1. vSphere 6 Professional Certification Exam

Question 1 of 30

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The command esxcli network vm list displays four virtual machines connected to the Production vSwitch. Within the vSphere Web Client, five virtual machines are seen. What explains this behavior?

Select one of the following:

The fifth virtual machine is currently powered off.
The fifth virtual machine has two vnics.
The fifth virtual machine has an invalid IP address.
The fifth virtual machine has an invalid MAC address.

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

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Which two statements are true regarding VMFS3 volumes in ESXi 6.x?

Select one or more of the following:

Creation of VMFS3 volumes is unsupported.
Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is supported.
Existing VMFS3 volumes are unsupported.
Upgrading VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 is unsupported.

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

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An administrator tries to capture network traffic for a virtual machine, but cannot see the expected traffic in the packet capture tool. Which step can resolve the problem?

Select one of the following:

Migrate the virtual machine to a Distributed Virtual Switch.
Enable Promiscuous Mode on the relevant port group.
Modify the default value of MAC Address changes.
Enable Forged Transmits on the virtual machine.

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

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An ESXi 6.x host in the vCenter Server inventory has disconnected due to an All Paths Down (APD) situation. An administrator has corrected the APD issue on the host, but it still remains disconnected. What action should the administrator take next?

Select one of the following:

Select Restart Management Agents from the DCUI.
Execute esxcli system settings advanced set -d /Scsi/FailVMIOonAPD.
Modify the advanced parameter /Disk/ApdTokenRetryCount.
Enable the advanced parameter /Misc/APDHandlingEnable.

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

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Which two tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) perform? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Handles I/O queueing to the logical devices.
Handles physical path discovery, but is not involved in the removal.
Handles physical path discovery and removal.
Handles I/O queueing to FC storage HBAs.

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

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An administrator wants to monitor virtual machines on a host and send notifications when memory usage reaches 80%. What should the administrator create in vCenter Server to accomplish this?

Select one of the following:

A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a trigger to email the notification.
A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an action to email the notification.
A host alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set an action to email the notification.
A vCenter Server alarm that will monitor virtual machine memory usage and set a trigger to email the notification.

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

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A vSphere Web Client task fails while creating a VMFS datastore on a disk with these characteristics:
- The disk was formatted with an Master Boot Record (MBR) partition table
- The disk was not erased
- The disk is visible in the vSphere Web Client
What action needs to be performed to resolve the issue?

Select one of the following:

Delete the partitions manually with partedUtil.
Create a VMFS3 file system first, then upgrade it.
Create a VMFS5 file system with the command esxcli storage filesystem add.
Delete the data with the vmkfstools command.

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

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An administrator is configuring the clock tolerance for the Single Sign-On token configuration policy and wants to define the time skew tolerance between a client and the domain controller clock. Which time measurement is used for the value?

Select one of the following:

Milliseconds
Seconds
Minutes
Hours

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

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An administrator is performing a silent automatic update of VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine. What syntax needs to be entered into the Advanced Options box?

Select one of the following:

/s /v “/qn” /l “c:Windowsfilename.log”
–prefix=/usr/local,/usr/lib,/usr/doc –silent
–prefix=c:Windows,c:VMtools –silent
/fs /v “/qn+” /l “c:Windowsfilename.log”

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

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When attempting to remove a host from a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), an administrator observes the error message:

The resource '16' is in use

What are two reasons why this error would be displayed? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

VMkernel network adapters on the vDS are in use.
Virtual machine network adapters are connected to the vDS.
Network I/O Control has been configured on the vDS.
There is active network traffic on the vDS.

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

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An administrator wants to allow users to login to the vSphere Web Client using the Use Windows session authentication check box for faster authentication. Which three requirements must be met for this feature to be available and functional? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on the vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller machines.
Install the vSphere Web Client Integration browser plug-in on each workstation from where a user will sign in.
The users must be signed into Windows using Active Directory user accounts.
The administrator must create a valid Identity Source in Single Sign-On for the users domain.
The administrator must create a valid Single Sign-On Identity Source using Integrated Windows Authentication.

