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1. 
Which storage feature always requires the use of third-party software on ESXi?
A.
VVOL
B.
Hardware Acceleration for NAS device
C.
Hardware Acceleration for Block device
D.
VM Storage Policies
2. 
Which command can be run to troubleshoot connectivity problems with vmkernel network interfaces?
A.
vmkping
B.
esxcli network
C.
vicfg-vmknic
D.
net-status
3. 
What is the result of a “Consolidate” action on a virtual machine?
A.
All snapshots on the virtual machines will be deleted.
B.
The virtual machine will be reverted to its last snapshot.
C.
Redundant delta disks will be combined and deleted.
D.
A new snapshot with memory state will be created.
4. 
Which quest operating system supports PVRDMA?
A.
Windows (32-Bit)
B.
Windows (64-Bit)
C.
Linux (32-Bit)
D.
Linux (64-Bit)
5. 
What tool can capture network traffic at the uplinks, or vSwitch, or virtual port levels?
A.
tcpdump-uw
B.
wireshark
C.
pcap
D.
pktcap-uw
6. 
How can failback of a recovered virtual machine in vSphere Replication be performed?
A.
No action required, because failback is automatically performed to the source site.
B.
Configure a new replication in the reverse direction at the target site.
C.
Disable or Stop virtual machine replication on the source site.
D.
Power off and unregister the virtual machine on the target site.
7. 
What is the VMware-recommended best practice for Fibre Channel zoning?
A.
single-initiator-single-target zoning
B.
single-initiator zoning
C.
single-initiator-multiple-target zoning
D.
soft zoning
8. 
ESXi 6.5 introduces VMFS6, which supports both 512e and 512n devices. What three configurations are supported when using these devices? (Choose three.)
A.
Hosts with both 512e and 512n devices.
B.
Datastore Extents spanned between both 512e and 512n devices.
C.
Storage DRS clusters containing only both 512e and 512n devices.
D.
Storage vMotion between both 512e and 512n devices.
9. 
An attempt to delete NFS datastore from a ESXi host returns the error: Sysinfo error on operation returned the following status: Busy Which two statements could explain this failure? (Choose two.)
A.
Storage I/O Control is enabled on NFS datastore.
B.
NFS datastore is a part of Storage DRS Cluster.
C.
NFS datastore has running or registered virtual machines.
D.
NFS.VolumeRemountFrequency value is set to 30.
10. 
Which three VMware-recommended best practices should an administrator follow before upgrading to vSphere 6.5? (Choose three.)
A.
Back up the host.
B.
Ensure that the system hardware complies with ESXi requirements.
C.
Disconnect ESXi host from vCenter.
D.
Check the interoperability of any other software integrated with vSphere.
E.
VMware Tools are installed in the virtual machine.
11. 
What is the minimum number of hosts that must contribute capacity to a non-ROBO single site VMware vSAN cluster?
A.
1
B.
64
C.
3
D.
2
12. 
What counter should an administrator check to determine if a virtual machine is ballooning?
A.
vmmemctl
B.
swapped
C.
swapinRate
D.
vmmemctltarget
13. 
What VMware technology can be used to move physical servers to the vSphere infrastructure?
A.
OVF transport
B.
VMware vCenter Server
C.
VMware vMotion
D.
VMware Converter
14. 
What two methods are used to configure VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control shares and limits? (Choose two.)
A.
Assign shares and limits to VM virtual disks.
B.
Assign shares and limits to datastores.
C.
Assign shares and limits to Storage DRS clusters.
D.
Assign shares and limits using VM storage policies.
15. 
The business managers have asked the IT administrator to ensure configuration compliance in the vSphere infrastructure. The IT administrator wants to use Host Profiles to accomplish this, but is unable to do so. Why is the administrator unable to use Host Profiles?
A.
The infrastructure uses a vSphere Standard license.
B.
The infrastructure has servers with various CPU families.
C.
The user has only the “Administrator” role.
D.
Host Profiles apply only to storage settings.
