak Settings interface in WHM, provide?
Primarily cosmetic; helps server
administrators identify database ownership, as well as providing auto-grouping
in the phpMyAdmin interface.
Which of the following options
describes the best way to import a SQL dump into a PostgreSQL databases via the
WHM interface?
There are no features in WHM that
provide this capability; it must be performed from the command-line.
Which of the following is one of
the most common causes of MySQL upgrade failures?
The my.cnf file contains a number
of non-default customizations that have not been verified prior to upgrading.
Which of the following is one of
the most common causes of MySQL upgrade failures?
Aborting the upgrade,
intentionally or otherwise, part-way through the procedure.
Ananya has a website that writes
data into a MySQL database. She was mail-bombed, and as a result, has gone over
the quota that was set for her account by the WHM server administrator. Which
of the following best describes what happens to her website now?
It continues operating normally,
and no production impact is seen.
MySQL Profiles can be used to set
up what kind of relationship between servers?
1-to-1 (1:1) only
Which of the following columns,
found in the WHM Home >> SQL Services >> Show MySQL Processes
interface, indicate the actual query being executed by the indicated process?
info
Given the following options,
which of these indicate the correct amount of characters that a MySQL 4.1
password hash is composed of, before being updated to the current standard of
41 character-hashes?
16 characters.
Which of the following options
accurately describes an action that can be performed from within WHM's
EasyApache 4 interface?
Install new PHP extensions for
use in your active Apache/PHP environment.
When operating in a cPanel &
WHM environment running EasyApache 4, within which of the following WHM
interfaces can you adjust the server's default PHP version?
This can be adjusted from within
WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface.
Which of the following types of
packages does EasyApache 4 rely on to install modules and extensions, when
provisioning an EasyApache 4 profile?
RPM packages.
In modern installations of cPanel
& WHM, EasyApache 4 will allow you to install which of the following
versions of Apache?
Apache 2.4
In addition to increasing the
speed of the build process, which of the following options describes another
reason that EasyApache 4 provides an improvement over EasyApache 3?
Reduced chances of critical
Apache failures.
Which of the following options
accurately indicates the file syntax that can be seen within downloaded
EasyApache 4 profiles?
JSON
Which of the following options
best describes one of the most notable behaviors that separate the DSO handler
from other PHP handlers available in a cPanel & WHM environment?
DSO does not create new
"php processes to handle requests, but instead works internally with
Apache, spawning from the parent httpd process.
Which of the following EasyApache
4 profile actions can you perform from WHM's EasyApache 4 interface, in modern
installations of cPanel & WHM?
Upload a profile file from your
file system or via a URL.
Which of the following accurately
indicates the user that processes created for the DSO handler are owned by?
nobody user
In a cPanel & WHM environment
operating with EasyApache 4, an EasyApache profile is defined as which of the
following?
A collection of packages that can
be provisioned.
You're operating in a PHP 5.6
environment and using DSO as your PHP handler. You've created a .user.ini file
in your website's public_html folder, but are not seeing your changes
reflected.
Of the following choices, which
of these most accurately describes the issue that is occurring here?
An .htaccess file stored in
public_html should be used instead, containing the appropriate syntax for
declaring PHP values.
Which type of user can select the
version of PHP that can be used within a particular cPanel account, using the
cPanel & WHM interfaces?
Both the cPanel account user and
the WHM root user.
Which of the following options
describes an action that can be performed from within WHM's MultiPHP Manager
interface?
You can turn on PHP-FPM,
per-virtual host, from this interface.
When operating in a cPanel &
WHM environment running EasyApache 4, within which of the following WHM
interfaces can you adjust the server's default PHP version?
This can be adjusted from within
WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface.
In a cPanel & WHM environment
running EasyApache 4, which of the following RPMs would provide PHP 5.6 to the
account?
ea-php56
Of the following options, which
of these handlers operate in a non-persistent state, requiring the creation of
new PHP processes each time something is executed?
suPHP
Which of the following statements
accurately describes how processes are handled during PHP requests when DSO is
in use as the PHP handler?
PHP handling operates internally
by Apache's own processes.
In modern installations of cPanel
& WHM, when selecting DSO from the EasyApache 4 interface without mod_ruid2
or mpm_itk, what recommendation will be displayed to you automatically,
directly from within the EasyApache 4 interface?
PHP DSO runs as the nobody user
by default. In a shared hosting environment, this is a security issue.
Which of the following options
describes the appropriate method needed to enable PHP-FPM from within the WHM
interface?
PHP-FPM is enabled via WHM's
MultiPHP Manager interface.
When operating in a cPanel &
WHM environment, which of the following files are used by the system to define
the PHP configuration?
/etc/apache2/conf.d/php.conf
In modern installations of cPanel
& WHM, which of the following PHP configuration values are set
automatically during the Initial Setup Assistant steps?
memory_limit
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following options accurately describe what the system
default PHP version setting defined in WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface
represents?
The version that is used if a
domain does not already have a specific version selected for it.
Which of the following options
best describes the procedure needed to enable the BlueHost SymLink Protection
Patch?
Toggle the corresponding option
found in WHM's Apache Configuration's Global Configuration interface.
Which of the following options is
NOT a real Multi-Processing Module (MPM) available for installation within
WHM's EasyApache 4 interface?
Postfork
Which of the following Apache
modules are core to Apache and can be disabled, but cannot be removed using the
EasyApache 4 interface?
mod_userdir
Which of the following options
best describes the method you would use to install the PHP-FPM software, within
a cPanel & WHM environment?
