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EMC ISM Certification Test

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EMC ISM Test

Question 1 of 17

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Which data center characteristic ensures that adequate resources are provided to efficiently store and process data?

Select one of the following:

  • Capacity

  • Availability

  • Scalability

  • Performance

Explanation

Question 2 of 17

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Which data center management process involves collating and presenting the utilization of resources?

Select one of the following:

  • Reporting

  • Provisioning

  • Planning

  • Maintenance

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

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Which type of digital data has no defined format but, has a self-describing structure that enables it's analysis?

Select one of the following:

  • Semi-structured data

  • Structured data

  • Metadata

  • Quasi-structured data

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

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Which type of digital data consists of textual data with inconsistent formats but, can be formatted with the use of software tools?

Select one of the following:

  • Quasi-structured data

  • Semi-structured data

  • Metadata

  • Unstructured data

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

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What is an accurate statement about a hybrid cloud?

Select one of the following:

  • Supports data and application portability for load balancing between clouds

  • Allows organizations with common to share the cost of deploying the cloud

  • Enables the entire cloud infrastructure to be controlled by the consumer's IT staff

  • Allows an organization to outsource the implemetation of a private cloud to a cloud provider

Explanation

Question 6 of 17

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What is an accurate statement about Software as a Service?

Select one of the following:

  • Consumer has limited control over user-specific application configuration settings

  • Consumer has control over the operating systems and deployed applications

  • Consumer has control over the configuration settings of the application-hosting environment

  • Consumer has limited control over select networking components, such as host firewalls

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

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Which cloud service does VMware vCloud Air provide?

Select one of the following:

  • Infrastructure as a Service

  • Platform as a Service

  • Database as a Service

  • Software as a Service

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

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A start-up company with a limited budget is planning to adopt a hybrid cloud solution for their operations. The company has business-critical applications that serve customers and have strict service levels. In addition, the company has less-critical applications such as backup and archive. Which hybrid cloud strategy should be recommended to the company?

Select one of the following:

  • Deploy the business-critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud. Deploy the less-critical applications on a public cloud.

  • Deploy the business-critical applications on an on-premise private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud.

  • Deploy the business-critical applications on an on-premise private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on a public cloud.

  • Deploy the business-critical applications on an externally-hosted private cloud. Deploy the less critical applications on an on-premise private cloud.

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

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Which benefit does the measured service characteristic provide to a cloud service provider?

Select one of the following:

  • Enables control and optimization of resource use

  • Enables cloud services to communicate with each other

  • Enables availability of specific resources depending on policy

  • Enables the reduction and/or elimination of upfront IT expenditure

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

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Which cloud computing characteristic enables multi-tenancy and abstracts the location of provided resources?

Select one of the following:

  • Resource pooling

  • Measured service

  • Rapid elasticity

  • Broad network access

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

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What is an accurate statement about Infrastructure as a Service?

Select one of the following:

  • Consumer has control over the operating systems and the deployed applications

  • Consumer only has control over user-specific application configuration settings

  • Consumer has control over network devices, compute systems, and storage systems

  • Consumer only has control over the configuration settings of the application-hosting environment

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

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What is an accurate statement about Platform as a Service?

Select one of the following:

  • Consumer has control over the deployed applications

  • Consumer has control over the operating system and database management system

  • Consumer has control over the programming languages and tools

  • Consumer has control over the operating system and storage

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

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Which capability does big data analytics provide?

Select one of the following:

  • Enabling data-driven decisions from large volumes of data

  • Storing large volumes of data without affecting availability

  • Reducing the data storage capacity requirement

  • Performing analytics using traditional tools

Explanation

Question 14 of 17

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What is signified by the "variety" characteristic of big data?

Select one of the following:

  • Data is generated in different formats by numerous sources

  • Meaning of the data changes constantly

  • Varying data quality affects its reliability and accuracy

  • Data change rate affects its timely analysis

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

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What is signified by the "variability" characteristic of big data?

Select one of the following:

  • Meaning of the data changes constantly

  • Data is generated in different formats by numerous sources

  • Data change rate affects its timely analysis

  • Varying data quality affects its reliability and accuracy

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

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What does the transformation of an operating model for third platform adoption involve?

Select one of the following:

  • Provisioning IT resources through a self-service portal

  • Establishing new roles and responsibilities to manage IT services

  • Adopting virtualization technologies to enable automation

  • Building new technical and business skills in the IT staff

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

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What is an accurate statement about a data lake?

Select one of the following:

  • Stores data as an exact or near-exact copy of the source format

  • Supports query and analysis by classifying and organizing data before storing

  • Stores current and historical data in a structured format on object-based storage

  • Provides a single consistent view of data across an organization for report generation

Explanation