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

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When attempting to log in with the vSphere Web Client, users have reported the error:

Incorrect Username/Password

The administrator has configured the Platform Services Controller Identity Source as:
- Type.Active Directory as an LDAP Server
- Domain: vmware.com
- Alias: VMWARE
- Default Domain: Yes

Which two statements would explain why users cannot login to the vSphere Web Client? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Users are typing the password incorrectly.
Users are in a forest that has 1-way trust.
Users are in a forest that has 2-way trust.
Users are logging into vCenter Server with incorrect permissions.

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

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An administrator wants to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.x.
The vCenter Server:
- Is hosted on a virtual machine server running MS Windows Server 2008 R2, with 8 vCPUs and 16GM RAM.
- Will have an embedded Platform Services Controller.
- Hosts a Large Environment with 1,000 ESXi hosts and 10,000 Virtual Machines

Why does the vCenter Server not meet the minimum requirements?

Select one of the following:

Windows Server 2008 R2 is not a supported Operating System for vCenter Server.
The virtual machine has insufficient resources for the environment size.
The environment is too large to be managed by a single vCenter Server.
The Platform Services Controller must be changed to an External deployment.

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

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VMware vSphere Replication protects virtual machines from partial or complete site failures by replicating the virtual machines between which three sites? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

From a source site to a target site.
From within a single site from one cluster to another.
From multiple source sites to a shared remote target site.
From a single source site to multiple remote target sites.
From multiple source sites to multiple remote target sites.

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

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Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi 6.x host and users are restricted from logging into the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). Which two statements are true given this configuration? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

A user granted administrative privileges in the Exception User list can login.
A user defined in the DCUI.Access without administrative privileges can login.
A user defined in the ESXi Admins domain group can login.
A user set to the vCenter Administrator role can login.

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

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Refer to the Exhibit. Examine the esxtop command output shown in the Exhibit. Which option would improve application performance for the SlowVM virtual machine?

Select one of the following:

Increase the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
Decrease the number of vCPUs provided to SlowVM.
Move SlowVM to another ESXi host with more physical CPU resources available.
Increase the CPU limit assigned to SlowVM.

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

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Which two groups of settings should be reviewed when attempting to increase the security of virtual machines (VMs)? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Disable hardware devices
Disable unexposed features
Disable VMtools devices
Disable VM Template features

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

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An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will disable most hardware power management features. Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to meet this requirement?

Select one of the following:

High Performance
Balanced
Low Power
Disabled

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

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An administrator notices that the time on an ESXi 6.x host is incorrect. Which two actions should the administrator take to correct this issue? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Modify the time for the host using the vSphere client.
Correct the NTP settings in the /etc/ntp.conf file.
Configure NTP from the Direct Console User Interface.
Use the vicfg-ntp command from the vSphere Management Appliance.

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

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An administrator with global administrator privileges creates a custom role but fails to assign any privileges to it. Which two privileges would the custom role have? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

System.View
System.Anonymous
System.User
System.ReadOnly

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

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An administrator wants to provide users restricted access. The users should only be able to perform the following tasks:
- Create and consolidate virtual machine snapshots
- Add/Remove virtual disks
- Snapshot Management

Which default role in vCenter Server would meet the administrator's requirements for the users?

Select one of the following:

Virtual machine user
Virtual machine power user
Virtual Datacenter administrator
VMware Consolidated Backup user

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

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Which two roles can be modified? (Choose two)

Select one or more of the following:

Administrator
Network Administrator
Datastore Consumer
Read-Only

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

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An administrator with global administrator privileges creates a custom role but fails to assign any privileges to it.
Which two privileges would the custom role have? (Choose two)

Select one or more of the following:

System.View
System.Anonymous
System.User
System.ReadOnly

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

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An administrator wishes to give a user the ability to manage snapshots for virtual machines. Which privileges does the administrator need to assign to the user?

Select one of the following:

Datastore.Allocate Space
Virtual machine.Configuration.create snapshot
Virtual machine.Configuration.manage snapshot
Datastore.Browse Datastore

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

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An object has inherited permissions from two parent objects.
What is true about the permissions on the object?

