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Question 1 of 65

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What is Software Defined Storage?

Select one of the following:

  • virtualized storage with a Fibre Channel interface

  • virtualized storage with an Ethernet interface

  • physical storage with a service management interface

  • virtualized storage with a service management interface

Explanation

Question 2 of 65

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Which entity is responsible for making cloud services available for cloud consumers?

Select one of the following:

  • cloud provider

  • cloud auditor

  • cloud storage

  • cloud infrastructure

Explanation

Question 3 of 65

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What is a SNIA standard that defines an interface used by applications to create, retrieve, update and delete elements from the cloud?

Select one of the following:

  • FTP

  • CDMI

  • S3

  • SFTP

Explanation

Question 4 of 65

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A customer is considering mixing disk technologies in the same storage array to provide additional capabilities that they require.
In this scenario, what would be a benefit of doing this?

Select one of the following:

  • to allow for more encrypted data to be stored on the array

  • to improve the performance of the array

  • to perform compression before writing data to the HDDs

  • to perform deduplication before writing data to the HDDs

Explanation

Question 5 of 65

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Which two technologies use NAND flash memory (non-volatile) technology to store data? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • quad-level cell (QLC)

  • single-level cell (SLC)

  • interim-level cell (ILC)

  • mufti -level cell (MLC)

Explanation

Question 6 of 65

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What are two requirements of a server cluster with regards to storage technologies? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • a switch fabric

  • a file locking mechanism

  • a back-end storage database

  • shared storage

Explanation

Question 7 of 65

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What is the default port that iSCSI traffic uses?

Select one of the following:

  • 443

  • 3260

  • 80

  • 53

Explanation

Question 8 of 65

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According to SNIA, what is a data structure signed with a digital signature that is based using a public key and confirms that the key belongs to the subject identified in the structure called?

Select one of the following:

  • secure key

  • certificate

  • public key

  • private key

Explanation

Question 9 of 65

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A physical server is having a native or bare-metal hypervisor installed before being deployed.
In this scenario, which statement is correct?

Select one of the following:

  • The hypervisor runs as a program on a host operating system and supports only one instance of a virtual server

  • The hypervisor runs directly on the server hardware and supports the creation of multiple concurrent instances of virtual servers

  • The hypervisor runs directly on the server hardware and supports the creation of only one instance of a virtual server.

  • The hypervisor runs as a program on a host operating system and supports multiple concurrent instances of virtual servers.

Explanation

Question 10 of 65

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What is an implementation of a secure, multi-tenant cloud environment that is externally available to all users?

Select one of the following:

  • private

  • public

  • secure

  • hybrid

Explanation

Question 11 of 65

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What are two scenarios where using disk replication is a valid risk mitigation strategy? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • a primary storage array non-recoverable hardware failure

  • an extended power failure at the primary site

  • information destruction due to a security breach

  • system instability due to a bad OS updatesystem instability due to a bad OS update

Explanation

Question 12 of 65

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Which interface is used for 40GbE?

Select one of the following:

  • Twinax

  • Small Form Factor pluggable (SFP+)

  • multimode fiber (MMF)

  • Quad Small Form Factor pluggable {QSFP+)

Explanation

Question 13 of 65

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You have a RAID 5 set with five disks at 400 GB each. Approximately how much usable space would this configuration yield?

Select one of the following:

  • 1 terabyte

  • 2 terabytes

  • 1.2 terabytes

  • 16 terabytes

Explanation

Question 14 of 65

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What are the requirements for a boot from SAN? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Zoning of the LUN containing the OS image is required

  • An active path to the LUN is required.

  • The host server and storage should be from the same vendor

  • Only CNAs can be used

Explanation

Question 15 of 65

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Which statement describes an N_Port login?

