VMware MCQs
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1: True or False? vSphere is an infrastructure virtualization suite that provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated package.
A. False
B. True
2: VMware ESXi is a free hypervisor.
A. True
B. False
3: What is the process to relocate a virtual machine from one host to another?
A. HA
B. Storage vMotion
C. DRS
D. vMotion
A. VMware Workstation
B. VMware Fusion
C. VMware Desktop
D. VMware Personal
5: The latest version of VMware vSphere is?
A. 4.1
B. 4.0
C. 5.5
D. 5.1
6: Ben is an administrator for AJAX company. Ben has to allocate 200GB of storage space to a VM, but there is only 180GB available on the SAN. Can the task can be completed?
A. No it can't, at least 20 gigabytes must be freed
B. Yes, the VM can be configured with a thin provisioned disk which only utilizes used space (versus configured space).
C. Yes, the VM can be configured with VMware data deduplication technology.
D. No it can't, at least 100 gigabytes must be freed
7: Vitual Machine sharing is available in VMware Workstation 9.
A. True
B. False
8: What does "FT" stand for?
A. Firmware Type
B. Fixed Type
C. Fault Tolerance
D. Failure Tolerance
9: True or False? It is possible to have multiple thin provisioned disk on a single storage array whose maximum combined size exceeds the total capacity of the array.
A. False
B. True
10: True or False? Vmware Tools are required to support VMXNET3 network card.
A. False
B. True
11: True or False ? Vmware vCenter is required to perform vMotion.
A. True
B. False
12: Which process will remove a VMFS datastore from a host, but not affect the data residing on it?
A. Deleting
B. Unmounting
C. Removing
D. Soft Deleting
13: Virtualization is not:
A. Simulation
B. Emulation
C. All of these
14: What components or features, are required to enable VMware HA?
A. vMotion , Resource Pool , vLockstep
B. VMware vCenter, Shared storage , vMotion
C. None , it will work by default
D. Vmware vCenter , DRS , Resource Pool, vLockstep
15: What is the name of the tool used to manage stand alone ESX/ESXi hosts?
A. VMware Manager
B. vCloud Director
C. vCenter Server
D. vSphere Client
16: What is the latest GA version of VMware ESXi?
A. 5
B. 5.1
C. 5.5.5
D. 5.5
E. 6
17: Vmware ESXi is a:
A. Database server extension
B. Hypervisor that uses bare-metal virtualization technology
C. Intel-based architecture, processor emulation software
D. Hypervisor that uses hosted virtualization technology
18: What's the name of the tool to convert a physical machine to a virtual?
A. VMware Converter Center
B. VMware vCenter Converter
C. VMware Esxi
D. VMware Fusion
19: True or False? It is not possible to have more than one vCenter server.
A. False
B. True
20: Which of the following products is available for free from VMware?
A. VMware ThinApp
B. VMware Player
C. VMware vCenter Server
D. VMware vSphere
E. VMware Workstation
21: VMware vCenter is managed by:
A. VMware vSphere Client
B. VMware vCenter Client
C. VMware Virtual Client
D. VMware ESXi Client
22: VMware vSphere uses _____ technology.
A. emulation
B. paravirtualization
C. DPI
D. LPAR
23: Ben is an administraor for AJAX company. He noticed that VM migrations are occuring too often. What steps are necessary to minimize such behavior?
A. Adjust DPM settings to more aggressive
B. Adjust DRS settings to more conservative
C. Adjust DPM settings to more conservative
D. Adjust DRS settings to more aggressive
24: What is the default port number used to access the vSphere web client?
A. 443
B. 9443
C. 9343
D. 9334
E. 80
25: What is the difference between HA and DRS?
A. DRS is just another term for HA
B. In the event of a host failure, HA will reboot a VM on another host. DRS will move a VM to a host with more available resources to account for increased/decreased work load
C. In the event of a host failure, DRS will reboot a VM on another host. HA will move a VM to a host with more available resources to account for increased/decreased work load
26: What is a Resource Pool?
A. A collection of following resources : CPU, HDD
B. A collection of following resources : RAM, HDD
C. A collection of following resources : CPU, vApp, Storage
D. A collection of following resources: CPU, RAM
27: What is the process to move a VMDK file from one array to another?
A. vSphere
B. HA
C. vMotion
D. Storage vMotion
E. DRS
28: What does EVC stand for?
