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2. Chapter 2 Review Questions
1. Which Virtualization technologies support USB? A. VMware Workstation D. VMware ESX 4.1 with USB passthru B. VMware ESXi 5.5 E. All of the Above C. MS W2K12 Hyper-V R2 F. None of the Above 2. Which product will quickly provision and manage multiple Virtual Desktop Virtual Machines for end users? A. VMware Lab Manager C. VMware Lifecycle Manager B. VMware Horizon View D. VMware Stage Manager 3. What is the maximum RAM supported by a VMware Player 6 Virtual Machine? A. 256 GB C. 64 GB B. 1 TB D. 128 GB 4. Multiple Virtual Machines can run on or under the same A. Physical Host B. Virtual Host C. Cluster D. vCenter Server E. All of the above F. None of the above 5. You need to create a virtual infrastructure to support thousands of virtual machines across two continents. What is your best platform choice? A. VMware Player B. VMware Workstation C. Type 1 Hypervisor D. Type 2 Hypervisor
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3. Chapter 3 Review Questions
1. During installation of ESXi 5.x, for which account do you create a password?
User1
Admin
Administrator
root
2. Which two server resources would most influence the sizing of hardware for an ESXi host?
Hard disk size
Network card speed
The amount of RAM
The number of CPUs, Cores or Speed
3. A VLAN ID for the Management Network can be configured during the installation of ESXi 5.x?
True False
4. What is the maximum number of vCPUs allowed per physical CPU core in ESXi? 32 25
256 48
5. To configure an ESXi host to boot from a fibre channel LUN? (Choose two)
Configure the server BIOS to designate the fibre channel HBA card as the boot controller
Configure the fibre channel controller to initiate a connection to the target boot LUN
Configure the fibre channel switch with the World Wide Name of the ESXi host
In vCenter, configure a datastore and mark it as bootable
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4. Chapter 4 Review Questions
Which method can be used to manage an ESXi host securely over a remote connection via the command line?
Use WinFTP to connect to the DCUI
Connect using the vSphere Client
Press Alt-F12 from the boot screen console
Connect to the sshd using an SSH client like PuTTY
Which text editor is included with ESXi 5.x? (Choose 1) vi
pico
nano Xi
The VMware supported methods of managing ESXi 5.5 are (Choose 2):
A. From the vSphere Command Line Interface (vCLI)
B. From the Host Web Client
C. From the vSphere Client
D. From the vSphere Web Client
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5. Chapter 5 Review Questions
1. vCenter Server 5.5 cannot be installed on which of the following (Choose 2)? A. Microsoft Windows XP Professional B. Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit C. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6 D. Microsoft Windows Server bit 2. Which databases are supported by VMware to host the vCenter Server 5.5 database running on a Windows server? (Choose 4) A. MySQL D. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 and above B. SQL Server Express 2008 E. Oracle C. MSDE F. Microsoft SQL Server If a database server is not currently setup, vCenter Server 5.5 installation on a Windows server will automatically install which of the following for you? A. MSDE C. SQL Server Express 2008 B. SQL Server Express 2005 D. PostgreSQL 4. Which of the following are installed on an ESXi 5.5 host as a result of joining the host to a vCenter 5.5 Server? (Choose 2) A. vpxa C. hostd B. vpxd D. vpxuser 5. A single vCenter Server 5.x can support up to how many hosts and powered on virtual machines on a server with 8 CPUs, 16 GB of RAM and 10GB of free disk space on 64-bit Windows? A. 300/3000 C. 1000/10000 B. 500/5000 D. 2000/20000
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6. Chapter 6 Review Questions
In ESXi 5.x, what is the maximum number of ports that can be created on a virtual switch using the vSphere Client (VIC)?
A C
B D
2. To achieve redundancy and the best network performance possible for Virtual Machines, what technology should be implemented?
A. NIC Teaming on the Virtual Switch C. VLANs
B. NIC Teaming in the Virtual Machine D. Traffic Shaping
3. In ESXi, what type of port needs to be created to support VMotion?
A. VMkernel port C. Virtual Machine Port
B. Service Console Port D. VoIP port   
4. In ESXi 5, what does the command esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add -v=vSwitch2 –p Production2 do?
