cPanel Exams Answers

Which of the following is one of the text commands that are issued between mail servers when an email is sent?

✓HELO
HOLA
START
HI
NOW

Which of the following web hosting-related roles does cPanel NOT play?

Provides methods for easily backing up, managing, and changing access privileges of your files.
Provides an interface to manage your domain.
Provides automation for otherwise complex tasks.
✓Provides web hosting hardware for your domain.

Which of the following options best describes the primary role of the cPanel software?

✓cPanel automates processes so that web hosting becomes simpler.
cPanel acts as a hub for users to share recipes and discuss best cast-iron practices.
cPanel acts as a version control management system for developers.
cPanel generates graphical interfaces to create a more visual environment.

Which of the following items do NOT need to be identified in a MySQL grant?

host
database
user
✓MAC address

Which of the following methods can be used to potentially determine your hosting provider? (Select all that apply.)

✓Using the WHOIS record
Calling the 1800WHO-SMY-HOST host identification hotline.
Determining the checksum of the numbers in your IP address and cross-referencing it with the National Hosters Index (NHI).
✓Identifying the DNS servers' (nameservers) domain name.

What does MySQL use to perform quick lookups on tables?

Descriptors
Appendix
References
✓Indexes

What do SSL certificates use to establish encryption?

Satellite links
✓Keys
Bank routing numbers
High-fives

How does a sending mail server identify where the recipient's mail server is?

✓By using the domain shown after the @ symbol in the recipient email address.
By printing it out and transporting it to the local post office to handle.
By prompting the sender client for a destination IP address.
By broadcasting a signal to the Global Email Network (GEN) calling out for mail servers that are expecting an email from the sender's address.

What does it mean to be a fully-qualified domain name?

***That the domain has been officially approved for use by the NSF.
✓That the domain is eligible for consideration to be added into the "global DNS".
That hosted site on this domain is confirmed to be compatible with all major web browsers.
That the complete domain successfully points to a specific computer or host.

Which of the following are MySQL storage engines that are available on cPanel environments? (Select all that apply.)

SPOT
SQLMask
Diesel
DBGBs
✓MyISAM
✓InnoDB

To change the amount of resources allocated to your cPanel account, who would you need to contact?

✓Your Hosting Provider
Human Resources
cPanel Support
Your Internet Service Provider

Which of the following statements best describes email encryption?

Email encryption swaps out words in the email's body with new ones, based on a pre-defined code provided to your mail client.
Email encryption is used to decrypt confusing messages with many grammar and spelling mistakes.
Email encryption is used to make sure that only authorized people can read its data.
Email encryption is used to secure the actual transport of the message from one server to the next.

In order to consider a domain to be owned by you, where does a name need to be purchased or otherwise assigned from?

The cPanel Domain Store
A web host
The ARIN
✓A registrar
cpanel.com

Using the domain shown above, what is the .com portion of the domain referred to as?

The domain suffix
The second-level domain
✓The top-level domain
The domain extension

Which of the following options best describes cPanel as a product?

✓Web Hosting Control Panel
First-Person Shooter
File Management Interface
Operating System

What is the primary role of a domain?

To provide a formal name to use for the website.
To store the files used to display content to web browsers.
✓To easily identify the address of the server hosting the website.
Domains are an old, obsolete standard that is no longer necessary, but still in use due to familiarity.

Which of the following are NOT a type of record you would find in a DNS zone?

A record
CNAME record
MX record
✓NMAP record

Which of the following permission types does NOT allow you to read a file's contents?

All of these permissions will allow you to read the file.
***Write
✓Read
***Execute

What kind of DNS query is performed when a server has not seen a domain before?

Top-level query
Fully-qualified query
✓Recursive query
Root query

What is the default MySQL storage engine used in cPanel & WHM environments?

XtraDB
✓MyISAM
Diesel
***InnoDB

What type of server's primary role is to take in requests for domain names and respond with an appropriate address?

A file server
A web host server
A BF1942 server
A domain server
✓A name server

What is the name of the interface that server administrators log into?

✓WebHost Manager (WHM)
Admin Control Panel (ACP)
cPanel Account Interface
cPanel Administrators Portal (CAP)

What is the textual information containing additional data on the email and its sender that is added to every email sent referred to as?

✓The email header
The email preface
The email card
The email store

TRUE/FALSE: An NS record in a DNS zone points to a domain name, not an IP address.
False
✓True

Which of the following are NOT considered a system "resource"?

Bandwidth
Memory/RAM
✓Link Referrals
Disk Space
CPU

Which of the following protocols transmits information in clear text?

✓HTTP
SSH
HTTPS
IPv6

What is the numerical value of the read permission, when assigning permissions to a file?

6
2
✓4
1

Which of the following Apache modules are core to Apache and can be disabled, but cannot be removed using the EasyApache 4 interface?

mod_evasive
+mod_userdir
mod_php
mod_itk

In modern installations of cPanel & WHM, EasyApache 4 will allow you to install which of the following versions of Apache?

Apache 2.0
Apache 2.2
+Apache 2.4
Apache 2.6

Which of the following options is NOT a real Multi-Processing Module (MPM) available for installation within WHM's EasyApache 4 interface?

Worker
ITK
Prefork
+Postfork

In a cPanel & WHM environment, which of the following options accurately describes what the system default PHP version setting defined in WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface represents?

The version that is installed first, before any other version is installed, but still requiring that domains specifically select the version that they would like to use before PHP will be functional in their account.
The version that is used as a fallback if the version selected for a domain is not functioning properly.
+The version that is used if a domain does not already have a specific version selected for it.
The version that is used when command-line use of the php binary is executed, by default.

What types of packages do EasyApache 4 rely on to install modules and extensions, when provisioning an EasyApache 4 profile?

CPMOVE packages.
DEB packages.
+RPM packages.
tar.gz packages.

Which of the following options describes an action that can be performed from within WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface?

You can perform a graceful restart of the PHP service from within this interface.
+You can turn on PHP-FPM, per-virtual host, from this interface.
You can adjust the DSO process pool resource utilization configuration from this interface.
You can directly edit the various PHP versions' INI configuration files from within this interface.

EasyApache 4 is known for improving the speed of the build process, but what is another benefit of using EasyApache 4 over EasyApache 3?

EA4 gets updated daily by apt-get.
The source servers for EA3 are less reliable than those for EA4.
The PHP modules from EA3 automatically get transferred to EA4.
+Reduced chance of critical Apache failures.

In modern installations of cPanel & WHM, which of the following PHP configuration values are set automatically during the Initial Setup Assistant steps?

max_execution_time
safe_mode
user_dir
+memory_limit

In a cPanel & WHM environment running EasyApache 4, which of the following RPMs would provide PHP 5.6 to the account?

ea-dso-php56
+ea-php56
php56-ea4
multiPHP_5.6

If a user wants to utilize the system default version of PHP, which of the following selections would they enable for their account?

ea-php55
system
default
+inherit

Which of the following PHP handlers works on only one PHP version at a time?

PHP-FPM
CGI
SuPHP
+DSO

Which of the following options accurately describes an action one performs in WHM's EasyApache 4 interface?”

Install custom, non-default versions of PHP through the use of an SCL interface.
Install new add-on software to make available for cPanel accounts, like Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla.
Install new repositories to retrieve module options from.
+Install new PHP extensions for use in your active Apache/PHP environment.

During PHP requests, which of the following statements accurately describes how the DSO handler processes the request?

PHP handling operates by spawning child "php" processes to handle each individual request.
PHP handling operates by spawning "php" processes for PHP requests, and "dso" processes for requests that involve database interaction.
PHP handling operates by spawning child "dso" processes to handle each individual request.
+PHP handling operates internally by Apache's own processes.

Which of the following EasyApache 4 profile actions can you perform from WHM's EasyApache 4 interface, in modern installations of cPanel & WHM?

Install additional EasyApache 4 profile repositories to increase your selection of available modules.
+Upload a profile file from your file system or via a URL.
Edit a raw profile file from within the interface.
Transfer a profile automatically to another cPanel & WHM server.

