Associate VMware Data Center Virtualization 1V0-21.20 Topic 1
Q1. Which two configuration options can only be enabled on distributed switches? (Choose two.)
A. Port Mirroring
B. VLAN IDs
C. NetFlow
D. NIC Teaming
E. Load Balancing
Hint answer: A C
Q2. Which object-based storage can be used to store virtual machines?
A. NFS
B. VMFS
C. RDM
D. vVols
Hint answer: B
Q3. Which selection is optional when deploying a new virtual machine in the vSphere Client?
A. Data center
B. Compute resource
C. Guest OS
D. Folder
Hint answer: D
Q4. Which software-defined, object-based storage solution provides shared storage for vSphere clusters without using traditional external storage?
A. NFS
B. vVOLs
C. iSCSI
D. vSAN
Hint answer: D
Q5. Which virtual machine (VM) problem is solved using vSphere Storage vMotion?
A. The vSphere Client shows that a VM needs to be consolidated.
B. VMs are running on one ESXi host that presents high CPU resource contention.
C. The storage array on which a VM is running requires to enter maintenance mode.
D. The ESXi host on which a VM is running requires to enter maintenance mode.
Hint answer: C
Q6. Refer to the exhibit:
After the “Service 1.5” snapshot is deleted, which snapshot will be the current state for the virtual machine?
A. Service 2
B. Service 1
C. Photon-01
D. Service 1.5
Hint answer: B
Q7. A group of VMs is experiencing high latency on a portgroup in an ESXi host.
Which option can a vSphere administrator use to move some of the VMs to another portgroup?
A. Network Port Binding
B. vSphere vMotion
C. IP hash
D. Network I/O Control
Hint answer: B
Q8. Which feature helps maintain zero data loss when a VM on an ESXi server fails unexpectedly?
A. Fault Tolerance
B. vSphere High Availability
C. Storage vMotion
D. vMotion
Hint answer: A
Q9. Which action should an administrator perform in the vSphere Client to create a VM template that can be used by more than one vCenter Server instance?
A. Right-click the VM > Clone > Clone as Template to Library
B. Right-click the VM > Template > Convert to Template
C. Right-click the VM > Clone > Clone to Template
D. Right-click the VM template > Convert to Virtual Machine
Hint answer: A
Q10. An administrator is trying to configure EVC on a cluster that has both AMD and Intel hosts, but the configuration is failing.
What is causing this failure?
A. The administrator did not configure vMotion on all hosts prior to enabling EVC.
B. The administrator did not remove all passthrough devices prior to enabling EVC.
C. The administrator did not separate out the hosts by processor type prior to enabling EVC.
D. The administrator did not configure vSphere HA prior to enabling EVC.
Hint answer: C
Q11. An administrator has been asked to keep domain controllers running on separate ESXi hosts.
Which type of VM/Host rule must be configured to meet this requirement?
A. Virtual Machines to Hosts
B. Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines
C. Keep Virtual Machines Together
D. Separate Virtual Machine
Hint answer: D
Q12. An administrator must ensure that virtual machines have their initial placement performed automatically and that migration recommendations are displayed but not applied.
Which vSphere DRS Automation Level should the administrator use?
A. Manual
B. Aggressive
C. Partially Automated
D. Fully Automated
Hint answer: C
Q13. Which problem is solved by migrating virtual machines (VMs) using vSphere vMotion?
A. The names of the VM files that do not match the inventory name of the VM.
B. A vSphere cluster that needs to be upgraded without any VM downtime.
C. A problem that occurred during VM patching and a roll-back is needed.
D. Heavy storage traffic and latency that are concentrated in a few datastores.
Hint answer: B
Q14. A developer is concerned about a virtual machine’s CPU usage over the past month.
How can an administrator show the CPU usage over this time period to the developer?