PHP-FPM appears under the PHP
Extensions stage of the EasyApache 4 profile customization walkthrough.
Which of the following PHP
handlers can only be used on one PHP version at a time?
DSO
If a user wants to utilize the
system default version of PHP, which of the following selections would they
enable for their account?
inherit
Given the following options,
select the components or component combinations that would provide standard
per-user process ownership for handling PHP content.
suPHP (mod_suphp) OR Ruid2
(mod_ruid2) OR PHP-FPM
What does cPHulk access to
determine whether a login attempt is a brute force attack or not?
authd
BLT
cpsrvd
PAM
None of these
cPHulk allows you to set blocks
to which of the following durations? (Select all that apply.)
One day
One week
What option does IP Address-based
protection possess that Username-based protection does not?
Brute Force Protection Period
Command to Run (when brute force
protection is triggered)
Which of the following options
exist on the Configuration Settings tab within the WHM Home » Security Center »
cPHulk Brute Force Protection interface in WHM?
Minimum Failures by IP Address
One-week Blocks
Notifications
Flush Blacklists
None of these
When a WHM login fails because
cPHulk has blocked access, what do you see?
"The login is invalid"
in a red banner above the login box
You are taken to a page with a
cpatcha and the notification that cPHulk requires proof that you are a real
person
What option does IP Address-based
protection possess that Username-based protection does not?
Command to Run (when brute force
protection is triggered)
Which type of attack does cPHulk
help to protect against?
Keylogging
Brute Force
Shark
True/False: You can
enable/disable cPHulk during the Initial Setup Wizard after a fresh cPanel
& WHM installation.
True
cPHulk allows you to set blocks
to which of the following durations? (Select all that apply.)
One day
An arbitrary number of minutes
True/False: cPHulk is disabled by
default on new installations.
False
Which of the following can you
try if you have been locked out? (Select all that apply.)
Log in from a different location
and whitelist your primary IP
Wait for 15 minutes before trying
again with the correct password
Log in via SSH using a public key
Log in via SSH using the correct
password
Which of the following are real
types of certificates? (Select all that apply)
Domain Validated
Extended Validation
When you cannot decrypt using the
same key you encrypted with, but instead with its unique counterpart, it's
referred to as what type of encryption?
Asymmetric
Which of the following does a
self-signed certificate put you at risk of?
Man-in-the-middle attack
In computing terms, the
"root" of something is:
the start of something
When using an Organization
Validated Certificate, which of the following statements accurately describes
how the browser will indicate this in its address bar?
Only a padlock indicating a valid
SSL certificate.
Encryption is
Disguising data using
mathematical functions
Which of the following
demonstrates trust in SSL?
a chain of signed certificates
leading back to an authoritative source
In computing terms, a service is:
software that runs in the
background and provides specific functionality
The first time you install a
newly signed certificate purchased from a third party, you should install it by
copy/pasting the certificate from
the vendor to the certificate box on WHM Home » SSL/TLS » Install an SSL
Certificate on a Domain.
True/False: A larger key is more
secure, but takes more resources to process each new SSL request.
True
Which of the following indicates
the maximum number of APNs that should be used per-server, in a cPanel &
WHM environment?
1
True/False: You should always use
a shared secret when creating a certificate, key, and CSR.
False
When SNI is in use, which items
are used to determine which virtual host to return? (Select all that apply)
requested hostname
the IP address the client
connected to
Of the following options, which
accurately indicates the maximum length of the commonName field, found in SSL
certificates?
64 bytes
Which of the following services
are NOT usable with WHM's Service SNI feature?
mysql
Within which of the following
cPanel & WHM user interfaces can you manage Domain TLS?
None of these.
Domain TLS Manager
SSL Storage Manager
The Tweak Setting "Always
Redirect to SSL" redirects which method of logging in?
/cpanel, /webmail, /whm URLs
Which services can use SNI?
Exim
Dovecot
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following indicates the frequency that AutoSSL polls
for pending certificates?
Every 5 minutes the first day,
every hour the second day, and once a day after that.
You can add or remove SNI from
the mail services on which page?
WHM Home » SSL/TLS » Manage SSL
Hosts
Which actions can be performed
from the Manage Service SSL Certificates page? (Select all that apply)
install a new certificate on any
of the SSL-capable services
install a self-signed certificate
for the server's hostname on any of the SSL-capable services
view the issuer, key size, and
expiration data for the certificate installed on any of the SSL-capable
services
Which services are SSL-capable?
(Select all that apply)
FTP
webmail
WebDisk
True/False: The Tweak Setting
"Require SSL" will redirect proxy subdomain entries to their secure
counterparts.
True
True/False: Because they require
your private key to check the SSL certificate on your website, you should avoid
using third party SSL checking tools.
False
Why might a site look different
when viewed with HTTPS rather than with HTTP?
the site does not have its own
SSL certificate, so Apache displays a different site on that IP address that
does have a certificate.
Which of the following causes a
hostname mismatch warning? (Select all that apply)
visiting www.domain.com for a
site whose certificate is for domain.com
The most common cause of the
self-signed warning is
a missing or incomplete CA bundle
True/False: By default, AutoSSL
will not change or impact any certificates that were manually installed outside
of AutoSSL.
True
The default provider, cPanel
(Powered by Comodo), can secure how a maximum of how many domains
per-certificate (or per-VirtualHost)?
200
True/False: By default, AutoSSL
will not change or impact any certificates that were manually installed outside
of AutoSSL.