Select one of the following:

  • a process by which a server HBA port logs in to a fabric

  • a process by which FC initiators establish sessions with targets

  • a process by which users obtain access to a host

  • a process by which two FC-4 layer processes establish communication

Explanation

Question 16 of 65

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What are two characteristics of Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • CHAP uses a hash mechanism so the clear text authentication piece is never sent.CHAP uses a hash mechanism so the clear text authentication piece is never sent.

  • CHAP uses a parity algorithm to jumble the credentials for security.

  • CHAP uses a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) method.

  • CHAP is required for iSCSI initiator authentication

Explanation

Question 17 of 65

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What is the purpose of a host bus adapter (HBA)?

Select one of the following:

  • to connect a switch port to front end storage

  • to provide host backups to tape media

  • to connect a host to a switch

  • to use a host CPU to interface with storage controllers

Explanation

Question 18 of 65

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Which two security methods will protect iSCSI traffic from unauthorized tampering or spoofing? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • internet Protocol Security (IPsec)

  • ACLs

  • encryption at rest

  • Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)

Explanation

Question 19 of 65

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Which level of data access does a SAN device provide compared to NAS?

Select one of the following:

  • file access

  • block access

  • packet access

  • object access

Explanation

Question 20 of 65

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What would be placed in a Fibre Channel zone?

Select one of the following:

  • Ip address

  • MAC address

  • IQN of an initiator

  • World Wide Port Name (WWPN)

Explanation

Question 21 of 65

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You want to replace multiple copies of data, at variable levels of granularity, with references to a shared copy to save storage space and/or bandwidth.
Which data reduction method would satisfy the requirement?

Select one of the following:

  • deduplication

  • compression

  • thin provisioning

  • conditioning

Explanation

Question 22 of 65

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According to SNIA, what is the term that describes a mechanism allocating the physical capacity of a volume or file system as applications write data?

Select one of the following:

  • thick provisioning

  • thin provisioning

  • hybrid provisioning

  • static provisioning

Explanation

Question 23 of 65

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Which type of cloud allows management of backups to local, public, and/or private clouds to meet the varying requirements of cost, availability, latency, and security?

Select one of the following:

  • public

  • private

  • hybrid

  • secure

Explanation

Question 24 of 65

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Which device would communicate to a DAS?

Select one of the following:

  • NIC

  • switch

  • HBA

  • DB9 serial cable

Explanation

Question 25 of 65

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According to SNIA, what are two valid storage tiering types? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • storage cache tiering

  • host tiering

  • application tiering

  • cloud tiering

Explanation

Question 26 of 65

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What describes the process of moving data between different classes of disks and storage, based on policy?

Select one of the following:

  • data clustering

  • IOPS monitoring

  • storage tiering

  • LUN migration

Explanation

Question 27 of 65

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Your company needs to buy more disks for new servers and are considering SSD and HDD solutions What are two reasons why you would recommend using SSD? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • lower cost

  • no moving parts

  • better performance

  • high capacity

Explanation

Question 28 of 65

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You want to use a light-weight communication API for cloud access. What would you use in this situation?

Select one of the following:

  • Representational State Transfer (REST)

  • Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

  • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Explanation

Question 29 of 65

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Which backup technique is the slowest in terms of backup time?

Select one of the following:

  • full backup

  • incremental backup

  • differential backup

  • mirror backup

Explanation

Question 30 of 65

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Which two statements about jumbo Ethernet frames are correct? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Jumbo frame is an Ethernet frame with a payload greater than 1500 bytes.

  • Jumbo frames are always a fixed standard length of 9000 bytes.

  • Jumbo frames can increase the latency on a network due to the transmission of larger frames

  • Jumbo frames enable the transmission of iSCSI packets on the IP network.

Explanation

Question 31 of 65

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Which hardware component transports FC and IP traffic?

Select one of the following:

  • RAID array

  • iSCSI

  • NIC

  • CNA

Explanation

Question 32 of 65

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You want to improve disk space usage efficiency while maintaining high availability. In this scenario, which solution satisfies this requirement?

Select one of the following:

  • RAID 0

  • RAID 1

  • RAID 5

  • RAID 10

Explanation

Question 33 of 65

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Which device would be an NDMP server1?