Which of the following options best describes one of the most notable behaviors that separates the DSO handler from other PHP handlers available in a cPanel & WHM environment?

None of these options describe actual traits of the DSO handler.
DSO creates new "php" processes, but only uses them to serve content back to the client, not for actually processing PHP code, as other handlers do.
+DSO does not create new "php" processes to handle requests, but instead works internally with Apache, spawning from the parent httpd process.
DSO does not create new processes to handle requests, but instead stores each request physically in the file system as a temporary file.

The IP address that the Apache daemon is "listening" with.
A resulting IP address that has been translated by NAT.
+The inbound IP address of the node that requested the item that caused the error message.
The outbound address that is being used by Apache to send data back to the client.

What HTTP status code could be displayed in the Apache logs if a client requests a path containing a file or directory with incorrect permissions or improper user/group ownership values?

408
503
401
+500

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.

403
404
+401
500

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 show "ea-*"
rpm show "ea-*"
yum find "ea-*"
+yum list "ea-*"

+The name of the Apache module that triggered the error.
An arbitrary label assigned to this type of log entry via the httpd.conf file.
An indication that this error comes from the Linux kernel, NOT the Apache software.
The log entry's severity level.

Which of the following terms can best be described as an input stream where data is sent to and read by a program?

STDIO
STDOUT
STDERR
+STDIN

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?

This change should only be performed through the WHM interface so that the appropriate, automated actions can take place for a safe transition.
+The "yum shell" command should be used to perform a batch transaction so that your web content does not produce errors.
Standard yum installs and removals can be safely used, as all EasyApache RPMs contain scripts that automate any necessary "before/after" measures.
EasyApache 4 only supports the Prefork MPM, so MPM changes are not necessary when operating in an EA4 environment.

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 HTTP status code.
The time taken to complete the request (in seconds).
The process owner's user ID.
The size of the file returned in bytes.

Which of the following options indicates the HTTP status code that results in the status message shown below?
OK. The request was successful.

202
500
+200
101

Which of the following yum commands will install the EasyApache 4 mod_speling RPM?

yum add ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -Uvh ea-apache24-mod_speling
+yum install ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -ivh ea-apache24-mod_speling

In a cPanel & WHM environment, which of the following paths are used to store Apache's primary PHP configuration file ( php.conf) ?

/usr/local/lib/
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc/
+/etc/apache2/conf.d/
/etc/cpanel/ea4/

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/bin/ea_install_profile
/etc/yum/ea_install_profile
/usr/local/bin/ea_install_profile
+/usr/local/bin/ea_current_to_profile

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
CGI
MPM
SCL

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.
Run "/usr/local/bin/ea4_profile_edit", and use the interactive prompts displayed directly in the terminal.
Use the "/usr/bin/ea_generate_profile" utility to dump the output of a standard profile template into the terminal, then use that output as your starting point for a new profile file.
Run "/scripts/easyapache --profile", and use the interactive prompts displayed directly in the terminal.

+The IP address of the requestor.
The IP address that the Apache daemon process is listening on.
The IP address of the server.
The IP address of the resolver.

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).
It redirects errors in the rebuild process to a log file instead of outputting them on the screen (as STDERR).
It sets the severity level for PHP logging to "errors", so that only STDERR is logged, excluding informational entries.
This is not a valid argument to pass to the rebuild_phpconf command.

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?

408
+403
504
401

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?

/usr/local/cpanel/
/opt/cpanel/
/etc/apache2/
+/var/cpanel/

Which of the following options indicates the HTTP status code that results in the status message shown below?
OK. The request was successful.

202
+200
101
500

In a server running cPanel & WHM, how can you create a new EasyApache 4 profile from within the server's command-line?

Run "/scripts/easyapache --profile", and use the interactive prompts displayed directly in the terminal.
Use the "/usr/bin/ea_generate_profile" utility to dump the output of a standard profile template into the terminal, then use that output as your starting point for a new profile file.
Run "/usr/local/bin/ea4_profile_edit", and use the interactive prompts displayed directly in the terminal.
+In the file system, make a copy of an existing profile's file, edit it with any desired changes, then save the new file.

The local proxy ID of the proxy that this request passed through.
The public key ID of the key used during an SSL request.
+The Apache process ID of the process that triggered the error.
The PHP process ID of the php process that handled this request

Which factor might affect the amount of Apache access/dom logs that exist on the server?

Based on a configuration variable value set within the httpd.conf file.
+Based on the number of virtual hosts that exist on the server.
Based on the number of cPanel accounts that exist on the server.
Based on a value given on the "Limit Apache Access Logs" setting, found in WHM's Tweak Settings interface.

The process ID of the Apache process that handled the request.
+The size of the returned file (in bytes).
The time taken to complete the request (in seconds).
The HTTP status code.

Which of the following best describes the difference between a process and a thread?

Threads can contain multiple processes, and the processes contained in the thread share its resources.
A thread is a special type of process that is utilized in HTTP 2.0.
Threads and processes are used synonymously.
+Processes can contain multiple threads, and the threads contained in the process share its resources.

The IP address of the resolver.
+The IP address of the requestor.
The IP address of the server.
The IP address that the Apache daemon process is listening on.

The size of the file returned in bytes.
The process owner's user ID.
+The HTTP status code.
The time taken to complete the request (in seconds).

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 sets the severity level for PHP logging to "errors", so that only STDERR is logged, excluding informational entries.
This is not a valid argument to pass to the rebuild_phpconf command.
+It outputs any errors in the rebuild process to the screen (sends to STDERR and log file).
It redirects errors in the rebuild process to a log file instead of outputting them on the screen (as STDERR).

Which of the following yum commands will install the EasyApache 4 mod_speling RPM?

yum add ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -Uvh ea-apache24-mod_speling
+yum install ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -ivh ea-apache24-mod_speling

CGI
SCL
+DSO
MPM

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?

STDIN
STDIO
STDERR
+STDOUT

How does the scl command know which version of PHP it should use?

+You provide the PHP version as a command-line argument.
The .php-version file, if it exists, is used for reference.
The system's default PHP version is always used.
The .htaccess file, if it exists, is used for reference.

Which of the following yum commands would remove, or uninstall, the mod_speling RPM?

yum erase ea-apache24-mod_speling
+yum remove ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -r ea-apache24-mod_speling
yum -e ea-apache24-mod_speling

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 EasyApache 4, but only after the ea4-experimental repository has been enabled.
PHP-FPM appears under the PHP Extensions stage of the EasyApache 4 profile customization walkthrough.
PHP-FPM can only be installed via the command line using yum shell utility, but can then be enabled from WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface.
+PHP-FPM appears under the Apache Modules stage of the EasyApache 4 profile customization walkthrough.

Which of the following options describes an action that can be performed from within WHM's MultiPHP Manager interface?

You can perform a graceful restart of the PHP service from within this interface.
+You can turn on PHP-FPM, per-virtual host, from this interface.
You can directly edit the various PHP versions' INI configuration files from within this interface.
You can adjust the DSO process pool resource utilization configuration from this interface.

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.
PHP-FPM is enabled via WHM's Apache Configuration >> Global Configuration interface
PHP-FPM is automatically enabled for all FCGI sites, once installed via EasyApache 4.
PHP-FPM is enabled via WHM's Tweak Settings interface.

When operating in a cPanel & WHM environment, which of the following files are used by Apache to define the PHP configuration?

/usr/local/cpanel/ea4/php.conf
+/etc/apache2/conf.d/php.conf
/etc/php.conf
/usr/lib/php.cfg

In a cPanel & WHM environment running EasyApache 4, which of the following RPMs would provide PHP 5.6 to the account?

+ea-php56
php56-ea4
multiPHP_5.6
ea-dso-php56

In modern installations of cPanel & WHM, how is the PHP version determined for newly created accounts, when System PHP-FPM status is set to ON?

It is set to the value defined in the Tweak Settings interface.
It is set to the value determined by the package.
It is set to the most up-to-date version installed in your currently active EasyApache 4 profile.
+It is set to the same value as the system default.

