VCP-DCV vSphere Architecture, Products and Solutions Practice Test 3 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Refer to the exhibit. A vSphere administrator is reviewing a cluster configuration JSON. What can be determined from the configuration?

Accepted Answer

The cluster uses a slot-based admission control policy.. The 'ha_admission_control_policy' is set to 'fixedSlotPolicy', indicating slot-based admission control.

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vSphere DRS is set to partially automated.

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The cluster can tolerate two host failures.

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The cluster has admission control disabled.

Question 2

A company experiences frequent host failures. The cluster has 5 hosts with 128 GB RAM each. The VMs have vCPU and memory reservations ranging from 1 GHz/512 MB to 4 GHz/8 GB. The administrator needs to ensure that if one host fails, the remaining hosts can accommodate all VMs. Which admission control policy is recommended?

Accepted Answer

Use cluster resource percentage - reserve 20% CPU and memory.. Option D is correct because percentage-based admission control with 20% reserve (1/5 hosts) allows headroom for one host failure while being efficient with resources. Option A reserves 25%, which is overkill. Option B uses slot sizing, which is inefficient for mixed VM sizes. Option C disables admission control, risking resource shortages.

Answer

Define slot sizes based on the largest VM.

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Disable admission control and rely on DRS.

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Use cluster resource percentage - reserve 25% CPU and memory.

Question 3

An administrator creates a DRS rule to separate two VMs (VM1 and VM2) using a 'Should' rule (separate VMs). After the rule is created, VM1 is manually vMotioned to a host that already runs VM2. What is the expected behavior?

Accepted Answer

VM1 remains on the host and a compliance violation is logged.. Option B is correct because 'Should' rules are not enforced; DRS logs a violation but does not automatically migrate VMs. Option A describes a 'Must' rule. Option C and D are incorrect as VMs are not powered off or hosts put into maintenance mode.

Answer

DRS automatically migrates VM1 to a compliant host.

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The target host is placed into maintenance mode.

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VM1 is powered off to prevent performance issues.

Question 4

What is the maximum number of ESXi hosts that can be managed by a single vCenter Server instance in vSphere 8 (standard domain)?

Accepted Answer

2000. Option A is correct. In vSphere 8, a single vCenter Server can manage up to 2000 ESXi hosts. Option B (1000) is the limit for earlier versions. Options C and D are incorrect.

Answer

1000

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500

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4000

Question 5

A vSAN cluster uses a storage policy with FTT=2 (RAID-6). Each object is 256 GB. What is the minimum usable capacity required to store 10 such objects, accounting for overhead?

Accepted Answer

6.4 TB. Option C is correct. FTT=2 RAID-6 requires 3 copies (data + 2 parity). For 256 GB objects, total raw capacity per object = 768 GB. For 10 objects, raw = 7680 GB. With default overhead (~1.2x), usable is about 6.4 TB. Option A ignores overhead, B underestimates, D overestimates.

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5.12 TB

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2.56 TB

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10.24 TB

Question 6

An administrator wants to replicate a critical VM to a remote site with a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. Which vSphere feature should be used?

Accepted Answer

vSphere Replication. Option B is correct. vSphere Replication supports RPO as low as 5 minutes (depending on configuration). vMotion is for live migration, not replication. Storage vMotion is for storage migration. SRM uses replication but is a disaster recovery orchestration platform, not a replication engine itself.

Answer

Storage vMotion

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vSphere vMotion

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Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

Question 7

Which switch type requires a separate vCenter Server to manage its configuration?

Accepted Answer

vSphere Distributed Switch. Option B is correct. vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) requires vCenter Server for management. Standard switches are managed per host. Options A and D are incorrect because standard switches are host-level. Option C is not a real switch type.

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Virtual Edge Gateway Switch

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vSphere Standard Switch

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vSphere Edge Switch

Question 8

A company uses Linked Mode vCenter Servers across two data centers. One of the links fails. What happens to the management capabilities?

Accepted Answer

Each vCenter Server can manage its own inventory, but cross-datacenter tasks fail.. Option A is correct. Each vCenter Server in Linked Mode operates independently; the link failure only affects cross-datacenter operations. Option B is incorrect because both continue working. Option C is incorrect because they are not in a failover cluster. Option D is incorrect.

