CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-002) Practice Test

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• Voice over IP (VoIP) is an example of what type of cloud service?
• Which action enables automatic scaling in the cloud management tool?
• For high-speed interconnect in clustered host environments, which technology is commonly chosen?
• To directly modify OS settings on a hypervisor host from a remote location, which tool would you use?
• Which service model provides a platform for developers to build and run applications without managing the underlying hardware?
• Which of the following contributes to increased read access performance on a fibre channel SAN?
• A cloud-hosted email server is reachable but emails do not reach recipients. What should you do FIRST?
• When migrating a critical SQL workload from a physical server to a virtual environment and minimizing downtime is a priority, which migration method is most appropriate?
• Which method should be used to ensure data is encrypted while at rest on premises in a cloud storage offering?
• When applying a high-severity patch across many servers with minimal downtime, which approach minimizes manual repetition and ensures consistency?
• Which statement best describes cloud bursting in the context of cloud scaling?
• For security requirements when using a SaaS back-office service, which solution best meets the needs?
• Which of the following would be used to directly connect to a hypervisor host remotely to modify operating system settings on the hypervisor host?
• Which technology is commonly used for high-speed storage networking and is a core SAN protocol?
• For a 2 TB production file server with cost as the main concern, which disk type would you choose?
• For transferring 40 TB of sensitive data to a CSP with minimal downtime, which method is most efficient and secure?
• A cloud administrator is provisioning five VMs, each with at least 8 GB of RAM, on a hypervisor with 32 GB of RAM. Which feature should be used to manage this constraint?
• With a 24-hour RPO, distant datacenters, and the need to avoid daytime impact on customers, which replication method BEST meets the requirements?
• After a natural disaster, what is the BEST option for bringing virtual machines online at a warm site?
• What component is used to connect a host to a SAN using a fiber connection?
• A(n) __________ is a storage device that has no moving parts.
• Which approach updates production servers and allows rollback by repeating the process?
• Which statement best describes memory ballooning in virtualization?
• An administrator deploys a new virtual machine. After logging in, she notices that the VM's time differs from the host time. What is the most likely cause?
• Which mechanism allows a VM to automatically increase or decrease its RAM allocation based on demand?
• Which storage type can take advantage of Universal Naming Convention addressable storage?
• Which storage device interface type is the most difficult to configure?
• Which action specifically supports performing live migration of VMs by isolating migration traffic?
• A web server platform failed over to a secondary datacenter due to a power failure, but alerting messages cease. Which port issue could cause this problem?
• In an IaaS environment, a new malware signature file was issued to prevent specific threats. Where should the updated signatures be deployed?
• Which file system is used primarily for Unix-based operating systems?
• If a policy prohibits storing PII in a SaaS solution, which configuration control should be used to block such data from being stored in the SaaS solution?
• Which statement is a benefit of a hybrid cloud?
• A launchpad integrated with a SaaS provider uses SSO. Users are redirected to the SaaS provider but are asked to log in. What is the most likely cause?
• In public cloud deployments, what is commonly the main concern for organizations?
• In a pilot where three users from each site used a new SaaS timecard application alongside the existing one and outputs were compared side by side, which attribute is demonstrated by this approach?
• If price is not a factor, which interface would you recommend for connecting to a corporate SAN?
• Which protocol is commonly used for block storage access in virtualization environments?
• Which storage type is primarily used to share files over a network using standard network protocols and addressing (UNC paths)?
• Which term describes moving a virtual machine from a cloud environment to on‑premises hardware?
• Which data tier would you recommend for a mission-critical database that needs to be highly available all the time?
• When you run out of computer resources in your internal data center and expand to an external cloud on demand, this is an example of what?
• Which of the following sequences correctly represents the recommended order of steps to troubleshoot a CryptoLocker infection?
• Which of the following utilizes UDP port 514 when collecting events?
• What is the best method to test and apply a full-disk encryption update to endpoints with preboot enabled, while minimizing user disruption?
• During peak times, users are unable to access their online wealth management applications in a community cloud. Which action should the cloud systems administrator take first?
