IT Academy-Solutions 3-Assessment - v1.0

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Course: VMware Academy: Software Defined IT Using

VMware – Solutions 3
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Module 2: Introduction to vSphere and the Software-

Defined Data Center (15)
Lesson 1: Abstraction: Overview of vSphere and Virtualization
Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

1 Which of the following are benefits of virtual machines? [Choose 2]
Easier to apply firmware updates
Easier to change BIOS settings
Easy to manage as they are isolated from hardware differences
Easy to move or copy
Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

2 What term is used to describe the fact that virtual machines are contained in a discrete
set of files? [Choose 1]
Consolidation
Encapsulation
Remediation
Replication
Lesson 2: vSphere Virtual Machines Concepts and vSphere Clients
1
3 What is the naming convention used identify the network adapters that are attached to
a virtual switch? [Choose 1]
e1000
vlance
vmnet
vmnic
Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answers

4 What is the name of the built-in file system which is understood natively by VMware
ESXi? [Choose 1]
EXT3
FAT32
NTFS
VMFS

5 Which of the following are clients that can be used to manage the vSphere
environment? [Choose 3]
PuTTy
VMware Host Client
vSphere C# Windows Desktop Client
vSphere Client
vSphere Web Client
Type: True or False

6 True or False. The vSphere Web Client requires the Adobe Flex plugin.
True
False
Lesson 3: Virtual Machine Hardware

7 In which file are the core configuration settings of a virtual machine stored?
VM_name.nvram
VM_name.vmsd
VM_name.vmtx
VM_name.vmx

8 Which files make up a virtual machine’s virtual disk? (Choose 2)
VM_name.vmdk
VM_name.vmtx
VM_name.vswp
VM_name-flat.vmdk
2
9 How many virtual SCSI adapters does a virtual machine currently support? [Choose 1]
2
4
8
16

10 What virtual machine hardware version is supported by VMware ESXi 6.7? [Choose 1]
9
12
14
15

11 Virtual disks are connected to virtual storage adapters. Which storage adapters does
the VMware ESXi host offer to a virtual machine? [Choose 2]
LSI Logical SAS
USB Controller
VMware Machine Communication Interface
VMware Paravirtual SCSI
Type: True or False

12 True or False. A thin virtual disk that is 1TB in size can be created on a VMFS volume
which only has 500GB of free space.
True
False

13 Which virtual network adapter type offers the best performance with the richest set of
features? [Choose 1]
E1000
E1000e
Vlance
VMXNET3
Lesson 4: Shared Resources: Overview of ESXi

14 What is the name of the physical console of the VMware ESXi where primary settings
such as networking can be configured? [Choose 1]
Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
Direct Remote Access Console (DRAC)
3
Insight Lights-out Card (ILO)
Remote Access Card (RAC)

15 What protocol and port number is used for NTP communication from the VMware ESXi
host? [Choose 1]
TCP Protocol using Port 123
TCP Protocol using Port 22
UDP Protocol using Port 123
UDP Protocol using Port 53
4
Module 3: Creating Virtual Machines (5)
Lesson 1: Virtual Machine Concepts

1 Which of the following are file formats that are used to store virtual machine
appliances? [Choose 2]
OVA
OVF
VMDK
VMX

2 What is the name of VMware Tools .ISO file used by Window 2000, Windows XP, and
Server 2013 operating systems? [Choose 1]
LegacyWindows.iso
linux.iso
windows.iso
winPreVista.iso
Type: True or False

3 True or False. Installing VMware Tools is a requirement for the guest operating system
to install successfully inside the virtual machine.
True
False
Lesson 2: Deploying and Configuring a Virtual Machine

4 Which of the following are device drivers that are added to the operating system when
VMware Tools is installed? [Choose 2]
Balloon Memory Control Driver
Sync Driver for quiescing file system I/O
USB Device Driver
Virtual Microphone Driver

5 An administrator is installing VMware Tools to a Linux VM, but the Microsoft
Windows .ISO is mounted, and the install fails. What is causing this error? [Choose 1]
An incorrect guest operating system has been selected in the virtual machine’s configuration
settings
An unsupported version of Linux was installed
Linux needs a special plug-in to run an .EXE or .MSI file
The installer has insufficient permissions in the Linux VM
5
Module4: vCenter Server (28)
Lesson 1: Centralized Management: Overview of vCenter Server

