Storage Networking Foundations Questions + Answers

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Question 1
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


Answer : D

Question 2
Which technology uses lossless Ethernet?
A. FC
B. FcoE
C. FCIP
D. iFCP


Answer : B

Question 3
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


Answer : B

Question 4
Which two statements regarding hybrid drives are correct? (Choose two.)
A. Flash memory stores frequently accessed content.
B. B. Flash memory is located on the motherboard of the server
C. C. Flash memory is located on the HDD circuit board.
D. Flash memory is not used with a hybrid drive.


Answer : B,C

Question 5
Which type of device would you typically use for file access storage?
A. SAN
B. NAS
C. DAS
D. HBA


Answer : B


Question 6
What is the process called that Solid State Drives (SSDs) use to reclaim space taken by previously stored data?
A. garbage collection
B. coalescing
C. write amplification
D. IOPS resizing


Answer : A

Question 7
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


Answer : D

Question 8
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 problem1?
A. an unplugged cable
B. a multi-path I/O failure
C. a corrupted volume
D. improper LUN masking


Answer : B

Question 9
What are two NAS file access protocols? (Choose two.)
A. SMB
B. B. iSCSI
C. NFS
D. FCP


Answer : A,C

Question 10
Which storage technology uses optics for connectivity?
A. LTO tape
B. SAS
C. SATA
D. Fibre Channel
E. iSCSI


Answer : D


Question 11
Which device would communicate to a DAS?
A. NIC
B. switch
C. C HBA
D. DB9 serial cable


Answer : D

Question 12
Which feature would be used for SAN traffic isolation?
A. zoning
B. multi-pathing
C. volume management
D. failover


Answer : A

Question 13
What is the purpose of a host bus adapter (HBA)?
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


Answer : C

Question 14
Which two connection sequences are supported for direct-attached storage? (Choose two.)
A. Fibre Channel Host HBA -> FC Switch -> FC Target Device on Storage Controller
B. B. Fibre Channel Host HBA -> FC Target Device on Storage Controller
C. C. SAS Host HBA -> SAS Target Storage Controller
D. iSCSI Host Software Initiator -> Ethernet Switch -> iSCSI Host Target Initiator


Answer : A,D

Question 15
Which type of server initiates an NDMP backup?
A. directory server
B. NDMP server
C. application server
D. database server


Answer : B


Question 16
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. *.jpg
D. *.ora


Answer : C,D

Question 17
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


Answer : B

Question 18
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


Answer : C

Question 19
At which level would you apply LUN masking?
A. file system level
B. switch level
C. zone alias level
D. controller level


Answer : B

Question 20
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. B. the customer's application tolerance for latency
C. C. the customer's RTO requirement
D. the amount of storage required by the customer's application


Answer : C,D


Which two technologies are part of the Data Center Bridging (DCB) standard? (Choose two.)
A. Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)
B. B. Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
C. C. Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
D. Internet key Exchange (IKE)


Answer : A,B

Question 22
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)


Answer : B

Question 23
Which entity is responsible for making cloud services available for cloud consumers?
A. cloud provider
B. cloud auditor
C. cloud storage
D. cloud infrastructure


Answer : A

Question 24
Which statement is correct regarding LUNs?
A. a method for encapsulating Fibre Channel frames
B. a representation of segmented storage space to be provided to their servers
C. a scenario where log file servers reach maximum disk capacity
D. a method for optimizing LAN traffic


Answer : B

Question 25
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


Answer : D