True
When using WHM links that direct
you to the cPanel Store for purchases (such as for SSL certificates or
KernelCare), issues with the store or cart system that are handled server-side
are often logged to which of the following log files?
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
With AutoSSL enabled, what type
of certificate are your websites automatically secured with?
Domain-Validated (DV)
True/False: Setting a user to
"Enable AutoSSL" does not override feature list settings applied for
that user account.
False
When do SSL-capable services have
self-signed certificates automatically installed? (Select all that apply)
during the initial installation
of cPanel & WHM
the night before the certificate
expires
Which of the following can cause
an expired certificate warning?
the wrong date on the client
computer
Which of the following are parts
of a certificate? (Select all that apply)
CRT
key
CA Bundle
True/False: We recommend that you
always have the generated certificate, key, and CSR emailed to you to serve as
a backup.
False
Which of the following does a web
client check when receiving a certificate from a webserver? (Select all that
apply)
the expiration date is after the
current date
the connected hostname is covered
by the certificate
the certificate was issued by an
authority that the browser trusts
When SNI is in use, which items
are used to determine which virtual host to return? (Select all that apply)
requested hostname
the IP address the client
connected to
When a certificate issued by
AutoSSL is going to imminently expire, which of the following does AutoSSL do?
Automatically replaces them with
an updated certificate, when AutoSSL runs its certificate checks.
Which of the following causes an
insecure content on a secure page warning?
visiting a site with some images
loaded with http instead of https
In modern installations of cPanel
& WHM, you are able to purchase Extended Validation Certificates through
which of the following cPanel Interfaces?
WHM's Purchase and Install an SSL
Certificate interface.
The first time you install a
newly signed certificate purchased from a third party, you should install it by
copy/pasting the certificate from
the vendor to the certificate box on WHM Home » SSL/TLS » Install an SSL
Certificate on a Domain.
True/False: The Logging phase of
an HTTP transaction still allows ModSecurity to perform connection
filtering/blocking changes instructed by rules.
False
What needs to be appended to a
URL in order to retrieve the Public Contact information JSON data?
cgi-sys/contact_details.cgi
TRUE/FALSE: When a Company Logo
image is provided, it will be displayed along with the text defined in the
Company Name field, within the top bar of the cPanel account interface.
False
TRUE/FALSE: Only the Company Name
value defined in the Public Contact tab of the Customization interface will be
accessible to the public - not the Company Name value defined in the Customize
Branding tab.
True
What is the interface path where
you can find the Customization section within WHM?
Home >> cPanel >>
Customization
Do you remember what file format
is used for custom styles, when uploading or downloading them from the
Customize Style tab of the Customizationinterface?
gzipped tar
When the Help Link field is
defined, roughly where in the cPanel account interface does a "Help
link appear?
In the footer.
TRUE/FALSE: When you define value
in the Company Name field of the Customization interface, it will display the
value as header text in the top bar of the cPanel account interface.
True
Which of the following Exim log
entries would indicate that mail was deleted due to a filter?
1YO6bD-000871-1j => /dev/null
<test@cptest.test> R=virtual_user_filter T=**bypassed**
Which of the following can be
discerned from the Exim log entry shown below?
1YOv2S-0005IY-7r ==
test@cptest.test R=virtual_user T=virtual_userdelivery
The message was deferred.
Given two cPanel servers
exchanging email, which of the following would appear in both messages'
headers, but would not appear in the Exim logs on either the sending or the
receiving server?
Subject
Exim ID --
Delivery Date
Message ID
Which of the following describes
what is indicated by the use of the localuser router during a message's
delivery, as seen in the Exim logs?
The message was delivered to a
default (cPanel) account.
In an Exim log entry, the cwd
value indicates which of the following?
The user executing the command.
Which of the following can be
discerned from the Exim log entry shown below?
1YO6bD-000871-1j => /dev/null
R=virtual_user_filter T=**bypassed**
The message was deleted
The highlighted part of the
message below indicates which of the following values?
2015-02-18 09:25:42
1Y06VR-0000Iw-7C= test@cptest.test H=localhost ([10.5.2.154]) [::1]:38793
P=esmtpa A=dovecot_login:test@cptest.test S=724
id=afc7s4294172a42cd5ce527636d7b74c.squrrel@10.6.2.152 T="test discard
filter" for filters@cptest.test
The Exim ID
A particular type of email filter
is stored in the /etc/vfilters/ directory. Which of the following types of
filters are these?
Account-level email filters.
Which of the following describes
what is indicated by the use of the virtual_user router during a message's
delivery, as seen in the exim logs?
The message was delivered to an
email account created in the cPanel interface.
Which of the following Actions in
a cPanel email filter will result in an incoming message being rejected without
sending any notifications?
Discard Message
Which of the following best
describes the role of the exim -bt command?
Prints the path that the message
will take when Exim attempts delivery to a specified address.
Which of the following commands
will remove all messages sent by the spammer@example.tld user within the last
30 minutes?
exiqgrep -f spammer@example.tld
-y 1800 -i | xargs exim -Mrm
What is the role of the -f flag
when used with the exiqgrep utility?
Select messages by sender
address.
Which of the following best
describes the role of the exim -Mrm command?
Deletes the message based on a
given the Exim ID.
When using Maildir, the
"cur" folder contains which of the following items?
Mail that HAS been read.
Mail that has NOT been read. --
Drafts of unsent messages.
Messages that were flagged as
spam.
The line in the Exim log that
contains the SpamAssassin warning indicates which of the following?
