1.       Which of the following is described as a partial copy of a VM made at a particular moment?

a.       Virtual instance

b.      Differencing disk

c.       Hypervisor

d.      Checkpoint

2.       Which Windows Server 2012/R2 edition includes the license for one virtual instance of Windows Server 2012/R2?

a.       Enterprise Edition

b.      Standard Edition

c.       Datacenter Edition

d.      Essentials Edition

3.       What type of virtualization environment are you most likely to use for server virtualization in data centers? (Choose all that apply.)

a.       Hosted virtualization

b.      Type 2 hypervisor

c.       Bare-metal virtualization

d.      Type 1 hypervisor

4.       You have just purchased a server with Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition installed. The server has 4 GB RAM, a 200 GB hard disk, and an Intel 1.6 GHz Xeon processor with Intel-VT. You plan to install the Hyper-V server role on this server and run two Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs, each with a 2 GB RAM allocation. You have found that this server doesn’t work for this purpose, however. What should you do?

a.       Install more RAM.

b.      Install a bigger hard disk.

c.       Install Standard Edition.

d.      Upgrade the processor.

5.       If you want to run two VMs, each running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition as the guest OS, on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition server, how many Windows Server 2012 R2 licenses must you purchase?

a.       1

b.      2

c.       3

d.      None

6.       A virtual switch with the host’s physical NIC bound to the Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch protocol is called which of the following?

a.       External virtual switch

b.      Private virtual switch

c.       Hosted virtual switch

d.      Internal virtual switch

7.       You created a VM running Windows Server 2012 R2 and some applications. You want to create a second VM quickly that has the same configuration options and installed applications as the first one. You plan to use this second VM on the same Hyper-V server as the first. You want good disk performance from both VMs. What should you do?

a.       Create a VM with a differencing disk. Assign the first VM’s virtual disk as the parent disk; the first VM will continue to use its original virtual disk.

b.      Export the first VM, and import it with the “Copy the virtual machine” option to create the second VM.

c.       Create a VM. Create a checkpoint of the first VM. Copy and rename the checkpoint file and use it for the second VM’s virtual hard disk.

d.      Export the first VM and import it using the “Register the virtual machine in place” option. Use the imported VM as the second virtual server.

8.       You have an old server running Windows Server 2012 R2 that has had intermittent hardware failures in the past few months that cause the server to shut down. You haven’t been able to isolate the problem, but you suspect the hard disks are beginning to fail, and the server is no longer under warranty. You have been using a Hyper-V server for about a year, with two VMs running on it. This quad-core server has plenty of disk space and ample processing power and memory. Which of the following might be a good solution for the ailing server that requires the least amount of cost and administrative effort?

a.       Purchase a new machine. Remove the hard disk from the old server, and install it in the new server.

b.      Create a VM on your Hyper-V server. Remove the hard disk from the old machine, and install it in the Hyper-V server. Set the disk offline and use it as a pass-through disk for the new VM.

c.       Create a VM on your Hyper-V server. On the old server, run a physical-to-virtual conversion. Use the resulting virtual hard disk file as the virtual disk for the new VM. Take the old server offline.

d.      Create a VM on your Hyper-V server. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 as the guest OS. Carefully configure the guest OS to match the old server’s configuration, and take the old server offline.

9.       You have three VMs that must communicate with one another and with the host computer but not be able to access the physical network directly. What type of virtual network should you create?

a.       Private

b.      Internal

c.       Hosted

d.      External

10.   You’re installing a new VM in Hyper-V that requires excellent disk performance for the installed applications to perform well. The applications require a virtual disk of about 200 GB. The host has two drives: one used as the Windows system drive and the other as a data drive of 500 GB. It’s currently running a VM that uses a virtual disk stored on the host’s data drive. This VM requires little disk access, uses only 20 GB of the host’s data drive, and will max out at 40 GB. What type of disk should you use for the new VM you’re installing?