• In disaster recovery planning, what does RPO measure?
• During a private cloud migration, to reduce storage utilization for a file server with many duplicates and compressed audio files, which storage technology is MOST likely to help?
• Which technology increases availability from a virtualization host to a storage device by providing multiple paths?
• A newly created VM is not reachable from other networks, though a ping test works from another VM on the same subnet. What is the MOST likely issue?
• Which type of storage system is directly attached to a computer and does not use a storage network between the computer and the storage system?
• Which of the following is considered a SAN protocol?
• Which of the following is usually accessed via a web browser?
• To monitor a hosted database in public IaaS without agents, which configuration is required?
• Cloud bursting can alleviate which of the following attacks?
• Which statement best describes a benefit of using RAID in storage solutions?
• Which provisioning model would you use when data is added quickly and often, with a need for consistent performance?
• In a private cloud, the host has one physical quad-core CPU. The administrator needs to create a guest that requires a single CPU. What action should be taken?
• Which network topology should an administrator use to segment traffic?
• In response to a suspected phishing attack targeting a SaaS email domain, which action best mitigates risk to users?
• Which hypervisor type provides the best performance for the host machine?
• Which tool is commonly used to remotely retrieve the operating system version from a virtual machine by querying system information?
• What term describes storing data based on performance, cost, and availability in tiers?
• Which Windows service is commonly used for centralized monitoring and management in hybrid environments?
• To isolate a VM from the rest of the servers, which configuration should the administrator apply?
• Which of the following is a type of storage media?
• In a DNA decoding project using cloud resources, which resource is MOST important for the university to request from the provider?
• An all-flash storage array is deployed with deduplication and compression to achieve 4:1 storage efficiency with sub-millisecond latency. Which reported result best meets these goals?
• A development team wants to deploy a new version with minimal downtime and quick rollback. Which deployment approach should be used?
• Which feature provides a centralized graphical view of performance metrics for both cloud consumers and providers?
• Which hypervisor runs on a bare metal system?
• Which data tier is suitable for data that is financial in nature, not accessed daily, and archived for tax purposes?
• Which technology would you use to gather installed software information on a remote Windows network?
• Which statement identifies the primary difference between NAS and DAS?
• When planning the purchase of a new virtualization host computer, which processor capability is more important?
• Which of the following would you use to remotely access a virtualization host in a secure fashion?
• For temporary intern access, which approach provides per-intern expiration while maintaining proper permissions?
• When virtualizing database management applications, which action should be performed first to help ensure optimal database performance?
• Which technology allows multiple storage devices to be presented as a single pool for use by virtual machines or hosts?
• Which networking feature consolidates multiple physical network interfaces into a single logical interface to improve throughput and provide fault tolerance?
• Which network type is not accessible from outside the organization by default?
• To satisfy data-at-rest encryption requirements for a database, which option BEST satisfies the requirement?
• A cloud deployment has been created explicitly for the finance department. What type of cloud deployment is this?
• Which cloud deployment model is designed for use by more than one organization with common concerns?
• Which remote management port is typically used for secure administration of servers?
• Which solution would meet the requirement to observe and be alerted in the event of a security breach, while allowing a response for each alert?
• Warren wants to hide storage resources from a server that should not access them. Which storage controller feature should he configure?
• To reduce lead time while ensuring policy adherence, which approach is BEST?
• Which development approach correctly sequences development activities to produce production-ready software?
• In a cloud-based log aggregation setup, the log sizes have increased by 50% daily and the system stops publishing logs at noon. What is the most likely cause?
• Which of the following can be used to identify which operating system version is installed on a virtual machine?
• A cloud administrator sees several systems with 90% disk usage, while the log directory alone uses half of the disk. With a 14-day retention policy, what is the BEST solution to minimize future alerts?
• Which replication mode minimizes data loss but may add latency?
• For transferring large, sensitive data to a CSP, which method best balances efficiency and security for a 40 TB dataset?
