1.
What are the foundational components of Acropolis?
Acropolis File Services, Acropolis Block Services, Prism Distributed Storage Fabric, App Mobility Fabric, Acropolis Hypervisor Acropolis File Services, Acropolis Block Services, Acropolis Hypervisor
2. Nutanix’s Prism product is: A downloadable desktop- and mobile-friendly mobile-friendly app that allows you to manage your virtual environment A desktop-only app that enables single- and multicluster management A web console that allows you to manage your virtual environment
3.
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform operates on which third party hardware?
NetApp Cisco UCS EMC
4.
When does the Prism Starter license need to be renewed?
Once a year Once every two years Once every five years Never
5.
If you want to upgrade to Prism Pro and unlock additional additional features, you need to purchase:
One license per cluster One license per node One license per block
6.
What is the purpose of add-on licenses?
Activates a 60-day trial for Acropolis Pro/Ultimate licenses, so you can try before you buy Adds a single feature to Acropolis Starter/Pro, depending on the type of add-on purchased Expands the feature set of the Starter license to include all Pro/Ultimate license features
7.
What are the foundational components of A cropolis?
Acropolis File Services, Acropolis Block Services, Prism Distributed Storage Fabric, App Mobility Fabric, Acropolis Hypervisor Acropolis File Services, Acropolis Block Services, Acropolis Hypervisor
8. Nutanix’s Prism product is: A downloadable desktop- and mobile-friendly app that allows you to manage your virtual environment A desktop-only app that enables single- and multicluster management A web console that allows you to manage your virtual environment
9.
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform operates on which third party hardware?
NetApp Cisco UCS EMC
10.
When does the Prism Starter license need to be renewed?
Once a year Once every two years Once every five years Never
11.
If you want to upgrade to Prism Pro and unlock additional features, you need to purchase:
One license per cluster One license per node One license per block
12.
What is the purpose of add-on licenses?
Activates a 60-day trial for Acropolis Pro/Ultimate licenses, so you can try before you buy Adds a single feature to Acropolis Starter/Pro, depending on the type of add-on purchased Expands the feature set of the Starter license to include all Pro/Ultimate license features
13.
Which physical characteristics of a datacenter should be discussed when evaluating a new
customer network? Network switch types Remote support services SSL certificates
14.
With which cluster components do Controller VMs communicate?
The SMB interface The IPMI interface The .NET Framework The VDI interface
15.
How many IP addresses does each node of a Nutanix cluster require?
16.
Which of the following rack mounting guidelines are accurate?
2 3 4 5
Most circuits cannot be overloaded by a Nutanix block Do not compromise air flow to rack equipment Nutanix equipment can tolerate temperatures in excess of room ambient
17.
To ensure cluster security, Nutanix allows you to lock down access to the ___________ and
___________. Processing, memory resources Prism, Prism Central interface Controller VM, hypervisor
18.
To eliminate the possibility of an SSL fallback situation and denied access to Web console,
what needs to be done? Enable SSLv2 and SSLv3 in any browser used for access and enable TLS Disable SSLv2 and SSLv3 in any browser used for access and enable TLS Disable SSLv2 and SSLv3 in any browser used for access and disable TLS Enable SSLv2 and SSLv3 in any browser used for access and disable TLS
19.
Enabling encryption is not recommended because of the penalty to cluster performance.
True, the performance penalty is significant False, configuring encryption correctly can ensure optimal use of resources False, the performance penalty is minimal and worth the added security False, enabling encryption does not result in a performance penalty
20.
Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) should be run: (Select all that apply)
After installing a cluster When a node or cluster fails During the node upgrade process to ensure node compatibility To validate whether or not a cluster’s hardware is applicable for the latest Nutanix upgrades.
21.
Which of the following optional settings is enabled by default?
Remote connection support SNMP Alert email contacts
22.
The ________ support feature automatically sends cluster status information to Nutanix
support through port 80 or 8443. Pulse
23.
What is the difference between a storage pool and a storage container?
A storage pool is a physical entity, a storage container is a logical one A storage pool is a logical group of physical disks, a storage container is a subset of the pool A storage container is a logical group of physical disks, a storage pool is a subset of the container
24.
What is deduplication?