1 Which of the following operating system distributions can be used to deploy vCenter
Server 6.7? [Choose 2]
Apple Mac
Linux-based virtual appliance
Unix
Windows

2 What is the name of the custom operating system used by vCenter Server? [Choose 1]
Electron
Neutron
Photon
Proton

3 Which services are built into vCenter Server? [Choose 2]
Auto Deploy
DHCP
DNS
ESXi Dump Collector

4 What are the names of the core processes that allow vCenter Server to communicate
to and from ESXi hosts? [Choose 2]
hostd
vmx
vpxa
vpxd

5 How does vCenter Server ensure service availability and protect itself from failure?
[Choose 2]
Built-in High Availability
Built-in replication to the Public Cloud
Cold standby in the Public Cloud
Support for built-in file-level backup and restore

6 What built-in database engine is supplied with the vCenter Server Appliance? [Choose
1]
Microsoft SQL
NoSQL
Oracle Database 11g
6
PostgreSQL
Lesson 2: vCenter Server Appliance

7 What authentication services are currently supported by vCenter Server Appliance?
[Choose 3]
Integration with Google Authentication
Lightweight Directory Authentication Protocol (LDAP)
Local users created in Linux
Microsoft Windows Active Directory
vCenter Single Sign-on

8 How many vCenter Server sites can each Platform Service Controller be associated
with? [Choose 1]
1
10
15
50
Type: True or False

9 True or False. Enhanced linked mode groups can be created after the installation of
vCenter Server?
True
False

10 The Platform Services Controller role can be deployed in which ways? [Choose 2]
Embedded
External
Proxy to Microsoft Active Directory Service
Public Cloud Service

11 How can an external Platform Services Controller be configured to be highly available
with an automatic failover for a different site? [Choose 1]
Built-in replication to the Public Cloud
Enable a third-party load-balancer that can detect a service outage
Enable High-Availability (HA) Services for the Platform Service Controller
Configure Fault-Tolerance for vCenter Server

12 What are the components that make up a highly available vCenter Server
environment? [Choose 3]
Active vCenter Server Appliance
Active-Active vCenter Server Appliance
Passive vCenter Server Appliance
Standby Platform Services Controller
7
vCenter Witness/Quorum
Lesson 4: Deploying vCenter Server Appliance

13 Which of the following are required in order to deploy a vCenter Server Appliance?
[Choose 2]
Activated DHCP server on the vCenter Server network
Active Directory administrator username and password
Effective time synchronization preferably using NTP
Fully-qualified domain name or IP address host machine to deploy appliance

14 Which common tasks can be carried out with the vCenter Server graphical installer?
[Choose 3]
Apply software patches
Install
Migrate from vCenter Server Appliance to vCenter Server on Windows
Restore
Upgrade
Type: Multi-Choice, Multiple Answers

15 The vCenter Server Appliance installer can be run on which of the following operating
systems? [Choose 3]
BSD
Google Chrome
Linux
MacOS
Windows

16 vCenter Server deployments can be automated with an answer file in which format?
[Choose 1]
.CFG
.DAT
.JSON
.TXT

17 What is the default evaluation period for vSphere? [Choose 1]
30 days
60 days
90 days
120 days
Lesson 5: Managing the vCenter Server Inventory
8
18 What is the most accurate definition of a “virtual data center” in the context of the
vCenter Server inventory? [Choose 1]
A logical organization of all the inventory objects required to create an environment for
managing virtual machines
A logical representation of data center facilities for the whole organization
A physical building containing servers, storage and high-speed networks
One to one mapping of physical datacenters of the organization in the public cloud

19 Which of the following are possible states for the lockdown feature on an ESXi host?
[Choose 3]
Complete
Disabled
Full
Normal
Strict
Lesson 6: vCenter Server Roles and Permissions
Type: True or False

20 When a user is a member of multiple groups with permissions on the same vCenter
Server object, the user is assigned the union of privileges assigned to the groups for
that virtual object. (True or False)
True
False
Type: True or False

21 True or False. Permissions defined explicitly for a group on an vCenter Server object
take precedence over the user’s permissions on that same object.
True
False
Lesson 7: Backing Up vCenter Server

22 Which VMware client must be used to enable the scheduled backup of vCenter Server?
[Choose 1]
vCenter Appliance Management Interface
VMware Host Client
vSphere C# Windows Desktop Client
vSphere Web Client