Which interface can be used to set a virtual host's PHP version?

WHM only
cPanel only
This must be done from the command-line interface.
+cPanel & WHM

During PHP requests, which of the following statements accurately describes how the DSO handler processes the request?

PHP handling operates by spawning "php" processes for PHP requests, and "dso" processes for requests that involve database interaction.
PHP handling operates by spawning child "dso" processes to handle each individual request.
PHP handling operates by spawning child "php" processes to handle each individual request.
+PHP handling operates internally by Apache's own processes.

In modern installations of cPanel & WHM, EasyApache 4 will allow you to install which of the following versions of Apache?

Apache 2.0
+Apache 2.4
Apache 2.6
Apache 2.2

Which of the following options accurately indicates the file syntax that can be seen within downloaded EasyApache 4 profiles?

YAML
+JSON
SQLite
PDF

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
mod_php
mod_evasive
mod_itk

What types of packages do EasyApache 4 rely on to install modules and extensions, when provisioning an EasyApache 4 profile?

CPMOVE packages.
DEB packages.
+RPM packages.
tar.gz packages.

Which of the following EasyApache 4 profile actions can you perform from WHM's EasyApache 4 interface, in modern installations of cPanel & WHM?

Transfer a profile automatically to another cPanel & WHM server.
Install additional EasyApache 4 profile repositories to increase your selection of available modules.
Edit a raw profile file from within the interface.
+Upload a profile file from your file system or via a URL.

In modern installations of cPanel & WHM, which of the following PHP configuration values are set automatically during the Initial Setup Assistant steps?

max_execution_time
+memory_limit
user_dir
safe_mode

Which of the following options accurately describes an action one performs in WHM's EasyApache 4 interface?”

Install custom, non-default versions of PHP through the use of an SCL interface.
Install new add-on software to make available for cPanel accounts, like Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla.
+Install new PHP extensions for use in your active Apache/PHP environment.
Install new repositories to retrieve module options from.

By default, which of the following sections appear first in the named.conf file?

controls
+options
key
views

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?

+Zone Synchronization
Mass DNS Rsync
The zones must be updated individually, one at a time.
Batch Zone Update

Which of the following nameserver applications does not load all of its DNS zones upon startup?

NSD
MyDNS
+PowerDNS
BIND/named

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?

general
+default
catch-all
standard

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?

Zone information indicating which paths your zones are stored in.
+Host application details indicating version and server data regarding your BIND/named installation.
User information indicating which user the 'named' process is running as.
Hardware information indicating what model network interface is being used on the server.

A default cPanel & WHM environment configures a custom logging channel, default_log, to log to which of the following paths?

/var/named/logs/named.log
+/var/log/named/named.log
/var/log/named.log
/var/log/messages

What does the acronym ACL represent, in the context of a BIND/named configuration (among other contexts)?

Amended Command Label
Access Command Limit
+Access Control List
Answer Control Limit

To retrieve the IPv6 record of a domain, you would query for which of the following records in a domain?

IPv6
A
+AAAA
V6

What does the acronym TLD represent, as in for a "TLD nameserver"?

Tier-located Destination
Tag-limited Delegation
Tree-level Denotation
+Top-level Domain

After a domain is updated at the registrar, where does the registrar then send that domain's record data?

To the authoritative nameserver.
To the configured resolvers.
To the client browser.
+To the TLD nameserver.

On a cPanel & WHM environment, the system stores DNS zone template files within which of the following paths?

/var/named/templates
+/var/cpanel/zonetemplates
/var/cpanel/zones
/etc/zonetemplates

In a cPanel & WHM environment, DNS zone templates can be used to ensure which of the following?

To ensure that caching nameservers are informed that zone updates need to be performed on all cached zones.
The system saves changes to zone files when the DNS server restarts
To facilitate transfers between WHM servers, to ensure that zones are functional on the destination server.
+To standardize a set of zone records and structure that will be used for a large number of DNS zones.

Which section of the named.conf file controls BIND/named's listening port?

network
system
+options
source

On a cPanel & WHM environment, the system stores the private/public keys for DKIM in which of the following paths?

/etc/ssl
+/var/cpanel/domain_keys
/usr/local/cpanel/domain_keys
/var/cpanel/keys

Which of the following command-line tools can be used to list running processes in a Linux environment?

+ps
rpm
ls
df

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-check --conf
+named-checkconf
named --check-conf
named --conf

By default, which of these logging categories are routed into the default_log channel, in a BIND/named DNS server configuration?

+general
config
standard
update

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
transfer-zones
transfers
recursion

Which important configuration file would allow you to change important server options, such as enabling debug logging for BIND/named?

/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/rndc.conf
+/etc/named.conf

In a cPanel & WHM server, which of the following would allow you to select another DNS server application from the command line?

setdnsserver
upcp --nameserver
dnssetup
+setupnameserver

Nameserver address record setup in modern installations of cPanel & WHM, both within the Basic WHM Setup and Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interfaces, provide support for certain DNS records associated which of the following types of hostnames?

Hostnames that resolve to TXT records.
Hostnames that resolve to SPF records.
Hostnames that resolve to MX records.
+Hostnames that resolve to AAAA records.

Which of the following options accurately indicate a task that can be performed from within the WHM interface?

Register a domain.
+Change an MX record.
Update whois information.
None of these operations can be performed from within WHM.

By default, cPanel creates SPF records in which of the following modes?

Development mode (non-production)
"Hard fail" mode (production)
+"Soft fail" mode (production or non-production)
Pending mode (non-production)

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.
None of these.
Total Time Listing; the internal database that determines how often a zone should be reloaded.
Time unTil Live; indicating the remaining time until changes are live.

Which of the following described situations would utilize DNS resolution as a key component of its handling?

To query any port's listening state on a remote server.
+To determine where to send mail for a domain.
To access the WHM interface by its IP address.
To determine WHOIS information for a domain.

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.
Synchronize one zone to all servers.
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?

IP-based whitelisting
+API Tokens
Public/Private Key pairs
Passwords

Which of the following statements best describes the term resolver?

A nameserver that can only resolve local domains.
A top-level domain (.com, .org, etc) nameserver.
+A nameserver that can resolve non-local domains.
A root nameserver.

Within which of the following WHM interfaces would you be able to add SPF and DKIM records to an account?

WHM Home >> Mail >> SPF & DKIM
+WHM Home >> Account Functions >> Modify an Account
WHM Home >> Account Functions >> Enable SPF/DKIM
WHM Home >> Mail >> Account Security

Within which of the following WHM interfaces would you select the nameserver software that you wish to use?

WHM Home >> DNS Services >> Nameserver Configuration
WHM Home >> DNS Services >> DNS Server Manager
+WHM Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection
WHM Home >> Software >> Nameserver Software Setup

SPF and DKIM are resource records that help reduce which of the following?

DNS cache poisoning.
Mail bomb attacks.
+Spoofing and unauthorized senders.
Messages from RBL-listed servers.

To add a PTR record that points the IP address 192.168.0.4 to mail.example.com, which zone would you modify?

example.com
com.example.mail
+0.168.192.in-addr.arpa
192.168.0.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 requires validation of a secondary server before allowing you to enable it.
DNS clustering is initially enabled but configuration is not possible until a DNSOnly server is established and validated.
DNS clustering is initially enabled and can be manually disabled.
+DNS clustering is initially disabled and must be manually enabled.

Diego is a web designer who operates his own cPanel & WHM server. He wants to create a test subdomain for one of his clients and upload some web content to it so that he can share a "beta" (non-production) version of the site to his client.
Which of the following interfaces should he start with, in order to accomplish this?
Edit the zone directly from the command line.
+cPanel » Domains » Subdomains
WHM » DNS Functions » Reset a DNS Zone
WHM » DNS Functions » Edit DNS Zone

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 private IP address.
A warning message about a NAT configuration existing on the server.
Both the public and private IP addresses.
+The public IP address.

