Deck 1: Storage Networking Foundations

Question 1

You want to use a light-weight communication API for cloud access. What would you use in this situation?

A) Representational State Transfer (REST)
B) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
C) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
D) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A company is concerned with high space usage on its storage devices, especially during certain periods of time when the same or similar information is being sent or received. Which solution will address this concern?

A) data compression
B) encryption
C) thin provisioning
D) deduplication

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which two technologies are part of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) standard? (Choose two.)

A) Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)
B) Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
C) Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
D) Internet key Exchange (IKE)

Answer 3

A,B

Question 4

Which two statements are true about archiving? (Choose two.)

A) Archiving is an open source technology based on Cinder and OpenStack.
B) The purpose of archiving is the long term preservation of information.
C) Archiving can be used as a response to meet regulatory requirements.
D) Archiving is performed exclusively to tape.

Question 5

Which level of data access does a SAN device provide compared to NAS?

A) file access
B) block access
C) packet access
D) object access

Question 6

According to SNIA, what is a data structure signed with a digital signature that is based using a public key and confirms that the key belongs to the subject identified in the structure called?

A) secure key
B) certificate
C) public key
D) private key

Question 7

Which feature would be used for SAN traffic isolation?

A) zoning
B) multi-pathing
C) volume management
D) failover

Question 8

A physical server is having a native or bare-metal hypervisor installed before being deployed. In this scenario, which statement is correct?

A) The hypervisor runs as a program on a host operating system and supports only one instance of a virtual server.
B) The hypervisor runs directly on the server hardware and supports the creation of multiple concurrent instances of virtual servers.
C) The hypervisor runs directly on the server hardware and supports the creation of only one instance of a virtual server.
D) The hypervisor runs as a program on a host operating system and supports multiple concurrent instances of virtual servers.

Question 9

You want to manage systems and devices on a network with traps that signal the occurrence of an event. In this scenario, which protocol would you use?

A) TLS
B) CDMI
C) SMTP
D) SNMP

Question 10

Which two statements regarding hybrid drives are correct? (Choose two.)

A) Flash memory stores frequently accessed content.
B) Flash memory is located on the motherboard of the server.
C) Flash memory is located on the HDD circuit board.
D) Flash memory is not used with a hybrid drive.

Question 11

What are two NAS file access protocols? (Choose two.)

A) SMB
B) iSCSI
C) NFS
D) FCP

Question 12

What is a SNIA standard that defines an interface used by applications to create, retrieve, update and delete elements from the cloud?

A) FTP
B) CDMI
C) S3
D) SFTP

Question 13

What is the purpose of a host bus adapter (НВА)?

A) to connect a switch port to front end storage
B) to provide host backups to tape media
C) to connect a host to a switch
D) to use a host CPU to interface with storage controllers

Question 14

Which type of cloud allows management of backups to local, public, and/or private clouds to meet the varying requirements of cost, availability, latency, and security?

A) public
B) private
C) hybrid
D) secure

Question 15

You have a RAID 5 set with five disks at 400 GB each. Approximately how much usable space would this configuration yield?

A) 1 terabyte
B) 2 terabytes
C) 1.2 terabytes
D) 1.6 terabytes

Question 16

What describes the process of moving data between different classes of disks and storage, based on policy?

A) data clustering
B) IOPS monitoring
C) storage tiering
D) LUN migration

Question 17

You want to improve disk space usage efficiency while maintaining high availability. In this scenario, which solution satisfies this requirement?

A) RAID 0
B) RAID 1
C) RAID 5
D) RAID 10

Question 18

Which two security methods will protect iSCSI traffic from unauthorized tampering or spoofing? (Choose two.)

A) Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
B) ACLs
C) encryption at rest
D) Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)

Question 19

What is Software Defined Storage?

A) virtualized storage with a Fibre Channel interface
B) virtualized storage with an Ethernet interface
C) physical storage with a service management interface
D) virtualized storage with a service management interface

Question 20

Software Defined Storage (SDS) uses which type of technology to function?

A) application
B) replication
C) virtualization
D) authentication

Question 21

Which two statements about jumbo Ethernet frames are correct? (Choose two.)

A) A jumbo frame is an Ethernet frame with a payload greater than 1500 bytes.
B) Jumbo frames are always a fixed standard length of 9000 bytes.
C) Jumbo frames can increase the latency on a network due to the transmission of larger frames.
D) Jumbo frames enable the transmission of iSCSI packets on the IP network.

Question 22

According to SNIA, what are two valid storage tiering types? (Choose two.)

A) storage cache tiering
B) host tiering
C) application tiering
D) cloud tiering

Question 23

You want to replace multiple copies of data, at variable levels of granularity, with references to a shared copy to save storage space and/or bandwidth. Which data reduction method would satisfy the requirement?

A) deduplication
B) compression
C) thin provisioning
D) conditioning

Question 24

You are consulting for a major financial institution and are verifying their current disaster recovery processes. Your client has a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of zero. In this scenario what does this mean?

A) The customer has a zero data loss requirement.
B) The customer has no data at risk.
C) The customer has a zero tolerance policy.
D) The customer has a zero chance of failure.

Question 25

At which level would you apply LUN masking?

A) file system level
B) switch level
C) zone alias level
D) controller level

Question 26

What are two requirements of a server cluster with regards to storage technologies? (Choose two.)

A) a switch fabric
B) a file locking mechanism
C) a back-end storage database
D) shared storage

Question 27

What would be placed in a Fibre Channel zone?