16. 
Upgrading vCenter Server with Microsoft SQL database fails with the following error message: The DB User entered does not have the required permissions needed to install and configure vCenter Server with the selected DB. Please correct the following error (s): %s What could cause this error?
A.
incorrect ports open on SQL Server
B.
incorrect compatibility mode on the SQL server
C.
incorrect permission on SQL Server database
D.
incorrect database on the SQL server
17. 
Which two featured require the use of Host Profiles? (Choose two.)
A.
shared storage
B.
Host Customizations
C.
vRealize Suite
D.
Auto Deploy
18. 
In a vSphere environment, two resource pools are created as shown in the Exhibit.
A.
Deselect Expandable CPU Reservation
B.
Deselect Expandable Memory Reservation
C.
Increase Memory Reservation
D.
Increase the CPU Reservation
19. 
An administrator must change the statistics level for short-term performance monitoring and wants to collect metrics for all counters, excluding minimum and maximum rollup values. What would be the statistics level?
A.
Level 1
B.
Level 3
C.
Level 2
D.
Level 4
20. 
What three processes on the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) does “vmware-watchdog” monitor? (Choose three.)
A.
vmware-earn
B.
vmcad
C.
vmware-vpostgres
D.
vpxd
E.
vsan-health
21. 
Which two types of iSCSI adapters require VMkernel networking configuration? (Choose two).
A.
Dependent Hardware
B.
Software
C.
In-guest
D.
Independent hardware
22. 
What VM Monitoring setting would ensure that the failure interval for a virtual machine is defined as 120 seconds?
A.
Low
B.
Medium
C.
High
D.
Normal
23. 
A vSphere HA cluster with four hosts has admission control configured to tolerate one host failure. Which statement is true if a fifth host is added?
A.
CPU and Memory capacity will be set to 50%.
B.
CPU and Memory capacity will be set to 25%.
C.
CPU and Memory capacity will be set to 20%.
D.
CPU and Memory capacity will be set to 30%.
24. 
After upgrading the vSphere infrastructure and VMware Tools to version 6.5, the “Upgrade VM Compatibility” option is grayed out in the vSphere Web Client. (See Exhibit.). What must the administrator do to enable the VM compatibility upgrade?
A.
VMware Tools should be upgraded last.
B.
Restart the ESXi server.
C.
Uninstall VMware Tools.
D.
Power off the virtual machine
25. 
What is the correct way to replace the certificate on an existing vCenter Server that is part of a vCenter HA configuration?
A.
Put the vCenter HA in Maintenance mode, replace the certificate, exit Maintenance mode.
B.
Shut down Passive and Witness nodes and replace the certificate on the Active node.
C.
Remove the Passive and Witness nodes, replace the certificate, reconfigure the cluster.
D.
Replace the certificate while all nodes are participating in the cluster.
26. 
Which two storage configurations on the source server are unsupported with VMware Converter? (Choose two.)
A.
Linux LVM
B.
software RAID
C.
GPT/MBR hybrid disks
D.
Windows basic volumes
E.
Windows dynamic volumes
27. 
Which method is supported for backing up the virtual machine that contains vCenter Server?
A.
incremental
B.
differential
C.
individual disks
D.
full image
28. 
An administrator wants to enable proactive HA by moving virtual machines automatically if a hardware alert is triggered. What are the three required settings? (Choose three.)
A.
Set vSphere DRS Automation to Partially Automated.
B.
Turn on Proactive HA.
C.
Set the Proactive HA Automation Level to Manual.
D.
Set the Proactive HA Automation Level to Automated.
E.
Turn on vSphere HA and vSphere DRS.
29. 
Which three design requirements must be satisfied to enable RAID-6 objects in a VMware vSAN cluster? (Choose three.)
A.
vSAN Advanced license or higher
B.
vSAN stretched cluster
C.
at least six hosts contributing storage
D.
deduplication and compression
E.
All Flash configuration
30. 
What is a potential downside of having more than four paths per datastore?
