VCP-VVF Troubleshoot And Optimize Practice Question
An administrator is troubleshooting a performance bottleneck in a vSphere Foundation 9.0 cluster and decides to use esxtop. Which THREE esxtop interactive commands (single keystrokes) toggle between different resource metric views? (Choose three.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Pressing 'd' to view disk adapter statistics
In esxtop, pressing 'c' switches to CPU view, 'm' switches to memory view, 'd' switches to disk adapter view, 'v' switches to virtual disk view, and 'n' switches to network view.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Pressing 'd' to view disk adapter statistics
Why this is correct
The 'd' key switches esxtop to the physical disk adapter view.
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Pressing 'm' to view memory statistics
Why this is correct
The 'm' key switches esxtop to the memory reclamation and usage view.
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Pressing 'z' to reboot the ESXi host kernel
Why it's wrong here
There is no esxtop keystroke to reboot the host kernel.
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Pressing 'c' to view CPU statistics
Why this is correct
The 'c' key switches esxtop to the CPU utilization and scheduling view.
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Pressing 'q' to format all VMFS datastores
Why it's wrong here
The 'q' key does not format datastores (and esxtop does not format storage).
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official VMware exam blueprint
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