• Which interface is commonly used for out-of-band server management to power-cycle hardware when the operating system is unavailable?
• In an IaaS environment, which patch-management approach should be used after CAB approval?
• To minimize the backup window after month-end while ensuring fast restoration, which backup type should be scheduled?
• When hardening provisioning images, which task is MOST appropriate to reduce exposed services?
• Which of the following can be used to assign priority to specific network traffic?
• Which storage type would BEST support cloning OS images across hypervisors without using local drives?
• Which technique reduces the amount of data transmitted over a network by keeping a copy of recently seen data in memory?
• In a virtualized environment with multiple VMs and limited host RAM, which technique is used to manage CPU allocation by scheduling processes across VMs?
• What control mechanism grants access to a LUN only to the authorized hosts?
• A website administrator is storing a large amount of multimedia objects in binary format for the corporate website. What type of storage object is this?
• A large finance firm experiences a monthly spike in December and wants to avoid permanent resource additions. Which approach is BEST to meet this need?
• An employee must swipe a key card and then enter a password before gaining access to the server room. This is an example of what authentication type?
• Which protocol uses IP networks to enable servers to access remote disks as if they were locally attached?
• Which term describes combining multiple network interfaces on a server to create a single logical link for increased throughput and redundancy?
• Which cloud solution provides only hardware and network resources to make up a cloud environment?
• Which of the following alerting methods can be configured to send an e-mail when a certain alert is triggered?
• A cloud engineer notes near-capacity CPU and memory across 100 servers with varied usage patterns. Which action will optimize compute usage?
• Which backup method is MOST commonly used by VM users?
• Which cloud service model focuses on providing runtime and platform services to develop and deploy applications, reducing the need to manage underlying hardware?
• Which NAS deployment characteristic describes its value in terms of infrastructure?
• If internal users experience high latency when connecting to external cloud servers, which network segment should be optimized?
• After upgrading a vulnerability scanner, tickets are not being created; what is the most likely cause and fix?
• Generally, which storage technology provides better performance when accessing large databases?
• A SaaS CRM application with a year-round performance SLA experiences slow user experiences after three months, while availability and connectivity remain fine. What is the MOST likely cause of the poor response time?
• A company seeks a new backup solution for virtualized file servers where files are very large, there are many small changes daily, new files are created monthly, and backups go to a cloud repository. Which option would BEST minimize backup size?
• A courier company has virtualized its packing software. The CSA needs to verify the deployment uses the correct CPU amount per VM. In the cloud portal, which statement should be confirmed?
• A phishing email targets an SaaS-hosted email account, prompting users to enter domain credentials. What is the best immediate action to protect accounts?
• Which metric describes the maximum tolerable data loss in a disaster recovery scenario where data at the DR site must not be more than 24 hours old?
• What is the name of the adapter installed in a server to connect to a SAN and enable high-performance data transfer?
• To minimize backup size for large files with frequent small changes stored to a cloud repository, which backup method is most effective?
• Which tool would an administrator use to test connectivity to a server in the cloud?
• Which RAID level is used for a database requiring minimal write requests, high read activity, and fault tolerance?
• Which cloud service model provides software applications that can be accessed over the internet?
• A CASB report indicates several unsanctioned SaaS applications are being used in the organization. What is the most likely cause?
• What term is used to define the increasing number of services delivered over the internet?
• An administrator implements a private cloud to be used as a test environment and wants to limit guests per subnet to 14 with a /20 network. Which mechanism should be used to assign the networks?
• For virtualization of a server operating system for personal use on a desktop computer, which technology would you recommend?
• In federated login scenarios, which component serves as the trusted authority for issuing tokens?
• Which statement about Type 1 hypervisors is true?
• You are deploying two virtual servers, one heavily used database server and the other lightly used printer server. Which virtual CPU configuration would you recommend?
• Which service model best describes a cloud scenario where the provider bears a minimal security burden while the customer retains more responsibility?
• Which access control type would give a system administrator the ability to assign access according to least privilege?
• What is a demonstrated benefit of virtualization in a cloud environment?