A.
limits the storage protocols
B.
increases storage latency for VM
C.
limits the path selection policies
D.
limits the number of LUNs per host
31. 
A vSphere Administrator wants to reserve 0.5 Gbps for virtual machines on each uplink on a disturbed switch that has 10 uplinks. What is the quota that should be reserved for the network resource pool?
A.
10 Gbps
B.
5 Gbps
C.
100 Gbps
D.
0.5 Gbps
32. 
Which statement is correct when migrating from a Windows vCenter Server to the vCenter ServerAppliance 6.5?
A.
Migration deployments do not migrate local OS users from the source vCenter Server.
B.
Migration deployments support DHCP on the source vCenter Server.
C.
Migration deployments allow the source vCenter Server to remain powered on afterwards.
D.
Migration deployments support custom ports for all services on the source vCenter Server.
33. 
vSphere DRS helps to balance virtual machines with available resources in a vSphere cluster. What three types of resources can be taken into account for balancing? (Choose three.)
A.
CPU
B.
physical NIC saturation of an ESXi host
C.
virtual NIC saturation of a virtual machine
D.
RAM
E.
storage latency
34. 
Boot from SAN is supported on which three storage technologies? (Choose three.)
A.
VMware vSAN
B.
FCoE
C.
NFS 4.1
D.
iSCSI
E.
FC
35. 
A vSphere Administrator observes that the Primary VM configured with Fault Tolerance is executing slowly. After further investigation, it is determined that the Secondary VM is on an overcommitted ESXi host. What two methods will correct the problem? (Choose two.)
A.
Use Storage vMotion to migrate the Secondary VM to another datastore.
B.
Use vMotion to migrate the Secondary VM to a different ESXi host.
C.
Configure a CPU limit on the Primary VM which will also apply to the Secondary VM.
D.
Turn off and turn on FT in order to recreate the Secondary VM on a different datastore.
36. 
Which two statements are true about Highly Available vSphere Auto Deploy infrastructure? (Choose two.)
A.
It helps prevent data loss.
B.
It is a prerequisite for using vSphere Auto Deploy with stateful install.
C.
It requires two or more Auto Deploy servers.
D.
It is a prerequisite for using vSphere Auto Deploy with stateless caching.
37. 
What are three benefits of using a few large-capacity LUNs instead of many small-capacity LUNs? (Choose three.)
A.
Better performance because there is less contention for a single volume.
B.
More flexibility for resizing virtual disks.
C.
Less wasted storage space.
D.
More flexibility to create virtual machines without adding new LUNs.
E.
Fewer VMFS datastores to manage.
38. 
A vSphere Administrator attempts to enable Fault Tolerance for a virtual machine but receives the following error: Secondary VM could not be powered on as there are no compatible hosts that can accommodate it. What two options could cause this error? (Choose two.)
A.
The other ESXi host(s) are in Maintenance Mode.
B.
Hardware virtualization is not enabled on the other ESXi host(s).
C.
The other ESXi host(s) are in Quarantine Mode.
D.
Hardware MMU is enabled on the other ESXi host(s).
39. 
By default, how often is the vCenter vpx user password automatically changed?
A.
60 days
B.
15 days
C.
30 days
D.
45 days
40. 
What three conditions could result in VMware Flash Read Cache being unable to claim a disk? (Choose three.)
A.
The disk is not listed in the VMware hardware compatibility guide
B.
The disk is not detected as an SSD.
C.
The disk is not detected as local.
D.
The disk is in use by VMFs.
41. 
A vSphere administrator manages a cluster which includes critical and non-critical virtual machines. The cluster requires different permissions for contractors and non-contractors. How can the administrator exclude the contractor group from some of the critical VMs?
A.
Apply permission for both contractors and non-contractors on the cluster level.
B.
Apply permission for both contractors and non-contractors on the cluster level. Remove permission on the  critical VMs for contractors.
C.
Remove permission for contractors on the cluster level. Apply permission on the critical VMs for noncontractors.
