CCA-V Sample Questions & Answers
Initial deployment of the Virtual Apps and Desktops environment carries slightly more weight than the rest, split evenly across printing, PowerShell, basic security, monitoring, making resources available to users, access management, and Citrix Cloud migration.
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- Question 1Intermediate
Deploying Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops · Core component installation and configuration
A multinational corporation is preparing to deploy Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) alongside their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR deployment to optimize user profile load times. The administrators are defining the architecture.
Which component must be installed on the user's virtual desktop to allow WEM to apply optimizations and settings?
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Correct answer: C
The WEM Agent is the component that must be installed on the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) machines. It connects to the WEM Infrastructure Service to retrieve settings and applies the optimizations to the user's session. The other components manage or store the configurations.
- Question 2Intermediate
Deploying Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops · Core component installation and configuration
When configuring Citrix Profile Management for a non-persistent VDI environment, an administrator needs to ensure that large files, such as browser caches, are not synchronized back to the user store to save storage space and reduce logon/logoff times. The administrator should configure the '_____' policy setting.
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Correct answer: A
The 'Exclusion list - directories' (and files) policy is used to prevent specific folders, such as AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache, from being synchronized to the profile store. Profile Streaming optimizes how profiles are loaded, but doesn't prevent data from being stored. Active Write Back synchronizes files during the session, not excluding them.
- Question 3Intermediate
Providing Resources to End Users · Resource delivery and performance-optimizing configurations
A Citrix Administrator has updated a master image with new software patches. The administrator needs to deploy this updated image to an existing Machine Creation Services (MCS) Machine Catalog. What is the correct sequence of actions to ensure users receive the new image seamlessly?
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Correct answer: D
To update an MCS catalog, the administrator must first power down the master image (optional but recommended) and take a hypervisor snapshot. Then, in Citrix Studio, right-click the Machine Catalog (not the Delivery Group) and select 'Update Machines'. The wizard will prompt for a rollout strategy, allowing the admin to apply the update immediately or at the next reboot.
- Question 4Beginner
Providing Resources to End Users · Resource delivery and performance-optimizing configurations
A new IT associate is learning about Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops terminology. They need to understand the fundamental difference between a Machine Catalog and a Delivery Group. Which statement accurately describes their relationship?
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Correct answer: B
Machine Catalogs represent the physical or virtual machines themselves (the compute resources). Delivery Groups take machines from one or more Machine Catalogs and assign them to specific users, detailing whether they receive a full desktop, specific applications, or both.
- Question 5IntermediateSelect 2
Providing Resources to End Users · Resource delivery and performance-optimizing configurations
To optimize the performance of virtual desktops for remote workers on high-latency WAN connections, a Citrix Administrator is reviewing HDX policies. Which TWO policy settings should the administrator configure to improve the user experience under these specific network conditions? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: A, E
Adaptive Transport (EDT) uses UDP to optimize data transfer over high-latency and high-packet-loss networks, falling back to TCP if UDP is unavailable. This significantly improves responsiveness for remote workers.
Session reliability keeps the user's session active on the screen (though frozen) during network interruptions, rather than abruptly disconnecting them. This is crucial for unstable WAN connections.
- Question 6Beginner
Providing Resources to End Users · Resource delivery and performance-optimizing configurations
True or False: When creating a Machine Catalog for a group of developers who require persistent local administrative rights to install their own software, the administrator should select a 'Pooled-Random' desktop allocation type.
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Correct answer: B
False. A Pooled-Random (non-persistent) catalog discards all changes upon reboot. Developers requiring persistent administrative rights to install software should be assigned a 'Dedicated' (persistent) desktop, allowing them to retain changes across reboots.
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