Which of the following query returns the IP addresses of the nameservers for the IP address 10.9.8.7?

dig -x 8.9.10.in-addr.arpa
+dig +nssearch 8.9.10.in-addr.arpa
dig -x 10.9.8.7
dig +nssearch 10.9.8.in-addr.arpa

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?

This can only be done from the command line.
+WHM » DNS Functions » Add a DNS Zone.
WHM » DNS Functions » Edit a DNS Zone.
WHM » DNS Functions » Reset a DNS Zone.

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 you host a large quantity of zones, and require a zone merge to reduce the DNS service load time.
+Any time that similar customizations are needed across all hosted accounts.
Any time that customizations are needed on a DNS zone.
Zone templates can only be used during initial server setup process, before any zones have been added to the server.

Which of the following options most accurately describes the interface or interfaces that you would utilize to create reverse DNS zones from within WHM?

This cannot be done in WHM.
WHM Home » DNS Zone Manager » RDNS Zone Wizard, and then follow the automated prompts.
+WHM Home » DNS Zone Manager » Add a DNS Zone, and then WHM Home » DNS Functions » Edit DNS Zone.
WHM Home » DNS Zone Manager » Add an RDNS Zone, and then WHM Home » DNS Functions » Edit RDNS Zone.

As a WHM administrator, you receive the following email alert:
The hostname server.example.com resolves to the 10.0.2.5 IP address. It should resolve to the 10.0.3.5 IP address.
What is the most likely scenario to have caused this notification to be sent?

The hostname does not exist in the /etc/hosts file.
The hostname does not have a PTR record.
+The hostname does not point to the main IP address on the server.
The hostname does not have a GLUE record.

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By default in a cPanel & WHM environment, the system logs cluster-related messages into which of the following log files?

/var/log/dnsadmin
/var/log/dnscluster.log
/var/log/named/named.log
+/usr/local/cpanel/logs/dnsadmin_log

In a cPanel & WHM environment, DNS zone templates can be used to ensure which of the following?

The system saves changes to zone files when the DNS server restarts
To ensure that caching nameservers are informed that zone updates need to be performed on all cached zones.
To facilitate transfers between WHM servers, to ensure that zones are functional on the destination server.
+To standardize a set of zone records and structure that will be used for a large number of DNS zones.

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
named --check-conf
named-check --conf
named --conf

What does the Error logging severity imply, when referring to BIND/named logs?

An event has been encountered during BIND/named operations that indicates standard operational events are occurring.
A problem has been encountered during BIND/named application that is treated as a critical failure.
A problem has been encountered during BIND/named operations that may eventually lead to more severe issues if not addressed.
+A problem has been encountered during BIND/named operations that may allow further operations to continue.

Which of the following actions can you take to ensure that caching nameservers load the new information from your server after making multiple zone file changes in different zones?

The zones must be updated individually, one at a time.
Mass DNS Rsync
Batch Zone Update
+Zone Synchronization

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?

general
standard
+default
catch-all

Which of the following utilities can be used to administer a BIND/named server remotely?

named
dnsadmin
bind-utils
+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?

transfers
transfer-zones
recursion
+allow-transfer

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?

Aliases
+ACLs
Logging Channels
Controls

In a cPanel & WHM server, which of the following would allow you to select another DNS server application from the command line?

+setupnameserver
setdnsserver
dnssetup
upcp --nameserver

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?

Hardware information indicating what model network interface is being used on the server.
+Zone information indicating which paths your zones are stored in.
User information indicating which user the 'named' process is running as.
Host application details indicating version and server data regarding your BIND/named installation.

When you see a "rndc reload: connection refused" error, which of the following commands should you run first?

+/scripts/fixrndc
rndc reload
named --rndc-diag
/scripts/restartsrv_dns

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 bayesian database.
The TXT record.
+The serial number.
The cache value.

At which of the following stages of BIND/named DNS server operations might you encounter a zone or configuration syntax error?

When performing a recursive query.
+During startup.
While in operation.
During shutdown

Which of the following command-line tools can be used to list running processes in a Linux environment?

+ps
ls
rpm
df

In the named.conf file, which section appears first by default?

views
controls
+options
key

What does the acronym TLD represent, as in for a "TLD nameserver"?

Tier-located Destination
+Top-level Domain
Tag-limited Delegation
Tree-level Denotation

After a domain is updated at the registrar, where does the registrar then send that domain's record data?

To the authoritative nameserver.
To the client browser.
+To the TLD nameserver.
To the configured resolvers.

Which of the following is the default path for the BIND/named configuration file?

/var/named.conf
/var/named/named.conf
+/etc/named.conf
/usr/lib/named.conf

On a cPanel & WHM environment, the system stores the private/public keys for DKIM in which of the following paths?

/usr/local/cpanel/domain_keys
/var/cpanel/keys
/etc/ssl
+/var/cpanel/domain_keys

What happens when a domain with two NS records in its zone is queried for its NS records?

Only the first record is returned.
+Both records are returned.
One record is randomly returned each time.
The zone is considered invalid.

In what mode does cPanel create SPF records by default?

EDIT:+"Soft fail" mode (production or non-production)
+Development mode (non-production)
Pending mode (non-production)
"Hard fail" mode (production)

SPF and DKIM are resource records that help reduce which of the following?

DNS cache poisoning.
Mail bomb attacks.
+Spoofing and unauthorized senders.
Messages from RBL-listed servers.

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.
Zone templates can only be used during initial server setup process, before any zones have been added to the server.
+Any time that customizations are needed on a DNS zone.
Any time that you host a large quantity of zones, and require a zone merge to reduce the DNS service load time.

In which of the following WHM interfaces would you enter the default nameservers for accounts that root creates?

WHM Home >> DNS Services >> Configure Default Nameservers.
+WHM Home >> Server Configuration >> Basic WebHost Manager Setup
WHM Home >> Service Configuration >> Configure Default Nameservers.
You cannot perform this operation in WHM.

Which of the following options best describes the term recursive, in the context of DNS?

+A recursive nameserver can resolve non-local domains.
A recursive lookup means that there are too many hops and the domain cannot be resolved.
A recursive lookup means that a routing loop has been created.
A recursive nameserver is a root nameserver.

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.
You cannot send mail from the domain.
You cannot send mail to the domain.
The zone is considered invalid.

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 » Edit DNS Zone.
WHM » DNS Functions » Edit MX Entry.
You must correct the zone from the command line, using utilities provided by the bind-utils package.
+WHM » DNS Functions » Reset a DNS Zone.

Which of the following can be described as having the following major strengths?
Very high performance.
Low memory footprint.

BIND/named
MyDNS
+PowerDNS
NSD

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the term clustering, in the context of a server hosting environment?

Installation of multiple instances of the same service software on one server, allowing multiple configurations to exist in the same environment.
+Two or more servers that all serve the same purpose configured in a distributed, connected environment.
Clustering is one server that provides a variety of different services that all work together to serve content.
One server that has a number of virtualized server environments within it, all serving their own content independently.

The hostname does not exist in the /etc/hosts file.
The hostname does not have a PTR record.
The hostname does not have a GLUE record.
+The hostname does not point to the main IP address on the server.

Which of the following types of authentication is used to establish DNS clustering, in a cPanel & WHM environment?

Public/Private Key pairs
+API Tokens
IP-based whitelisting
Passwords

Which of the following most accurately describes what happens when a zone contains two CNAME records with the same name?

The records are concatenated.
+The zone is considered invalid.
One record is randomly selected each time.
Only the second record is used.

Hostnames that resolve to MX records.
Hostnames that resolve to TXT records.
+Hostnames that resolve to AAAA records.
Hostnames that resolve to SPF records.

To add a PTR record that points the IP address 192.168.0.4 to mail.example.com, which zone would you modify?

192.168.0.in-addr.arpa
com.example.mail
example.com
+0.168.192.in-addr.arpa

Which of the following described situations would utilize DNS resolution as a key component of its handling?

To query any port's listening state on a remote server.
To access the WHM interface by its IP address.
To determine WHOIS information for a domain.
+To determine where to send mail for a domain.