The cPanel account that the
message was scanned by.
The email account that the
message was headed to.
The individual score positives
and negatives caused by each spam test that was run during the scan. --
Given the following options,
which one would be descriptive of behavior most likely to indicate that a spam
problem is occurring?
A large number of failed messages
reported. --
None of these options indicate a
spam issue.
A sudden spike arriving in the
mail queue due to a scheduled mailing list task.
A steady stream of mail
originating from a script located within a directory on the file system that
contains an active discussion forum.
Of the following mailbox formats,
which of these are supported for use in cPanel & WHM environments?
MailDir
mdbox
What is the role of the -y flag
when used with the exiqgrep utility?
Messages older than the number of
seconds given.
Which of the following can be
discerned from the Exim log entry shown below?
1YO6VR-00081w-7C => test
<test@cpanel.net> R=virtual_user T=virtual_userdelivery
The message was delivered. --
The message was deleted.
The message was rejected.
Which of the following describes
the primary role of the exim -Mvb command?
Prints the message body when
given the Exim ID.
On cPanel & WHM environments,
inbound mail is stored within a subfolder structure that exists in which of the
following directories?
/home/$USER/mail/
Which of the following exim
commands would provide you with the same functionality found within WHM's Mail
Troubleshooter interface?
exim -bt
Which of the following best
describes the role of the exim -bpc command?
Prints the number of messages in
the mail queue.
Which of the following nameserver
applications does not load all of its DNS zones upon startup?
MyDNS
Which of the following are
utilities that you can use to try and repair a MySQL database while MySQL is
running?
The "mysqlcheck"
command.
To ensure that the internet sees
the changes that you make DNS zone file manually, which of the following
components of a DNS zoneshould you update?
The serial number.
Which of the following situations
can cause very extended start-up and load times, when running the BIND/named
nameserver software?
Using a very large quantity of
zone files.
When a remote mail exchanger
handles a domain's mail, which of the following files must include the domain?
/etc/remotedomains
On a cPanel & WHM
environment, the system stores the private/public keys for DKIM in which of the
following paths?
/var/cpanel/domain_keys
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, you will find zone files stored in /var/named when using which of
the following namesever software?
All of these.
Which of the following
command-line tools can be used to list running processes in a Linux
environment?
ps
Which of the following is the
default path for the BIND/named configuration file?
/etc/named.conf
Which section of the named.conf
file controls BIND/named's listening port?
options
Which of the following commands
can you use to set up SPF from the command-line, in a cPanel & WHM
environment?
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/spf_installer
In which of the following
configuration files would you enable debug logging for BIND/named?
/etc/named.conf
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, DNS zone files can be found in which of the following folders?
/var/named
On a cPanel & WHM environment,
the system stores DNS zone template files within which of the following paths?
/var/cpanel/zonetemplates
To force the local system to
resolve a domain to a specific IP address, which of the following files would
you modify to accomplish this?
/etc/hosts
In a cPanel & WHM server,
which of the following would allow you to select another DNS server application
from the command line?
setupnameserver
To perform a reload on a cPanel
& WHM server running the NSD software, which of the following commands
would you run?
rndc reload
Which of the following
DNS-related command-line utilities would provide you with similar results to
those given by the dig utility, and is used for essentially the same purposes?
nslookup
Which of the following file names
follows the naming convention for a BIND/named zone file?
domain.net.db
If named fails to start due to a
configuration error, which of the following commands would be the most helpful
for you to run?
named-checkconf
A default cPanel & WHM
environment configures a custom logging channel, default_log, to log to which
of the following paths?
/var/log/named/named.log
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, DNS zone templates can be used to ensure which of the following?
To standardize a set of zone
records and structure that will be used for a large number of DNS zones.
After you make a number of zone
file changes in different zones, if you want to ensure that caching nameservers
know to load the new information from your server, which of the following,
single procedures can you perform to accomplish this?
Batch Zone Update
By default, which of these
logging categories are routed into the default_log channel, in a BIND/named DNS
server configuration?
general
If you create a customized DNS
zone template from the command-line, which of the following would be a
correctly-named custom template file name?
root_templatename
In a BIND/named configuration,
you can modify the level of detail that is provided to remote servers regarding
which of the following types of information?
Host application details
indicating version and server data regarding your BIND/named installation.
Which of the following is one
method that you can use, within the WHM interface, to repair a malformed DNS
zone using a zone template?
Reset a DNS Zone
Which of the following utilities
can be used to administer a BIND/named server remotely?
rndc
On a server that does not need to
facilitate zone transfers, which of the following configuration variables found
in the named.conf file should be set to none to disable them?
allow-transfer
By default in a cPanel & WHM
environment, the system logs cluster-related messages into which of the
following log files?
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin_log
What does the Error logging
severity imply, when referring to BIND/named logs?
A problem has been encountered
during BIND/named operations that may allow further operations to continue.
At which of the following stages
of BIND/named DNS server operations might you encounter a zone or configuration
syntax error?
During startup.
In a BIND/named configuration
file, which of these logging categories encompasses all categories that have
not already been explicitly configured to use another channel?
default
By default, which of the
following sections appear first in the named.conf file?
key
What does the acronym ACL
represent, in the context of a BIND/named configuration (among other contexts)?
Access Control List
What does the acronym TLD
represent, as in for a "TLD nameserver"?
Top-level Domain
When you see a "rndc reload:
connection refused" error, which of the following commands should you run
first?
/scripts/fixrndc
What is the path of the DNS
client configuration file?