A compression process through which the effective usable space on a cluster is increased A process that involves sharing identical VM data for better performance and space savings A container setting that allows data to be either compressed on write, or compressed after it is written
25.
The use of a parity calculation to maintain data redundancy and optimize space savings is
called: Post-process compression Inline compression Deduplication Erasure coding
26.
How is data handled if post-process compression is enabled on a cluster?
Two compression passes for maximum space savings – one pass during write and one after the write process is completed Data is compressed as it is being written Data is compressed after it has been written
27.
As part of MapReduce Tiering, Nutanix will typically migrate data from:
Hot tier to cold tier Cold tier on the local node to cold tier on a remote node Local host to remote host
28.
Where is a write request first stored? (choose one)
In the Oplog on the HDD drive(s) In the Oplog on the SSD drive(s) In the Content Cache on the HDD drive(s) In the Content Cache on the SSD drive(s)
29.
Some components of a cluster which should not be configured except under the guidance of
Nutanix support are: Storage Container size, number of Storage pools Controller VM settings, local datastore name Default images available in Prism, data protection and replication target settings
30.
Why is it inadvisable to modify/reconfigure certain components of a Nutanix cluster?
May render the cluster inoperable Complexity of reconfiguration Only Nutanix Support is qualified to make these changes Only Nutanix Support can access these settings/parameters for modification
31.
For which hypervisors is in-place hypervisor conversion supported?
ESXi to AHV, and back ESXi to Hyper-V, and back Hyper-V to AHV, and back
32.
Select the component that comprises a N utanix Node.
Controller VM Fibre Channel Adapter Network switches
33.
Where is VM data stored on a Nutanix cluster?
Only on the local node, to ensure fastest possible IO On the local node for fast IO, and a remote node for redundancy Only on a remote node, to ensure data availability in case of node failure
34.
What is the purpose of the Image Service feature?
To import images directly into virtualization management To provide access to the metadata of existing images To allow users to deploy the default images that are shipped with a Nutanix cluster To allow VMs to read the contents of uploaded image files via virtual CD-ROM drives
35.
Which of these protocols can be used to upload an image to the image service?
SMB FTP iSCSI NFS
36.
What are the Nutanix Guest Tools?
A software bundle that registers VMs with the Prism interface for management A software bundle that enables the use of advanced features for VM management A software bundle that enables snapshot and data protection capabilities for Windows and Linux VMs
37.
What are some of the advantages of using A cropolis Block Services?
Upgrading a cluster is seamless and nondisruptive to applications Storage can be expanded easily, by adding more hard disks instead of new nodes Space savings is dramatically increased because of enhanced compression capabilities
38.
What is the purpose of Acropolis File Services?
Share files between user workstations or VMs Manage file storage efficiently on hot and cold storage tiers Work in tandem with a third-party file server to provide a high-performance file sharing system
39.
Acropolis File Services uses Access Based Enumeration to:
Allow users to only view files/folders to which they have read access Allow users to see all files/folders, but only open those that they have permissions to access Authenticate users as they log on to the file share, as an additional layer of security
40.
Can a Nutanix cluster withstand the failure of a single CVM?
Yes, the cluster can withstand the failure of a single CVM Yes, the cluster will only go down if a physical disk fails No, if a CVM fails, the cluster will go down immediately
41.
What will happen to user VMs on a Nutanix cluster if a host fails?
All HA-protected VMs will be automatically restarted on a new host All VMs will be automatically restarted on a new host All HA-protected VMs will need to be manually restarted on a new host
42.
The Nutanix Integrated Data Protection offering is integrated because: (Choose all that apply)
It provides a solution for both native on-site backups and remote replication for off-site backup and disaster recovery Snapshots are replicated to the cloud by default Antivirus and Antimalware protection is integrated
43.
What is the purpose of the Witness VM?
Monitor Metro Availability configuration health Monitor and remediate network interruptions between multiple failover sites Generate notifications so that admins can perform failover operations in case of a site failure
44.
Which of these is a requirement for the Witness VM?
The Witness must have separate power and network connections from the failover sites The Witness must be running on compatible NX/HX/XC hardware with AHV The Witness requires 1 vCPU, 2 GB memory, and 20 GB storage
45.
