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VCP vSphere Practice Exam Questions

Question 1 of 93
Which ports does VMware Update Manager use?





Question 2 of 93
Which Microsoft .NET Framework is required for the vSphere Client?





Question 3 of 93
Which ports need to be available on vCenter system?





Question 4 of 93
If you are planning on installing the Cisco Nexus 1000v Distributed Switch on your vSphere cluster, which Licensing package would you need to purchase?





Question 5 of 93
What is the minimum CPU speed required for vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 6 of 93
What is the maximum amount of characters that a vCenter server name should not exceed?





Question 7 of 93
The VMXNET 3 adapter is only supported on which virtual machine hardware version?





Question 8 of 93
What is the maximum HBA's Supported on VMware vSphere 4.1 Host?





Question 9 of 93
VMware vSphere can be evaluated prior to purchase. What is the maximum number of days the evaluation can be used before a license must be purchased?





Question 10 of 93
What is the minimum amount of RAM required for vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 11 of 93
Which new vSphere feature has the following key features;
  • Disk-based backup and recovery
  • Data de-duplication
  • Full and incremental backup of virtual machine
  • VSS support
  • Image level and individual file restore





Question 12 of 93
What are the Automation Levels on a DRS Cluster?





Question 13 of 93
What is the maximum amount of RAM that a vSphere Guest can have?





Question 14 of 93
Which two users are assigned the Administrator role at the ESX Server level by default?





Question 15 of 93
What are the three default roles provided on an ESX Host?





Question 16 of 93
What are the 3 Host Isolation Reponse options available on an HA Cluster?





Question 17 of 93
What is the minimum amount of memory recommended for a vCenter 4 server?





Question 18 of 93
What is the maximum amount of vNIC's that a vSphere Guest can have?





Question 19 of 93
What protocol is used by an ESX Server to communicate with NAS devices?





Question 20 of 93
What is the recommended size for the /tmp partition?





Question 21 of 93
What is the mimimum recommended space for swap?





Question 22 of 93
ESX 4.1 Hosts will only run on;





Question 23 of 93
SMP is supported on FT protected machines?



Question 24 of 93
LUN masking is a process that makes a LUN available to some hosts and unavailable to other hosts.



Question 25 of 93
Using VMware Data Recovery, backing up a VM created on a ESX3.5 host will take longer than a VM created on a ESX4 host?



Question 26 of 93
What is the maximum number of Primary Nodes in an HA Cluster?





Question 27 of 93
To enable a service on a Host's Firewall, what command is used?





Question 28 of 93
What is the name of the new high performance paravirtualized adapter available on vSphere 4?





Question 29 of 93
vSphere 4.1 Client minimum requirements are;





Question 30 of 93
NPIV (N-Port ID Virtualization) is not supported with Fault Tolerance?



Question 31 of 93
What is the name of the globally unique identifier assigned to each Fibre Channel Port?





Question 32 of 93
If you want to test VMware vSphere before purchasing, what is the length of the Evaluation period available?





Question 33 of 93
It is recommended you don't install vCenter on a Domain Controller?



Question 34 of 93
Which feature  of VMware vCenter is displayed below?






Question 35 of 93
What is the minimum amount of disk space required for vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 36 of 93
What is the maximum size of a virtual machine’s SCSI disk if the VMFS datastore has been formatted with a 2MB block size?





Question 37 of 93
Distributed Power Management (DPM) requires which technology to be available on the NIC?





Question 38 of 93
Which new vSphere feature is being shown in the figure below?






Question 39 of 93
The VMKcore is used for storing core dumps for Debugging and Technical Support?



Question 40 of 93
Which of the following formulas defines the amount of virtual machine memory that will always be composed of disk pages?





Question 41 of 93
Host certificate checking is enabled by default and SSL certificates are used to encrypt network traffic.



Question 42 of 93
What is the maximum amount of Floppy Devices per Virtual Machine?





Question 43 of 93
Which of the following Ports is not required to be available for vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 44 of 93
What is the maximum supported limit of RAM that a vSphere Host can have, regardless of Licence editions?





Question 45 of 93
The Service Console must be installed on a VMFS partition?



Question 46 of 93
A VM using VMDirectPath I/O cannot be VMotioned?



Question 47 of 93
By default ESX 4 Web Access is enabled;




Question 48 of 93
What is an HA Slot?





