A4040-123 by IBM Actual Free Exam Questions And Answers

Question 1

The IT director of a data center has servers from Dell, IBM and Sun:
-The Dell servers run Linux -The Sun Servers run Solaris -The IBM servers run AIX.
Consolidation to fewer platforms is being considered.
What competitive advantage does the purchase of a new POWER7 server have over a new Sun T5 server for this customer environment?

A. Capacity on Demand resources can be activated in increments of one tenth of a processor core.

B. Linux and AIX run natively on Power Systems servers.

C. A POWFR7 system supports twice the number simultaneous threads per clock cycle of Dell and Sun systems.

D. WPAR5 can be implemented on an AIX system to support both of the UNIX and Linux workloads.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 2

Which statement is a technology advantage for PowerVM on Power Systems compared to VMware on x86 systems?

A. PowerVM establishes electrically isolated logical partitions to separate workloads from each other

B. PowerVM permits each core to be divided into multiple virtual machines.

C. PowerVM allows the relocation of active partitions to other servers

D. PowerVM uses a firmware layer called the POWER Hypervisorto provide virtualization capabilities for the entire system

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question 3

A 16-core Power 730 running Red Hat Linux is being considered as a platform for a high performance, big data application and needs 7TB of disk space.
Which storage option will provide the highest overall performance and use the least amount of rack space?

A. EXP30 using AIX Logical Volume Mirroring

B. DCS3700 using Dynamic Disk Pooling

C. SONAS using Active Cloud Engine

D. V7000 using EasyTier

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 4

Which of the following is a reason why AIX is a leader in the UNIX marketplace?

A. AIX development is outsourced worldwide to attract the best developers.

B. AIX primarily works with the Open Source community to extend its functionally.

C. AIX binary compatibility enables customers to run programs originally compiled for HP-UX and Oracle/Solaris.

D. AIX is jointly developed with Power Systems hardware and provides improved support for new technologies.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question 5

An opportunity for Power Systems servers that has been on hold has suddenly re-emerged. The prospective customer has a very short time to spend some remaining budget on storage and a new server.
The CIO needs solution information quickly so that approvals can be obtained from the executive staff.
What resource can help expedite the process?

A. Pre-Sales Advisor

B. Proposal templates

C. Competeline

D. Techline PartnerLine

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 6

How is Red Hat Linux licensed on Power Systems servers?

A. By the core

B. By the socket and LPAR count

C. By the socket

D. By the server class (Small, Medium or Large) and LPAR count

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 7

What is an advantage of running virtualized Linux partitions on a PowerLinux server compared to virtualized images on an x86 system?

A. The POWER Hypervisor is not required when running Linux only partitions and can be disabled to significantly improve performance.

B. PowerLinux server hardwarenatively supports virtualization anddoes not require a virtualization layer for micropartitions

C. PowerLinux servers offer customers a choice of using PowerVM or KVM to manage virtualized Linux environments.

D. All necessary Linux virtualization software is included with PowerLinux servers at a low price point.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question 8

What feature of AIX, that is unsupported in competitive virtualization technologies, supports memory virtualization?

A. Active Memory Expansion

B. Active Memory Deduplication

C. Active Memory Sharing

D. Active Memory Mirroring

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question 9

A financial customer has a Power 760 running AIX 7.1. Auditors have given this company just a few days to eliminate exposures in both their virtualized environment and in the cloud.
What product can they deploy to comply with the audit requirements?

A. Tivoli Secure Cloud

B. AIX encryption keys

C. Secure WPARS

D. PowerSC

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and AIX & Linux Sales Skills -v2 - A4040-123 Exam Practice Test

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