/etc/resolv.conf
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, in order to define a range or subnet of IP addresses for the
system to re-use in the named.conf file, you should create which of the
following kinds of configuration objects?
ACLs
Registrant information associated
with domain names is maintained in an online database accessible with what
service?
WHOIS
A banking website wants to
prevent inappropriate certificate authorities from issuing certificates for
their domain. Which of the following record types would best be used to assist
in accomplishing this?
CAA
When operating within a cPanel
& WHM server, which of the following indicates the best method to restart
the DNS server from the command line?
/scripts/restartsrv_named
After a domain is updated at the
registrar, where does the registrar then send that domain's record data?
To the TLD nameserver.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, within which of the following paths would you be able to find the
Apache modules stored?
/etc/apache2/modules/
In a server running cPanel &
WHM, which of the following options describes a method for changing the system's
default PHP version via the command-line?
Use the
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/rebuild_phpconf command.
Which of the following items can
be described as any of the three things listed below?
A command line program for
installing software.
A file format used to package
software.
The individual packages created
in that format.
RPM
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following paths contain each installed version's PHP
configuration files (php.ini), used by MultiPHP? ("##" representing
the PHP version, in the options below)
/opt/cpanel/ea-php##
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following utilities can you execute from the
command-line to save the current set of Apache & PHP components defined in
EasyApache into an EasyApache 4 profile?
/usr/local/bin/ea_current_to_profile
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following options describes a method you can use to
change Apache's MPM from the command-line?
The "yum shell" command
should be used to perform a batch transaction so that your web content does not
produce errors.
If, from the command line of a
server running cPanel & WHM, you run the rebuild_phpconf command with an
appropriate action, then include the --errors option, which of the following
will happen?
It outputs any errors in the
rebuild process to the screen (sends to STDERR and log file).
Referencing the Apache error log
entry shown below, which of the following options best describes the
yellow-highlighted portion of the log entry (take note of the
specifically-highlighted word)?
[Fri Sep 09 10:42:29.902022 2011]
[core:error] [pid 35708:tid 4328636416] [client 72.15.99.187] File does not
exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico
The name of the Apache module
that triggered the error.
Which of the following components
can be described as a specific SAPI that provides functionality in a module
that behaves as if it had been compiled into Apache itself, handling
appropriate requests without producing new, non-Apache processes?
DSO
When operating within a cPanel
& WHM environment, which of these commands would display all available
EasyApache 4 packages from within the server's command line?
yum list "ea-*"
Which of the following options
best describes the yellow-highlighted portion of the Apache access log entry
shown below?
127.0.0.1 - frank
[10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326
The IP address of the requestor.
Which of the following options
could be described as a repository for PHP extensions?
pecl
Referencing the Apache error log
entry shown below, which of the following options best describes the
yellow-highlighted portion of the log entry?
[Fri Sep 09 10:42:29.902022 2011]
[core:error] [pid 35708:tid 4328636416] [client 72.15.99.187] File does not
exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico
The inbound IP address of the
node that requested the item that caused the error message.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following paths are used to store Apache's primary
PHP configuration file ( php.conf) ?
/etc/apache2/conf.d/
If a file or directory in a path
being served by Apache contains incorrect permissions or uses improper
user/group ownership values, which of the following HTTP status codes might you
see in the Apache logs if a client were to request one of the affected paths?
403
Which of the following terms can
best be described as the destination where a process can write normal output
to, usually being to the terminal, server console ("screen"), unless
redirected?
STDOUT
Which of the following terms can
be described as the destination where a process can write error messages, which
can often either be to the "screen", or to a log file?
STDERR
Which of the following options
describes the best way for you to enable the experimental repository for
EasyApache 4, when operating within a cPanel & WHM environment?
Perform the following command
from the command-line, as root or equivalent: yum install ea4-experimental
Which of the following options
indicates the HTTP status code that produces the error shown below?
Unauthorized. A password is
needed to see this page. The browser should prompt for a username and password.
401
In a server running cPanel &
WHM, how can you create a new EasyApache 4 profile from within the server's
command-line?
In the file system, make a copy
of an existing profile's file, edit it with any desired changes, then save the
new file.
When administering a server
running cPanel & WHM, which of the following commands contains the
appropriate paths and arguments needed to install an EasyApache 4 profile from
the command-line?
/usr/local/bin/ea_install_profile
--install /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/cpanel/default.json
Assume the host environment is a
default cPanel & WHM installation. Based on the log entry shown below,
identify - from the options available - which log file that this entry would be
found in:
spam acl condition: error reading
from spamd socket: Connection timed out
/var/log/maillog
/var/log/exim_paniclog --
/var/log/messages
Assume the host environment is a
default cPanel & WHM installation. Based on the log entry shown below,
identify from the options available which log file that this entry would be
found in:
Warning: "SpamAssassin as
cars detected message as spam (108.6)"
/var/log/messages
/var/log/maillog
/var/log/exim_mainlog
If the Scan outgoing messages for
spam and reject based on defined Apache SpamAssassin™ score setting (formerly
known as Apache SpamAssassin reject spam score threshold), within the Exim
Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM, contains a value, at
what point during an email transaction is the message actually scanned to
enforce this threshold?
Immediately before forwarders and
filters are processed.
After forwarders and filters have
been processed.
During the SMTP transaction with
the message's origin server.
Given the following options,
which of these indicate one of the paths within which you can find SpamAssassin
rulesets stored?
