CNIT 242 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔vCenter Server - ✔✔Management of machines and servers
✔✔VMotion and Storage Vmotion - ✔✔The ability to move running VMs between
servers
✔✔VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) - ✔✔Allocates resources across
VMs on an as-needed and real-time basis
✔✔VMware HA (High Availability) and FT (Fault Tolerance) - ✔✔Automatic failover
protection for VMs during server failures
✔✔VMware ESX Server includes - ✔✔"Service Console"
✔✔Service Console is... - ✔✔Extension to the Linux kernel that includes
functionality for script execution, 3rd-party hardware smonitoring and low-level backup
✔✔VMware ESXi Server has the same functionality as... - ✔✔ESX Server
✔✔VMware ESXi Server uses a special VM for... - ✔✔console functionality
✔✔VMware ESXi Server can be... - ✔✔embedded or installable
✔✔Embedded - ✔✔is loaded in firmware - no installation
required
✔✔Installable - ✔✔can run from a USB stick or can network
boot
, ✔✔VMKernel - ✔✔the underlying O/S, is a scaled down Linux kernel that utilizes an in-
memory file system
✔✔Multiple APIs allow for... - ✔✔communication and management at
the VMKernel level
✔✔Vmware ESXi Server can... - ✔✔run diskless.
✔✔VMware ESXi have access to... - ✔✔ESXi interface accomplished via VMware
vSphere Client
✔✔ESXi servers directly - ✔✔to manage VMs on that server
✔✔HTTP can be used to... - ✔✔access vCenter but with reduced functionality
✔✔The client also provides access to server-specific
configurations such as... - ✔✔- Storage configuration
- Timekeeping
- Users / Groups
✔✔Virtual switches are used to... - ✔✔allow multiple logical systems to access a single
shared NIC
✔✔Each Virtual Networking has one or more... - ✔✔physical Network Interface Cards
(NIC)
✔✔Each Network Interface Cards has... - ✔✔an IP Address and a MAC Address
✔✔Each NIC connects to... - ✔✔a virtual switch
✔✔Each NIC act like... - ✔✔physical switches
✔✔Each NIC allows connectivity between... - ✔✔the Physical NIC, Virtual Machines,
and the hyper-visor itself
✔✔Virtual Switches (vSwitches) are segregated into... - ✔✔port groups
✔✔Each port group can have a separate - ✔✔802.1Q VLAN
✔✔Each VLAN - ✔✔allows multiple segments to be trunked onto a single connection.
✔✔Types of virtual machine port groups: - ✔✔-Kernel port groups
-Virtual Machine port groups
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔vCenter Server - ✔✔Management of machines and servers
✔✔VMotion and Storage Vmotion - ✔✔The ability to move running VMs between
servers
✔✔VMware DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) - ✔✔Allocates resources across
VMs on an as-needed and real-time basis
✔✔VMware HA (High Availability) and FT (Fault Tolerance) - ✔✔Automatic failover
protection for VMs during server failures
✔✔VMware ESX Server includes - ✔✔"Service Console"
✔✔Service Console is... - ✔✔Extension to the Linux kernel that includes
functionality for script execution, 3rd-party hardware smonitoring and low-level backup
✔✔VMware ESXi Server has the same functionality as... - ✔✔ESX Server
✔✔VMware ESXi Server uses a special VM for... - ✔✔console functionality
✔✔VMware ESXi Server can be... - ✔✔embedded or installable
✔✔Embedded - ✔✔is loaded in firmware - no installation
required
✔✔Installable - ✔✔can run from a USB stick or can network
boot
, ✔✔VMKernel - ✔✔the underlying O/S, is a scaled down Linux kernel that utilizes an in-
memory file system
✔✔Multiple APIs allow for... - ✔✔communication and management at
the VMKernel level
✔✔Vmware ESXi Server can... - ✔✔run diskless.
✔✔VMware ESXi have access to... - ✔✔ESXi interface accomplished via VMware
vSphere Client
✔✔ESXi servers directly - ✔✔to manage VMs on that server
✔✔HTTP can be used to... - ✔✔access vCenter but with reduced functionality
✔✔The client also provides access to server-specific
configurations such as... - ✔✔- Storage configuration
- Timekeeping
- Users / Groups
✔✔Virtual switches are used to... - ✔✔allow multiple logical systems to access a single
shared NIC
✔✔Each Virtual Networking has one or more... - ✔✔physical Network Interface Cards
(NIC)
✔✔Each Network Interface Cards has... - ✔✔an IP Address and a MAC Address
✔✔Each NIC connects to... - ✔✔a virtual switch
✔✔Each NIC act like... - ✔✔physical switches
✔✔Each NIC allows connectivity between... - ✔✔the Physical NIC, Virtual Machines,
and the hyper-visor itself
✔✔Virtual Switches (vSwitches) are segregated into... - ✔✔port groups
✔✔Each port group can have a separate - ✔✔802.1Q VLAN
✔✔Each VLAN - ✔✔allows multiple segments to be trunked onto a single connection.
✔✔Types of virtual machine port groups: - ✔✔-Kernel port groups
-Virtual Machine port groups