23 Which of the following are protocols supported by vCenter Server for backup and
restore purposes? [Choose 3]
CIFS
FTP/S
9
HTTP/S
NFS
SCP
Type: True or False

24 True or False. vCenter Server backups can be encrypted.
True
False
Lesson 8: Monitoring vCenter Server Appliance

25 vCenter Server events and audit trails allow for selectable retention periods in what
increments? [Choose 1]
5 minutes
10 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes

26 Which of the following are log levels that can be used to control the quantity and type
of information logged by vCenter Server? [Choose 3]
Error
High
Low
Trivia
Verbose
27 By default, vCenter Database Health Warnings trigger an alarm when the space used
by the database reaches what percentage? [Choose 1]
60%
70%
80%
90%

28 Which vCenter Server database types support the vCenter Database Health check
feature? [Choose 2]
Microsoft SQL
NoSQL
Oracle 11g
PostgreSQL
10
Module 5: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks (6)
vSphere Standard Switches and Switch Policies

1 Which of these features require VMkernel port groups.? [Choose 2]
Communication between virtual machines on different ESXi hosts
Communication between virtual machines within an ESXi host
IP Storage (NFS and iSCSI)
vSphere vMotion Migration
Type: True or False

2 An ESXi host must have a dedicated vmnic for each VLAN in order to access multiple
VLANs. (True or False)
True
False

3 Which features are only available to vSphere Distributed Switches? [Choose 3]
IPv6 Support
NetFlow
Outbound Traffic Shaping
Port Mirroring
Private VLANs
Lesson 2: Configuring Standard Switch Policies

4 What security policy options are configurable on a standard virtual switch? [Choose 3]
Forged Transmits
MAC Address Changes
Promiscuous Mode
vSphere vMotion Migration

5 Which statistics are collected for standard virtual switch traffic-shaping policies?
[Choose 2]
Average
Mean
Median
Peak
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6 What policy options exist for network load-balancing on a standard virtual switch?
[Choose 3]
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Originating Virtual Port ID
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Source and Destination IP Hash
Source MAC Hash
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Module 6: Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage (12)
Lesson 1: Storage Concepts

1 Which types of datastore are supported by vSphere? [Choose 3]
Ext3
NFS
VMFS
vSAN
WinFS

2 Which storage technology is a high-speed protocol used for SANs? [Choose 1]
Direct-Attached
Fibre Channel
iSCSI
NAS

3 Which storage technology can run over a 1 Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit Ethernet
infrastructure? [Choose 1]
Direct-Attached
Fibre Channel
Internal Disk
iSCSI

4 You need to deploy an ESXi host that will support Boot from SAN. Which storage
protocols support this? [Choose 3]
FCoE
Fibre Channel
iSCSI
NFS
vSAN

5 Which of the following SCSI-based storage devices can VMFS be deployed on?
[Choose 3]
Direct-Attached Storage
Fibre Channel Storage
iSCSI Storage
NFS Storage
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vSAN Storage
Lesson 2: iSCSI Storage

Type: True or False
6 True or False. An iSCSI initiator can be hardware-based or software-based.
True
False

7 Which of the following formats can an iSCSI name take? [Choose 2]
EUI
FT
IP
IQN

8 Which type of iSCSI Storage Adapter allows you to use iSCSI technology without
purchasing additional specialize hardware? [Choose 1]
Dependent iSCSI initiator
Hardware iSCSI initiator
Independent iSCSI initiator
Software iSCSI initiator
Lesson 3: VMFS Datastores

Type: True or False
9 True or False: You can shrink but you cannot expand a VMFS datastore.
True
False

10 A user states that they accidentally deleted a VMFS datastore from ESXi Server A. You
check ESXi Server B and can still see the VMFS datastore. What possible action did
the user take? [Choose 1]
The user deleted the datastore on ESXi Server A
The user marked the datastore as invisible
The user rescanned the storage adapter
The user unmounted the datastore on ESXi Server A
Lesson 4: NFS Datastores