~/.spamassassin/
Which of the following terms is
used, particularly in spam-training applications, to describe the opposite of
spam, meaning legitimate, solicited messages that are not considered spam?
Ham
SpamAssassin obtains its final
probability score for a message through which of the following methods?
It adds together the score
results from each triggered rule.
Assume the host environment is a
default cPanel & WHM installation. Based on the log entry shown below,
identify from the options available which log file that this entry would be
found in:
spamd: identified spam
(108.6/5.0) for cars:501 in 1.4 seconds, 407 bytes
The
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log file.
Which options must you pass to
the sa-learn program if you want it to update the Bayesian database with
information from a mailbox?
--spam/--ham
Which of the following options
best defines a poisoned bayesian database?
It has been populated with an
excessive amount of false positives.
Which of the following
applications can be described as a program used during service checks to ensure
that spamd is operational?
spamc
Which of the following
applications can be described as a tool used to batch update Bayesian
databases?
sa-learn
Which of the following values are
provided in the output of the exim -bp command?
Exim ID
How many messages does
SpamAssassin's Bayesian filter need to process before it can start scoring
mail?
200 good samples, and 200 bad
samples.
Which of the following exim
commands would output the number of messages that currently exist in the Exim
mail queue?
exim -bp
Of the following options, which
would be the optimal way to resolve the issue that causes email notifications
containing content similar that shown below?
dbindex cache file is out of date
Run /scripts/fix-dbindex.
Manually edit the file to correct
the corrupted data.
Delete the file and allow it to
be recreated automatically.
Restore the file from an
available backup.
Which of the following describes
one of the important steps discussed when describing how a full MySQL data
directory can be manually restored from a cPanel-created backup?
Ensure ownership of the restored
files is mysql:mysql, after being copied into the data directory.
In the context of MySQL
databases, which of the following is best described as "plaintext"
output containing a re-usable set of MySQL data?
MySQL dump
When should you make backups of
your configuration files (or the my.cnf file in particular)?
Never. There’s no reason to make
backups of configuration files because you can rebuild them.
Weekly.
Extremely often.
When changes are made to the
configuration. --
The following text shows an
example of which type of syntax, also visible in some mapping-related files
stored by cPanel within the file system?
{"version":1,"MYSQL":{"noprefix":{},"owner":"animals","dbusers":{"cpses_anQnAmWDcX":{"server":"172.16.0.40","dbs":{}}},"server":"172.16.0.40","dbs":{"birds":"172.16.0.40","animals_fish":"172.16.0.40"}}}
JSON
In MySQL version 5.6, what
happens if an entry in /etc/my.cnf is an unrecognized variable?
MySQL refuses to start and logs
an error message.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following describes the purpose of the files that
exist within the /var/cpanel/databases directory?
To store mapping information to
help store data regarding association between cPanel accounts and databases.
Which of the following file
extensions are associated specifically with MyISAM tables?
.MYD
Which of the following file
extensions are associated specifically with InnoDB tables?
.ibd
Which of the following is the
standard wildcard character used in SQL queries?
%
Which of the following is closest
described as the structural metadata used to track objects like tables,
indexes, and columns when using the InnoDB storage engine?
Data dictionary
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, the /var/cpanel/databases directory contains which of the
following?
The files created and used by
cPanel for database mapping.
Error messages in your database
error logs that indicate invalid, missing or unexpected system tables can
frequently be the result of which of the following issues?
An incomplete (partial) upgrade.
You must stop the MySQL service
in order to perform which of the following actions?
Relocate or rename the data
directory file in the MySQL data directory.
Within which of the following
locations could you check if you wanted to confirm whether a cPanel & WHM
server has "old (pre-4.1) passwords" enabled?
Tweak Settings interface in WHM.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following tools can best be described as the
executable that creates grants_[cpuser].yaml files from existing MySQL grants,
as found within the existing mysql.user database?
restoregrants
Which of the following describes
one of the important steps involved in the process of relocating your MySQL
data directory to a new partition?
Turn off MySQL and MySQL
monitoring before performing filesystem changes.
The .frm and db.opt files will appear
in database folders when using which of the following MySQL storage engines?
Any storage engine.
Which of the following statements
about InnoDB tablespaces are true?
They can be stored individually
within a database folder, or lumped together into the ibdata1 file.
Which of the following files
should you check if you receive an unknown variable error message during MySQL
operation or service start-up?
/etc/my.cnf
From the command line in a cPanel
& WHM environment, how could you determine whether a server is utilizing a
remote MySQL server?
Check the process list. If mysqld
is not listed, the server is set up for remote mysql.
Check /root/.my.cnf for a “host” line.
Check the MySQL RPMs to see if
mysql-client is installed instead of mysql-server.
Which of the following statements
is not a legitimate SQL statement?
UPDATE
INSERT
COPY --
Which of the following SQL
queries would be the most effective in identifying MySQL users that still have
pre-4.1 passwords in use?
SELECT DISTINCT user FROM user
WHERE length(password) < 41;
Which of the following SQL
statements can be used to provide descriptive information about databases,
tables, columns, variables, or status information about the server?
SHOW
When looking at the following
excerpt from the beginning of a SHOW GRANTS result, what does the term USAGE ON
indicate on the *.* value that follows?
GRANT USAGE ON *.*
That no privileges are given.
Which of the following WHM
interfaces updates the files in the /var/cpanel/databases directory?
Database Map Tool
When looking at the following
excerpt from the beginning of a SHOW GRANTS result, what do the wildcard
asterisks represent in the *.*shown below?
