NCSE-CORE Online Practice Questions and Answers

A systems engineer is building a solution for a federal government prospect that requires. FIPS 140-2 Level 2 encryption for data at rest. Which two items are required to deliver a solution that meets the encryption standard? (Choose two)

A. Nutanix Software Encryption

B. Nutanix Prism Pro Licensing

C. A supported key Management Server

D. Self-Encrypting Drive

A prospective customer is concerned about the suitability and design of using Nutanix for an upcoming Avaya IP Office migration. Which type of document should the systems engineer (SE) Provide?

A. Knowledge Base Article

B. Best Practice Guide

C. Field Advisory

D. Reference Architecture

In a competitive POC scenario, the prospect is testing Nutanix against VxRail and Hyperflex. The customer is interested in an ""All in One"" solution that's simple to deploy, manage, and grow.

Which two test plan items should the SE map to POC success criteria?

(Choose two)

A. Deploy HCIbench to determine maximum IOPS.

B. Deploy Calm to automate application deployment.

C. Expand the cluster by adding an additional node.

D. Use a single interface to manage and monitor the full stack.

E. Enable all data efficiency settings.

A prospect's business is growing 100% year over year. The prospect is interested in Nutanix for their main datacenter due to the alility to scale quickly and easily. They have three remote sites that will be refreshed within the next year. Each site needs to replicate to their many datacenter. The SE proposes the Nutanix NX line, and the prospect asks to utilize the Xpress line.

For which reason is the Xpress line the wrong choice? (Choose two)

A. SX is limited to two 4-node clusters.

B. SX has a lower services cost for installation.

C. SX is limited to one 4-node cluster.

D. SX licensing does not support cluster-to-cluster replication

E. SX licensing will not support many-to-many-cluster replication

An administrator needs to report on any alerts generated by a Nutanix cluster that affected the cluster's availability over the past 10 days. Which method should be used to locate these events?

A. On the Health dashboard, use the Log Collector to export data based on time stamp.

B. Export the cluster event log to a CSV on the Alerts dashboard.

C. On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time Range.

D. Configure an Alert Policy to generate an email with the data on the Health dashboard.

A prospect is evaluating vSphere alternatives and has received FUD regarding AHV. The SE gives a demo and provides relevant case studies, but the prospect still requests a POC.

What additional option should the SE recommend to avoid a POC?

A. Discounted Prism Pro

B. X-Ray

C. Nutanix Technology Bootcamp

D. Xtract for VMs

An SE builds a Sizer scenario for SQL server running on Cisco C240 M4 servers.

Using only the Sizer BOM, which two actions can be performed? (Choose two)

A. Reference the HCL for additional SKU's relevant to the configuration.

B. Review budgetary pricing.

C. Review workload sizing details.

D. Build a complete BOM in Cisco commerce Workspace (CCW)

When configuring Prism Central, which two log modules are able to forward messages to an external syslog server? (Choose two)

A. API Audit

B. Flow

C. DNS

D. NTP Synchronization

A customer performs a 1-click, non-disruptive upgrade on a 3-node Nutanix cluster. While the CVM on Node A is rebooting, a VM on Node A overwrites an existing block of data. How does Nutanix AOS ensure data integrity during the upgrade? (Choose Two)

A. AOS marks the replica as read only and waits until the original replica is back online to prevent corruption.

B. AOS writes two copies across the remaining nodes to maintain resiliency

C. AOS leverages Erasure Coding to maintain resiliency.

D. AOS only overwrite the available copy and waits until the original copy is back online before restoring resiliency

prospect uses Vmware, Oracle, and Microsoft products for a critical application. The prospect prefers an all flash array because they have significantly invested in servers for their Oracle environment to save on licensing costs.

which feature should be discussed to address this objection?

A. AHV

B. Hyper-V support

C. ABS

D. All flash nodes