11 You want to configure an NFS datastore that provides multipathing for users and
supports Kerberos authentication. Which NFS version should you use? [Choose 1]
NFS 3.0
NFS 3.1
NFS 4.0
NFS 4.1
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12 You need to remove an NFS datastore from a host. What is the correct procedure to
follow to avoid data loss? [Choose 1]
Right-click the NFS datastore and choose delete
Right-click the NFS datastore and choose Unmount Datastore
Stop all virtual machines whose disks reside on the datastore and then unmount the NFS
datastore
Unmount the datastore on the NFS Server
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Module 7: Virtual Machine Management (12)
Lesson 1: Creating Templates and Clones
Type: True or False

1 True or False. A template is a master copy of a virtual machine.
True
False

2 Which of the following are valid disk formats for virtual machines disks when cloning
to template? (Choose 3)
Same format as destination
Same format as source
Thick Clone Format
Thick-Provisioned lazy-zeroed format
Thin-Provisioned format

3 You are attempting to clone a virtual machine but the option is not available. What
could be the reason for this? [Choose 1]
The virtual machine is powered off
The virtual machine is powered on
vCenter Server is operating in standalone mode
You are directly connected to the ESXi host
Lesson 2: Working with Content Libraries

4 Which of the following are benefits of using a content library? [Choose 2]
Always on, read-only catalog
Instantly snapshot the content library and transport offsite
ISO files can be mounted
Synchronization of content across sites and vCenter Server systems

5 Which of the following are valid types of content library? (Choose 3)
Global
Local
Published
Regional
Subscribed
Lesson 3: Modifying Virtual Machines
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Type: True or False
6 True or False. A virtual machine must be powered off when adding hot-pluggable
devices.
True
False

7 Which file type enables a virtual machine to gain direct access to a physical LUN?
[Choose 1]
ISO
NFS
RDM
VMFS

8 You need to increase the size of a virtual machines virtual disk, but you are unable to.
What is the reason for this? [Choose 1]
The disk is in physical mode
The disk is in virtual mode
The virtual machine has snapshots
Virtual machine disks cannot be increased
Lesson 4: vSphere vMotion Part 1

9 Which migration types allow you to migrate virtual machines from one datastore to
another? [Choose 2]
Cold
Paused
vSphere Storage vMotion
vSphere vMotion
Lesson 5: vSphere vMotion Part 2

10 You are trying to migrate an encrypted virtual machine using encrypted vSphere
vMotion, but the migration fails. What is the reason for this? [Choose 1]
Encrypted vSphere vMotion has been turned off for the encrypted virtual machine
The destination host does not support encrypted vSphere vMotion
The virtual machine has a non-encrypted disk attached
The virtual machine is being migrated using opportunistic mode
Lesson 7: Creating Virtual Machine Snapshots

11 Which of the following are captured when you take a snapshot of a virtual machine?
(Choose 3)
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Independent Virtual Disks
Physical Compatibility mode RDMs
Virtual Compatibility mode RDMs
Virtual Disks
Virtual Machine Configuration

12 Which option should you choose from the Manage Snapshots tab in order to
consolidate snapshot files to the parent snapshot disk and merge with the virtual
machine base disk? [Choose 1]
Delete Snapshot
Edit Snapshot
Go to
Revert to
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Module 8: Virtual CPU and Memory Concepts (12)
Lesson 1: Virtual CPU and Memory Concepts
Type: True or False

1 True or False. When running a virtual machine, the VMkernel creates a contiguous
addressable memory space for the virtual machine.
True
False

2 Which of the following presents guest OS physical memory to the virtual machine?
[Choose 1]
vMEM Manager
VMkernel
VMware Tools
vSwap

3 When does virtual machine memory over-commitment take place? [Choose 1]
When the combined configured memory footprint of all powered-on virtual machines exceeds
the available host memory capacity
When the combined configured memory footprint of all virtual machines exceeds the available
host memory capacity
When the memory demands of the ESXi host trigger a warning alarm
When the total configured memory sizes of all virtual machines approaches saturation point

4 When does the proportional share mechanism apply to CPU, memory, storage I/O, and
network I/O allocations? [Choose 1]
When an expandable reservation is set
When virtual machines are contending for the same resource
When virtual machines are powered off
When you add shares to a running virtual machine
Lesson 2: Resource Controls and Resource Pools

5 You need to power up a virtual machine located in a resource pool, but doing so will
exceed the reservations for that pool. What actions can you take to allow the virtual
machine to be powered on? (Choose 3)
Add more virtual memory to all ESXi servers
Disable the expandable reservation option
Enable the expandable reservation option
Increase the resource pool reservation
Lower the virtual machine reservation
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Type: True or False
6 True or False. Admission control is used to ensure that virtual machines will always
power on.
True
False
Lesson 4: Monitoring Resource Use

