COHESITY DATA PROTECTION ASSOCIATE NEWLY RELEASED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. What is Cohesity DataPlatform?
• A) A traditional backup appliance
• B) A hyperconverged secondary storage platform
• C) A primary storage solution
• D) A cloud-only backup service
ANSWER : B - Cohesity DataPlatform is a hyperconverged secondary storage
platform that consolidates backup, test/dev, file services, and analytics
workloads.
2. What file system does Cohesity use?
• A) NTFS
• B) ext4
• C) SpanFS
• D) ZFS
ANSWER : C - Cohesity uses SpanFS (Spanning File System), a proprietary
distributed file system designed for scale and efficiency.
3. What is a Cohesity Cluster?
• A) A single node deployment
• B) Multiple nodes working together as a single system
• C) A cloud gateway
• D) A virtual machine
ANSWER : B - A Cohesity Cluster consists of multiple nodes that work
together as a single, unified system.
4. What is the minimum number of nodes required for a Cohesity cluster?
• A) 1
, • B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4
ANSWER : C - The minimum number of nodes required for a production
Cohesity cluster is 3 nodes.
5. What is the purpose of Cohesity Marketplace?
• A) To purchase hardware
• B) To download apps that extend platform functionality
• C) To buy software licenses
• D) To manage users
ANSWER : B - Cohesity Marketplace allows users to download and deploy
apps that extend the platform's functionality.
6. What protocol does Cohesity use for data replication between clusters?
• A) FTP
• B) SMB
• C) SnapTree
• D) iSCSI
ANSWER : C - Cohesity uses SnapTree technology for efficient data
replication between clusters.
7. What is a Protection Policy in Cohesity?
• A) A firewall rule
• B) A set of rules defining backup schedules and retention
• C) A network security policy
• D) An access control list
ANSWER : B - A Protection Policy defines backup schedules, retention
periods, and replication settings.
8. What does RPO stand for?
• A) Recovery Point Objective
• B) Restore Process Operations
, • C) Replication Policy Operations
• D) Recovery Protocol Operations
ANSWER : A - RPO stands for Recovery Point Objective, the maximum
acceptable data loss measured in time.
9. What does RTO stand for?
• A) Restore Time Operations
• B) Recovery Time Objective
• C) Replication Transfer Objective
• D) Recovery Testing Operations
ANSWER : B - RTO stands for Recovery Time Objective, the maximum
acceptable downtime after a failure.
10. What is a View in Cohesity?
• A) A dashboard widget
• B) A logical file share or NFS export
• C) A monitoring tool
• D) A user interface theme
ANSWER : B - A View is a logical file share that can be accessed via SMB or
NFS protocols.
11. What is Cohesity DataProtect?
• A) An antivirus solution
• B) A backup and recovery solution
• C) A firewall
• D) An encryption tool
ANSWER : B - Cohesity DataProtect is the backup and recovery solution
within the DataPlatform.
12. What is a Protection Job?
• A) A security scan
• B) A backup task that protects specific data sources
• C) A user account
, • D) A network connection
ANSWER : B - A Protection Job is a backup task configured to protect
specific data sources according to a policy.
13. What is a Protection Source?
• A) A backup administrator
• B) An entity being protected (VM, database, file server, etc.)
• C) A storage location
• D) A network device
ANSWER : B - A Protection Source is any entity being protected, such as
VMs, databases, or file servers.
14. What is incremental forever backup?
• A) Only full backups
• B) Full backup followed by continuous incrementals
• C) Weekly full backups
• D) Monthly full backups
ANSWER : B - Incremental forever is a backup strategy where one full backup
is followed by continuous incremental backups.
15. What is deduplication?
• A) Encrypting data
• B) Eliminating redundant data copies
• C) Compressing files
• D) Backing up data
ANSWER : B - Deduplication is the process of eliminating redundant copies
of data to reduce storage requirements.
16. When does Cohesity perform deduplication?
• A) Before backup (source-side)
• B) After backup (target-side)
• C) During restore
• D) Never
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. What is Cohesity DataPlatform?
