Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2

Question 1

A prospective customer is comparing an IBM i solution to an Intel-based solution. They have expressed a concern about recent virus attacks upon others in their industry.
Which of the following is a correct statement about IBM i that may make the customer feel better about an IBM i solution?

A. Virus Scanning Enablement provides an open set of API is that allow anti-virus business partner products be used to protect IBM i.

B. Because IBM i is a proprietary, object-oriented architecture, it is not susceptible to virus attacks.

C. Anti-virus utilities are built into IBM i and virus scan enablement is provided automatically.

D. The unique architecture of IBM i makes it unlikely that a virus could be written to attack it.

Correct Answer: D

Question 2

What no-charge function of IBM i allows a customer with directly attached internal disks to replicate data to a system located in another part of the city?

A. Global Mirror

B. Flash Copy

C. Remote journaling

D. Geographic mirroring

Correct Answer: C

Question 3

A customer is running IBM i 7,1 with storage provided by a Storwize V7000. ERP data is placed within an iASP. The customer needs to reduce the backup window as much as possible.
Which of the following is needed to achieve this goal?

A. Real-time compression

B. IBM ProtecTIER virtual tape system

C. Flash Copy with IBM i Copy Services Toolkit

D. Snap manager for IBM i

Correct Answer: C

Question 4

A customer has IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86. The customer is refreshing their infrastructure and might drop IBM i as they cannot maintain management skills for all their different virtualization software.
How can this issue be addressed?

A. The PowerVM roadmap shows virtualization solutions for IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86.

B. IBM i can host and manage AIX and Linux partitions, eliminating the need for virtualization skills on x86.

C. The IBM i roadmap offers FSM, providing a single point of management for IBM i, AIX and Linux on Power Systems and Linux on x86.

D. Fewer virtualization skills are required on IBM i because LPAP creation and management are integrated into the operating system.

Correct Answer: C

Question 5

What is the purpose of CPW?

A. CPW measures performance of processor, network and disk on IBM for comparison against AIX and Linux operating systems.

B. CPW measures a standard workload, allowing a relative comparison of the performance of various Power Systems models.

C. CPW is a method to size industry computer systems for cloud-based applications and anticipated workloads.

D. CPW allows comparison of different application workloads running on various Power Systems servers.

Correct Answer: B

Question 6

A Power 770 customer wants to purchase second Power 770 that would only be used in a disaster recovery (DR) situation. They have stated that the cost of purchasing the same number of IBM i licenses for an inactive DR system is too expensive.
Which solution supports the DR requirement and addresses the concern about IBM licensing costs?

A. A new Power 770 Capacity Backup (CBU) system

B. The IBM SmartCloud Enterprise solution

C. The PowerHA v7 for IBM i Edition

D. A new Power 770 with On/Off Capacity on Demand

Correct Answer: A

Question 7

Under which conditions would adding SSD5 be an appropriate technical and financial solution for a customer?

A. When processor is constrained but memory and disk I/O are not constrained

B. When disk capacity is constrained but processor and disk I/O are not constrained

C. When disk I/O is constrained but disk capacity and memory are not constrained

D. When memory is constrained but disk I/O and processor are not constrained

Correct Answer: C

Question 8

A prospective customer is interested in several IBM i ISV offerings but has heard that it can take over a year to properly size a server and then implement the application.
What can IBM offer with IBM i to address this concern?

A. IBM provides a standard on-line sizing questionnaire that gathers customer requirements and provides them to the ISV with the preferred solution.

B. IBM Solution Editions come in a choice of 3 flexible configurations, and include a service voucher for implementation assistance from IBM or the authorized ISV.

C. IBM PartnerWorld works with ISVs and their customers to develop a prospect guide that includes ISV product reviews and ratings to help their decision

D. IBM Field Technical Support Specialists work with ISV5 to configure and implement Power Systems solutions for customers.

Correct Answer: B

Question 9

A company replaced an HP-UX Oracle system with a new Power 740 running IBM I.
The company DBA, who managed data placement on the HP-UX system, recently resigned.
Which of the following should be reviewed with the customer?

A. DB2 for IBM i includes SQL data management which automatically manages data on storage, on external media, or on another system.

B. DB2 for IBM i uses logical files whose access paths are immediately updated each time a record is changed, added, or deleted.

C. DB2 for IBM i is administered exclusively with IBM i Navigator providing a graphical user interface for simplified data placement.

D. DB2 for IBM i automatically spreads the data across the available disk units to optimize for performance.

Correct Answer: D

IBM Assessment: Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 - A4040-124 Exam Practice Test

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