7 Which of the following are a part of the performance-tuning methodology when tuning
your vSphere infrastructure? (Choose 3)
Assess performance
Benchmark again
Change first
Identify the limiting resource
Start from a fresh boot

8 You want to monitor the performance of a Windows virtual machine inside the guest
OS. Which performance monitoring tools should you use? [Choose 2]
Perfmon DLL
resxtop
Task Manager
vCenter Server performance charts

9 You try to run esxtop to monitor the resources in use by a virtual machine; however,
the command does not execute. What is the reason for this? [Choose 1]
Super user mode is disabled
You are running the command inside a virtual machine
You do not have root user privileges
You have not specified the /s option

10 Which CPU usage stat indicates that virtual machines are ready to execute instructions
but cannot get scheduled onto a CPU? [Choose 1]
CPU % AV
CPU Max
CPU ready time
CPU wait time
Lesson 6: Using Alarms

11 When configuring an alarm, what value can you set to ensure that metric conditions
are valid and not caused by incidental spikes? [Choose 1]
Sleep Periods
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Time Periods
Trigger value
Wait value

12 You want to configure an alarm to notify you if a datastore is disconnected from all
hosts. What trigger type should you configure? [Choose 1]
Action trigger
Event trigger
State trigger
Warning trigger
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Module 9: vSphere HA, vSphere Fault Tolerance, and
Protecting Data (12)
Lesson 1: vSphere HA
Type: True or False

1 True or False. When a host fails, vSphere HA waits for the host to reboot before
starting the impacted virtual machines on the same host.
True
False

2 You are troubleshooting a virtual machine that crashed and failed to restart in your HA
cluster. What are the most likely causes for this? [Choose 2]
A system-wide power outage occurred
Virtual machine monitoring was not enabled
VMware Tools was not installed in the virtual machine
vSphere HA failed to restart the virtual machine

3 Which of the following are characteristics of heartbeats in a vSphere HA cluster?
(Choose 3)
They are sent between the master host and slave hosts
They are sent over a heartbeat network
They are used to determine whether a host or slave host has failed
They are used to help troubleshoot the physical network
They determine the status of the vSAN network
Lesson 2: vSphere HA Architecture

4 Which host will be elected as the ESXi Host Master when vSphere HA is enabled?
[Choose 1]
NAME=Host 1, Datastores Visible=45, MOID=102

5 What action does the vSphere HA Master host take when a host in the cluster is not
responding to pings and datastore heartbeats are not present? [Choose 1]
A new master election takes place
The host is declared dead
The host is given 5 minutes to come back online
The master restarts the HA agent on the host
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Type: True or False
6 True or False. VMCP protects against storage failures on a virtual machine.
True
False
Lesson 3: Configuring vSphere HA

7 You have configured vSphere HA Orchestrated restart, but during a host failure a
single virtual machine fails to start. What are the possible reasons for this? [Choose 2]
A host is still coming online
DRS is not enabled for the cluster
There is not enough unreserved capacity on other hosts
vSphere HA is not in restart mode

8 What action can you take on your HA cluster to avoid unnecessary failover attempts of
virtual machines during network maintenance windows? [Choose 1]
Configure orchestrated restart
Disable host monitoring
Disable the VMkernel port
Migrate affected virtual machines to another host
Lesson 6: Introduction to vSphere Fault Tolerance

9 Which solution provides instantaneous failover and continuous availability of a virtual
machine? [Choose 1]
vSAN
vSphere DRS
vSphere Fault Tolerance
vSphere HA

10 What happens to the vSphere Fault Tolerant primary virtual machine if the host that
contains the secondary machine fails? [Choose 1]
The primary virtual machine is stunned until a snapshot is taken
The primary virtual machine is unaffected, but a new secondary virtual machine is created
The primary virtual machine remains unprotected until the host comes online
The primary virtual machine runs unprotected until a new secondary machine is manually
created
Lesson 7: vSphere Replication

11 What level of consistency does vSphere Replication guarantee for all disks that belong
to a virtual machine? [Choose 1]
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Application consistent
Crash consistent
Image consistent
Snapshot consistent