The following options found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM enables the checking of DNS resolution to see if the sender's domain exists?

Sender Verification
+Sender Verification Callouts
Require HELO before MAIL
Enable Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Support

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.
Assisting with the distribution of the workload involved with serving website content.
Specifically handling the processing of SPF and DKIM verification.
Testing DNS configurations before using them in production.

Within which of the following WHM interfaces would you select the nameserver software that you wish to use?

+WHM Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection
WHM Home >> DNS Services >> DNS Server Manager
WHM Home >> DNS Services >> Nameserver Configuration
WHM Home >> Software >> Nameserver Software Setup

Synchronize all zones to this server only.
Synchronize one zone to all servers.
Synchronize one zone to this server only.
+Synchronize all zones to all servers.

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 deleted.
The message was delivered.
+The message was deferred.
The message was rejected.

What is the role of the -y flag when used with the exiqgrep utility?

Messages sent yesterday or prior, with no arguments.
Messages that have not had a send attempted yet.
+ Messages older than the number of seconds given.
Messages newer than the number of seconds given.

Which of the following Actions in a cPanel email filter will result in an incoming message being rejected without sending any notifications?

Reject Message
Stop Processing Rules
Fail with message
+Discard Message

On cPanel & WHM environments, inbound mail is stored within a subfolder structure that exists in which of the following directories?

/var/spool/mail/$USER/
/dev/$USER/mail
/home/mail/$USER/
+/home/$USER/mail/

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -Mrm command?

Unfreezes a message based on a specified Exim ID.
Prints the routing path that messages would use based on a specified email address.
Prints the count of messages that currently exist in the queue.
+Deletes the message based on a given 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?

User-level email filters.
+Domain-level email filters.
Account-level email filters.
Server-level email filters.

Which of the following values are provided in the output of the exim -bp command?

Message ID
+Exim ID
Message Routing Path
SpamAssassin Score

Which of the following commands will remove all messages sent by the spammer@example.tld user within the last 30 minutes?

exiqgrep -r spammer@example.tld -o 30 -i | xargs exim -Mrm
exiqgrep -f spammer@example.tld -y 30 -i | xargs exim -Mrm
+exiqgrep -f spammer@example.tld -y 1800 -i | xargs exim -Mrm
exiqgrep -r spammer@example.tld -o 1800 -i | xargs exim -Mrm

What header information would be present in both email messages being exchanged between two cPanel servers but not appear in the Exim logs of either server?

Delivery Date
Subject
+Exim ID
Message ID

What is the role of the -f flag when used with the exiqgrep utility?

+Select messages by sender address.
Select messages by recipient address.
Force messages to send based on Exim ID.
Select messages by message ID.

Of the following mailbox formats, which of these are supported for use in cPanel & WHM environments?

nms
+maildir
eml
mbox

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -bpc command?

Prints quick details of all messages currently in the queue.
Prints a count of bounces processed in the past 7 days.
Unfreezes all messages in the queue.
+Prints the number of messages in the mail queue.

What does the line in the Exim log that contains the SpamAssassin warning signify?

The email account that the message was sent from.
+The cPanel account that the message was scanned by.
The individual score positives and negatives caused by each spam test that was run during the scan.
The email account that the message was headed to.

In Maildir, what type of item is stored in the "cur" folder?

+Mail that HAS been read.
Mail that has NOT been read.
Messages that were flagged as spam.
Drafts of unsent messages.

In an Exim log entry, the cwd value indicates which of the following?

The directory that triggered the delivery of the message.
+The user executing the command.
The common write destination for the message handler.
The exit signal that terminated the command.

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.
The message was delivered to a Mailman mailing list.
The message was delivered to a default (cPanel) account.
A cPanel account-level filter was applied during the message's processing.

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 an email account on a Mailman mailing list.
A cPanel account-level filter was applied during the message's processing.
+The message was delivered to a default (cPanel) account.
The message was delivered to an email account created in the cPanel interface.

Of the following mailbox formats, which of these are supported for use in cPanel & WHM environments?

nmh
+mdbox
mbox
eml

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -bt command?

Prints the send status of a specific message in the Exim queue based on a specified Exim ID.
This is not a valid Exim command.
+Prints the path that the message will take when Exim attempts delivery to a specified address.
Outputs the current count of messages that exist in the Exim queue.

Which of the following exim commands would provide you with the same functionality found within WHM's Mail Troubleshooter interface?

Exim -Mr
exim -pt
+exim -bt
exim -rt

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 missing notification emails sent via cPanel's "Announcements" list.
To initialize all mail capabilities on the server, allowing users to utilize their accounts' mail features.
xxxx To prevent emails destined for "root" from getting frozen within the mail queue.
To prevent "mailer daemon" messages from being sent to the incorrect destination.

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 resolve a specific email address' domain.
It can report the remote or local authentication requirements based on a specific, provided email address.
It can report the remote or local results of a SpamAssassin message scan.
+It can report the remote or local server that Exim uses to hand off messages for a specific email address.

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?

Sender verification bypass IP addresses
Trusted Mail Users
Trusted SMTP Hosts
+Trusted SMTP IP Addresses

Which of the following Mail interfaces in WHM can provide you with a historical snapshot of the mail queue?

+Mail Delivery Reports
Mail Delivery Status
Mail Queue History
Mail Queue Manager

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?

No notifications are sent when this occurs.
The server's root mail contact.
The email's recipient.
+The email's sender.

Within which of the following WHM interfaces can you enable additional ports for Exim to listen for SMTP connections on?

WHM Home » Service Configuration » Exim Ports Configuration
WHM Home » Service Configuration » Exim Configuration Manager
+WHM Home » Service Configuration » Service Manager
WHM Home » Server Configuration » Tweak Settings

The following options found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM enables the contact of the sender's mail server to see if the sender exists?

Enable Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Support
+Sender Verification Callouts
Require HELO before MAIL
Sender Verification

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 "Reply-to" address defined.
The message has a "BCC" address defined.
+The message has a high rate of failed recipients.
The message has been frozen in the Exim queue.

In which WHM interface can you configure the forwarders for the root, cPanel, and nobody mail accounts?

WHM Home » Server Contacts » Contact Manager
+WHM Home » Server Contacts » Edit System Mail Preferences
WHM Home » Service Configuration » Mailserver Configuration
WHM Home » Service Configuration » Exim Configuration Editor

Given the following, which best describes 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.
None of these options describe reasons for Exim to queue a message.
The message has been locally rejected by the SpamAssassin daemon process.
The Exim service has been stopped and the SMTP daemon is not running.

cPanel & WHM allows you to choose whether mail should be held in the queue or returned to sender when the recipient's mailbox meets which of the following criteria?

Is currently being backed up.
+Exceeds its assigned quota.
Is not enforcing encryption.
Meets limit of stored attachments.

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 sends mail to other servers.
The component that scans mail to determine its spam score.
The component that routes local mail files into the appropriate folder.
+The component that validates user credentials.

Which of the following options best describes the term email reputation?

It is the accumulated average of SpamAssassin scores for messages received by a server.
It is a calculation on the likelihood of a message being spam based on other messages sent from that email address.
It is another name for the score that SpamAssassin gives to each email.
+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 accurately describes the behavior of an open relay server?

An open relay server requires you to authenticate using a password.
+An open relay server does not require you to authenticate.
An open relay server operates by only handling mail coming from a specific list of IP addresses.
An open relay server will only relay messages sent directly by a telnet client.

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 caught in a user-level filter and deleted.
The message was likely rejected at SMTP-time because the sender's email address or server is listed in an RBL.
The message was likely rejected at SMTP-time due to spam-like characteristics.
The message was likely delivered successfully, but to the user's "Spam" folder.

The following options found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM enables the checking of DNS resolution to see if the sender's domain exists?

Require HELO before MAIL
Sender Verification Callouts
Enable Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Support
+Sender Verification

If you receive a report that emails from a particular user on your server are not being delivered to the inbox or bounced back, and you see a green checkmark icon next to the message when you check the WHM Home » Email » Mail Delivery Reports interface, what is the most likely explanation for this icon?