a.       Differencing disk

b.      Dynamically expanding disk

c.       Pass-through disk

d.      Fixed-size disk

11.   Your Hyper-V server has a single disk of 300 GB being used as the system disk and to host a dynamically expanding disk for a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. The VM’s virtual disk has a maximum size of 200 GB and is currently 80 GB and growing. You have only about 30 GB free space on the host disk. You have noticed disk contention with the host OS, and the constant need for the virtual disk to expand is causing performance problems. You also have plans to install at least one more VM. You have installed a new 500 GB hard disk on the host and want to make sure the VM doesn’t contend for the host’s system disk, and the expansion process doesn’t hamper disk performance. What should you do?

a.       Create a new fixed-size disk on the new drive. Use the Disk Management MMC on the VM to extend the current disk to the new fixed-size disk.

b.      Shut down the VM. Convert the dynamically expanding disk to a fixed-size disk, being sure to place the fixed-size disk on the new host drive. Connect the VM to the fixed-size disk in place of the dynamically expanding disk. Delete the old virtual disk.

c.       Shut down the VM. Create a new fixed-size disk on the new drive. Copy the contents of the dynamically expanding disk to the new fixed-size disk. Connect the VM to the fixedsize disk in place of the dynamically expanding disk. Delete the old virtual disk.

d.      Create a new fixed-size disk on the new drive. Add the fixed-size disk to the VM as a new disk. On the VM, create a new volume on the new disk, and begin saving files to the new volume.

12.   Your network has had long power outages that have caused Hyper-V servers to shut down after the UPS battery is drained. When power returns, the Hyper-V servers restart automatically, but the VMs don’t start. You need to make sure the VMs start when the host starts. What should you do?

a.       Change the VMs’ BIOS settings.

b.      Write a script on the host that starts the VMs automatically when the host starts.

c.       Reinstall Integration Services.

d.      Change the automatic start action setting on the VMs.

13.   You solved the problem with VMs not starting when the host restarts, but now you notice that VMs take a long time to start when the host starts. On some hosts, you have as many as six VMs. You also find that the VM running an application server can’t initialize correctly because the VM running DNS isn’t available immediately. What can you do to improve VMs’ startup times and solve the application server problem?

a.       Set a virtual machine priority in Hyper-V’s Settings window.

b.      Set a startup delay for each VM, making sure the delay for the DNS server is lower than the application server’s.

c.       Change the BIOS settings of the DNS server to use the Quick Boot option.

d.      Assign more virtual processors to the VMs you want to start faster.

14.   Checkpoints for your test VMs are taking up too much space on the host’s system disk. You have two test VMs running, each with one checkpoint to represent the baseline testing environment. You’re finished with your current testing and are ready for another round of testing, but you want to make sure your checkpoints are stored on another volume. What should you do?

a.       In Hyper-V Manager, change the checkpoints’ path in the Settings window to point to the other volume; the checkpoints are moved automatically.

b.      Use File Explorer to move the checkpoint files from their current location to the other volume.

c.       Shut down the VMs. Apply the checkpoint to each VM, and delete all checkpoints in Hyper-V Manager. Change the path of the checkpoint files to the other volume, and create a new checkpoint for each VM.

d.      In each VM’s settings, change the checkpoint path. Apply the checkpoint, and then create a new checkpoint for each VM. Delete the old checkpoints in File Explorer.

15.   Which of the following is true about using differencing disks?

a.       Checkpoints can be used with differencing disks, but performance is decreased.

b.      The parent disk must not be changed.

c.       The parent disk must always be connected to a running VM.

d.      Differencing disks are very similar to fixed-size disks.

16.   You have four checkpoints of a VM. You want to return the VM to its state when the second checkpoint was taken. Which checkpoint option should you use?

a.       Apply

b.      Save

c.       Select

d.      Revert

17.   You’re working with a Windows Server 2003 VM in Hyper-V. Every time you click the mouse in the VM window, it’s captured, and you have to press Ctrl+Alt+left arrow to use the mouse on the host OS, which is getting annoying. What can you do to make using the VM easier?

a.       Install a new mouse on the host system that supports Hyper-V.

b.      Install Integration Services on the host computer.

c.       Install Integration Services on the VM.

d.      Install emulated mouse drivers on the VM.