A) IP address
B) MAC address
C) IQN of an initiator
D) World Wide Port Name (WWPN)

Question 28

What is another name for a storage volume?

A) Converged Network Adapter (CNA)
B) logical unit number (LUN)
C) storage port
D) Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

Question 29

Which storage technology uses optics for connectivity?

A) LTO tape
B) SAS
C) SATA
D) Fibre Channel
E) iSCSI

Question 30

What are two reasons for using a full backup? (Choose two.)

A) When a host needs to have all of the data available to be restored.
B) When a host restore can be accomplished across multiple jobs and sessions.
C) When a backup requires minimal space consumption.
D) When a backup must be available in one backup image.

Question 31

What are two scenarios where using disk replication is a valid risk mitigation strategy? (Choose two.)

A) a primary storage array non-recoverable hardware failure
B) an extended power failure at the primary site
C) information destruction due to a security breach
D) system instability due to a bad OS update

Question 32

What is an implementation of a secure, multi-tenant cloud environment that is externally available to all users?

A) private
B) public
C) secure
D) hybrid

Question 33

You explain to a customer that storage data compression can be used on most data types. However, there are exceptions. Which file type is an exception?

A) *. txt
B) *. bat
C) * . J pg
D) *. ora

Question 34

Which two technologies use NAND flash memory (non-volatile) technology to store data? (Choose two.)

A) quad-level cell (QLC)
B) single-level cell (SLC)
C) interim-level cell (ILC)
D) multi-level cell (MLC)

Question 35

What do RAID 5 sets use to rebuild data?

A) Flash memory
B) mirroring
C) parity
D) data quiescing

Question 36

Your customer has a Fibre Channel SAN environment and has properly zoned servers for storage with front end controller ports. When an administrator goes to initialize a provisioned volume, it is not seen on the server. What would cause this problem?

A) an unplugged cable
B) a multi-path I/O failure
C) a corrupted volume
D) improper LUN masking

Question 37

What is the function of the Fibre Channel name server?

A) It retrieves all files from a file store by name.
B) It provides service to register Fibre Channel N_Ports.
C) It partitions Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs).
D) It load balances the SAN traffic.

Question 38

What should a valid iSCSI qualified name include?

A) the iSCSI string
B) date code, in yyyy-mm format
C) the WWN string
D) initials of company name

Question 39

Which statement describes an N_Port login?

A) a process by which a server HBA port logs in to a fabric
B) a process by which FC initiators establish sessions with targets
C) a process by which users obtain access to a host
D) a process by which two FC-4 layer processes establish communication

Question 40

Which software technique reduces the effects of a hardware component failure?

A) volume management
B) multi-pathing
C) LUN masking
D) zoning

Question 41

Which interface is used for 40GbE?

A) Twinax
B) Small Form Factor pluggable (SFP+)
C) multimode fiber (MMF)
D) Quad Small Form Factor pluggable (QSFP+)

Question 42

Your company needs to buy more disks for new servers and are considering SSD and HDD solutions. What are two reasons why you would recommend using SSD? (Choose two.)

A) lower cost
B) no moving parts
C) better performance
D) high capacity

Question 43

Which hardware component transports FC and IP traffic?

A) RAID array
B) iSCSI
C) NIC
D) CNA

Question 44

You are designing a synchronous remote mirror solution. Which two factors regarding maximum distance must be considered in this scenario? (Choose two.)

A) the availability of high-speed communication links
B) the customer's application tolerance for latency
C) the customer's RTO requirement
D) the amount of storage required by the customer's application

Question 45

Which type of server initiates an NDMP backup?

A) directory server
B) NDMP server
C) application server
D) database server

Question 46

What is the default port that iSCSI traffic uses?

A) 443
B) 3260
C) 80
D) 53

Question 47

When presenting a single volume to multiple hosts, which type of service needs to be running on the hosts?

A) clustering services
B) DNS services
C) directory services
D) DHCP services

Question 48

What are three iSCSI configuration optimization techniques? (Choose three.)

A) Combine iSCSI data traffic with management IP traffic for maximum efficiency.
B) Enable jumbo frames.
C) Isolate iSCSI traffic from other IP frames.
D) Place a firewall between initiators and targets for security.
E) Enable flow control on switches.

Question 49

According to SNIA, what is the term that describes a mechanism allocating the physical capacity of a volume or file system as applications write data?

A) thick provisioning
B) thin provisioning
C) hybrid provisioning
D) static provisioning

Question 50

What are the requirements for a boot from SAN? (Choose two.)

A) Zoning of the LUN containing the OS image is required.
B) An active path to the LUN is required.
C) The host server and storage should be from the same vendor
D) Only CNAs can be used.

Question 51

At which point in the communication chain is multi-pathing initiated?

A) the operating system device driver level
B) the switch level
C) the storage array level
D) the physical cable interface level

Question 52

Which entity is responsible for making cloud services available for cloud consumers?

A) cloud provider
B) cloud auditor
C) cloud storage
D) cloud infrastructure

Question 53

What is the name of the process by which a SAN dynamically extends volumes depending on server and application needs?

A) Copy On First Write (COFW)
B) deduplication
C) LUN expansion
D) thin provisioning

Question 54

Which device would communicate to a DAS?

A) NIC
B) switch
C) HBA
D) DB9 serial cable

Question 55

What is a set of data processing components that are automatically provisioned by providers, accessed over a network, and provides secure multi-tenancy?

A) network infrastructure
B) database infrastructure
C) storage infrastructure
D) cloud infrastructure