Answer

Both vCenter Servers become unavailable.

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One vCenter Server takes over management of both data centers.

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vSphere HA on both clusters reactivates the link.

Question 9

An administrator wants to deploy a new ESXi host using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM). The host has a different hardware version than the cluster baseline. Which action is required?

Accepted Answer

Create a separate cluster with a compatible image specification for the new host.. Option C is correct. vLCM uses hardware compatibility checks; if the host is not compatible, it must be placed in a separate cluster or remediated via image-based management. Option A is not standard. Option B is handled by vLCM automatically if compatible. Option D is incorrect as vLCM can handle heterogeneous hardware if using clusters with multiple hardware vendors.

Answer

Use a host profile to apply the configuration.

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Replace the host hardware to match the baseline.

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Manually install the same ESXi version on the host before adding to the cluster.

Question 10

An administrator needs to migrate a powered-on VM from one datastore to another without any downtime. Which vSphere feature should be used?

Accepted Answer

Storage vMotion. Option B is correct. Storage vMotion allows live migration of VM files while the VM remains powered on. vMotion migrates compute. vSphere Replication is for DR. Storage DRS balances storage but does not directly migrate without downtime.

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Storage DRS

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vSphere Replication

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vSphere vMotion

Question 11

Which TWO features are provided by vSphere vDS (Distributed Switch) but not by a standard switch?

Accepted Answer

Network I/O Control. Options A and D are correct. Network I/O Control and port mirroring (NetFlow, switch-level monitoring) are vDS-only features. B is available on both, C is a standard switch limitation (hybrid not supported), E is available on both.

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MTU configuration

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LACP support

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VLAN support

Question 12

Which THREE parameters are considered by vSphere DRS when generating initial placement recommendations for a new VM?

Accepted Answer

Host network utilization. Options A, C, and E are correct. DRS considers host CPU load, memory load, and network utilization. B is not a direct input; DRS does not consider storage latency at placement time for new VMs (though Storage DRS does). D is not a DRS input.

Answer

Storage I/O latency

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VM power state

Question 13

Which TWO capabilities are exclusive to vSphere with Tanzu compared to standard vSphere clusters?

Accepted Answer

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service. Options A and D are correct. vSphere with Tanzu enables native Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management and can run Tanzu Kubernetes Grid VMs. B and C are available in standard vSphere. E is a feature of vSAN, not exclusive to vSphere with Tanzu.

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DRS and HA

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vMotion

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vSAN storage policies

Question 14

A company has a vSphere cluster with vSphere HA enabled. During a host failure, virtual machines on the failed host do not restart. The administrator checks the HA agent log and sees the error message: 'HA agent on host <hostname> has no master detected'. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The management network is isolated and HA isolation response is not configured. Option A is correct because the HA agents communicate via the management network; if isolation is not properly configured, a host may not detect a master. Option B is incorrect because vCenter Server being offline does not directly affect HA agent communication. Option C is incorrect because datastore heartbeats are secondary. Option D is incorrect because VDS health check is unrelated.

Answer

Datastore heartbeats are failing on the failed host

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vCenter Server service is stopped

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The VDS uplink failure detection policy is set to 'Link Status only'

Question 15

An administrator configures DRS on a cluster with two hosts. The administrator wants to ensure that two critical VMs (VM1 and VM2) always run on separate hosts. Which rule type should the administrator create?

Accepted Answer

Separate Virtual Machines. Option B is correct because 'Separate Virtual Machines' rule ensures VMs run on different hosts. Option A is incorrect as 'Keep Virtual Machines Together' causes them to run on same host. Option C is incorrect because 'Virtual Machines to Hosts' rule is for affinity to specific hosts. Option D is incorrect as 'Host Affinity' is for VM groups to host groups.

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Virtual Machines to Hosts (Should run)

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Keep Virtual Machines Together

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Virtual Machines to Hosts (Must not run)

VCP-DCV vSphere Architecture, Products and Solutions Practice Test 3 — 15 Questions

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VCP-DCV vSphere Architecture, Products and Solutions Practice Test 3 — 15 Questions

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