NUTANIX NCA EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the minimum number of nodes needed for Erasure Coding on a Redundancy
Factor 3 cluster? - Answer- 6
A newly-deployed cluster is unable to complete LCM inventory. The administrator just
recently installed a firewall and suspects this to be the cause. Which site should the
administrator ensure is allowed through the firewall for LCM to run successfully? -
Answer- download.nutanix.com
An administrator has been tasked with updating the frequency of the automated run of
NCC checks. Which dashboard should the administrator use to accomplish this task? -
Answer- Health
When moving a VM from a Replication Factor 3 (RF3) storage container to an RF2
storage container, which service is responsible for recovering the disk space used by
the deleted data? - Answer- Curator
What priority case can be opened to guarantee a 8-hour response for a customer with
Production Support? - Answer- P3
An administrator wants to enable Windows Defender Credential Guard. What must be
enabled when creating the VM?
A- Live Migration
B- UEFI
C- HA
D- Legacy BIOS - Answer- B- UEFI
An administrator wants to send only CRITICAL alerts directly the company's CIO.
Where within the Alert Email Configuration tool in Prism Element should the
administrator complete this task? - Answer- Custom Settings
What is a prerequisite for in-place hypervisor conversion from ESXi to AHV? - Answer-
vCenter VM is not on the same cluster
An administrator requires application-consistent snapshots of a Microsoft SQL Server
2019 to be taken. What should the administrator ensure is enabled to satisfy this
requirement? - Answer- Nutanix Guest Tools, Volume Snapshot Service
, When is a network specified to be as either managed or unmanaged? - Answer- At the
time of its creation and cannot be changed later.
Which platform supports firmware updates through LCM? - Answer- Dell XC
An administrator would like to update the firmware on a dark site Nutanix cluster to the
latest versions. Upon completing inventory, the expected latest updates are not shown.
What should the administrator do to ensure that the latest firmware updates are
displayed? - Answer- Install latest compatibility bundle
An alert policy was triggered by an API from a non-Nutanix product. What type of policy
is it? - Answer- External
From which user interface can Nutanix Objects be upgraded? - Answer- Prism Central
LCM
Which application is supported when building a Windows web server at a dark site for
LCM? - Answer- IIS
An administrator needs to deploy an Objects cluster into the Nutanix environment for
the development team to use. Within which interface should the administrator deploy
Objects within the Nutanix cluster? - Answer- Prism Central
An administrator is planning to upgrade AHV in a Nutanix cluster. Which interface
should be used to accomplish this task? - Answer- Prism Element
An administrator needs to make NTFS permission changes to a Files Server Distributed
Share. Which console should be used to make the change? - Answer- MMC Snap-In for
Files
An administrator needs to migrate 500GB of data from an SMB share. The administrator
manages a three-node AHV-based cluster with Starter licensing. Which product could
the administrator use to accomplish this goal? - Answer- Files
Which hypervisors allow an administrator to create a cluster that supports vGPU-
enabled VMs? - Answer- AHV and ESXi
An administrator has been tasked with cloning a large number of VMs for an upcoming
development project. What is the maximum number of VMs that an administrator will be
able to clone at one time? - Answer- 250
When creating a new VM in AHV, which option allows the administrator to create a disk
by copying a file from any location on the cluster? - Answer- Clone from ADFS File
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the minimum number of nodes needed for Erasure Coding on a Redundancy
Factor 3 cluster? - Answer- 6
A newly-deployed cluster is unable to complete LCM inventory. The administrator just
recently installed a firewall and suspects this to be the cause. Which site should the
administrator ensure is allowed through the firewall for LCM to run successfully? -
Answer- download.nutanix.com
An administrator has been tasked with updating the frequency of the automated run of
NCC checks. Which dashboard should the administrator use to accomplish this task? -
Answer- Health
When moving a VM from a Replication Factor 3 (RF3) storage container to an RF2
storage container, which service is responsible for recovering the disk space used by
the deleted data? - Answer- Curator
What priority case can be opened to guarantee a 8-hour response for a customer with
Production Support? - Answer- P3
An administrator wants to enable Windows Defender Credential Guard. What must be
enabled when creating the VM?
A- Live Migration
B- UEFI
C- HA
D- Legacy BIOS - Answer- B- UEFI
An administrator wants to send only CRITICAL alerts directly the company's CIO.
Where within the Alert Email Configuration tool in Prism Element should the
administrator complete this task? - Answer- Custom Settings
What is a prerequisite for in-place hypervisor conversion from ESXi to AHV? - Answer-
vCenter VM is not on the same cluster
An administrator requires application-consistent snapshots of a Microsoft SQL Server
2019 to be taken. What should the administrator ensure is enabled to satisfy this
requirement? - Answer- Nutanix Guest Tools, Volume Snapshot Service
, When is a network specified to be as either managed or unmanaged? - Answer- At the
time of its creation and cannot be changed later.
Which platform supports firmware updates through LCM? - Answer- Dell XC
An administrator would like to update the firmware on a dark site Nutanix cluster to the
latest versions. Upon completing inventory, the expected latest updates are not shown.
What should the administrator do to ensure that the latest firmware updates are
displayed? - Answer- Install latest compatibility bundle
An alert policy was triggered by an API from a non-Nutanix product. What type of policy
is it? - Answer- External
From which user interface can Nutanix Objects be upgraded? - Answer- Prism Central
LCM
Which application is supported when building a Windows web server at a dark site for
LCM? - Answer- IIS
An administrator needs to deploy an Objects cluster into the Nutanix environment for
the development team to use. Within which interface should the administrator deploy
Objects within the Nutanix cluster? - Answer- Prism Central
An administrator is planning to upgrade AHV in a Nutanix cluster. Which interface
should be used to accomplish this task? - Answer- Prism Element
An administrator needs to make NTFS permission changes to a Files Server Distributed
Share. Which console should be used to make the change? - Answer- MMC Snap-In for
Files
An administrator needs to migrate 500GB of data from an SMB share. The administrator
manages a three-node AHV-based cluster with Starter licensing. Which product could
the administrator use to accomplish this goal? - Answer- Files
Which hypervisors allow an administrator to create a cluster that supports vGPU-
enabled VMs? - Answer- AHV and ESXi
An administrator has been tasked with cloning a large number of VMs for an upcoming
development project. What is the maximum number of VMs that an administrator will be
able to clone at one time? - Answer- 250
When creating a new VM in AHV, which option allows the administrator to create a disk
by copying a file from any location on the cluster? - Answer- Clone from ADFS File