• In a Fibre Channel SAN, which feature helps segment paths for security and management?
• For disaster recovery planning, which approach involves keeping offsite copies of backups to protect against site-wide failures?
• Which testing approach involves running the new system in parallel with the existing system and comparing outputs?
• Which of the following protocols allows Fibre Channel to be transmitted over Ethernet?
• Which of the following is a benefit of remote hypervisor administration?
• Which outcome is a direct result of virtualization improving deployment speed?
• Which service model is described when software applications are delivered over the internet and managed by the provider?
• Which cloud service model provides software that is hosted off-site and accessed by users without installation?
• In a disaster recovery planning (DRP) scenario, the goal is to recover business as quickly as possible. Which technique is MOST effective for achieving this objective?
• During a SaaS migration with widespread user account management and access challenges, which single control would BEST resolve these issues?
• Which storage type is designed to deliver block-level access over a networked storage area?
• A new server connected to a fibre channel switch must see its allocated storage on the storage array. The administrator must configure the server's WWNN as a member. This describes which of the following?
• Which concept enables users to access resources across multiple identity providers using a common authentication mechanism?
• To validate the high-availability claim for a major sporting venue, which testing type is essential?
• Which term describes automatic adjustment of resources in a cloud environment in response to workload changes?
• In migrating three on‑premise servers to virtual machines, which minimum CPU resources on the second host would best support the new VMs?
• Which of the following is a requirement for adequate application performance when using synchronous replication?
• Which of these can be used by both a cloud consumer and cloud provider to give a visual picture of performance metrics?
• A company building a server cluster wants to configure teamed interfaces on all servers. In this context, a teamed interface refers to ____.
• What is a key benefit of using a patch management tool to automate and orchestrate patch installation across many servers?
• Which high-availability solution involves multiple servers that each service requests concurrently and can take over the load of a failed member?
• Which utility is BEST suited to diagnose NAS mount points and related network interfaces?
• A SaaS implementation is multi-tenant and aims to prevent password replay attacks. Which measure would BEST mitigate this risk?
• Which backup technique in virtualized environments creates a point-in-time copy of a VM to enable rapid recovery?
• Which virtual device is typically used to connect a VM to a storage network?
• Which server type would be an ideal candidate for virtualization?
• Before implementing centralized monitoring for Linux and Windows hosts, which service on Linux must be functional?
• During cloning six servers from a template, each with a private and a public IP, two servers do not receive a public IP. What is the MOST likely cause?
• Several SaaS providers support identity federation for authentication. Which option BEST assists in enabling federation?
• Which virtualization approach would BEST be used to move a cloud-based virtual database server to an in-house blade server?
• Which of the following alerting methods allows a technician to receive an alert on a mobile device such as a cell phone?
• What is a key benefit of having a virtual rather than a physical server environment?
• Select a benefit of virtualization in a cloud environment.
• During a power outage scenario, some VMs did not start in the correct sequence after power restoration. Which policy should be reviewed to prevent this in the future?
• Configuring a web server with a wildcard certificate for *.companyname.com leads to a certificate error. What is the MOST likely cause?
• Which statement defines chargeback?
• A company security policy mandates education and training for new employees, outlining acceptable use policies for SaaS applications. Which security control is BEST suited?
• What term describes the documented set of policies, procedures, and resources that enable an organization to resume critical operations after a disruption within defined recovery objectives?
• A public cloud provider updated a service with a new type of application load balancer, but the option does not appear in deployment options. What is the most likely reason?
• Which type of memory allows a virtual machine to start with a smaller amount of memory and increase it based on the workload of the virtual machine?
• If you need to access a virtualization host’s management interface securely from a remote location, which protocol would you use?
• Which should be implemented to ensure email continuity is not disrupted if one datacenter experiences an outage?
• For out-of-band management of server hardware, which protocol/standard is used?
• A small clinic is moving its health and accounting systems to a SaaS solution. The clinic holds patient-specific information. Which action is MOST appropriate to protect its data?