GRANT USAGE ON *.*
[database].[table]
Which of the following statements
about ~/.my.cnf files can be considered to be true?
.my.cnf files can be used by any
user.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following tools is best described as the command-line
equivalent of WHM’s Database Map Tool interface?
dbmaptool
How should you enable the slow
query log on a cPanel & WHM server?
Add "slow_query_log=1"
to the mysqld section of the /etc/my.cnf configuration file.
Which of the following
MySQL/MariaDB-related variables can be controlled via an option found within
WHM's Tweak Setting interface?
open_files_limit
If the MySQL processes are
stopped using the kill -9 command, what can you expect to happen?
An increased security risk of
compromised authentication.
The severed writes on the
databases will increase risk of database corruption.
A DROP is automatically triggered
by MySQL on the last table that was being written to at the time, to prevent
damage to the system.
Which of the following pieces of
information can you find in both the slow query log and the general query log?
The user who executed the query.
Which of the following variables
in a cPanel & WHM server’s /etc/my.cnf file are set by default?
default-storage-engine=MyISAM
How can you prevent cPanel &
WHM from performing automated updates on the MySQL® or MariaDB server software?
By using the
update_local_rpm_version script.
If the backup directory is
/backup, where would you find the compressed backup file of the full MySQL data
directory?
/backup/[date]/system/dirs/_var_lib_mysql.tar.gz
Which of the following MySQL logs
are not recommended to leave enabled on a production server?
General query log:
/var/lib/mysql/hostname.log
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following tools can be best described as the
executable that reads the grants_cpuser.yaml file, then adds the corresponding
grants to MySQL.
restoregrants
Which of the following describes
one of the important steps that should be taken after restoring a single
database from a full cPanel backup, into a new database instance?
Associate the database and the
database user with the cPanel user using the Database Map Tool.
By default, on a cPanel & WHM
environment, you can find the MySQL logs in which of the following locations?
/var/lib/mysql
The following text is an example
of which type of syntax, also found in some mapping-related files stored by
cPanel in the file system?
MYSQL:
animals:
animals:
- GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO
'animals'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD
'*75FE48658430441870C524D7ECB8F71EADFAEFD1'
- GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `birds`.* TO
'animals'@'localhost'
- GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON
`animals\_fish`.* TO 'animals'@'localhost'
PGSQL: {}
YAML
XML
JSON
After you update a zone's serial
number (or any other record), which of the following commands can you execute
to ensure that your local nameserver has been updated to use the new zone data?
rndc reload
Which of the following utilities
included with BIND/named can be used to troubleshoot malformed zone files?
named-checkzone
When looking at the following
excerpt from the beginning of a SHOW GRANTS result, what do the wildcard
asterisks represent in the *.* shown below?
GRANT USAGE ON *.*
[database].[table]
Which of the following terms can
best be described as an input stream where data is sent to and read by a
program?
STDIN
Which of the following
command-line utilities can best be described as a tool that allows you to
concurrently install multiple versions of the same component (software
collections) onto your system, and is often used with EasyApache 4/MultiPHP
operations?
scl
Which of the following options
indicates the HTTP status code that produces an error like the one shown below?
Forbidden. Access was denied to
at least one relevant file.
403
When an EasyApache 4 profile is
uploaded through the WHM interface, where within the file system is it stored?
/etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/custom
Of the following, which of these
options describe information that can be obtained by using the yum info
command?
The plugins currently being
loaded by the yum application.
Which of the following terms can
be described as a special part of a process that shares resources with others
in the same process, and can execute commands?
Thread
Which of the following options
indicates the HTTP status code that results in the status message shown below?
OK. The request was successful.
200
Which of the following terms can
be described as a special text string syntax used for describing a search
pattern?
Regular Expression
Which of the following yum
commands will install the EasyApache 4 mod_speling RPM?
yum install
ea-apache24-mod_speling
How does the scl command know
which version of PHP it should use?
You provide the PHP version as a
command-line argument.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, if you select PHP 5.6 as the default PHP version, then from which
of the following paths will the php.ini file be loaded?
/opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/etc/php.ini
Which of the following best
describes the difference between a process and a thread?
Processes can contain multiple
threads, and the threads contained in the process share its resources.
Which of the following options
describes one of the commonly known characteristics, though are not always
indicative, of an average spam email message?
The message contains an
attachment.
Which of the following options
best indicate the typical delivery failure rate that a spamming email account
will report, if examining from the Mail Delivery Reports interface found in
WHM?
The account will have a high
failure rate.
Given the following, which option
best describes an actual reason that the system may place a message into the
Exim queue?
The Exim service has been stopped
and the SMTP daemon is not running.
What actions can you perform in
the WHM Home » Email » Mail Queue Manager interface?”
Delete a particular message
permanently so that is not delivered.
When mail is delivered to
"/dev/null”, which of the following statements accurately indicate what
happens to the message?
The message has been permanently
deleted.
If you suspect that mail sent to
the user who is over their quota is not delivered, which of the following WHM
interfaces might you look to confirm why the message was not delivered?
WHM Home » Email » Mail Delivery
Reports
Which of the following options
describes one of the commonly known characteristics, though are not always
indicative, of an average spam email message?
The message has a high rate of
failed recipients.
The system's administrator
receives an email alert from WHM when which of the following conditions occur?
hostname does not point to the
main IP address on the server.
Which of the following query
returns the IP addresses of the nameservers for the IP address 10.9.8.7?
dig +nssearch 8.9.10.in-addr.arpa
After installing cPanel & WHM
in a new environment, what is the initial, default state of DNS clustering?