That the message has been caught in a user-level filter and deleted.
That the message has been caught in a routing loop.
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.

What is one characteristic that is often, though not always indicative, of an average spam email message?

+The message contains an attachment.
The message reports zero bytes in size.
The message is small in size.
The message is large in size.

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.
It will indicate if the destination email address has reached its quota limitation.
It will indicate if the destination email address has been greylisted.
It will indicate whether the file permissions on the destination email address' mail folder are correct

If the mail server defers a message, what did it do to the message?

Returned it to the sender (bounced).
Classified it as spam.
+Delayed it.
Rejected it.

Which of the following Actions in a cPanel email filter will result in an incoming message being rejected without sending any notifications?

+Discard Message
Fail with message
Stop Processing Rules
Reject Message

In an Exim log entry, the cwd value indicates which of the following?

+The user executing the command.
The directory that triggered the delivery of the message.
The exit signal that terminated the command.
The common write destination for the message handler.

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 encoded email address
The message ID
+The Exim ID
The encoded server hostname

Which Exim command can be used to display the total number of messages in the mail queue?

exim -qcp
exim -bp
exim -bt
+exim -bpc

What is the role of the -y flag when used with the exiqgrep utility?

Messages newer than the number of seconds given.
+Messages older than the number of seconds given.
Messages sent yesterday or prior, with no arguments.
Messages that have not had a send attempted yet.

What header information would be present in both email messages being exchanged between two cPanel servers but not appear in the Exim logs of either server?

Delivery Date
+Exim ID
Message ID
Subject

Which of the following exim commands would provide you with the same functionality found within WHM's Mail Troubleshooter interface?

+exim -bt
exim -pt
exim -rt
Exim -Mr

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 message was deferred.
The message was delivered.
The message was rejected.

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -Mrm command?

Prints the routing path that messages would use based on a specified email address.
+Deletes the message based on a given the Exim ID.
Unfreezes a message based on a specified Exim ID.
Prints the count of messages that currently exist in the queue.

A particular type of email filter is stored in the /etc/vfilters/ directory. Which of the following types of filters are these?

Server-level email filters.
Domain-level email filters.
+Account-level email filters.
User-level email filters.

Which of the following can be discerned from the Exim log entry shown below?
1YO6VR-00081w-7C => test R=virtual_user T=virtual_userdelivery

The message was delivered.
The message was deleted.
+The message was deferred.
The message was rejected.

On cPanel & WHM environments, inbound mail is stored within a subfolder structure that exists in which of the following directories?

/dev/$USER/mail
/home/mail/$USER/
+/home/$USER/mail/
/var/spool/mail/$USER/

What does the line in the Exim log that contains the SpamAssassin warning signify?

The email account that the message was headed to.
+The cPanel account that the message was scanned by.
The individual score positives and negatives caused by each spam test that was run during the scan.
The email account that the message was sent from.

Which of the following Exim log entries would indicate that mail was deleted due to a filter?

1YO6VR-00081w-7C => test R=virtual_user T=virtual_userdelivery
+1YO6bD-000871-1j => /dev/null R=virtual_user_filter T=**bypassed**
1YOv2S-0005IY-7r == test@cptest.test R=virtual_user T=virtual_userdelivery
1YOv2S-0005IY-Vd <= test@cptest.test H=localhost

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -bt command?

This is not a valid Exim command.
+Prints the path that the message will take when Exim attempts delivery to a specified address.
Outputs the current count of messages that exist in the Exim queue.
Prints the send status of a specific message in the Exim queue based on a specified Exim ID.

Of the following mailbox formats, which of these are supported for use in cPanel & WHM environments?

mbox
+maildir
eml
nms

What is the role of the -f flag when used with the exiqgrep utility?

+Select messages by sender address.
Select messages by recipient address.
Force messages to send based on Exim ID.
Select messages by message ID.

Which of the following best describes the role of the exim -bpc command?

Prints a count of bounces processed in the past 7 days.
Unfreezes all messages in the queue.
Prints quick details of all messages currently in the queue.
+Prints the number of messages in the mail queue.

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.
A cPanel account-level filter was applied during the message's processing.
The message was delivered to an email account on a Mailman mailing list.
The message was delivered to an email account created in the cPanel interface.

Of the following mailbox formats, which of these are supported for use in cPanel & WHM environments?

mbox
nmh
+mdbox
eml

If the mail server defers a message, what did it do to the message?

Returned it to the sender (bounced).
Rejected it.
+Delayed it.
Classified it as spam.

Given the following options, which accurately describe the Mail Troubleshooter interface's behavior, found in WHM?

It sends an actual test message, but only to local destinations on the server.
It sends a dummy message that is designed to intentionally be rejected by the destination mail server.
It sends an actual test message, and returns the routing and header information.
+It does not send an actual test message but simulates sending one.

Given the following, which best describes an actual reason that the system may place a message into the Exim queue?

The message has been locally rejected by the SpamAssassin daemon process.
None of these options describe reasons for Exim to queue a message.
The Exim service has been stopped and the SMTP daemon is not running.
+The load average on the server is above the delivery threshold.

What is one characteristic that is often, though not always indicative, of an average spam email message?

The message is large in size.
The message reports zero bytes in size.
+The message contains an attachment.
The message is small in size.

Which of the following Mail interfaces in WHM can provide you with a historical snapshot of the mail queue?

Mail Delivery Status
Mail Queue Manager
Mail Delivery Reports
+Mail Queue History

That the message was delivered successfully to a folder other than the inbox.
+That the message has been caught in a user-level filter and deleted.
That the message has been caught in a routing loop.
That the message was rejected at SMTP time due to spam-like characteristics.

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 with have a low failure rate.
This information is not available from the Mail Delivery Reports interface.
+The account will have a high failure rate.
The account will report no failures.

The following options found in the Exim Configuration Manager - Basic Editor interface in WHM enables the checking of DNS resolution to see if the sender's domain exists?

Require HELO before MAIL
+Sender Verification
Sender Verification Callouts
Enable Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) Support

Which of the following methods best indicate the recommended approach for backing up, restoring or resetting the system's Exim configuration?

Use the command-line interface and use the appropriate cPanel-provided "exim_" script found under the /scripts folder.
Use the phpMyAdmin interface and perform the corresponding operation on the "exim_config" table, found in the "cpanel" database.
+Use the corresponding functions found within the Exim Configuration Manager interface, in WHM.
Use the command-line interface and either copy the existing exim.conf file, or restore/reset a backup exim.conf directly, then restart the service.

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 from a particular email address.
When the message contains a CC or BCC address.
When the message is under a certain size.
+When the message is over a certain size.

cPanel & WHM allows you to choose whether mail should be held in the queue or returned to sender when the recipient's mailbox meets which of the following criteria?

Is currently being backed up.
+Exceeds its assigned quota.
Meets limit of stored attachments.
Is not enforcing encryption

What does it mean when a mail server "relays" its mail?

It is sending spam.
It is sending mail through multiple mail servers simultaneously.
+It is sending mail on behalf of unauthenticated users.
It is handing mail off to another mail server for delivery.

What actions can you perform in the WHM Home » Email » Mail Queue Manager interface?”

Repair the permissions in the account's mail folders and files.
Perform a test to determine how mail will be routed for a particular email address.
Alter the amount of startup children processes that Spamd is restricted to.
+Delete a particular message permanently so that is not delivered.

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?

No notifications are sent when this occurs.
The email's recipient.
The server's root mail contact.
+The email's sender.

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 been frozen in the Exim queue.
+The message has a high rate of failed recipients.
The message has a "BCC" address defined.
The message has a "Reply-to" address defined.

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.
The message has been instructed to route to /dev/null.
None of these options describe reasons for Exim to queue a message.
+There are DNS issues preventing Exim from finding the remote mail server.

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 if the destination email address has been greylisted.
It will indicate if the destination email address has reached its quota limitation.
It will indicate whether the file permissions on the destination email address' mail folder are correct.
+It will indicate whether the destination address forwards mail to a remote server.