• Engineers are preparing to move guests to new compute and storage infrastructure. Which single option is a valid NEXT step to prepare for guest migration?
• Which approach BEST ensures redundancy and high availability for web servers with identical configurations and equal client connections?
• Which cloud service model provides virtualized infrastructure resources such as compute, storage, and networking without bundling development platforms?
• In a virtual machine, which component appears as an Ethernet adapter?
• You have been tasked with gathering a list of software installed on all the computers in your environment. You want to gather this information remotely. Which of the following would you use to gather this information?
• What is the primary advantage of locating a datacenter closer to users for processing large data tasks?
• A CIO notes that a new 20TB CRM application increases power usage. Which solution provides a performance benefit and reduces power consumption?
• A cloud infrastructure function that can grow and shrink to meet peak demand quickly is known as ___.
• Identity federation for cloud services is commonly enabled using which standard?
• Which protocol is used to transport log messages from devices to a central collector, typically using UDP?
• A new browser version has been deployed to all users. They cannot access the secure time-card SaaS; rolling back to the older version restores access. What is the most likely cause of the security error?
• To enable federated login with social providers, which component is essential?
• A company changed its policy to have seven-year data retention in the public cloud. Which would be the MOST cost-effective way to meet retention requirements?
• Which of the following can be used to create scripts that can be run against target computers to perform simple administrative tasks?
• Which cloud service model is typically chosen by software development teams that want to avoid managing the underlying infrastructure?
• Which of the following groups multiple network storage devices into a single storage unit that can be managed from a central console and used by a virtual machine or host computer?
• Which approach is fastest to apply a critical patch across development and staging servers when a zero-day SSH vulnerability is publicly disclosed?
• Which statement would be used to explain a private cloud but not a public cloud?
• An administrator needs to securely access a VM on an IaaS platform using an automated method, allowing administrators full access, denying others, and granting read-only to everyone else. Which technology should be used?
• Which file system was explicitly described as 128-bit and designed to protect against data corruption?
• After deploying new VMs, it is not possible to connect using network credentials, but local accounts work, and NTP servers are not set. What is the MOST likely cause?
• A private cloud customer is considering using the public cloud to accommodate the peak utilization workload. Which of the following would be considered the ideal scaling solution?
• Which statement about caching in storage networks is true?
• Which computing solution is implemented within the corporate firewall and controlled by the IT department?
• In a JSON-based policy for cloud administration, which element is used to express statements that determine permissions and constraints?
• To enable an easy rollback of a VM change within about two hours, which method provides the simplest rollback approach?
• Hardening virtual machine images for provisioning aims to restrict the user to which of the following?
• An administrator updates the syslog forwarder configuration on a production server to use a different port, and the development team stops receiving audit logs while the security team can retrieve and search the logs. What is the most likely issue?
• Which encryption type would mitigate a security breach if backup tapes are lost or stolen in transit?
• For a cloud-based system with an availability SLA of 99.99%, which unavailability time would be considered acceptable during a 30‑day test window?
• Which management feature is commonly used to monitor and manage server hardware remotely in a data center?
• To mitigate password replay risks in a SaaS deployment, which security measure provides the strongest protection?
• A multinational corporation plans to migrate servers for a national defense project to a new datacenter. Data is about 20 GB and sites are across several countries on a high-speed MPLS network. Which environmental constraint is MOST likely to rule out a site?
• A newly provisioned server’s IP resolves to a hostname that affects traffic. Which maintenance action should be performed?
• In DRP planning, which approach describes keeping services available by operating across multiple sites to minimize downtime?
• What is the desired end result of ITIL?
• Which of the following terms best describes life cycle management?
• A system administrator tests an externally reachable web server from outside the corporate firewall. After provisioning multiple VMs behind NAT, they can no longer reach the web server. Which component could be responsible for blocking access?
• Which factor is more important when selecting processor resources for a virtualization host?
• After patches, some users report being prompted for login on intranet links; which root cause is most likely?
• Which concept ensures there is enough space and segregation so vendors can install and manage software for various SaaS products?
