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Chapter 2 Review Questions

1. Which Virtualization technologies support USB? (Choose 3)A. VMware Workstation C. VMware ESX 4.x with USB passthruB. VMware Server D. Microsoft Virtual Server

2. Which VMware product is used to create desktop security or secure Virtual Machines?A. VMware Server C. VMware PlayerB. VMware ACE D. VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

3. How much RAM is supported by Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 per Virtual Machine?A. 2 GB C. 3.6 GBB. 1.4 GB D. 8 GB

4. VMware Server is supported for production environments?TRUE FALSE

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Chapter 3 Review Questions1. During installation of ESX 4.x, for which account do you create a password?

A. User1B. AdminC. AdministratorD. root

2. Which two server resources would most influence the sizing of hardware for an ESX host?

E. Hard disk sizeF. Network card speedG. The amount of RAMH. The number of CPUs, Cores or Speed

3. You can enter a VLAN ID for the Service Console during the installation of VMware ESX?

True False

4. What is the maximum memory size that an administrator can set the Service Console to in ESX?I. 800 MBJ. 1600 MBK. 544 MB L. 272 MB

5. To configure an ESX host to boot from a fibre channel LUN? (Choose two)M. Configure the server BIOS to designate the fibre channel HBA card as the boot controllerN. Configure the fibre channel controller to initiate a connection to the target boot LUNO. Configure the fibre channel switch with the World Wide Name of the ESX hostP. In vCenter, configure a datastore and mark it as bootable

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Chapter 4 Review Questions

1. Which method can be used to manage a ESX host securely over a remote connection via the command line?

A. Use WinSCP to connect to the Service ConsoleB. Press Alt-F1 from the boot screen consoleC. Press Alt-F12 from the boot screen consoleD. Connect to the Service Console using an SSH client like PuTTY

2. Which two text editors are included with ESX?

A. viB. picoC. nanoD. Xi

3 . The only VMware supported method of managing ESXi is from the vSphere Command Line Interface (vCLI).

True False

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Chapter 5 Review Questions

1. In ESX 4.x, what is the maximum number of ports that can be created on a virtual switch using the vSphere Client (VIC)?

A. 1016 C. 4088B. 1024 D. 4096

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. VLANsB. NIC Teaming in the Virtual MachineD. Traffic Shaping

3. In ESX, what type of port needs to be created to support VMotion?A. VMkernel port C. Virtual Machine PortB. Service Console Port D. VoIP port

4. In ESX, what does the command esxcfg-vswitch –A Production vSwitch2

do?A. Adds a portgroup named vSwitch2 to the virtual switch named ProductionB. Unlinks a NIC named Production from to the virtual switch named vSwitch2C. Sets the VLAN ID for the virtual switch named vSwitch2 to ProductionD. Adds a portgroup named Production to the virtual switch named vSwitch2

5. Which network adapters are supported in ESX by default? (Choose 2)A. Linksys D. IntelB. Broadcom E. NetgearC. 3Com

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Chapter 6 Review Questions1. In ESX, 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. 3260 C. 5002 B. 3389 D. 902 3. A VMware ESX host can boot from a Fibre Channel SAN, an iSCSI SAN or an

NFS share. True False

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 ESX hosts? A. 802.11x authentication B. MS-CHAP2 authentication C. RSA token authentication D. CHAP authentication

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Chapter 6 Review Questions

5. In ESX or ESXi, VMFS volumes can only be created on iSCSI or Fibre Channel LUNs. A. True B. False

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 ESX host can recognize up to 256 LUNS in a Fibre Channel SAN during boot up. A. True B. False

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Chapter 7 Review Questions

1. vCenter Server 4.x cannot be installed on which of the following?A. Microsoft Windows XP ProfessionalB. Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64-Bit C. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6D. Microsoft Windows Server 2003

2. Which databases are supported by VMware to host the vCenter Server 4.x database? (Choose 4)A. MySQL D. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 and aboveB. SQL Server Express 2005 E. OracleC. MSDE F. Microsoft SQL Server 2008

3. If a database server is not currently installed, vCenter Server 4.x installation will automatically install one for you.

True False4. Which of the following are installed on an ESX host as a result of joining the host to a

vCenter 4.x Server? (Choose 2)A. vpxa C. hostdB. vpxd D. vpxuser

5. A single vCenter Server 4.1 can support up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 powered on virtual machines on a server with 8 CPUs, 16 GB of RAM and 10GB of free disk space on 64-bit Windows.

