Data Storage Associate Cer fica on Exam QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST RATED A+ 2025/2026
Why would doing backups to tape be a good idea? - Ans Cheap, inexpensive. 10 year archive
reten on
Disadvantage is recovering speed
What is the primary func on of RAM? - Ans Temporary data storage
What performs calcula on for ac ve tasks? - Ans CPU
What is a primary advantage of flash over a hard disk? - Ans Access Speed
Primary advantage of hard disk: - Ans Cost
Best word that describes RAM - Ans Vola le
What is parody in RAID used for? - Ans Adding checksomes into data to determine if the data
was received correctly
What raid types use distributed parody? (Select 2) - Ans RAID 5 & RAID 6
Minimum number of drives required for RAID 5? - Ans 3
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be done for the host to see the LUN - Ans
The switches must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
, What is a firewall good for? - Ans Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to a so=ware firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - Ans Equal Cost Mul Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggrega on control protocol) - algorithm op ons? - Ans Cost→
hashing using mac address, tcp...
Dynamic rou ng vs Sta c Rou ng - Ans DHCP
Sta c: Consistent
Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - Ans Recovery point objec ve
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - Ans Recovery me objec ve
How much me you plan to be down
What is SLA? - Ans Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for down me/ recovery me
Reten on period - Ans How long you keep backups
What governs reten on policy? Government regula ons
What is the most important reason for backups? - Ans recovery
AND ANSWERS NEWEST RATED A+ 2025/2026
Why would doing backups to tape be a good idea? - Ans Cheap, inexpensive. 10 year archive
reten on
Disadvantage is recovering speed
What is the primary func on of RAM? - Ans Temporary data storage
What performs calcula on for ac ve tasks? - Ans CPU
What is a primary advantage of flash over a hard disk? - Ans Access Speed
Primary advantage of hard disk: - Ans Cost
Best word that describes RAM - Ans Vola le
What is parody in RAID used for? - Ans Adding checksomes into data to determine if the data
was received correctly
What raid types use distributed parody? (Select 2) - Ans RAID 5 & RAID 6
Minimum number of drives required for RAID 5? - Ans 3
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be done for the host to see the LUN - Ans
The switches must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
, What is a firewall good for? - Ans Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to a so=ware firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - Ans Equal Cost Mul Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggrega on control protocol) - algorithm op ons? - Ans Cost→
hashing using mac address, tcp...
Dynamic rou ng vs Sta c Rou ng - Ans DHCP
Sta c: Consistent
Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - Ans Recovery point objec ve
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - Ans Recovery me objec ve
How much me you plan to be down
What is SLA? - Ans Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for down me/ recovery me
Reten on period - Ans How long you keep backups
What governs reten on policy? Government regula ons
What is the most important reason for backups? - Ans recovery