+Trusted SMTP IP Addresses
Sender verification bypass IP addresses
Trusted SMTP Hosts
Trusted Mail Users

The message was likely rejected at SMTP-time because the sender's email address or server is listed in an RBL.
The message was likely delivered successfully, but to the user's "Spam" folder.
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.

When mail is delivered to "/dev/null”, which of the following statements accurately indicate what happens to the message?

The message Is waiting in the queue.
The message was delivered to the system administrator's account.
The message can be found in the user's Trash folder.
+The message has been permanently deleted.

Which of the following is the standard wildcard character used in SQL queries?
+%
*
@
!

Which of the following are utilities that you can use to try and repair a MySQL database while MySQL is running?

+The "mysqlcheck" command.
The "innochecksum" command.
The "myisamchk" command.
The "mysqladmin refresh" command.

Which of the following statements is not a legitimate SQL statement?

INSERT
UPDATE
+COPY
+REMOVE

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
/var/cpanel/databases/mysql.conf
/var/cpanel/cpanel.config
/var/lib/mysql/mysql/db.opt

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?

A missing storage engine plugin.
A missing data transaction log file.
An invalid my.cnf configuration value.
+An incomplete (partial) upgrade.

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.
MySQL appears to start normally, but aborts with no errors immediately.
MySQL starts up normally and ignores the bad variable.
MySQL starts up, but logs a warning about the variable.

If the backup directory is /backup, where would you find the compressed backup file of the full MySQL data directory?

/backup/system/[date]/_var_lib_mysql.tar.gz
+/backup/[date]/system/dirs/_var_lib_mysql.tar.gz
/backup/cpanel/dirs/_mysql_.tar.gz
/backup/system/directories/[date]/mysql.tar.gz

Which term best describes an attribute used to sort or specify data, sometimes across tables, in the context of a MySQL database?

Transaction
+Index
Hash
Key

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?

dbstoregrants
dbmaptool
+restoregrants
rebuildgrants

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?

setupnameserver
+restoregrants
dbmaptool
updatephpconf

Which of the following MySQL/MariaDB-related variables can be controlled via an option found within WHM's Tweak Setting interface?

+open_files_limit
default_character_set
innodb_file_per_table
binlog_cache_size

What would be the best solution to address the email notifications that include the following message: dbindex cache file is out of date

Restore the file from an available backup.
Manually edit the file to correct the corrupted data.
+Run /scripts/fix-dbindex.
Delete the file and allow it to be recreated automatically.

How can you prevent cPanel & WHM from performing automated updates on the MySQL® or MariaDB server software?

By changing the settings found in the "Update" tab of the Manage MySQL® Profiles interface in WHM.
+By using the update_local_rpm_version script.
cPanel does not perform automated updates on MySQL®/MariaDB.
By changing the “Allow cPanel to update MySQL®/MariaDB” option, found in Tweak Settings.

Which of the following statements about InnoDB tablespaces are true?

They can be safely relocated as needed via a simple mv command from the file system.
They all store a copy of the data dictionary containing descriptive information about the table's structure.
+They can be stored individually within a database folder, or lumped together into the ibdata1 file.
They have a simple plain text files that are human-readable.

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 a historical, rotated series of archived and compressed log files containing logged MySQL information as it pertains to cPanel operations.
+To store mapping information to help store data regarding association between cPanel accounts and databases.
The path containing historically logged information on each MySQL update and upgrade that has been performed, either automatic or otherwise.
The path that is used as the default MySQL data directory specifically within cPanel & WHM environments.

In which subdirectory of a cPanel backup folder can individual database backups created within a cPanel account-level backup be found?

In the databases directory
In the _var_lib_mysql directory
+In the mysql directory
In the public_html directory

Which of the following statements about ~/.my.cnf files can be considered to be true?

.my.cnf files can only be used by the root user.
.my.cnf files can define startup options used by the mysqld daemon process.
.my.cnf files can be used by any user.
+.my.cnf files contain the MySQL password only in an encrypted state.

Which of the following variables in a cPanel & WHM server’s /etc/my.cnf file are set by default?

auto_increment_offset=2
+default-storage-engine=MyISAM
innodb-file-per-table=0
default-character-set=utf-8

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?

Ensure that all files within the database's folder in the data directory have been given root:root ownership.
+Associate the database and the database user with the cPanel user using the Database Map Tool.
Ensure that the db.opt file within the restored database folder has been assigned with the "immutable" attribute.
Re-import the individually stored grants file into the database to ensure permissions are retained.

Which of the following describes one of the important steps involved in the process of relocating your MySQL data directory to a new partition?

Ensure that the MySQL data directory still exists in its default path, and has permissions to allow you to overwrite it.
Modify the mount table to ensure that the new partition is loaded with journaling capabilities.
Ensure that the firewall is blocking access to the MySQL daemon's listening port.
+Turn off MySQL and MySQL monitoring before performing filesystem changes.

Which of the following is one of the most common causes of MySQL upgrade failures?

Leaving the MySQL daemon listening port open for the duration of the upgrade.
A heavily customized set of Apache VirtualHost template files exists on the environment.
Failing to perform a MySQL index flush via the information schema prior to upgrading.
+Aborting the upgrade, intentionally or otherwise, part-way through the procedure.

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.
MyISAM implements the data dictionary to ensure that the stored data remains consistent.
MyISAM is the only storage engine that implements the information_schema table, useful for querying detailed MySQL system information and gathering statistics.
MyISAM utilizes transaction logs to assist in crash recovery, in the event that MySQL unexpectedly quits during normal operations.

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.
A password that the server administrator should provide to its users for standard MySQL access.
A password that should be set to match the same as the server's root password, so that services can synchronize authentication.
A password that the server administrator should memorize for frequent use in accessing MySQL.

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.
A version of the InnoDB storage engine optimized for "dictionary-style" lookups.
A core component of the MySQL/MariaDB authentication handling mechanisms.
An index of terms used to populate locale data used to construct output returned by standard SQL queries.

In a cPanel & WHM environment, which of the following MySQL storage engines is set as the default?

XtraDB
Aria
+MyISAM
InnoDB

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 MAC address
Remote API Token
Remote MySQL listening port
+Remote SSH port

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 provide significant improvements to Ruby applications hosted on the WHM server.
Remote MySQL servers can increase security on the WHM server.
Remote MySQL servers allow you to uninstall MySQL on the WHM server, to reduce disk usage.
+Remote MySQL servers can reduce load on the WHM Server.

Which of the following database-related terms defines marking a table or row so that only one process can access it a time?”

Encryption
Key constraint
+Locking
Grant

Which of the following types of tables can you repair using the Repair a MySQL Database interface, found in WHM?

+MyISAM
InnoDB
XtraDB
None from within WHM; all MySQL table repairs must be completed from the command-line interface.

Which of the following terms can be described as the way that permissions are handled inside a MySQL or MariaDB database?

Locking
Key constraints
+Grants
Encryption

Which of the following options describes the best way to import a SQL dump into a PostgreSQL databases via the WHM interface?

Using WHM's MySQL/MariaDB Upgrade interface.
Using WHM's PostgreSQL Import interface.
+There are no features in WHM that provide this capability; it must be performed from the command-line.
Using WHM's Configure PostgreSQL interface.

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 production accounts have been created, and the server has been in production for at least 3 months.
After production accounts have been created, and the server has been in active production for at least 3 days.
After production accounts have been created, and the server has been in production for at least 30 days.
+After installation, but before beginning to create production accounts on the server.

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
Additional MySQL® Hosts
MySQL® Connections
Remote MySQL® Hosts

Which of the following actions can you perform directly from within the WHM interface, without using phpMyAdmin?

+Change a database user's password.
Rename an existing table within a database.
Change individual privileges on a specific database user.
Change a table's foreign key constraints.

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?”

24 characters.
10 characters.
+16 characters.
32 characters.

What language is used to add, remove, and view data in a MySQL/MariaDB database?