A. Select the VM’s Summary tab, then view the VM Hardware pane.
B. Select the VM’s Summary tab, then view CPU Usage.
C. Select the VM’s Monitor tab, then select Overview.
D. Select the VM’s Monitor tab, then select Events.
Hint answer: C
Q15. Which IP storage is supported on vSphere?
A. vSAN
B. SCSI
C. iSCSI
D. SAN
Hint answer: C
Q16. Which DRS score indicates that the virtual machine (VM) is experiencing severe resource contention?
A. 95%
B. 70%
C. 15%
D. 50%
Hint answer: C
Q17. An administrator needs to migrate a powered off virtual machine to another cluster with no shared storage.
Which option should the administrator select for a successful migration?
A. Change compute resource only
B. Change both compute resource and storage
C. Migrate virtual machine(s) to a specific datacenter
D. Change storage only
Hint answer: B
Q18. A system administrator opened a technical support trouble ticket and was asked to provide the suspended virtual machine’s memory contents.
Which file from the virtual machine directory will the system administrator need to upload to technical support?
A. vm.vmdk
B. vm.log
C. vm.vmss
D. vm.vmx
Hint answer: C
Q19. An administrator needs to upgrade the guest operating system installed in a virtual machine.
The administrator wants to safely ensure that the selected operating system is supported by ESXi.
Which action should the administrator take to meet this goal?
A. Snapshot the VM before performing the operating system upgrade.
B. Perform a guest OS and product search in the VMware Compatibility Guide.
C. Check the web page of the guest operating system vendor.
D. Look in the guest OS version drop-down menu of the VM.
Hint answer: B
Q20. An administrator is working on a cloud migration project. The project has a requirement to check the EVC mode for virtual machines (VMs) hosting an application.
How can the administrator find the EVC details for these VMs?
A. Right click VM > Migrate > Change storage only > Select Datastore > Next > Finish
B. Select Host > VMs > Show/Hide Column > EVC Mode
C. Right click VM > Migrate > Change compute resource only > Select Host > Next > Finish
D. Power off VM > Configure > VMware EVC
Hint answer: B
Q21. A vSphere operator finds this error message:
Device or filesystem with identifier [naa.1234567890] has entered the All Paths Down state. What should the operator conclude from this error message?
A. A host failed, and automated recovery of affected VMs is expected.
B. A storage device is inaccessible and is expected to become available.
C. A host is inaccessible, and migration of affected VMs is expected.
D. A storage device has failed and is not expected to become available.
Hint answer: B
Q22. An administrator is concerned that a VM has high ballooning activity and needs to check the default display of the Advanced Performance pane in the vSphere
Client to confirm this activity.
Which view should the administrator choose in the default display?
A. Power
B. Network
C. Virtual disk
D. Memory
Hint answer: D
Q23. Which two physical resources are abstracted by the hypervisor and presented to virtual machines? (Choose two.)
A. Libraries
B. CPU
C. Application
D. Desktop
E. Memory
Hint answer: B E
Q24. An administrator has observed an alert message in the vSphere UI related to a host’s storage sensor hardware.
Where should the administrator look for more information related to this alert?
A. Host > Monitor > Hardware Health > System Event Log
B. Host > Monitor > Hardware Health > Storage Sensors
C. Menu > Lifecycle Manager > Baselines
D. Host > Monitor > Skyline Health
Hint answer: B
Q25. What is a benefit of VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection?
A. It allows backup of a virtual machine with a backup agent in the guest OS.
B. It facilitates decentralized, on-host, LAN-free backup of vSphere virtual machines.
C. It increases ESX host resources to do backup processing.
D. It enables centralized, off-host, LAN-free backup of vSphere virtual machines.
Hint answer: D
Q26. Which configuration setting ensures that virtual networks on a virtual switch are isolated from each other?
A. VLAN ID
B. Port ID
C. Network Label
D. Security Policy
Hint answer: A
Q27. During a virtual machine migration, which VMkernel networking layer handles the traffic?