• Which protocol is commonly used to gather performance data from network devices and assist with monitoring?
• Which cloud service model provides the greatest control over the guest operating system and hardware, suitable for development environments requiring OS-level customization?
• To provide authentication across multiple websites delivered via PaaS, which approach is commonly implemented?
• A technician needs to configure a virtual NIC on a Class A IP address network. What is the default subnet mask for this network?
• Which memory mechanism enables a virtual machine to request more memory on demand while running?
• Which service model provides raw infrastructure resources such as virtual machines and storage to customers?
• To balance cloud benefits with strict security policy obligations, which cloud service model best aligns with minimal security responsibility for the provider?
• In SaaS security, which solution provides visibility and control over SaaS usage and data?
• Which protocol do servers typically use to forward logs to a central location in the described cloud logging setup?
• For validating high availability claims in a venue environment, which testing approach directly exercises failover capabilities?
• Which cloud portal check is most likely to prevent performance degradation due to storage limits?
• Which setting on a storage array provides security for the data contained within the array by restricting host visibility?
• Which storage deployment typically provides the fastest access in a local storage setup?
• Which deployment approach uses three staging environments to enable testing prior to production with the option to revert quickly?
• What is the most likely reason for a certificate error when deploying a wildcard SSL certificate to a site?
• What is the BEST interconnect option for a clustered host environment?
• Which storage device is primarily used for off-site storage and archiving?
• Which protocol enables block-level storage access over IP networks?
• A user cannot log in due to a localization-related issue of the account. Which is the MOST likely cause?
• For the database layer, which configuration ensures only one database server is used at a time while sharing data and configurations?
• Education and training requirements for new employees, including acceptable use policies for SaaS, are best described as which type of security control?
• Which would be considered an advantage of cloud computing?
• A customer wants to schedule a backup job that compares and saves changes from the last full backup. Which backup type should be used?
• Which storage type provides block-level storage?
• A cloud administrator observes a holiday spike in traffic to a site hosted on an IaaS platform with a load balancer and standardized VMs. Which option would be most efficient, with no downtime, to handle the surge?
• The following file system was designed to replace the FAT file system:
• When a VM reports a MAC address conflict on a newly created virtual network interface, what is the best first step to resolve the issue?
• A cloud administrator identifies performance issues: 10 VMs in pool, 15% of new service requests failing. What is the BEST approach to resolve this?
• A cloud architect created a new delivery controller for a large VM farm and formed a cluster with the existing controller. The new controller returns an error when entering the license code. What is the MOST likely cause?
• If a storage appliance loses network access, which method would a storage engineer use to connect locally and diagnose the issue?
• In an IaaS network, which control should be configured to allow stateful, inter-subnet communication while enforcing access rules?
• Among IDE, SAS, SATA, and SCSI, which is described as the most difficult to configure?
• Which file system was the first to be designed specifically for Linux?
• In ITIL, which outcome focuses on continual improvement of IT services?
• Which feature would you configure on the storage controller to restrict a host's view to specific LUNs?
• Which backup type saves only the changes since the most recent full backup?
• Which security control enables users to authenticate once to access multiple SaaS applications?
• Which storage technology uses IP transport to carry storage commands?
• Which storage object type would you use for metadata and descriptive information about other data?
• What is the most efficient method to manage user-based licensing in a SaaS solution with a large user base?
• Which protocol is commonly used to deliver email alerts?
• In a cloud environment using PaaS, baseline configuration tests include which responsibility area?
• Which storage feature ensures a host can access only its assigned LUNs on a storage array?
• In the described pilot, how long did the three users from each site test the new SaaS timecard application?
• An administrator runs a script to restart all servers in a public cloud environment and experiences outages after 9:00 a.m. What should be checked first to resolve the issue?
• Which storage topology in a data center provides scalable, block-level storage used by servers?
• To ensure the eDiscovery analyst can search hosted file shares but cannot modify settings, which access-control model is the BEST choice?
• Which deployment strategy uses two production-like environments and allows switching traffic between them to achieve zero-downtime updates and easy rollback?
