PURE STORAGE DATA STORAGE ASSOCIATE
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ VLAN. Answer: Virtual LAN
◉ VSAN. Answer: Virtual SAN
◉ Virtual Fabric. Answer: A network architecture that allows
multiple virtual networks to coexist.
◉ Business Continuity. Answer: The ability to continue business
operations during a disruption.
◉ RPO. Answer: Recovery Point Objective
◉ RTO. Answer: Recovery Time Objective
◉ SLA. Answer: Service Level Agreement
◉ High Availability. Answer: A system design approach that ensures
a certain level of operational performance.
, ◉ Fault Tolerance. Answer: The ability of a system to continue
operation despite failures.
◉ Replication. Answer: The process of copying data from one
location to another.
◉ Full Volume Clone. Answer: A complete copy of a volume.
◉ Partial Volume Clone. Answer: A copy of a portion of a volume.
◉ Snapshot. Answer: A point-in-time copy of data.
◉ Asynchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a non-zero
RPO.
◉ Semi-Synchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a near-
zero RPO.
◉ Synchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a zero RPO.
◉ Backup. Answer: A copy of data to protect against loss.
◉ Full Backup. Answer: A complete copy of all data.
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ VLAN. Answer: Virtual LAN
◉ VSAN. Answer: Virtual SAN
◉ Virtual Fabric. Answer: A network architecture that allows
multiple virtual networks to coexist.
◉ Business Continuity. Answer: The ability to continue business
operations during a disruption.
◉ RPO. Answer: Recovery Point Objective
◉ RTO. Answer: Recovery Time Objective
◉ SLA. Answer: Service Level Agreement
◉ High Availability. Answer: A system design approach that ensures
a certain level of operational performance.
, ◉ Fault Tolerance. Answer: The ability of a system to continue
operation despite failures.
◉ Replication. Answer: The process of copying data from one
location to another.
◉ Full Volume Clone. Answer: A complete copy of a volume.
◉ Partial Volume Clone. Answer: A copy of a portion of a volume.
◉ Snapshot. Answer: A point-in-time copy of data.
◉ Asynchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a non-zero
RPO.
◉ Semi-Synchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a near-
zero RPO.
◉ Synchronous replication. Answer: Replication with a zero RPO.
◉ Backup. Answer: A copy of data to protect against loss.
◉ Full Backup. Answer: A complete copy of all data.