Data Storage Associate Certification Exam WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS WELL VERIFIED 2026!
Why would doing backups to tape be a good idea? - ANSWER⭐☑️Cheap, inexpensive. 10 year archive
retention
Disadvantage is recovering speed
What is the primary function of RAM? - ANSWER⭐☑️Temporary data storage
What performs calculation for active tasks? - ANSWER⭐☑️CPU
What is a primary advantage of flash over a hard disk? - ANSWER⭐☑️Access Speed
Primary advantage of hard disk: - ANSWER⭐☑️Cost
Best word that describes RAM - ANSWER⭐☑️Volatile
What is parody in RAID used for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Adding checksomes into data to determine if the data
was received correctly
What raid types use distributed parody? (Select 2) - ANSWER⭐☑️RAID 5 & RAID 6
, Minimum number of drives required for RAID 5? - ANSWER⭐☑️3
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be done for the host to see the LUN -
ANSWER⭐☑️The switches must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
What is a firewall good for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to a software firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Equal Cost Multi Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggregation control protocol) - algorithm options? - ANSWER⭐☑️Cost→
hashing using mac address, tcp...
Dynamic routing vs Static Routing - ANSWER⭐☑️DHCP
Static: Consistent
Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - ANSWER⭐☑️Recovery point objective
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - ANSWER⭐☑️Recovery time objective
How much time you plan to be down
What is SLA? - ANSWER⭐☑️Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for downtime/ recovery time
Retention period - ANSWER⭐☑️How long you keep backups
What governs retention policy? Government regulations
ANSWERS WELL VERIFIED 2026!
Why would doing backups to tape be a good idea? - ANSWER⭐☑️Cheap, inexpensive. 10 year archive
retention
Disadvantage is recovering speed
What is the primary function of RAM? - ANSWER⭐☑️Temporary data storage
What performs calculation for active tasks? - ANSWER⭐☑️CPU
What is a primary advantage of flash over a hard disk? - ANSWER⭐☑️Access Speed
Primary advantage of hard disk: - ANSWER⭐☑️Cost
Best word that describes RAM - ANSWER⭐☑️Volatile
What is parody in RAID used for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Adding checksomes into data to determine if the data
was received correctly
What raid types use distributed parody? (Select 2) - ANSWER⭐☑️RAID 5 & RAID 6
, Minimum number of drives required for RAID 5? - ANSWER⭐☑️3
You have a LUN, which of the following steps must be done for the host to see the LUN -
ANSWER⭐☑️The switches must be zoned to allow the host to see the array
What is a firewall good for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Blocking access
Hardware firewall is more reliable and speed compared to a software firewall
What does ECMP stand for? - ANSWER⭐☑️Equal Cost Multi Pathing
What is used for LACP (link aggregation control protocol) - algorithm options? - ANSWER⭐☑️Cost→
hashing using mac address, tcp...
Dynamic routing vs Static Routing - ANSWER⭐☑️DHCP
Static: Consistent
Dynamic: Easy
What is RPO? - ANSWER⭐☑️Recovery point objective
How much data you can afford to lose
What is RTO - ANSWER⭐☑️Recovery time objective
How much time you plan to be down
What is SLA? - ANSWER⭐☑️Service level agreement
Contractual agreement to customers for downtime/ recovery time
Retention period - ANSWER⭐☑️How long you keep backups
What governs retention policy? Government regulations