12 Which feature of vSphere Data Protection enables faster incremental backups of virtual
machine disks? [Choose 1]
Changed block tracking
Low-level tracking
Recovery leveraging
Snapshots
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Module 10: vSphere DRS (10)
Lesson 1: Configuring vSphere DRS

1 In what mode can vSphere DRS affinity rules be applied? [Choose 2]
Enforced
High Priority
Low Priority
Preferential
Type: True or False

2 True or False. An ESXi host cannot be member of more than one vSphere DRS Host
Groups.
True
False

3 Which of the following are valid use cases for implementing anti-affinity rules?
[Choose 3]
Availability Clustering technologies inside the guest operating systems is deployed
Built-in software inside the virtual machines is used to distribute load
Load-balancers are in use to distribute load between virtual machines
Network QoS has been configured to manage traffic between virtual machines
Automatic software provisioning has been configured for some virtual machines
Type: True or False

4 True or False. When Predictive DRS is enabled, the predicted usage statistics always
take precedence over current usage statistics.
True
False
Lesson 2: Managing and Monitoring vSphere DRS
Type: True or False

5 True or False. An ESXi host cannot be a member of more than one vSphere DRS Host
Group.
True
False
Type: True or False

6 True or False. When vSphere DRS is disabled, the cluster’s resource pool hierarchy
and affinity rules are reestablished when vSphere DRS is turned back on.
True
False
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7 When enabled with vSphere DRS, which of the following are scenarios where vSphere
HA will not be able to fail over virtual machines? [Choose 3]
Admission Control is disabled, and resources are insufficient in the remaining hosts to power
on the virtual machines
Required VM-Host affinity rules prevent vSphere HA from failing over
Sufficient aggregated resources exist, but they are fragmented across hosts
Sufficient resources for vMotion have not been configured on all hosts
The quorum witness has not been configured for vSphere HA

8 Which of the following are valid situations where maintenance mode should be
triggered? [Choose 3]
A potential hardware fault has been discovered with a host that needs to be investigated.
The amount of virtual memory in a virtual machined needs to be increased.
Administrator needs to carry out hardware task such as adding more memory to a host
Administrator needs to remove a host from a cluster
A network adapter needs to be removed from a virtual machine

9 A manual refresh of vSphere DRS recommendations can be carried by which of the
following? [Choose 1]
Click the “Run DRS Now” button
None. DRS recommendations cannot be manually refreshed, the refresh rate is fixed.
Place each host into maintenance mode
Right-click the target cluster can select “Refresh Recommendation” in the menu

10 Which of the following resources are monitored by vSphere DRS? [Choose 3]
Average VM to host ratio
CPU
Disk
Memory
Network
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Module 11: vSphere Update Manager (6)
Lesson 1: vSphere Update

1 Which of the following are vSphere DRS cluster pre-checks carried out by Update
Manager? [Choose 2]
Virtual machine vSphere DRS rule conflict
vSphere DRS Fault Tolerance settings
vSphere DRS fully automated status
vSphere DRS Virtual Machine startup settings
Type: True or False

2 True or False. System baselines are read-only and are automatically created and
maintained by vSphere Update Manager?
True
False
Type: True or False

2 True or False. When an ESXi cluster has been prepared by NSX Manager, the EAM
baseline must be manually attached to the ESXi cluster and scanned for compliance?
True
False

4 Which of the following are baseline types? [Choose 3]
Compatibility
Dynamic
Expanding
Fixed
Host Extension

5 Which of the following are built-in baselines? [Choose 3]
Host critical static patch baseline
vCenter Server static patch baseline
Virtual appliance upgrade baseline
VMware hardware upgrade baseline
VMware Tools upgrade baseline

6 Which of following databases does the Windows version of vSphere Update Manager
support? [Choose 2]
Microsoft SQL
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NoSQL
Oracle
Postgres
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Module 12: Troubleshooting (4)
Lesson 1: Tools for Troubleshooting

1 What port numbers are used by vSphere Syslog Collector service? [Choose 2]
1514 SSL
443 SSL
514 TCP/UDP
53 TCP/UDP

2 In what file path would you find most of the VMware ESXi log files? [Choose 1]
/logs/esxi
/usr/logs/vpxd
/var/log
/vmware/log