What is the purpose of Affinity Policies?
To control the placement of VMs To control resource allocation to VMs To ensure that VMs are always moved to hosts on which their data is stored, for data locality
46.
What is the purpose of Anti-affinity Policies?
To keep specific VMs apart, so that if a single host goes down, multiple VMs do not To keep specific VMs apart, to ensure effective resource utilization on a single host To keep specific VMs apart, to eliminate resource hotspots/contention in a cluster
47.
What is the purpose of cross hypervisor disaster recovery?
To protect the integrity of the hypervisor and its data in the event of a failure To allow VMs to be migrated from one hypervisor to another in the event of a failure To enable portability of a hypervisor in the event of a hardware failure
48.
Is it possible to create a single-node cluster for use as a replication target?
Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 4.5 Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 4.7 Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 5.0 No
49.
When the health status icon is yellow, it means the status is:
Healthy Warning Alert Unhealthy
50.
How can you access the Nutanix Command Line Interface (nCLI)?
In Prism, navigate to the Management Dashboard and select nCLI from the main menu In a browser, navigate to /cmd In Prism, download the Nutanix Command Line interface
51.
In Nutanix Command-Line Interface (nCLI) commands, each entity has a unique set of
actions, but a common action across all entities is: list
52.
What is the Prism Self-Service Portal?
A feature that simplifies VM creation and deletion operations for Nutanix Admins A feature that allows Nutanix Admins to remediate cluster issues without assistance from Nutanix support A feature that allows consumers of IT infrastructure to provision and manage VMs
53.
What is the purpose of a project in the Self-Service Portal? (Choose all that apply)
It defines a collection of users and specifies the role for those users It enables automatic, proportionate assignment of infrastructure resources to users and sets default usage limits It automatically assigns ownership of existing VMs within Prism to specific AD users
54.
Which of the following entities does the Prism Health D ashboard display information for?
VMs, hosts, and disks Hosts, disks, and switches VMs, disks, and datastores
55.
Prism’s Analysis dashboard allows you to:
View detailed alert and event statistics Monitor metrics for different entities View detailed cluster health statistics
56.
For how long is performance data saved in Prism?
1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months
57.
Can cluster performance data be viewed outside of Prism?
No, the web interface is required to access the Analysis dashboard Yes, data can be exported as a PDF/Word report Yes, data can be exported as a CSV/JSON file
58.
The Alerts Dashboard displays information for:
Alerts and events for all entities in a cluster Alerts and events for user-specified entities in a cluster Performance for all entities in a cluster Performance for user-specified entities in a cluster
59.
How frequently are email alerts triggered by Prism Central?
Every time an event occurs and is logged in Prism Once every day, by default, with a list of all alerts for the day For each event or once a day or both, depending on user-defined settings
60.
How is Prism Central different from Prism Element?
None of the Prism Central dashboards are the same as Prism Element Prism Central includes significantly more options for cluster user management Prism Central has additional management capabilities with Calm, Flow and Beam
61.
How does Prism Central aggregate data from multiple clusters in an environment?
After Prism Central is set up, clusters are automatically detected and data is automatically populated After Prism Central is set up, it draws data from each of the individual Prism Element records to display aggregated information After Prism Central is set up, clusters must be registered before Prism Central can display data in any of the dashboards
62.
What new features does the Prism Pro license add to Prism Central?
Custom dashboards, disaster recovery, data protection Capacity planning, custom dashboards, advanced search Detailed analytics, performance monitoring, issue remediation
63.
Which of these resources does capacity planning analyze to make its recommendations?
CPU, memory, storage VMs, users, application storage CPU, memory, VMs
64.
What does Scenario view of Prism’s Planning dashboard allow you to do?
Create what if scenario to assess resource requirements for potential future workloads Create what if scenario to analyze current resource bottlenecks Create what if scenario to view IT spend projections for the next 3 months
65.
Which of the following are the default tabs on Prism Central’s main menu?
Alerts Data Protection Hardware VM
66.
What is the purpose of a proxy whitelist in Prism Central?
Force the use of proxy servers for all network traffic between Prism Central and its managed clusters Allow network traffic between Prism Central and its managed clusters to bypass proxy servers
67.