• A new host with two quad-core processors and 128 GB RAM will host ten guest servers requiring 1 CPU and 8 GB RAM each, with four off-hours. Which feature should be implemented to ensure proper resources?
• Which environmental constraint is most likely to disqualify a cross-border datacenter site for a defense project?
• Which of the following connects a server and a SAN and improves performance?
• Which technology enables server connections to storage devices at speeds of up to 128 Gbps?
• Which term describes the ability of cloud resources to scale automatically in response to demand?
• What mechanism provides multiple I/O paths between a host and storage to improve availability?
• Which would be a requirement when planning the compute resources for a host computer?
• What type of hypervisor is provided to an enterprise to use without cost?
• To minimize administration resources while preventing recurring configuration issues across servers, which type of tool should be deployed?
• An administrator is testing a variety of operating systems while performing other functions like surfing the Internet and word processing. What type of hypervisor is the admin most likely using?
• Which action best aligns with cloud security policy when decommissioning user accounts in a cloud environment?
• In a SAN, if Host A can access LUNs and Host B cannot access LUN 11, what is the most likely cause?
• Which statement accurately describes compute resource planning for a host computer?
• Which approach provides storage path redundancy to prevent a single point of failure between a host and storage?
• A consultant is helping a large company migrate its development environment to a public cloud provider. The developers are working on a VDI solution and require greater OS control. Which cloud type should be implemented?
• Which storage medium is most appropriate for long-term, off-site archiving, given cost efficiency?
• Which of the following would be considered an example of IaaS?
• What is the best practice to ensure cloud accounts are disabled as soon as they are no longer needed?
• To attach block storage to a virtual machine for a business-critical application, which protocol should be used for performance?
• What does HBA stand for in SAN networking?
• You receive an alert that a virtual machine is down. The server does not respond to a ping. What tool should you use to troubleshoot the server if you are off-site?
• When adding several development interns who need limited access for a summer, which provisioning technique should be used?
• After monthly patching, many users report that intranet links now prompt for login credentials. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
• Which component controls how the network traffic flows between the virtual machines and the host computer and also how network traffic flows between the virtual machine and other network devices in the organization?
• When migrating from a private cloud to a public cloud to document business continuity, which step should be done first?
• Which of the following constantly executes a software component called an agent, which reports information using the protocol back to a manager?
• Given a 2 terabyte drive space requirement for a production file server, which disk type is most cost-effective?
• Which interface would you choose for connecting to a corporate SAN if price is not a factor?
• For maintenance with zero downtime and the ability to recover in about ten minutes, which methodology should be selected?
• Which authentication approach enables single sign-on capabilities across multiple websites and is commonly implemented in PaaS deployments?
• Which hypervisor type is commonly provided to enterprises at no licensing cost?
• During a Friday maintenance window with 58 virtual servers, which approach is most efficient to install patches?
• Which of the following allows for out-of-band management of a computer?
• What does the acronym RTO stand for in disaster recovery planning?
• Which statement best describes intranets?
• Which protocol family enables Fibre Channel frames to be carried over Ethernet networks?
• To minimize WAN impact when creating a secondary datacenter for failover, which replication strategy is preferred?
• Which of the following file systems was designed to protect against data corruption and is a 128-bit file system?
• When designing a new private cloud, you want the hypervisor to be configurable quickly by cloning the OS from another hypervisor and you want to avoid using local drives. Which storage type would BEST suit?
• To prevent alert fatigue when a batch job overnight increases CPU usage, which adjustment is BEST?
• Which statement best describes IaaS?
• Which cloud service model would be recommended to a company for hardware capacity to host a production database application?
• Which data tier should be used for financial data that is archived for tax purposes?
• A data center is converting a physical SQL server into a virtual server. Which conversion method would be MOST appropriate?
• An administrator is trying to enable hardware-assisted virtualization in the BIOS of a computer and notices it is not an option. He checks the specification on the manufacturer's website and finds that the system should support hardware-assisted virtualization. What is most likely the reason why he can't enable it?