DNS clustering is initially
disabled and must be manually enabled.
Which of the following can be
described as having the following major strengths?
1. Very high performance.
2. Low memory footprint.
PowerDNS
Given the following options,
which indicates the ideal source from which you should obtain your server's
resolver IP addresses?
Your hosting provider or data
center.
Within which of the following WHM
interfaces would you perform a graceful restart of the nameserver software?
WHM Home >> Restart
Services >> DNS Server
Within which of the following WHM
interfaces would you enter the default nameservers for accounts that a reseller
creates?
WHM Home >> Resellers
>> Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges
Which of the following options
accurately describes an action one performs in WHM's EasyApache 4 interface?”
Install new PHP extensions for
use in your active Apache/PHP environment.
Which of the following options
accurately describe an action that one can perform from within WHM's EasyApache
4 interface?”
Change the MPM that is used in
your Apache installation.
Besides increasing the speed of
the build process, which of the following options describes another reason that
EasyApache 4 provides an improvement over EasyApache 3
Reduced chance of critical Apache
failures.
When operating in a cPanel &
WHM environment, which of the following files are used by Apache to define the
PHP configuration?
/etc/apache2/conf.d/php.conf
What types of packages do
EasyApache 4 rely on to install modules and extensions, when provisioning an
EasyApache 4 profile?
RPM packages.
MySQL Profiles can set up what
kind of relationship between servers
1-to-1 (1:1) only
Which of the following types of
tables can you repair using the Repair a MySQL Database interface, found in
WHM?
MyISAM
The WHM Home >> SQL
Services >> Additional Access Hosts interface creates server-level grants
that are similar to the grants that can be created in which of the following
cPanel account-level Interfaces?
cPanel Home >> Databases
>> Remote MySQL
Which of the following options
indicate the correct number of characters that a MySQL 4.1 password contains
before being updated to the current standard of 41 character-hashes?”
16 characters.
Which of the following is a term
that indicates a trait of the object described by the table, or can be
otherwise referenced as a table column?
Field
Which of the following
MySQL/MariaDB-related terms describe a data structure that improves operations'
speed in a table accurately?
Index
Which of the following options
describes an actual benefit of utilizing remote MySQL capabilities using the
MySQL Profiles feature in WHM?
Remote MySQL servers can reduce
load on the WHM Server.
Given the options below, which of
these accurately indicate a point during WHM user interactions, which triggers
the system to create grants for all pre-existing cPanel accounts, is based on
the configurations set within the Additional MySQL Access Hosts interface?
When the user clicks the link at
the bottom of the Additional MySQL Access Hosts interface labeled "click
here".
What language is used to add,
remove, and view data in a MySQL/MariaDB database?
SQL
Which of the following
database-related terms defines marking a table or row so that only one process
can access it a time?”
Locking
Which of the following best
describes the MySQL root password's role in a cPanel & WHM environment?”
A password that is primarily
handled via automated means by cPanel & WHM back-end services and can be
reset as needed.
Which important configuration
file would allow you to change important server options, such as enabling debug
logging for BIND/named?
/etc/named.conf
Which of the following is the
first nameserver that the resolver queries to determine the address of the TLD
nameserver?
The root nameserver.
To ensure that the internet sees
the changes that you make DNS zone file manually, which of the following components
of a DNS zone should you update?
The serial number
Which of the following
MySQL/MariaDB-related variables can be controlled via an option found within
WHM's Tweak Setting interface?
max_allowed_packet
Which of the following yum
commands would remove, or uninstall, the mod_speling RPM?
yum remove ea-apache24-mod_speling
Referencing the Apache error log
entry shown below, which of the following options best describes the
yellow-highlighted portion of the log entry (take note of the
specifically-highlighted portion)?
[Fri Sep 09 10:42:29.902022 2011]
[core:error] [pid 35708:tid 4328636416] [client 72.15.99.187] File does not
exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico
The Apache process ID of the
process that triggered the error.
Which of the following items can
be described as any of the three things listed below?
1. A command line program for
installing software.
2. A file format used to package
software.
3. The individual packages
created in that format.
RPM
What is the role of the -f flag
when used with the exiqgrep utility?
Select messages by sender
address.
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, within which of the following parent directories would you find a
subdirectory that includes EasyApache's templates and userdata information,
stored by cPanel?
/var/cpanel/
Referencing the Apache error log
entry shown below, which of the following options best describes the
yellow-highlighted portion of the log entry?
[Fri Sep 09 10:42:29.902022 2011]
[core:error] [pid 35708:tid 4328636416] [client 72.15.99.187] File does not
exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico
The inbound IP address of the
node that requested the item that caused the error message
In the context of a MySQL
database, which of the following can best be described as an attribute used to
sort or specify data, sometimes across tables?
Index
Most of the executables found
within the /usr/local/cpanel/bin directory are not intended for standard usage
by users, and are not developed to be user-friendly (frequently lacking any
kind of help output or formal documentation). These are intended primarily for
back-end and automated handling, as opposed to those executables found within
the /usr/local/scripts (/scripts) folder.
There is at least one notable
exception to this. Which of the following tools found within this path is
actually recommended for server administrator use as needed, in certain
circumstances?
restoregrants
Which of the following can be
described as a calculated numerical value resulting from a pre-determined
algorithm used to represent a set of data?
Checksum
In a cPanel & WHM
environment, which of the following files might you find in the
/var/cpanel/databases directory?
dbindex.db.json