Select one of the following:

  • a NAS device

  • a disk storage device

  • a tape storage device

  • a DAS device

Explanation

Question 34 of 65

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Which two technologies are part of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) standard? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)

  • Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)

  • Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)

  • Internet key Exchange (IKE)

Explanation

Question 35 of 65

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At which point in the communication chain is multi-pathing initiated?

Select one of the following:

  • the operating system device driver level

  • the switch level

  • the storage array level

  • the physical cable interface level

Explanation

Question 36 of 65

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Your customer has a Fibre Channel SAN environment and has properly zoned servers for storage with front end controller ports. When an administrator goes to initialize a provisioned volume, it is not seen on the server.
What would cause this problem1?

Select one of the following:

  • an unplugged cable

  • a multi-path I/O failure

  • a corrupted volume

  • improper LUN masking

Explanation

Question 37 of 65

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A company is concerned with high space usage on ils storage devices, especially during certain periods of time when the same or similar information is being sent or received.
Which solution will address this concern?

Select one of the following:

  • data compression

  • encryption

  • thin provisioning

  • deduplication

Explanation

Question 38 of 65

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What should a valid iSCSI qualified name include?

Select one of the following:

  • the iSCSI string

  • date code, in yyyy-mm format

  • the WWN string

  • initials of company name

Explanation

Question 39 of 65

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What are two NAS file access protocols? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • SMB

  • iSCSI

  • NFS

  • FCP

Explanation

Question 40 of 65

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Which type of server initiates an NDMP backup?

Select one of the following:

  • directory server

  • NDMP server

  • application server

  • database server

Explanation

Question 41 of 65

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Which feature would be used for SAN traffic isolation?

Select one of the following:

  • zoning

  • multi-pathing

  • volume management

  • failover

Explanation

Question 42 of 65

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Which statement is correct regarding LUNs?

Select one of the following:

  • a method for encapsulating Fibre Channel frames

  • a representation of segmented storage space to be provided to their servers

  • a scenario where log file servers reach maximum disk capacity

  • a method for optimizing LAN traffic

Explanation

Question 43 of 65

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You explain to a customer that storage data compression can be used on most data types. However, there are exceptions.
Which file type is an exception?

Select one or more of the following:

  • *.txt

  • *.bat

  • *.jpg

  • *.ora

Explanation

Question 44 of 65

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Which two statements regarding hybrid drives are correct? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Flash memory stores frequently accessed content.

  • Flash memory is located on the motherboard of the server

  • Flash memory is located on the HDD circuit board.

  • Flash memory is not used with a hybrid drive.

Explanation

Question 45 of 65

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At which level would you apply LUN masking?

Select one of the following:

  • file system level

  • switch level

  • zone alias level

  • controller level

Explanation

Question 46 of 65

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You are consulting for a major financial institution and are verifying their current disaster recovery processes. Your client has a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of zero.
In this scenario what does this mean?

Select one of the following:

  • The customer has a zero data loss requirement

  • The customer has no data at risk.

  • The customer has a zero tolerance policy.

  • The customer has a zero chance of failure.

Explanation

Question 47 of 65

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What is another name for a storage volume?

Select one of the following:

  • Converged Network Adapter (CNA)

  • logical unit number (LUN)

  • storage port

  • Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

Explanation

Question 48 of 65

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Which two connection sequences are supported for direct-attached storage? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Fibre Channel Host HBA -> FC Switch -> FC Target Device on Storage Controller

  • Fibre Channel Host HBA -> FC Target Device on Storage Controller

  • SAS Host HBA -> SAS Target Storage Controller

  • iSCSI Host Software Initiator -> Ethernet Switch -> iSCSI Host Target Initiator

Explanation

Question 49 of 65

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When presenting a single volume to multiple hosts, which type of service needs to be running on the hosts?