• A) A traditional backup appliance
• B) A hyperconverged secondary storage platform
• C) A primary storage solution
• D) A cloud-only backup service
ANSWER : B - Cohesity DataPlatform is a hyperconverged secondary storage
platform that consolidates backup, test/dev, file services, and analytics
workloads.
2. What file system does Cohesity use?
• A) NTFS
• B) ext4
• C) SpanFS
• D) ZFS
ANSWER : C - Cohesity uses SpanFS (Spanning File System), a proprietary
distributed file system designed for scale and efficiency.
3. What is a Cohesity Cluster?
• A) A single node deployment
• B) Multiple nodes working together as a single system
• C) A cloud gateway
• D) A virtual machine
ANSWER : B - A Cohesity Cluster consists of multiple nodes that work
together as a single, unified system.
4. What is the minimum number of nodes required for a Cohesity cluster?
• A) 1
, • B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4
ANSWER : C - The minimum number of nodes required for a production
Cohesity cluster is 3 nodes.
5. What is the purpose of Cohesity Marketplace?
• A) To purchase hardware
• B) To download apps that extend platform functionality
• C) To buy software licenses
• D) To manage users
ANSWER : B - Cohesity Marketplace allows users to download and deploy
apps that extend the platform's functionality.
6. What protocol does Cohesity use for data replication between clusters?
• A) FTP
• B) SMB
• C) SnapTree
• D) iSCSI
ANSWER : C - Cohesity uses SnapTree technology for efficient data
replication between clusters.
7. What is a Protection Policy in Cohesity?
• A) A firewall rule
• B) A set of rules defining backup schedules and retention
• C) A network security policy
• D) An access control list
ANSWER : B - A Protection Policy defines backup schedules, retention
periods, and replication settings.
8. What does RPO stand for?
• A) Recovery Point Objective
• B) Restore Process Operations
, • C) Replication Policy Operations
• D) Recovery Protocol Operations
ANSWER : A - RPO stands for Recovery Point Objective, the maximum
acceptable data loss measured in time.
9. What does RTO stand for?
• A) Restore Time Operations
• B) Recovery Time Objective
• C) Replication Transfer Objective
• D) Recovery Testing Operations
ANSWER : B - RTO stands for Recovery Time Objective, the maximum
acceptable downtime after a failure.
10. What is a View in Cohesity?
• A) A dashboard widget
• B) A logical file share or NFS export
• C) A monitoring tool
• D) A user interface theme
ANSWER : B - A View is a logical file share that can be accessed via SMB or
NFS protocols.
11. What is Cohesity DataProtect?
• A) An antivirus solution
• B) A backup and recovery solution
• C) A firewall
• D) An encryption tool
ANSWER : B - Cohesity DataProtect is the backup and recovery solution
within the DataPlatform.
12. What is a Protection Job?
• A) A security scan
• B) A backup task that protects specific data sources
• C) A user account
, • D) A network connection
ANSWER : B - A Protection Job is a backup task configured to protect
specific data sources according to a policy.
13. What is a Protection Source?
• A) A backup administrator
• B) An entity being protected (VM, database, file server, etc.)
• C) A storage location
• D) A network device
ANSWER : B - A Protection Source is any entity being protected, such as
VMs, databases, or file servers.
14. What is incremental forever backup?
• A) Only full backups
• B) Full backup followed by continuous incrementals
• C) Weekly full backups
• D) Monthly full backups
ANSWER : B - Incremental forever is a backup strategy where one full backup
is followed by continuous incremental backups.
15. What is deduplication?
• A) Encrypting data
• B) Eliminating redundant data copies
• C) Compressing files
• D) Backing up data
ANSWER : B - Deduplication is the process of eliminating redundant copies
of data to reduce storage requirements.
16. When does Cohesity perform deduplication?
• A) Before backup (source-side)
• B) After backup (target-side)
• C) During restore
• D) Never