3 In what file path would you find the main log file for the vCenter Server Appliance?
[Choose 1]
/var/log
/var/log/vmware/vcenter/vcenter.log
/var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log
/vmware/log/vcenter/vpxd.log

4 Within which VMware ESXi log file would you expect to find information that includes
device discovery and events, and virtual machine startups? [Choose 1]
hostd.log
vmkernel.log
vmksumarry.log
vmkwarning.log
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Module 13: Introduction to vSAN (17)
Lesson 1: vSAN Architecture

1 Which of the following are technical requirements for vSAN? [Choose 3]
At least one SSD or HDD for the capacity tier
At least one SSD drive for the caching tier
At least one dedicated 1Gb or 10Gb NIC
At least one dedicated physical switch
At least one Fibre-Channel Adapter

2 What two architectural models exists for building a vSAN environment? [Choose 2]
All-Flash Architecture
Combined FC-SAN and vSAN
Combined NAS and vSAN
Hybrid Architecture
Type: True or False

3 True or False. Disk controllers that support “pass through” greatly reduce the
complexity of a solution.
True
False
Type: True or False

4 True or False. For controllers configured for RAID0, it is recommend that caching is
turned off.
True
False

5 Which of the following is a correct statement about a vSAN datastore? [Choose 1]
A vSAN datastore is created for each cluster
A vSAN datastore is created for each disk group
A vSAN datastore is created for each host
Multiple vSAN datastores are created for each SSD in the cache tier

6 Which of the following are attributes of a vSAN storage policy? [Choose 3]
Availability
Capacity
Consolidation
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Performance
Space reclamation
Type: True or False

7 True or False. Different storage policies cannot be applied to the same virtual machine.
True
False
Lesson 2: vSAN Object Storage

8 Which of the following are vSAN file objects? (Choose 3)
.DAT files
.VMDK files
.VSANdata file
Snapshot Delta
VM Home Namespace

9 What parameter controls the maximum size of a vSAN object? [Choose 1]
VSAN.ClomMaxComponentSizeGB
VSAN.ClomMaxObjectSize
VSAN.MaxFileSizeGB
VSAN.MaxSizeGB

10 Which of the following are required to support vSAN erasure coding with RAID 6?
[Choose 2]
Failures to tolerate set for 2
Failures to tolerate set for 3
Minimum of 5 hosts
Minimum of 6 hosts

11 Which of the following are statements about the vSAN witness object? [Choose 2]
Created per-VM manually by the administrator
On a drive, the witness component is only a few megabytes in size
Size of the witness file is the same as amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine
Witnesses are created automatically, when needed.

12 What is the purpose of a vSAN secondary witness object? [Choose 1]
Used to provide a failover when the primary witness is unavailable
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Used to distribute load away from primary witness
Used to ensure that every node of the cluster has equal voting power towards a quorum
Used when the primary site is unavailable

13 What is the default behavior in vSAN when a virtual disk greater than 256GB is
created? [Choose 1]
The first VMDK of 256GB is created on one component, with the rest on a different
component
The VMDK grows until an “out of free space” error appears
The VMDK is not created and an error is displayed as 256GB is the maximum supported size
The VMDK object is created in multiple stripes evenly distributed across two components
Lesson 3: vSAN Features and Licensing

14 Which of the following file systems are supported by vSAN in vSphere 6.0? [Choose 2]
VMFS-L
VMFS-XL
VSAN-FS
VSAN-LITE

15 Which of the following describe the vSAN deduplication and compression
functionality? [Choose 3]
Deduplication takes place before compression
Disabled by default
Enabled at a cluster level
Is only available in a hybrid configuration
Video and Image files offer the best compression ratios

16 What parameter can be adjusted to change the format of the virtual machine swap file?
[Choose 1]
SwapEagerThickProvisionDisabled
SwapEagerZeroedThickProvisionDisabled
SwapThickProvisionDisabled
SwapThinProvisionEnabled

17 Within what management system would you find the Ruby vSphere Console (RVC)?
[Choose 1]
From within a ESX Server Console
From within a ESXCLI Session
From within a PowerCLI Session
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From within the vCenter Server Command-Line
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Module 14: VMware vRealize Operations Introduction (10)
Lesson 1: Introduction to vRealize Operations

1 Which of the following are features of vRealize Operations? [Choose 3]
Endpoint Operations Monitoring
High Availability Failover Detection
Intelligent Workload Placement
Predictive Capacity Modeling
Predictive Disaster Avoidance