JSON
CSV
YAML
+SQL

MySQL Profiles can set up what kind of relationship between servers

Many-to-1
Many-to-many
1:1 or Many-to-1
+1-to-1 (1:1) only

By default, what kind of remote MySQL access is allowed, given the correct user and password?

Only from one remote client at a time.
Remote access is granted from any client by default.
Only by a pre-populated list of cPanel IP addresses.
+No remote access is provided by default.

The WHM Home >> SQL Services >> Manage Database Users interface in WHM can be used for which of the following purposes?

Change password strength requirements for MySQL users.
+Rename existing database users.
Modify user access to remote MySQL servers.
Remap databases to other accounts.

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?

state
command
+info
query

In MySQL version 5.6, what happens if an entry in /etc/my.cnf is an unrecognized variable?

MySQL starts up normally and ignores the bad variable.
MySQL starts up, but logs a warning about the variable.
MySQL appears to start normally, but aborts with no errors immediately.
+MySQL refuses to start and logs an error message.

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.

dbindex
dbstoregrants
setupdbmap
+restoregrants

When should you make backups of your configuration files (or the my.cnf file in particular)?

Extremely often.
Never. There’s no reason to make backups of configuration files because you can rebuild them.
+When changes are made to the configuration.
Weekly.

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.
By changing the settings found in the "Update" tab of the Manage MySQL® Profiles interface in WHM.
By changing the “Allow cPanel to update MySQL®/MariaDB” option, found in Tweak Settings.
+cPanel does not perform automated updates on MySQL®/MariaDB.

Which of the following statements about InnoDB tablespaces are true?

They can be safely relocated as needed via a simple mv command from the file system.
They all store a copy of the data dictionary containing descriptive information about the table's structure.
They have a simple plain text files that are human-readable.
+They can be stored individually within a database folder, or lumped together into the ibdata1 file.

Which of the following files can be found in the /var/cpanel/databases directory in a cPanel & WHM environment?

+dbindex.db.json
none of these
mysql-error.log
.frm files

Which of the following is the standard wildcard character used in SQL queries?

+%
@
*
!

Which of the following file extensions are associated specifically with MyISAM tables?

.sql
+.MYD
.ibd
.frm

Which of the following variables in a cPanel & WHM server’s /etc/my.cnf file are set by default?

auto_increment_offset=2
+default-storage-engine=MyISAM
default-character-set=utf-8
innodb-file-per-table=0

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?

A missing data transaction log file.
+An incomplete (partial) upgrade.
An invalid my.cnf configuration value.
A missing storage engine plugin.

What type of syntax is demonstrated in the following example, can also be found in some of cPanel's mapping-related files stored 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: {}

JSON
XML
+YAML
SQL

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
/backup/system/[date]/_var_lib_mysql.tar.gz
/backup/cpanel/dirs/_mysql_.tar.gz
/backup/system/directories/[date]/mysql.tar.gz

updatephpconf
setupnameserver
+restoregrants
dbmaptool

Which of the following files should you check if you receive an unknown variable error message during MySQL operation or service start-up?

/var/lib/mysql/mysql/db.opt
/var/cpanel/cpanel.config
+/etc/my.cnf
/var/cpanel/databases/mysql.conf

You must stop the MySQL service in order to perform which of the following actions?

Perform a SQL REPAIR operation on a MyISAM table.
Restore a single database backup.
+Relocate or rename the data directory file in the MySQL data directory.
Make backups in the form of SQL dumps.

Which of the following MySQL/MariaDB-related variables can be controlled via an option found within WHM's Tweak Setting interface?

+open_files_limit
default_character_set
binlog_cache_size
innodb_file_per_table

Which of the following describes one of the important steps involved in the process of relocating your MySQL data directory to a new partition?

Modify the mount table to ensure that the new partition is loaded with journaling capabilities.
Ensure that the firewall is blocking access to the MySQL daemon's listening port.
+Turn off MySQL and MySQL monitoring before performing filesystem changes.
Ensure that the MySQL data directory still exists in its default path, and has permissions to allow you to overwrite it.

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 only transaction privileges are restricted.
+That no privileges are given.
That full privileges are given.
That a limited set of restricted write privileges are given.

If the MySQL processes are stopped using the kill -9 command, what can you expect to happen?

+The severed writes on the databases will increase risk of database corruption.
The log files will produce an excessive number of warnings, which may begin causing disk space issues if unaddressed.
An increased security risk of compromised authentication.
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 statements about ~/.my.cnf files can be considered to be true?

.my.cnf files contain the MySQL password only in an encrypted state.
.my.cnf files can only be used by the root user.
.my.cnf files can define startup options used by the mysqld daemon process.
+.my.cnf files can be used by any user.

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?

Additional MySQL® Hosts
+Manage MySQL® Profiles
MySQL® Connections
Remote MySQL® Hosts

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?

4
3
+1
2

Which of the following database-related terms defines marking a table or row so that only one process can access it a time?”

+Locking
Encryption
Grant
Key constraint

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?”

10 characters.
32 characters.
24 characters.
+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?

Category
Entry
Type
+Field

Which of the following terms can be described as the way that permissions are handled inside a MySQL or MariaDB database?

+Grants
Encryption
Locking
Key constraints

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?

command
query
state
+info

By default, what kind of remote MySQL access is allowed, given the correct user and password?

+No remote access is provided by default.
Remote access is granted from any client by default.
Only from one remote client at a time.
Only by a pre-populated list of cPanel IP addresses.

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?

Aria
+InnoDB
MyISAM
XtraDB

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
cPanel Home >> Databases >> Add Access Hosts
cPanel Home >> Databases >> Additional Access Hosts
cPanel Home >> Databases >> MySQL Databases

Which of the following definitions best describes InnoDB's data dictionary component?

A core component of the MySQL/MariaDB authentication handling mechanisms.
An index of terms used to populate locale data used to construct output returned by standard SQL queries.
A version of the InnoDB storage engine optimized for "dictionary-style" lookups.
+A part of the InnoDB storage engine that uses metadata to map structural information to the file it’s stored in.

Which of the following options describes an actual benefit of utilizing remote MySQL capabilities using the MySQL Profiles feature in WHM?

Remote MySQL servers allow you to uninstall MySQL on the WHM server, to reduce disk usage.
+Remote MySQL servers can reduce load on the WHM Server.
Remote MySQL servers can increase security on the WHM server.
Remote MySQL servers can provide significant improvements to Ruby applications hosted 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 reloads the Additional MySQL Access Hosts interface for the first time, after making changes.
+When the user clicks the link at the bottom of the Additional MySQL Access Hosts interface labeled "click here".
When the user restarts the MySQL service after making changes in the Additional MySQL Access Hosts interface.
These are only created from the individual cPanel account interfaces, and cannot be applied within WHM.

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 MySQL listening port
Remote MAC address
+Remote SSH port
Remote API Token

What language is used to add, remove, and view data in a MySQL/MariaDB database?

CSV
YAML
JSON
+SQL

The WHM Home >> SQL Services >> Manage Database Users interface in WHM can be used for which of the following purposes?

Modify user access to remote MySQL servers.
+Rename existing database users.
Change password strength requirements for MySQL users.
Remap databases to other accounts.

In a cPanel & WHM environment, which of the following MySQL storage engines is set as the default?

XtraDB
Aria
InnoDB
+MyISAM

Which of the following MySQL/MariaDB-related terms describe a data structure that improves operations' speed in a table accurately?

Buffer pool
Constraint
+Index
Transaction

Which of the following options describes the best way to import a SQL dump into a PostgreSQL databases via the WHM interface?

Using WHM's Configure PostgreSQL interface.
Using WHM's PostgreSQL Import interface.
+There are no features in WHM that provide this capability; it must be performed from the command-line.
Using WHM's MySQL/MariaDB Upgrade interface.

Which of the following actions can you perform directly from within the WHM interface, without using phpMyAdmin?

Change a table's foreign key constraints.
Change individual privileges on a specific database user.
+Change a database user's password.
Rename an existing table within a database.