A. Adds a portgroup named vSwitch2 to the virtual switch named Production2
B. Unlinks a NIC named Production2 from to the virtual switch named vSwitch2
C. Sets the VLAN ID for the virtual switch named vSwitch2 to Production2
D. Adds a portgroup named Production2 to the virtual switch named vSwitch2
5. Which network adapters are supported in ESXi by default? (Choose 2)
A. Linksys D. Intel
B. Broadcom E. Netgear
C. 3Com
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7. Chapter 7 Review Questions
1. In ESXi, if no NFS Server is available, where are Virtual Machine files stored? A. NTFS C. Ext3 B. FAT32 D. VMFS 2. What port does iSCSI use by default? A C B D An ESXi host can boot from which of the following? (Choose 3) A. Fibre Channel SAN C. iSCSI SAN B. NFS share D. Local Storage 4. All iSCSI connections over the SAN network must be as secure as possible. What type of security can you implement with iSCSI SAN and the ESXi hosts? A x authentication B. MS-CHAP2 authentication C. RSA token authentication D. CHAP authentication
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8. Chapter 7 Review Questions
5. In ESXi, VMFS volumes can be created on which of the following? (Choose 2) A. NFS shares B. iSCSI or Fibre Channel LUNs C. SD Cards or USB Thumb Drives D. Ext4 partitions 6. Prior to adding an NFS datastore, what must be done? A. Open the NFS firewall port B. Create a VMkernel port C. Check the box for vMotion D. Open the firewall for the SMB Client 7. An ESXi host can recognize up to how many LUNS in a Fibre Channel SAN during boot up? A. 128 B. 256 C. 512 D. 1024
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9. Chapter 8 Review Questions
1. In ESXi 5.5, which file contains the data that is created by the Virtual Machine OS or applications? A. VM_name.vmsd C. VM_name.vmdk B. VM_name.vmx D. VM_name-flat.vmdk 2. What is the maximum RAM supported in a Virtual Machine running on ESXi 5.5? A. 16 GB C. 128 GB E. 255 GB B. 64 GB D. 1 TB 3. In ESXi 5.5, the CD-ROM for a Virtual Machine can be connected to which of the following? (Choose 3) A. The client machine’s CD-ROM C. The ESXi host’s CD-ROM B. An ISO file in a datastore D. The vCenter Server’s CD-ROM 4. In vCenter 5.5, what is the best way to create a unique Virtual Machine? A. Clone from another virtual machine B. Clone from template C. Add to inventory from an existing virtual machine D. Deploy VM from Template using customization 5. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Edition Version 5.5 can perform which of the following? (Choose 3) A. Multiple simultaneous conversions C. Convert to VM to Physical Server B. Convert Physical Servers into Virtual D. Convert some images to VMs
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10. Chapter 9 Review Questions
1. What three default Roles exist under both an ESXi 5.5 host and a vCenter 5.5 server? (Choose 3) A. Datacenter Administrator D. Virtual Machine Administrator B. No Access E. Read Only C. Administrator F. Resource Pool Administrator 2. In ESXi 5.5, what must be done to restrict remote root access to the ESXi host through the vSphere Client? A. Place users in the sudoers file C. Enable "Lock Down Mode" B. Disable "Lock Down Mode" D. Enable "Root Restricted Mode“ 3. In vSphere 5.5, which firewall ports should be open to communicate between a vCenter 5.5 server, and an ESXi 5.5 host? (Choose 4) A D. 902 B. 443 E. 80 C. 22 F In ESXi 5.5, the default is to allow? A. Remote root login through SSH C. Remote login through SFTP B. Root login through ESXi Shell D. Connection through PowerCLI 5. Which of the following provides higher levels of security by integrating security appliances from VMware partners? A. VMware vShield Zones C. VMware Standard vSwitch B. vSphere Distributed Switch D. VMware VMsafe
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11. Chapter 10 Review Questions
1. A host running ESXi 5 has 2 Quad Core Xeon processors. Which core does the CIM Module use by default?
A. Any core on the first CPU socket
B. Core 0
C. The core with the least amount of usage
D. The core scheduled by the VMkernel
The best practice is to create your virtual machines with?
A. A lower number of vCPUs than the number of cores in the host.
B. A higher number of vCPUs than the number of cores in the host.
C. The same number of vCPUs than the number of cores in the host.
D. Half the number of vCPUs than the number of cores in the host.
3. In ESXi 5.5, the VMkernel swap file is equal to which of the following?
A. total number of shares allocated to the Virtual Machine for RAM
B. the size of the balloon driver minus the reservation
C. the available memory defined for the Virtual Machine minus the reservation
D. the memory limit minus the reservation
4. The ability of ESXi to borrow memory as needed from Virtual Machines is a function of what technology? (Choose Three)
A. transparent memory page sharing
B. Balloon driver
C. vmmemctl.sys
D. VMware Tools   
5. In ESXi 5.5, by default, which of the following is not an Action that can be performed as a result of a Virtual Machine alarm being triggered?
