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Pure Storage Data Storage Associate (DSA)
Certification Exam ||Verified Exam!!||Actual Test
Questions and Correct Answers With Rationales
LATEST THIS YEAR.pdf||Newest Exam!!!
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be
done for the host to see the LUN - Answer-The switches
must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
What is a firewall good for? - Answer-Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to
a software firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - Answer-Equal Cost Multi
Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggregation control protocol) -
algorithm options? - Answer-Cost→ hashing using mac
address, tcp...
Dynamic routing vs Static Routing - Answer-DHCP
Static: Consistent
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Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - Answer-Recovery point objective
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - Answer-Recovery time objective
How much time you plan to be down
What is SLA? - Answer-Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for downtime/
recovery time
What is the most important reason for backups? - Answer-
recovery
Consistency - Answer-application consistent- backup of
data written to storage AND MEMORY hot
crash consistent - backup of data thats been written to
storage cold
Warm software that makes a cold backup hot
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3 Security Domains - Answer-Authentication
Process to ensure users or assets are who they claim to
be
Two methods: single factor and multi factor
Authorization
Process of determining access rights of a user, device,
application or process to a service or resource
Authorization should be performed only is authentication is
successful
Accounting
Process to evaluate the effectiveness of security
enforcement controls
What is the best practice to prevent ransomware attacks -
Answer-Employee training and awareness and pathing
software
What is the best way to limit damage from ransomware? -
Answer-Backups and snapshots
Buy a pure product and enable safe mode
Pure Storage Data Storage Associate (DSA)
Certification Exam ||Verified Exam!!||Actual Test
Questions and Correct Answers With Rationales
LATEST THIS YEAR.pdf||Newest Exam!!!
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be
done for the host to see the LUN - Answer-The switches
must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
What is a firewall good for? - Answer-Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to
a software firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - Answer-Equal Cost Multi
Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggregation control protocol) -
algorithm options? - Answer-Cost→ hashing using mac
address, tcp...
Dynamic routing vs Static Routing - Answer-DHCP
Static: Consistent
,2|Page
Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - Answer-Recovery point objective
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - Answer-Recovery time objective
How much time you plan to be down
What is SLA? - Answer-Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for downtime/
recovery time
What is the most important reason for backups? - Answer-
recovery
Consistency - Answer-application consistent- backup of
data written to storage AND MEMORY hot
crash consistent - backup of data thats been written to
storage cold
Warm software that makes a cold backup hot
, 3|Page
3 Security Domains - Answer-Authentication
Process to ensure users or assets are who they claim to
be
Two methods: single factor and multi factor
Authorization
Process of determining access rights of a user, device,
application or process to a service or resource
Authorization should be performed only is authentication is
successful
Accounting
Process to evaluate the effectiveness of security
enforcement controls
What is the best practice to prevent ransomware attacks -
Answer-Employee training and awareness and pathing
software
What is the best way to limit damage from ransomware? -
Answer-Backups and snapshots
Buy a pure product and enable safe mode