Question 49 of 93
What is the maximum amount of LUNS that a vSphere Host can have?





Question 50 of 93
Which new vSphere feature is being shown in the figure below?






Question 51 of 93
Which new vSphere feature is being shown in the figure below?






Question 52 of 93
When is it required to use 64Bit CPU's to run vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 53 of 93
vCenter 4.1 Server minimum requirements are;





Question 54 of 93
Swap, var/log and all the other optional partitions are stored where?





Question 55 of 93
What is the minimum supported amount of RAM for an ESX4.1 Host?





Question 56 of 93
To close a Port on a Host's Firewall, what command is used?





Question 57 of 93
What is the maximum amount of Secondary Hosts in an HA Cluster?





Question 58 of 93
What is the default size for the / (root) partition?





Question 59 of 93
How is a Primary Host designated in an HA Cluster?





Question 60 of 93
What is the recommend size of the esxconsole.vmdk?





Question 61 of 93
When creating a Raw Device Map (RDM) for use with a virtual machine, which of the following is the maximum available size?





Question 62 of 93
What is the recommended size for the /home partition?





Question 63 of 93
What is the maximum Raw Device Mapping (RDM) Size Supported on VMware vSphere 4.1 Host?





Question 64 of 93
To open a Port on a Host's Firewall, what command is used?





Question 65 of 93
VMware HA provides which of the following?





Question 66 of 93
A memory reservation defines:





Question 67 of 93
VMware Data Recovery uses Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Which of the follow OS' does not support VSS?





Question 68 of 93
What command is used to list the current firewall rules on a Host?





Question 69 of 93
What is the minimum number of CPU's required for vCenter 4.1 Server?





Question 70 of 93
Which vSphere feature is being shown in the image below?






Question 71 of 93
What is the maximum amount of logical processors that a vSphere Host can have?





Question 72 of 93
By default ESX4.1 is installed with which security settings?





Question 73 of 93
Which of these databases does vCenter no longer support?





Question 74 of 93
The /boot partition requires how much free space?





Question 75 of 93
Your boss wants you to install vSphere 4.1 server on two HP C-class Blades. Each blade has two dual core CPU's. How many vSphere processor licenses will be needed for this setup?





Question 76 of 93
What is the maximum amount of vCPU's that can be configured on a Virtual Machine if you could use any OS and any Licencing Edition?





Question 77 of 93
Which of the following actions would be LEAST likely to reduce resource contention?





Question 78 of 93
What are the two iSCSI discovery methods that are supported by ESX Server?





Question 79 of 93
What is the recommended size for the /var/log partition?





Question 80 of 93
The default warning for password expiration on ESX is how many days?





Question 81 of 93
The vCenter system MUST belong to a DOMAIN.



Question 82 of 93
Fault Tolerance supports thin provisioned disks?



Question 83 of 93
What is the maximum amount of Hosts per vSphere 4.1 HA Cluster?





Question 84 of 93
What is the minimum number of network adapters required for an ESX4.1 Host?





Question 85 of 93
What are the 4 VM Restart Priority options available on an HA Cluster?





Question 86 of 93
SSH operates on which Port?





Question 87 of 93
In vSphere 4.1 what is the Maximum amount of ports supported on a Standard Switch?





Question 88 of 93
In order for changes to a Host's Firewall to be committed, what command must be used?





Question 89 of 93
Which vSphere feature provides dynamic allocation of storage capacity?





Question 90 of 93
To disable a service on a Host's Firewall, what command is used?





Question 91 of 93
What command is used to list the services controlled by the firewall?





Question 92 of 93
ESX uses one of the strongest block ciphers available, what is it?





Question 93 of 93
ESX uses which Linux based firewall tool?







  • Raj

    http://vmetc.com/2009/07/22/best-practices-for-vsphere-esx-4-service-console-partitions/

    http://www.vladan.fr/best-practices-for-installing-esx-4-with-custom-partitionning-scheme/

    According to the above links the recommended /tmp partition is 2GB or 2048 None of the choices given are indicative of this. Please enlighten us if the above links or false or the given choices are false.

    Thanks,

    Rajendra India

  • abc

    hey this site is as good as VCP exam LIVe,,,,,Long live

  • VMG

    ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4.0 page 62 and ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide ESX 4.1 page 60 both state that the recommended size for the optional partition of /tmp is 1024MB. Please review the documentation provided by vmware when studying.