A. send an notification
B. shutdown the virtual machine
C. send an SNMP notification
D. shutdown the ESXi host
E. run a script
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12. Chapter 11 Review Questions
1. Which technology moves running Virtual Machines from one ESXi host to another?
A. HA C. Cold Migration
B. VMotion D. Update Manager
2. What defines the guaranteed minimum RAM for a Virtual Machine?
A. Expandable Reservation C. Memory Limit
B. Memory Reservation D. Shares
3. In vCenter 5.x, which of the following settings for DRS will most likely move a Virtual Machine?
A. Moderately Conservative (1-2) D. Moderately Aggressive (1-4)
B. Aggressive (1-5) E. Midpoint (1-3)
C. Most Conservative (1 only)
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13. Chapter 11 Review Questions
4. In ESXi 5.5 which of the following conditions will prevent VMotion from occurring?
A. Virtual Machine is configured to access a local CD-ROM or floppy image but is not connected to it
B. Case sensitivity of the Portgroup names used by the Virtual Machine do not match between ESXi hosts
C. Case sensitivity of the VMkernel port names do not match between ESXi hosts
D. Virtual Machine has one or more snapshots
Where is the data for vCenter Server 5.5 Linked Mode stored?
A. vCenter Server 5.5 database
B. Dedicated Linked Mode Server database
C. Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
D. Microsoft Lightweight Directory Services (LDS)
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14. Chapter 12 Review Questions
1. Which method do you use when you want to perform an upgrade from ESX 4.0 to ESXi 5?
A. single user mode C. Boot to CD and choose option
B. vCenter Update Manager D. vSphere Host Update Utility
2. What happens to the block size when VMFS-3 is upgraded to VMFS-5?
A. Changes to 1MB
B. Changes to 4MB
C. Changes to 8MB
D. Does not change
3. What are the VMware supported options to perform an upgrade from VM Hardware Version 7 to the highest version matching host? (Choose Two)
A. using the upgrade tar file
B. using the vSphere Client
C. by performing a scripted install
D. from a bootable VMware ESXi 5 CD-ROM
E. using vCenter Update Manager
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15. Chapter 12 Review Questions
 4. Which Update Manager tasks can be done in the vSphere Web client? (Choose Two)
A. Create a baseline for an inventory object
B. Stage a baseline for remediation
C. Attach and detach baselines to inventory objects
D. Scan inventory objects for compliance
5. An ESXi 5.5 installer finds an existing version of ESXi and a VMFS3 volume during an upgrade. Which option would you choose if you need to upgrade to VMFS5 and there are no virtual machines on the host or VMFS3 volume?
A. Upgrade ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
B. Install ESXi and preserve the VMFS datastore
C. Install ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
D. Upgrade ESXi and overwrite the VMFS datastore
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16. Chapter 13 Review Questions
1. In vCenter 5.5, HA requires which to function properly.
A. VMotion between ESX hosts
B. VMkernel port configured for VMotion
C. Exactly matching CPUs
D. VMware Tools
E. A valid license supporting HA
2. You can configure up to 10 Data Protection Virtual Appliances per vSphere 5.5 vCenter Server. How many VMs can you backup per vDP? A
B. 100 C
D. 400
3. vSphere 5 Fault Tolerant VMs requires which of the following to function correctly? (Choose 3)
A. HA must be enabled
B. A VMkernel Port with vMotion enabled
C. A VMkernel Port with Fault Tolerant Logging enabled
D. DRS must be enabled
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17. Chapter 13 Review Questions
4. In vCenter 5, HA allows how many Failover Hosts maximum (Choose 1). A. One B. Two C. Eight D. Thirty-one E. Thirty-two 5. Using vSphere 5 Fault Tolerant (FT) VMs which of the following are correct statements about either the technology or the prerequisites? (Choose 3) A. vSphere HA must be enabled B. Hosts must have Hardware Virtualization enabled in the BIOS C. All Disks must be Thick Provisioned Eager Zeroed D. Multiple vCPU VMs are supported
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