True False

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Chapter 8 Review Questions

1. In ESX 4.x, which file contains the data that is created by the Virtual Machine OS or applications?A. VM_name.vmsd C. VM_name.vmdkB. VM_name.vmx D. VM_name-flat.vmdk

2. What is the maximum RAM supported in a Virtual Machine running on ESX 4.x?A. 16 GB C. 128 GB E. 256 GBB. 64 GB D. 255 GB

3. In ESX 4.x, the CD-ROM for a Virtual Machine can be connected to the client machine’s CD-ROM, the ESX server’s CD-ROM or an ISO file in a datastore.

True False

4. In vCenter 4.x, what is the best way to create a unique Virtual Machine VM?A. Clone from another virtual machineB. Clone from templateC. Add to inventory from an existing virtual machineD. Deploy VM from Template using customization

5. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Edition Version 4.x can perform multiple simultaneous conversions.

True False

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Chapter 9 Review Questions

1. What three default Roles exist under both an ESX 4.x host and a vCenter 4.x server? (Choose 3)A. Datacenter Administrator D. Virtual Machine AdministratorB. No Access E. Read OnlyC. Administrator F. Resource Pool Administrator

2. A guest operating system can change its own storage access from iSCSI to Fibre Channel on an ESX host.

True False

3. In ESX, which firewall ports are needed to communicate between the Web Access Client, a vCenter 4.x server, and a VMware ESX 4.x host? (Choose 4)A. 27000 D. 902B. 443 E. 80C. 8080 F. 903

4. In ESX 4.x, the default is to allow remote root login.True False

5. In ESX, the sudo command allows a normal user to run commands with the privileges of another user.

True False

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Chapter 10 Review Questions1. A host running ESX 4.x has 2 Intel Quad Core Xeon processors. Which core does the Service Console

use by default?A. Any core on the first CPU socketB. Core 0C. The core with the least amount of usage D. The core scheduled by the VMkernel

2. The best practice is to create your virtual machines with a lower number of vCPUs than the number of

cores in the host ESX host.True False

3. In ESX 4.x, the VMkernel swap file is equal to which of the following?

A. total number of shares allocated to the Virtual Machine for RAMB. the size of the balloon driver minus the reservationC. the available memory defined for the Virtual Machine minus the reservationD. the memory limit minus the reservation

4. In ESX, different alarm triggers are available depending on which object in the inventory the alarm is

set.True False

5. In ESX, 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 email notificationB. shutdown the virtual machineC. send an SNMP notificationD. shutdown the ESX hostE. run a script

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Chapter 11 Review Questions

1. Which technology moves running Virtual Machines from one ESX/ESXi host to another?

A. HA C. Cold MigrationB. VMotion D. Update Manager

2. What defines the guaranteed minimum RAM for a Virtual Machine?A. Expandable Reservation C. Memory LimitB. Memory Reservation D. Shares

3. In vCenter 4.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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Chapter 11 Review Questions

4. The only VMware supported method of using Storage VMotion in vSphere 4.x is from the vSphere Command Line Interface (vCLI).

True False

5. Storage VMotion in vCenter 4.x functions with a Virtual Machine that is either powered on or powered off.

True False

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Chapter 12 Review Questions

1. Which method do you use when you want to perform an upgrade from ESX 3.0.2 to ESX 4.0?A. single user mode C. Boot to DVD and choose UpgradeB. vCenter Update Manager D. vSphere Host Update Utility

2. The command esxupdate supports rolling back an update?True False

3. What are the VMware supported options to perform an upgrade from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0? (Choose Two)A. using the upgrade tar fileB. using the vSphere Host Update UtilityC. by performing a scripted installD. from a bootable VMware ESX 4 CD-ROME. using vCenter Update Manager

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Chapter 12 Review Questions

4. Update Manager can patch the operating system and some applications of a virtual machine running Windows.

True False

5. The vCLI command vihostupdate.pl can patch ESX 4 and ESXi 4 hosts.

True False

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Chapter 13 Review Questions1. In vCenter 4.x, HA requires which to function properly.

A. VMotion between ESX hostsB. VMkernel port configured for VMotionC. Exactly matching CPUsD. VMware Tools E. A valid license file supporting HA

2. In vSphere 4.x, for VMware Consolidated backup (VCB) to function properly and be supported, VMware requires that it be installed on a separate physical server running Windows Server 2003 or 2008.

True False

3. Using VMware Consolidated backup (VCB) which of the following types of backups can be performed? (Choose 3)A. Windows Full Virtual Machine backupsB. Linux Full Virtual Machine backupC. Windows File backupsD. Linux File backups

4. In vSphere 4.x, VMware Consolidated backup (VCB) has a graphical interface that

integrates with vCenter 4 and simplifies all your backup tasks.True False