  • George

    Thanks for putting this practice exam together, really appreciated!

  • Wilco

    That is what I was looking for

  • root

    “The /boot partition requires how much free space?”

    I think there is a typo, it should be 100 MB instead of 1100

  • Fim

    I don’t know if it is legal to do this, but I would recommend adding like 2 real questions from the actual exam. I would even put like a star on it to let people know. I missed passing by 2 points, I will obviously retake. However what took me so off guard was how much more elaborate the questions were and how much time it took to read them. Then the time used to think about. When under a time limit going in with a different expectation I was caught off guard and felt like I had to question every thought causing me to run out of time. Knowing everything on your site truly helped me problem solve many questions I had never read but did not prepare me for thinking about all the scenarios and how best to address them. I have always been a bad test taker but I think this would have helped a lot.

  • Joe

    This test is a great resource. What are the possibilties of adding more questions? :-)

    Thanks for putting this together. Really appreciated…

  • http://twitter.com/fajarpri Fajar Priyanto

    Thanks Man! This is nice.
    Few need correction I think.

  • http://twitter.com/fajarpri Fajar Priyanto

    Well, I failed. 246 of 300 score.
    Only few similar questions from this mock exam.
    Super difficult!!

  • Bob

    - You have completed VCP vSphere Practice Exam. You scored 81 out of 93. Your final score is 87.10%

    Reassuring have my exam oday at 15:00 :S Nice exam and keep up the great resources

  • Brina

    Your answer to the following question appears to be incorrect, your answer is 3g , but Vmware’s Best Practices along with other practice exams , says 2g

    What is the minimum amount of disk space required for vCenter 4.1 Server?

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022101

  • Harald Rinker

    You have a typom her.

  • kez

    how ironic :)

  • Fhatuwani Mudau

    Thanks, realy appreaciated. very helpful.

  • Barry

    One question states that vCenter Must belong to a domain, I believe this is wrong as it doesn’t have to belong to a domain.

  • http://www.simonlong.co.uk Simon Long

    You are correct in saying that vCenter doesn’t _have _ to belong to a Domain. VMware recommends it though. And this is exam is based on what VMware say. :)

  • http://twitter.com/GreggRobertson5 Gregg Robertson

    People asking to post real questions with stars so “they know” really made me smile. That’s cheating if Simon posted those and if you are using resources with exact questions that come up in the exams THATS ALSO CHEATING.

  • Rick

    I really need help! I have failed the exam three times each score progressively worst than the previous one. When I completed the Intro class I took the VCP exam and scored 282. The second time I got 268 and the third time 238. I am doing my due diligence in studying. I have purchased and used the complete TrainSignal VMware course, I purchased and read Scott Lowe’s book “Mastering vSphere, and Eric Siebert book “Maximum vSphere”. Also, printed off and used the VMware technical manuals and I purchased the vSphere Foundation license and built a three host lab. I have broken the subject down into its constituent components i.e. Storage, vSwitch, Features, Monitoring and troubleshooting etc. I am taking notes as read, practice, and listen but it seems the harder I work the worst my score has gotten.

    I have purchased “CertifyMe” practice exam CBT and I purchase books on test taking techniques. I am very frustrated and going broke. Any constructive help would be greatly appreciated.

  • Chris

    Consider Hyper-V

  • Cx4gunman

    Good test!

  • Nathan P Bryant

    I took my VCP yesterday for the second time, passing w/ a 313. I was using the SLOG’s test engine as one of my metrics, and my VCP score (roughly 73%) was very similar to the scores I was getting on this site. It may be worth noting that I was scoring low 70%’s on SLOG, while I was scoring 80% – 90% on some of the other baseline engine’s I was working with. Keep studying, it’ll all be over soon!

  • Jllaclair

    Question may be incorrect, What is the recommend size of the esxconsole.vmdk?
    In my 4.1 book it is 800MB Swap partition to 1,600MB.

  • vpxuser

    i believe you are incorrect re: the licensing question.
    i have that exact config and it requires 2 CPU licenses

  • http://www.simonlong.co.uk Simon Long

    Hi, I thought VMware license vSphere on a per physical processor basis? How is your licensing done?

