2V0-16.25 Sample Questions & Answers
Deploying, configuring and managing vSphere Foundation takes almost half the weighting, next to virtualization fundamentals and compute and storage basics, solution design principles, and troubleshooting networking and storage issues.
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- Question 1Advanced
IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards · Industry standards
A cloud architect is evaluating NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) for a new high-performance database cluster on vSphere 9.0. Which transport standard allows NVMe commands to be transferred over existing Fibre Channel infrastructure without requiring a complete network rip-and-replace?
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Correct answer: A
FC-NVMe (Fibre Channel over NVMe) allows NVMe command sets to be encapsulated within Fibre Channel frames. This enables organizations to leverage high-performance NVMe storage arrays while utilizing their existing Fibre Channel switching infrastructure.
- Question 2Beginner
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Compute Fundamentals
Which VMware vSphere Foundation component is responsible for centralizing the management of VM templates, ISO images, and scripts across multiple vCenter Server instances, enabling consistent provisioning standards?
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Correct answer: C
The Content Library is a container object that stores and manages content such as VM templates, vApp templates, and ISO images. It can be published and subscribed to by other vCenter Servers, ensuring consistency of images across different sites.
- Question 3Beginner
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Network Fundamentals
In a vSphere 9.0 cluster, which technology allows an administrator to conceptually aggregate bandwidth from multiple physical network adapters into a single logical pipe, providing load balancing and failover capabilities for VM traffic?
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Correct answer: C
NIC Teaming (also known as bonding or link aggregation) allows multiple physical NICs on an ESXi host to be grouped together. This provides aggregated bandwidth and redundancy; if one link fails, traffic fails over to the remaining active links.
- Question 4Intermediate
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Storage Fundamentals
What is the primary architectural difference between the vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA) and the vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) introduced in modern vSphere versions?
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Correct answer: B
vSAN ESA introduces a single-tier architecture where all NVMe devices contribute to both capacity and performance. It eliminates the disk groups concept (cache + capacity tiers) found in OSA, utilizing a new log-structured file system (LFS) for higher performance and efficiency.
- Question 5Beginner
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Compute Fundamentals
A vSphere administrator needs to ensure that mission-critical VMs are restarted on available hosts if their current host hardware fails. Which vSphere cluster feature provides this capability?
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Correct answer: D
vSphere HA provides high availability by pooling the VMs and hosts into a cluster. If a host fails, HA automatically restarts the affected VMs on other available hosts in the cluster, minimizing downtime.
- Question 6IntermediateSelect 2
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Network Fundamentals
An administrator is explaining the benefits of vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS) over Standard Switches (vSS) to the network team. Which TWO features are exclusive to the vDS? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: C, D
Advanced monitoring features like Port Mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN) and NetFlow are available only on Distributed Switches, providing deeper visibility into network traffic.
NIOC is a vDS-exclusive feature that allows reservation and prioritization of bandwidth for different traffic types (e.g., vMotion, Management, VM traffic).
- Question 7Intermediate
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Compute Fundamentals
What is the primary function of the vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) architecture?
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Correct answer: B
VCHA protects the vCenter Server instance. It creates a three-node cluster (Active, Passive, Witness) where data is replicated synchronously. If the Active node fails, the Passive node takes over, ensuring management plane availability.
- Question 8Intermediate
VMware vSphere Foundation Fundamentals · VMware Compute Fundamentals
True or False: vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) in vSphere 9.0 supports managing ESXi clusters using legacy Baselines (VUM) indefinitely.
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Correct answer: B
False. Baselines are deprecated in modern vSphere versions. While they might still exist for transition, the strategic direction is Image-based management (Cluster Images). New features and hardware support (like DPU) often require Image-based clusters.
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