2 Which of the following are valid editions of vRealize Operations? [Choose 3]
Advanced
Enterprise
Enterprise Plus
SMB
Standard

3 By what methods are the functionality of vRealize Operations open to extensions and
add-ons? [Choose 3]
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Partner Extensions Certification Program
Software Development Kit (SDK)
Third Party Management Packs
vRealize Operations Extension Kits
Type: True or False

4 True or False. vRealise Operations settings can be only be used with vSphere and
virtual machines.
True
False
Lesson 3: Getting Information on Your Environment

5 What output formats are available for vRealize Operations reports? [Choose 2]
.CSV
.DOC
.PDF
.TXT
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Lesson 4: Data Collection and Analysis

6 Which of the following are database types used by vRealize Operations? [Choose 3]
Cassandra Database
Central Postgres
File System Database (FSDB)
Microsoft SQL Analytics Database
Oracle 11g Alerts/HIS Database

7 Which components are part of the architecture of vRealize Operations? [Choose 3]
Controller
Data Adapter
Data Buffer
Data Source
SSD Cache
Lesson 5: Policies
Type: True or False

8 True or False. Base vRealize Operations settings can be modified to suit the
administrator’s requirements?
True
False
9 True or False. The default policy cannot be modified to suit the administrator’s
requirements?
True
False
10 A vCenter Server object with more than one policy assigned will apply them using
which of the following ways? [Choose 1]
The least restrictive policy is the effective policy
The most restrictive policy is the effective policy
The policy assigned the objects container is the effective policy
The policy with the highest priority is the effective policy for that object
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Module 15: Network Virtualization Fundamentals (9)
Lesson 1: Introduction to the SDDC and Network Virtualization

1 Which of the following are network services provided by NSX? (Choose 3)
DNS
Firewall
Load-balancing
Routing
WINS

2 In what ways does NSX provide increased security features? [Choose 3]
DMZ Anywhere
Encrypted offline desktops
Providing micro-segmentation
Real-time anti-virus check
Security policies applied to desktops and devices

3 In what areas does NSX provide automation for modern businesses? [Choose 3]
Automate common provisioning of new networks for new applications
Automate the deployment of developer environments
Cloning of multi-tier virtual machines
Manage virtual machine templates
Multi-tenant Cloud

4 In what areas does NSX provide application continuity? [Choose 3]
Cross Cloud
Disaster Recovery
Fault Tolerance for virtual machines
High Availability with HA clusters
Multi-Data Center Pooling

5 Which of the following are packaging options for NSX? [Choose 3]
Advanced Plus
Enterprise
Robo
SMB
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Standard
Lesson 3: NSX Fundamentals
Type: True or False

6 True or False. NSX Edge Firewall is optimized for North-South traffic filtering?
True
False
Type: True or False

7 True or False. NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) is optimized for east-west traffic
filtering?
True
False

8 Which of the following are features of the NSX Distributed Firewall which is embedded
in the hypervisor? [Choose 3]
Close to line rate performance
Policy follows VMs
Protection from phishing attacks
Real-time Anti-virus check
SpoofGuard against IP and Mac Spoofing

9 Which of the following are features of vRealize Network Insight? [Choose 3]
Access Gateway
East-West traffic analytics for security and micro-segmentation design
Extensive third-party physical switch integrations
Network Address Translation (NAT)
VXLAN to VLAN logical path mappings
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Module 2: Introduction to vSphere and the Software-

Lesson 1: Abstraction: Overview of vSphere and Virtualization

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 2: vSphere Virtual Machines Concepts and vSphere Clients

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: True or False

Lesson 3: Virtual Machine Hardware

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: True or False

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 4: Shared Resources: Overview of ESXi

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 1: Virtual Machine Concepts

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: True or False

Lesson 2: Deploying and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 1: Centralized Management: Overview of vCenter Server

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 2: vCenter Server Appliance

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: True or False

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Lesson 4: Deploying vCenter Server Appliance

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multi-Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Lesson 5: Managing the vCenter Server Inventory

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Lesson 6: vCenter Server Roles and Permissions

Type: True or False

Type: True or False

Lesson 7: Backing Up vCenter Server

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer

Type: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

Type: True or False

Lesson 8: Monitoring vCenter Server Appliance

Type: Multiple Choice, Single Answer