A. Enhanced Video Connector
B. Extended vMotion Capability
C. Extended Validation Certificate
D. Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
29: What does DRS stand for?
A. Dynamic Resource Scheduler
B. Dynamic Range Selector
C. Data Rate Selector
D. Distributed Resource Scheduler
E. Data Recovery Solution
30: What does "VMFS" stand for?
A. Virtual Memory File System
B. VMware File System
C. Virtually Mounted File System
D. Virtual Machine File System
31: What are the vNetwork distributed switches?
A. Virtual switches that distribute configuration and traffic load across the network
B. Virtual switches that distribute traffic load across the network
C. None of these
D. Virtual switches that provide a consistent network configuration for virtual machines as they migrate across multiple hosts
32: What does "RDM" stand for?
A. Raw Device Mapping
B. Raw Desktop Mapping
C. Remote Desktop Monitor
D. Remote Disk Mapping
33: Which file do holds vm configuration in vsphere
A. vmsn file
B. Delta_vmdk
C. Flat_vmdk
D. vmx
E. vmdk
34: True or False? VDI stands for Virtual Data Interchange, which is the underlying technology used to allow 1 VM to transfer its data and reboot on another host.
A. True
B. False
35: True or False? VMware ESXi is a free and Open Source product.
A. True
B. False
36: True or False? If you have a host with 2 processors and 48GB of RAM, the lowest tier license you can buy is Enterprise.
A. True
B. False
37: When vMotioning VMs between servers with different CPUs, what do you have to ensure for this to work?
A. Your VMs are stored on local storage
B. All hosts must have the same amount of memory and cpu's
C. All hosts in the cluster are capable of running in the same EVC mode
D. All VMs must be powered off
E. vSphere HA is enabled
38: What is function of the Memory Balloon Driver?
A. It inflates guest operating systems memory
B. It collaborates with the guest operating system via VMware Tools to reclaim pages that are considered least valuable by the guest operating system.
C. It puts guest operating system's active memory into swap
D. It reclaims host memory to grant it for Virtual Machine
39: In a fiber channel disk environment what is the correct terminology for disk device identifiers
A. MAC
B. NFS
C. SCSI
D. WWN
40: In what editions of vSphere is vMotion included?
A. Standard
B. Advanced
C. Foundation
D. All of these
41: True or False? A thin provisioned disk will only utilize the amount of space defined by the size of hard drive.
A. True
B. False
42: True or False? VMware Fusion is a storage technology that provides enterprise grade SSD storage at native bus speeds.
A. True
B. False
43: Which of the following is not a supported storage protocol in VMware vCenter?
A. FC
B. FCoE
C. NFS
D. CIFS
E. Local disk
44: True or False? A .vmdk file stores only virtual disks characteristics. Actual data is stored in -flat.vmdk file
A. True
B. False
45: What license do you need to buy if you need only vMotion and your hosts have 48GB of RAM
A. Standard
B. Enterprise
C. Enterprise Plus
46: Ben is an administraor for AJAX company. He received a request from management to install a business-critical application. SLA's require near zero down time for this application. Application requirements state that a single vCPU is required.
A. VMware Fault Tolerance
B. VMware DPM
C. VMware HA
D. VMware DRS
47: What does "CDP" stand for?
A. Configuration Discovery Protocol
B. Cisco Discovery Protocol
C. Configuration Distribution Protocol
D. Channel Distribution Protocol
48: What is a Host isolation response used for?
A. To isolate outgoing VM traffic from network
B. To determine what actions to perform in case of connectivity loss between ESXi hosts
C. To perform communication between host and VM
D. To secure host from outside network by isolating it's services
49: Through the Hot Add feature, you can increase resources allocated to a virtual machine without having to power it down as long as:
A. You have at least vSphere Standard to have the Hot Add feature available
B. Not possible. The Hot Add feature allows you to add increased resources such as RAM and CPU to a host, not a virtual machine
C. You have at least vSphere Enterprise Plus to have the Hot Add feature available
D. Not possible. The Hot Add feature requires a shutdown of the virtual machine
50: Define "network traffic shaping":
A. Network traffic shaping is a technology by Cisco, for limiting bandiwidth rate of a host
B. Network traffic shaping is a technology developed by VMware that allows to limit virtual machine's traffic usage.
C. Network traffic shaping is a mechanism for controlling a virtual machine's network bandwidth
D. Network traffic shaping is a mechanism for crafting traffic by means of routing and firewall rules
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