1. A network engineer is investigating slow response times for queries to a cloud-hosted database. The switch configurations show that there are several traffic bottlenecks. Which of the following should the engineer implement to BEST solve the problem and prevent future issues?

2. A company wants to streamline their reporting tools. They have decided to implement a third party SaaS cloud reporting tool to process additional data, but will continue to process confidential data internally. Which of the following deployment models is BEST suited for the company?

3. Which of the following backup types will enable scheduled point-in-time recovery of data and is accessible to end-users?

4. Which of the following terms would describe a cloud characteristic that hosts separate customers on shared infrastructure?

5. Which of the following network terms describes the process of grouping similar traffic on a network?

6. A system administrator has a server that has lost one of its connections to an adjacent server room. The server can still be accessed remotely through its single network interface; however, it has lost access to some of its drives. Which of the following is MOST likely correct?

7. Which of the following factors yields cost savings in cloud computing?

8. A business has a virtualized environment which relies on specific file types, formats, and vendor supported tools. The business is MOST likely using which of the following?

9. An administrator has installed a new NAS and is now attempting to optimize the servers for best performance when communicating with the NAS. Modifying which of the following would MOST likely enhance throughput?

10. An administrator has overcommitted resources in a cluster. An application team would like assurance that performance will not be adversely affected. Which of the following can the administrator configure to ensure optimum application performance?

11. The administrator wants to have central storage for all of the files to be stored for each VM. Which of the following is used to connect a host to a SAN utilizing a fiber connection?

12. A technician has recently virtualized an older business critical fax server. The fax application relies on a proprietary fax modem and it is not working anymore. Which of the following has the technician failed to do?

13. An administrator is tasked with encrypting all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within a cloud based database. Which of the following types of encryption will ensure that ONLY this type of information is encrypted while the rest of the database remains unencrypted?

14. Which of the following is a file transfer protocol that would be MOST appropriate for transferring sensitive data?

15. Which of the following can be used to enable out-of-band management of a Windows-based host?

16. Which of the following describes federated access control?

17. Which of the following should be implemented to ensure email continuity is not disrupted if one of multiple datacenters experiences an outage?

18. A VM that is generally used for development is tested quarterly on other hypervisors to validate sideways compatibility. Which of the following migrations does this describe?

19. Geo-clustering protects against which of the following?

20. An administrator, who operates a public cloud, has been tasked with implementing a secondary datacenter for failover purposes. Immediate replication has too much of an impact on the WAN link during production hours. Which of the following is the BEST option?

21. Which of the following could be assigned to a virtual CPU?

22. The BEST way to compare daily performance metrics against a

23. An administrator has recently added a new host server to a private cloud environment. The host has two quad-core processors and 128GB of RAM. The server will have ten guest servers that require a minimum of 1 CPU and 8GB of RAM per server. Four of the servers will only be used during off hours. Which of the following should the administrator implement to ensure that the guest servers have the proper resources?

24. The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has recently implemented a policy requiring all critical systems, including the virtualized environment to be highly available in the primary datacenter. The organization also maintains a cold site for disaster recovery. Which of the following BEST satisfies this requirement?

25. An administrator is tasked with ensuring that any new virtual server deployed will meet the minimum requirements for the environment. Which of the following items would be included in a baseline for a VM template?