Select one of the following:

The common permissions between the two are applied and the rest are discarded.
The permissions are combined from both parent objects.
No permissions are applied from the parent objects.
The permission is randomly selected from either of the two parent objects.

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

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What is the highest object level from which a virtual machine can inherit privileges?

Select one of the following:

Host Folder
Data Center
Data Center Folder
VM Folder

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

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Which three Authorization types are valid in vSphere? (Choose three)

Select one or more of the following:

Group Membership in vsphere.local
Global
Forest
vCenter Server
Group Membership in system-domain

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

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Which three components should an administrator select when configuring vSphere permissions? (Choose three)

Select one or more of the following:

Inventory Object
Role
User/Group
Privilege
Password

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

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In which two vsphere.local groups should an administrator avoid adding members? (Choose two)

Select one or more of the following:

SolutionUsers
Administrators
DCAdmins
ExternalPDUsers

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

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An administrator has configured three vCenter Servers and vRealize Orchestrator within a Platform Services Controller domain, and needs to grant a user privileges that span all environments.
Which statement best describes how the administrator would accomplish this?

Select one of the following:

Assign a Global Permission to the user.
Assign a vCenter Permission to the user.
Assign vsphere.local membership to the user
Assign an ESXi Permission to the user

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1. vSphere 6 Professional Certification Exam

Question 1 of 30

The command esxcli network vm list displays four virtual machines connected to the Production vSwitch. Within the vSphere Web Client, five virtual machines are seen. What explains this behavior?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

Which two statements are true regarding VMFS3 volumes in ESXi 6.x?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

An administrator tries to capture network traffic for a virtual machine, but cannot see the expected traffic in the packet capture tool. Which step can resolve the problem?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

An ESXi 6.x host in the vCenter Server inventory has disconnected due to an All Paths Down (APD) situation. An administrator has corrected the APD issue on the host, but it still remains disconnected. What action should the administrator take next?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

Which two tasks does the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) perform? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

An administrator wants to monitor virtual machines on a host and send notifications when memory usage reaches 80%. What should the administrator create in vCenter Server to accomplish this?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

An administrator is configuring the clock tolerance for the Single Sign-On token configuration policy and wants to define the time skew tolerance between a client and the domain controller clock. Which time measurement is used for the value?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

An administrator is performing a silent automatic update of VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine. What syntax needs to be entered into the Advanced Options box?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

When attempting to remove a host from a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), an administrator observes the error message: The resource '16' is in use What are two reasons why this error would be displayed? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

An administrator wants to allow users to login to the vSphere Web Client using the Use Windows session authentication check box for faster authentication. Which three requirements must be met for this feature to be available and functional? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

VMware vSphere Replication protects virtual machines from partial or complete site failures by replicating the virtual machines between which three sites? (Choose three.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

Lockdown Mode has been enabled on an ESXi 6.x host and users are restricted from logging into the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). Which two statements are true given this configuration? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

Refer to the Exhibit. Examine the esxtop command output shown in the Exhibit. Which option would improve application performance for the SlowVM virtual machine?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

Which two groups of settings should be reviewed when attempting to increase the security of virtual machines (VMs)? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

An administrator wants to select a Host Power Management Policy for an ESXi 6.x host that will disable most hardware power management features. Which Host Power Management Policy should be selected to meet this requirement?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

An administrator notices that the time on an ESXi 6.x host is incorrect. Which two actions should the administrator take to correct this issue? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

An administrator with global administrator privileges creates a custom role but fails to assign any privileges to it. Which two privileges would the custom role have? (Choose two.)

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

When attempting to remove a host from a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), an administrator observes the error message:

The resource '16' is in use

What are two reasons why this error would be displayed? (Choose two.)

An administrator with global administrator privileges creates a custom role but fails to assign any privileges to it.
Which two privileges would the custom role have? (Choose two)

An object has inherited permissions from two parent objects.
What is true about the permissions on the object?

An administrator has configured three vCenter Servers and vRealize Orchestrator within a Platform Services Controller domain, and needs to grant a user privileges that span all environments.
Which statement best describes how the administrator would accomplish this?