A. vSphere vMotion
B. vSAN
C. IP storage
D. Fault Tolerance
Hint answer: A
Q28. Which two improvements to the management of a VM are gained when VMware Tools are used? (Choose two.)
A. Synchronizes time between the guest and the host
B. Adds VM alarms to the inventory
C. Performs a clone of the VM
D. Makes a graceful shutdown of the VM possible
E. Allows a snapshot before the guest OS is upgraded
Hint answer: A D
Q29. Traditional operating systems allocate resources such as CPU and memory for applications installed on computers.
Which vSphere component schedules resources for virtual machines in a similar way?
A. Virtual Hardware
B. VMware Tools
C. ESXi Hypervisor
D. vCenter Server
Hint answer: C
Q30. An operator must deploy three 0 named Win10-Template, and all three VMs must be configured with unique computer names.
Which action must the operator take to achieve this goal?
A. Use a Windows 10 customization specification when deploying the virtual machines.
B. Export Win10-Template to the local filesystem, and then change the computer name.
C. Create the virtual machines using the New Virtual Machine wizard.
D. Clone Win10-Template three times, and then change the computer name in each clone.
Hint answer: A
Q31. A vSphere cluster running a virtual machine with VMware HA and DRS enabled in fully automated mode is experiencing a catastrophic host failure.
Which action can the administrator expect DRS to take?
A. It will pro-actively move the virtual machine to a different cluster.
B. It will pro-actively move the virtual machine to a different host.
C. It will move the VM to a host in the same cluster with enough resources after the HA restart.
D. It will move the VM to a host in a different cluster with enough resources after the HA restart.
Hint answer: C
Q32. An administrator needs to update an OS running on a virtual machine and wants to be able to revert to the previous state if any issues occur after the update.
Which steps should be used in the vSphere Client to meet this requirement?
A. Right click on the VM > Clone > Clone to Template
B. Right click on the VM > Clone > Clone to Virtual Machine
C. Right click on the VM > Migrate
D. Right click on the VM > Snapshots > Take Snapshot
Hint answer: D
Q33. An administrator wants to ensure that a copy of a virtual machine can still power up on another data center during a disaster.
Which feature meets this requirement?
A. vSphere High Availability
B. vMotion
C. Fault Tolerance
D. vSphere Replication
Hint answer: D
Q34. A system administrator needs to configure a virtual machine to guarantee that it always gets the appropriate resources even if the host is overloaded and overcommitted. Which setting on the virtual machine does the administrator need to configure?
A. vSphere High Availability Admission Control
B. High Performance Power Policy
C. CPU and Memory Shares to High
D. CPU and Memory Reservations
Hint answer: D
Q35. Which two block storage protocols are supported on vSphere? (Choose two.)
A. SAN
B. SMB
C. NFSv4.1
D. iSCSI
E. NFSv3
Hint answer: A D
Q36. Which vSphere DRS setting determines how aggressive vSphere DRS will be when recommending migrations to improve VM happiness?
A. Automation Level
B. Migration Threshold
C. Virtual Machine Automation
D. Predictive DRS
Hint answer: B
Q37. Which piece of information does vSphere DRS consider when making decisions about which host to place a virtual machine?
A. Storage bandwidth on the host
B. Network usage by the virtual machine
C. Network bandwidth on the host
D. Disk usage by the virtual machine
Hint answer: C
Q38. Which feature must be enabled to configure vSphere Proactive HA?
A. vSphere HA
B. Cluster EVC
C. vSphere DRS
D. Fault Tolerance
Hint answer: C
Q39. Which hypervisor is a type-1 hypervisor?
A. VMware Fusion
B. VMware Workstation
C. Oracle VM VirtualBox
D. VMware ESXi
Hint answer: D
Q40. Which feature allows an administrator to implement master copies of virtual machines to create ready-for-use virtual machines?
A. Custom Attributes
B. Snapshots
C. Templates
D. Resource Pools
Hint answer: C