With regard to cluster expansion, which of the statements is true?
Only data on the first node added will be destroyed Nutanix clusters must be grown by at least 2 nodes or data loss will occur Existing data, if any, on the node or nodes being added will be destroyed Nodes added from an existing cluster to another cluster will not suffer data loss
68.
To upgrade a cluster to a new version of AOS, you must:
Upgrade the Master Controller VM of the cluster Upgrade every node in the cluster
69.
What is the term for which a Nutanix Starter license is issued?
One-year Three-years Five-years No term, license never expires
70.
If two nodes in a cluster have pro licenses and two nodes in the same cluster have ultimate
licenses, then all nodes will effectively have pro licenses and access to that feature set only. True False
71.
What is the difference between a storage pool and a storage container?
A storage pool is a physical entity, a storage container is a logical one A storage pool is a logical group of physical disks, a storage container is a subset of the pool A storage container is a logical group of physical disks, a storage pool is a subset of the container
72.
What is deduplication?
A compression process through which the effective usable space on a cluster is increased A process that involves sharing identical VM data for better performance and space savings A container setting that allows data to be either compressed on write, or compressed after it is written
73.
The use of a parity calculation to maintain data redundancy and optimize space savings is
called: Post-process compression Inline compression Deduplication Erasure coding
74.
How is data handled if post-process compression is enabled on a cluster?
Two compression passes for maximum space savings – one pass during write and one after the write process is completed Data is compressed as it is being written Data is compressed after it has been written
75.
For which hypervisors is in-place hypervisor conversion supported?
ESXi to AHV, and back ESXi to Hyper-V, and back Hyper-V to AHV, and back
76.
What is the purpose of the Image Service feature?
To import images directly into virtualization management To provide access to the metadata of existing images To allow users to deploy the default images that are shipped with a Nutanix cluster To allow VMs to read the contents of uploaded image files via virtual CD-ROM drives
77.
Which of these protocols can be used to upload an image to the image service?
SMB FTP iSCSI NFS
78.
What is the purpose of the Witness VM?
Monitor Metro Availability configuration health Monitor and remediate network interruptions between multiple failover sites Generate notifications so that admins can perform failover operations in case of a site failure
79.
Which of these is a requirement for the Witness VM?
The Witness must have separate power and network connections from the failover sites The Witness must be running on compatible NX/HX/XC hardware with AHV The Witness requires 1 vCPU, 2 GB memory, and 20 GB storage
80.
What is the purpose of Affinity Policies?
To control the placement of VMs To control resource allocation to VMs To ensure that VMs are always moved to hosts on which their data is stored, for data locality
81.
What is the purpose of Anti-affinity Policies?
To keep specific VMs apart, so that if a single host goes down, multiple VMs do not To keep specific VMs apart, to ensure effective resource utilization on a single host To keep specific VMs apart, to eliminate resource hotspots/contention in a cluster
82.
What is the purpose of cross hypervisor disaster recovery?
To protect the integrity of the hypervisor and its data in the event of a failure To allow VMs to be migrated from one hypervisor to another in the event of a failure To enable portability of a hypervisor in the event of a hardware failure
83.
Is it possible to create a single-node cluster for use as a replication target?
Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 4.5 Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 4.7 Yes, this feature was introduced in AOS 5.0 No
84. What are the Nutanix Guest Tools? A software bundle that registers VMs with the Prism interface for management A software bundle that enables the use of advanced features for VM management A software bundle that enables snapshot and data protection capabilities for Windows and Linux VMs
85.
What are some of the advantages of using Acropolis Block Services?
Upgrading a cluster is seamless and nondisruptive to applications Storage can be expanded easily, by adding more hard disks instead of new nodes Space savings is dramatically increased because of enhanced compression capabilities.
86.
What is the purpose of Acropolis File Services?
Share files between user workstations or VMs Manage file storage efficiently on hot and cold storage tiers Work in tandem with a third-party file server to provide a high-performance file sharing system
87.
Acropolis File Services uses Access Based Enumeration to:
Allow users to only view files/folders to which they have read access Allow users to see all files/folders, but only open those that they have permissions to access Authenticate users as they log on to the file share, as an additional layer of security
