Server+ PBQ Lab: HTTPS alerts following suspicious service-account logon

By QH · Updated Jul 10, 2026

CertificationServer+ (SK0-005)
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Passing Score100%
Format100% Pbq Platform
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Certification Summary

CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 targets system administrators and server technicians responsible for the physical and virtual maintenance of data center hardware. These professionals spend their time managing the lifecycle of server components, often dealing with the reality that a documented maintenance window serves more as a suggestion than a hard limit for the hardware team.

Server Administration, Troubleshooting, and Security and Disaster Recovery constitute the majority of the exam, focusing on how you handle degraded RAID arrays or unexpected permission shifts to keep services online. The rest of the content covers hardware installation and configuration, where you identify specific cabling standards and physical components required to populate a rack. You will spend significant time analyzing terminal outputs and log file snippets to diagnose hardware-level faults.

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Server Hardware Installation and Management18%
Server Administration30%
Security and Disaster Recovery24%
Troubleshooting28%

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Question 1

In this Server+ incident-response simulator, the learner investigates APP-SRV-02 after off-hours outbound HTTPS alerts appear following a suspicious service-account logon.

The lab requires the user to compare normal and abnormal server behavior, recognize that local host tools may be unreliable on a compromised system, preserve evidence before making destructive changes, and choose a containment plan that stops the threat without unnecessarily breaking application dependencies.

This is a hands-on troubleshooting and security-response PBQ built around process ownership, persistence, packet capture, service-account misuse, and evidence-safe remediation.