18.   You want to run four VMs on a Hyper-V server. Two VMs need to be assigned 1 GB RAM, and two need to be assigned 1.5 GB RAM for optimal performance. How much RAM should be installed on the host computer?

a.       512 MB

b.      4 GB

c.       5 GB

d.      6 GB

19.   You want to run three VMs on a Hyper-V server. Two of the VMs should be assigned two virtual processors, and the other requires only one. The host should have at least four processor cores dedicated to it. What configuration should you use on the host?

a.       A quad-core CPU

b.      Two quad-core CPUs

c.       Two dual-core CPUs

d.      One quad-core and one dual-core CPU

20.   You have just installed a VM named VM5 running an application that requires the best possible network performance when communicating with resources on the physical LAN. The host has four NICs. One NIC is dedicated to the host computer, and the other two are bound to two virtual switches used by four other VMs on the system. One of the NICs is currently unused. What network configuration should you use that wouldn’t disturb the current VM’s network configuration?

a.       Connect VM5 to an internal network, and run RRAS on the host server.

b.      Connect the four existing VMs to a private network, create a NIC team on the host server, and bind the NIC team to a virtual switch for VM5 to use.

c.       In Virtual Switch Manager, bind the unused NIC to an external virtual switch and enable SR-IOV. Connect VM5’s virtual network adapter to that virtual switch and enable SR-IOV on the virtual network adapter.

d.      Create a NIC team in VM5, using all four NICs on the host. Turn on virtual network adapter sharing so that the NICs can be used for both the team and the other two virtual switches.

21.   You created a VM and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 over the network, using PXE boot. When you start the VM, it doesn’t attempt to boot from the network. What should you do?

a.       Install a legacy virtual network adapter.

b.      Configure the VM as a generation 2 VM.

c.       Install a synthetic virtual network adapter.

d.      Enable PXE boot in the VM’s BIOS settings.

22.   You currently have four VMs running on a Hyper-V server. You find that VM2 sometimes monopolizes disk I/O. You want to limit the amount of disk resources VM2 can use so that the other VMs have satisfactory disk performance. What should you do?

a.       Enable SR-IOV on VM2’s virtual hard disk.

b.      Enable virtual hard disk sharing on VM2.

c.       Configure VM2’s disk as a pass-through disk.

d.      Enable storage QoS on VM2’s virtual hard disk.

23.   You currently have four VMs running on a Hyper-V server. You need to increase the amount of memory to VM4 so that you can install a new application. You’re running low on physical memory. You tried to allocate less memory to the other three VMs to free up memory, but after you did so, they wouldn’t start. What can you do that doesn’t involve installing additional physical memory on the host or changing the configuration of the guest OSs?

a.       Enable Dynamic Memory on all the VMs, and set the startup memory higher than the minimum memory.

b.      Configure resource metering on all four VMs.

c.       Uninstall server roles on the guest OSs until you have enough free memory for VM4.

d.      Enable memory QoS on the other three VMs and set a maximum IOPS for their memory use.

24.   You’re using a VM with a Windows 8.1 Pro guest OS to run applications that you want isolated from the host computer and the LAN. However, you want to be able to print from the VM to the printer connected to your host and copy files between the host and guest OS. The VM is connected to a private virtual switch. What can you do?

a.       Enable Enhanced Session mode in Hyper-V, and verify that Remote Desktop Services is running on the guest.

b.      Create shares on the host and VM to transfer files back and forth, and install a printer driver on the guest OS.

c.       Connect the VM running Windows 8.1 to an external virtual switch.

d.      Install Integration Services on the Windows 8.1 guest OS and enable the device-sharing and file-sharing options.