Review the following 20 sample questions prior to taking an exam to gain a better understanding of the types of questions that will be presented on the exam.
These sample test questions are for informational purposes ONLY and are provided to give prospective candidates an idea about the format and type of questions that will appear on the actual examination. These items are not to be used to determine a candidates readiness to test. It does not guarantee a pass or fail result.
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Question 1: In Fibre Channel (FC) zoning, what role is related to target-to-initiator relationships? |
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A. Preventing unauthorized access to the SAN fabric |
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B. Ensuring proper connectivity of Fibre Channel (FC) switches |
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C. Defining specific relationships between storage targets and initiators |
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Question 2: Which scenario is appropriate for deploying bare metal servers? |
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A. A startup requiring scalable and cost-effective solutions for their fluctuating workload demands. |
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B. A financial institution processing high-volume, latency-sensitive transactions that require optimized physical resources for performance consistency. |
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C. A small business looking to minimize upfront IT expenditures by utilizing shared resources and centralized management. |
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Question 3: Which scenario describes a potential consequence of Central Processing Unit (CPU) oversubscription in a virtualized environment? |
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A. Increased storage capacity, as virtual machines can share and allocate storage dynamically. |
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B. Reduced performance of applications due to frequent compute wait times, impacting the overall efficiency of the virtualized environment. |
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C. Enhanced network throughput as virtual machines can handle more data transfers simultaneously. |
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Question 4: Which protocol would be used for a host to communicate with Network Attached Storage (NAS)? |
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A. internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) |
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B. Non-Volatile Memory express over Fabric (NVMe/oF) |
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C. Network File System (NFS) |
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Question 5: What is an example of Block-level storage? |
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A. Storage Area Network (SAN) |
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B. Network Attached Storage (NAS) |
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C. Simple Storage Solution (S3) |
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Question 6: A customer has a high-speed application which requires fast, reliable access to storage but minimal investment in infrastructure. What storage device should the customer use? |
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A. Storage Area Network (SAN) |
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B. Network Attached Storage (NAS) |
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C. Direct Attached Storage (DAS) |
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Question 7: What storage type is affected negatively by write amplification? |
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A. Hard Disk Drive (HDD) |
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B. Solid State Drive (SSD) |
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C. Random Access Memory (RAM) |
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Question 8: What storage type should be used for a backup job where access speed is NOT nearly as important as longevity? |
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A. Solid State Drive (SSD) |
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B. Tape |
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C. Floppy Disk |
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Question 9: What is a principle of a scale-up storage architecture? |
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A. Increase storage capacity without needing to add compute power |
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B. Increase compute power without needing to add storage capacity |
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C. Increase both compute power and storage capacity simultaneously |
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Question 10: What is a principle of a dual-controller, active-active storage system? |
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A. Both controllers actively process and respond to initiator requests |
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B. One controller actively processes and responds to initiator requests |
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C. One controller processes and responds to initiator requests before replicating data to the second controller |
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Question 11: What is a benefit of an active-passive dual-controller storage architecture? |
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A. A third-site mediator can help elect the active controller in the event of a controller failure |
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B. Consistent performance, even in the event of a controller failure |
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C. All components are fully utilized at all times |
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Question 12: What scenario would most benefit from cloud deployment compared to an on-premise infrastructure? |
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A. A government agency handling sensitive data subject to strict regulatory compliance, requiring complete control over physical and network security |
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B. A tech startup that needs to quickly scale operations up and down based on dynamic market demands and has limited initial capital for IT infrastructure |
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C.A large financial institution that requires a fixed, predictable computing environment with long-term operational stability and minimum latency |
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Question 13: A multinational corporation is planning to expand its cloud storage infrastructure to support a highly transactional database. What storage type should they use to optimize performance and scalability of the database? |
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A. Block storage |
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B. File storage |
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C. Object storage |
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Question 14: What is the first step of designing a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan? |
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A. Conduct a risk analysis assessment |
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B. Set recovery objectives |
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C. Determine backup and data recovery methods |
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Question 15: Which type of storage is commonly used for backup in cloud environments? |
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A. Object |
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B. Structured |
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C. File |
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Question 16: What would be the reason to pause I/O prior to performing a snapshot on a storage device? |
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A. To get an Application Consistent Snapshot |
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B. To get a Uniformly Consistent Snapshot |
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C. To get a Crash Consistent Snapshot |
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Question 17: What is a benefit of implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) in an IT environment? |
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A. Increased complexity, leading to reduced risk, in managing user access across multiple applications |
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B. Enhanced user experience by requiring separate credentials for each application |
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C. Improved security by reducing the risk of password-related vulnerabilities and centralizing user access management |
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Question 18: What is the strategy for recovery from a Ransomware attack to minimize data loss? |
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A. A Disaster Recovery (DR) solution with a very low Recovery Point Objective (RPO) |
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B. A mirrored write clustering service between data centers |
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C. Immutable snapshots |
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Question 19: A host connected to a Storage Area Network (SAN) has multiple paths to the same Logical Unit Number (LUN). How does Multipath Input/Output (MPIO) handle I/O requests when multiple paths are available? |
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A. MPIO automatically reorganizes data on the array to match host paths |
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B. MPIO allows multiple host to write to the same LUN simultaneously without coordination |
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C. MPIO can use path selection policies to distribute I/O or failover in case of path failure |
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Question 20: When an initiator sends a write request to a storage system, the initiator waits until what event before the request is considered completed? |
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A. The initiator receives a “RAM staging” response |
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B. The initiator receives a “TX ready” response |
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C. The initiator receives an “ack” response |