D.
Apply permission for both contractors and non-contractors on the VMs. Remove permission on the critical  VMs for contractors.
42. 
What availability mode does vCenter HA provide?
A.
Active-Passive
B.
Active-Standby
C.
Active-Active
D.
Load-balanced
43. 
What are two requirements to enable EVC in vSphere DRS cluster? (Choose two.)
A.
CPUs must be from the same vendor.
B.
EVC must use the lowest possible baseline supported by the hardware.
C.
CPUs must be in the same family and of the same speed.
D.
No VMs may be running in the cluster.
44. 
Which two statements are true for NFS v4.1 firewall behavior? (Choose two.)
A.
It closes port 2049.
B.
It sets allowed. All flag to TRUE.
C.
It sets allowed. All flag to FALSE.
D.
It opens port 2049.
45. 
Assuming a mirrored (RAID-1) object configuration, how many hosts must contribute storage in a non-stretched VMware vSAN cluster to satisfy the “Number of failures to tolerate” policy option? “n” is the desired “Number of failures to tolerate” value for all options.
A.
2n+2
B.
2n
C.
2n+1
D.
3n
46. 
Which two configuration options can exclude virtual disks from snapshot operations? (Choose two.)
A.
Use RDM in virtual mode for virtual disk.
B.
Use virtual disks in Independent – Persistent mode.
C.
Use a virtual disk larger than 2 TB in size.
D.
Use RDM in physical mode for virtual disk.
47. 
A Telco customer is implementing NFV using vSphere as the virtualization platform. Which feature can help achieve a high packet rate with lower CPU consumption?
A.
Network I/O Control
B.
SplitRX
C.
ERSPAN
D.
LACP
48. 
In network troubleshooting it is important to know what upstream switch the ESXi host is connected to. Which two features does ESXi provide to help identity the upstream switch? (Choose two.)
A.
Promiscuous mode
B.
DPM
C.
LLDP
D.
CDP
49. 
Which two statements correctly describe VM-Host affinity rules? (Choose two.)
A.
When there is more than one VM-Host affinity rule in a vSphere DRS cluster, the rules are applied equally.
B.
After creating a VM-Host affinity rule, its ability to function in relation to other rules is predetermined.
C.
When there is more than one VM-Host affinity rule in a vSphere DRS cluster, the rules will be ranked.
D.
After creating a VM-Host affinity rule, its ability to function in relation to other rules is not checked.
50. 
Which metric in the Exhibit would identify high latency for a storage device?
A.
QAVG/cmd
B.
KAVG/cmd
C.
DAVG/cmd
D.
GAVG/cmd
51. 
Which feature facilitates the sharing of templates via vCenter Server?
A.
Content Library
B.
OVF
C.
folders
D.
vApp
52. 
What two debugging levels can a virtual machine be configured to? (Choose two.)
A.
Verbose
B.
Debugging
C.
Statistics
D.
Trivia
53. 
An administrator finds that the Microsoft Exchange virtual machines are exhibiting network latency. What two in-guest changes can help decrease latency? (Choose two.)
A.
LRO
B.
TSO
C.
SR-IOV
D.
RVRDMA
54. 
A vSphere Administrator is in the process of configuring replication for a virtual machine, but is not able to select the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) value of 5 minutes.
A.
The OS quiescing option is selected for Replication options.
B.
The virtual machine hardware version is not compatible.
C.
The target and source sites use different types of datastores.
D.
The target and source sites are not using VMFS 6.0 datastore.
55. 
Virtual Volumes supports which three VMware features? (Choose three.)
A.
Instant Clones
B.
Distributed Resource Scheduler
C.
Linked Clones
D.
vMotion
E.
Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler
56. 
In which scenario will vSphere DRS balance resources when set to Fully Automated?
A.
Hosts with only shared storage
B.
Hosts are part of a vSphere HA cluster
C.
Power Management is set to Balanced on hosts
D.
Hosts with shared or non-shared storage