  • http://www.simonlong.co.uk Simon Long
  • http://www.simonlong.co.uk Simon Long

    Yes, this is also the correct answer in this exam?

  • http://www.simonlong.co.uk Simon Long
  • Mark

    In that case the question should be “vCenter SHOULD belong to a domain” instead of “vCenter MUST belong to a domain”, as you can run vCenter without being joined and using local windows accounts to manage

  • Goeko

    That is the WMware recommendation, so wouldn’t the questions be phrased as “as best practice” or “recommended to be” not “MUST” ?

  • Rob

    Simon – test noted that I had this one wrong. I’m pretty sure it was correct, so went back to look at my environment, and it indeed is wrong here on the test. Great mock exam (Although I agree with a couple other people on here) If you take the VMWare mock exam there are about 40% more questions requiring more than one answer. However, this is a free tool provided by you so just for your efforts everyone should be happy. Just think it might be a good idea going forward if you mocked the exam as best as possible, and that’s with providing more challenging scenario questions. Other then that, THANKS TONS for the site. Don’t care what the complainers say, it’s DEFINITELY HELPFUL!!!!! (And for those of you who want EXACT EXAM QUESTIONS why don’t you put a bit more effort behind your studying and hands on, and maybe cheating wont be necessary!!! ..Just my thoughts.. =)

    Correct Answer to the below question has the ***** next to it. The answer that your test comes back with has the XXXX next to it. Please change when possible so people have the updated information needed.

    What are the Automation Levels on a DRS Cluster?

    Manual, Partially Automated, Automated ********
    Manual, Partially Automatic, Automatic XXXXX
    Manual, Semi Automated, Automatic
    Manual, Semi Automatic, Automatic

    Information taken from: VMware DRS

  • Rinkydude

    Doh! bombed the test today. Now I understand why everyone says to go to the original source materials shown by VMWare. Instead of a month of intense studying, I think I need 3 months–but more intense! Thanks for your help Simon. As said before, this (and VMware’s mock exam) isn’t a study aid but a sampling of the kind of stuff needing learning. Look at this material and think if this is only 10% of the material needing to really understan (not just memorize facts and numbers about)

  • Wdconsultant

    Good Questions. Thanks for posting this out, for people to study and test their knowledge on the product.
    This is definitely useful for everyone to run through, to see if they are ready to take the VCP Certification. – WDS

  • Oli

    Hi Simon,
    Many thanks for spending time creating/maintaining this site – very helpful indeed – great work!

    I just like to highlight this particular question/answer which is correct for ESX Server 3 & VirtualCenter 2 but not necessarily the right answer for ESX 4.x
    Referring to my GUI on ESX vCenter 2.5 or vSphere 4.1, none of the answers are right however the closest one would be A (Manual, Partially Automated, Automated) – on both versions I run the automation options are exactly:
    Manual, Partially Automated, Fully Automated

    What are the Automation Levels on a DRS Cluster?
    A-Manual, Partially Automated, Automated
    B-Manual, Partially Automatic, Automatic
    C-Manual, Semi Automated, Automatic
    D-Manual, Semi Automatic, Automatic

    I have checked the DRS online documentation (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_drs_wp.pdf#page=9) and feels that the question is slightly out of date…but please anyone, correct me if I am wrong….

    many thanks

  • Adumin2000

    Don’t be such a geek, dude. Really who cares about Orchestrators and other marketing crap VM makes you study.

  • Toprak

    Thanks, realy appreaciated. very helpful

  • Exam Questions

    Only One Questions Can Increase People Knowldge I Like This…

    Keep Asking Questions…

    Thanks

    Exam Questions

  • Pavel Zak

    Simon is right in this one. I have just had this question in a mock exam.

  • Khush

    The vCenter system MUST belong to a DOMAIN.False
    Am I correct…??
     

  • http://twitter.com/bengrinsted Ben Grinsted

    vSphere 4.1 Update 1 can now have up to 160 logical CPUs, rather than 128. 

  • http://www.hcde-texas.org Ashley Celestine

    This is a great way to help advance VM Admin and get the text book knowledge. Thx 

  • Masterx51

    I believe so, vCenter doesnt have to be in a DOMAIN. 

  • AL

    The docs say it has too, so it can use MS active Directory for assigning rights to domain users.

    You could use local groups on the server though.

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