Select one of the following:

  • clustering services

  • DNS services

  • directory services

  • DHCP services

Explanation

Question 50 of 65

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You are designing a synchronous remote mirror solution.
Which two factors regarding maximum distance must be considered in this scenario? (Choose two)

Select one or more of the following:

  • the availability of high-speed communication links

  • the customer's application tolerance for latency

  • the customer's RTO requirement

  • the amount of storage required by the customer's application

Explanation

Question 51 of 65

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What do RAID 5 sets use to rebuild data?

Select one of the following:

  • Flash memory

  • mirroring

  • parity

  • data quiescing

Explanation

Question 52 of 65

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What is the function of the Fibre Channel name server?

Select one of the following:

  • It retrieves all files from a file store by name.

  • It provides service to register Fibre Channel N_Ports.

  • It partitions Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs).

  • It load balances the SAN traffic.

Explanation

Question 53 of 65

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Software Defined Storage (SDS) uses which type of technology to function?

Select one of the following:

  • Application

  • replication

  • virtualization

  • authentication

Explanation

Question 54 of 65

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What is the name of the process by which a SAN dynamically extends volumes depending on server and application needs?

Select one of the following:

  • copy On First Write (COFW)

  • deduplication

  • LUN expansion

  • thin provisioning

Explanation

Question 55 of 65

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Which technology uses lossless Ethernet?

Select one of the following:

  • FC

  • FcoE

  • FCIP

  • iFCP

Explanation

Question 56 of 65

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Which software technique reduces the effects of a hardware component failure?

Select one of the following:

  • volume management

  • multi-pathing

  • LUN masking

  • zoning

Explanation

Question 57 of 65

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What are two reasons for using a full backup? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • When a host needs to have all of the data available to be restored.

  • When a host restore can be accomplished across multiple jobs and sessions.

  • When a backup requires minimal space consumption.

  • When a backup must be available in one backup image.

Explanation

Question 58 of 65

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You want to manage systems and devices on a network with traps that signal the occurrence of an event In this scenario, which protocol would you use?

Select one of the following:

  • TLS

  • CDMI

  • SMTP

  • SNMP

Explanation

Question 59 of 65

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Which two statements are true about archiving? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Archiving is an open source technology based on Cinder and OpenStack.

  • The purpose of archiving is the long term preservation of information.

  • Archiving can be used as a response to meet regulatory requirements.

  • Archiving is performed exclusively to tape.

Explanation

Question 60 of 65

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A customer hires you to create an incremental backup scheme. Which solution would you recommend to the customer?

Select one of the following:

  • Create a backup scheme that will do a full backup and then only backup selected files.

  • Create a backup scheme that will do a full backup and then only backup changed data since the last backup.

  • Create a backup scheme that will do a full backup and then only backup changes since the full backup.

  • Create a backup scheme that will do a full backup and then only backup files selected by the host owner.

Explanation

Question 61 of 65

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Which type of device would you typically use for file access storage?

Select one of the following:

  • SAN

  • NAS

  • DAS

  • HBA

Explanation

Question 62 of 65

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What are three iSCSI configuration optimization techniques? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Combine iSCSI data traffic with management IP traffic for maximum efficiency.

  • Enable jumbo frames

  • Isolate iSCSI traffic from other IP frames.

  • Place a firewall between initiators and targets for security

  • Enable flow control on switches.

Explanation

Question 63 of 65

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Which storage technology uses optics for connectivity?

Select one of the following:

  • LTO tape

  • SAS

  • SATA

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

Explanation

Question 64 of 65

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What is the process called that Solid State Drives (SSDs) use to reclaim space taken by previously stored data?

Select one of the following:

  • garbage collection

  • coalescing

  • write amplification

  • IOPS resizing

Explanation

Question 65 of 65

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What is a set of data processing components that are automatically provisioned by providers, accessed over a network, and provides secure multi-tenancy?

Select one of the following:

  • network infrastructure

  • database infrastructure

  • storage infrastructure

  • cloud infrastructure

Explanation

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