Free Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Integration - AWS (NCP-CI-AWS) Practice Questions

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1. 1What does default EC2 tenancy allow to happen to an NC2 bare-metal instance during a power cycle?

   1. A.It may move to a different physical host.Correct answer: A
   2. B.It must move to a different physical host.
   3. C.It must remain on the original physical host.
   4. D.It must change physical host and instance type.

   Explanation: "bare-metal instances can migrate across different hosts during an instance power-cycle operation." The migration is possible, not mandatory; default tenancy does not require the instance to remain on the original host.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Supported Regions and Bare-metal Instances — Default tenancy

2. 2What is the default availability-zone placement of an NC2 on AWS cluster?

   1. A.Two availability zones
   2. B.All zones in the region
   3. C.One zone in each of two regions
   4. D.A single availability zoneCorrect answer: D

   Explanation: "NC2 on AWS deploys a cluster in a single availability zone by default." The default places a cluster in one zone. A second cluster in another zone is an additional deployment model, not the default for one cluster.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — NC2 on AWS Deployment Models — Single Availability Zone Deployment

3. 3An administrator changes an inbound rule in a cluster's default UVM security group. What is the scope of that rule change?

   1. A.All UVMs in a single selected subnet
   2. B.All UVMs in every cluster in the VPC
   3. C.All UVMs in every cluster in the same availability zone
   4. D.All UVMs in the affected clusterCorrect answer: D

   Explanation: "When you amend inbound and outbound rules within the default UVM security group, the policies are applied to all UVMs that are part of the cluster." The default group applies cluster-wide to its UVMs, not only to one VM, management CVMs, or other clusters.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Network Security using AWS Security Groups

4. 4What does Prism Element show when an NC2 cluster loses rack awareness?

   1. A.An alert and Critical data resiliency statusCorrect answer: A
   2. B.An alert and Healthy data resiliency status
   3. C.No alert and Critical data resiliency status
   4. D.No alert and Healthy data resiliency status

   Explanation: "If a cluster loses rack awareness, an alert is displayed in the Alerts dashboard of the Prism Element web console and the Data Resiliency Status dashboard displays a Critical status." Loss of rack awareness is accompanied by Critical status, rather than a healthy, warning, or resolved state.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — NC2 Architecture — Maintaining Availability: Node and Rack Failure

5. 5Which statement describes hibernation support for NC2 on AWS tenancy models?

   1. A.Default tenancy never supports hibernation.
   2. B.Dedicated Host tenancy does not support hibernation.Correct answer: B
   3. C.Dedicated Host tenancy supports hibernation after UVM shutdown.
   4. D.Hibernation requires Dedicated Host tenancy.

   Explanation: "You cannot hibernate an NC2 cluster that uses dedicated-host tenancy because dedicated-host clusters cannot be hibernated." Default tenancy can support hibernation subject to other prerequisites; dedicated-host clusters cannot be hibernated.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Dedicated Host Tenancy — Considerations

6. 6An administrator plans to use Flow Virtual Networking for a new NC2 on AWS cluster. When must it be enabled?

   1. A.After the first host is replaced
   2. B.After a native cluster is deployed
   3. C.During the first capacity expansion
   4. D.During cluster creationCorrect answer: D

   Explanation: "You can only enable Flow Virtual Networking while creating the NC2 on AWS cluster." A cluster deployed with native networking cannot later enable Flow Virtual Networking; the other choices occur after deployment.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Creating a Cluster — Network

7. 7Which traffic is governed by the UVM group among default NC2 security groups?

   1. A.External traffic entering or leaving UVMsCorrect answer: A
   2. B.AHV-to-CVM traffic within the cluster
   3. C.UVM-to-CVM communication within the cluster
   4. D.External UVM traffic across every cluster in the VPC

   Explanation: "UVM: Controls external traffic entering or leaving the UVMs." Internal Management controls AHV-to-CVM traffic and User Management controls UVM-to-CVM traffic.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Default Security Groups

8. 8Which interface must be used to expand the node capacity of an NC2 on AWS cluster?

   1. A.NC2 consoleCorrect answer: A
   2. B.Prism Element web console
   3. C.Prism Central web console
   4. D.AWS EC2 instance console

   Explanation: "You must update the cluster capacity by using the NC2 console only. Support to update the cluster capacity by using the Prism Element web console is not available." NC2 console is the prescribed interface for this lifecycle operation.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Updating Cluster Capacity

9. 9Before choosing an instance type for an NC2 cluster in an AWS region, what must be checked for the selected availability zone?

   1. A.Whether every instance type is supported in the zone
   2. B.Whether the same type is supported in every AWS region
   3. C.Whether that specific instance type is supported in the zoneCorrect answer: C
   4. D.Whether the type is supported only in the region's first zone

   Explanation: "Before you deploy a cluster, check if the EC2 instance type is supported in the Availability Zone in which you need to deploy the cluster." Support in the selected zone is the relevant check; support for every type or in every region is not required.

   Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Requirements for NC2 on AWS — vCPU Limits

10. 10What is the NC2 cluster's VPC CIDR requirement when the VPC has primary and secondary CIDRs?

    1. A.The cluster must use the VPC primary CIDR.Correct answer: A
    2. B.The cluster must use a VPC secondary CIDR.
    3. C.The cluster can use either primary or secondary CIDR.
    4. D.The cluster must span primary and secondary CIDRs.

    Explanation: "You must create the cluster in the AWS VPC primary CIDR. You cannot use the associated secondary CIDR; otherwise, the cluster creation fails." The guide specifically requires the primary CIDR; using the associated secondary CIDR fails cluster creation.

    Reference: Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS Deployment and User Guide — Creating a Cluster — Network