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the IBM Storage for IBM Z course.

Question 1

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the process of making extra copies of data called?

Select one:
Replication

Disaster recovery

Backup

Operational flexibility
Question 2

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1.00 points out of 1.00

Which IBM offering provides immutable copies of production

data to allow customers to recover from cyber breaches, user
errors, or malicious attacks?

Select one:
IBM Spectrum Archive

IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering

IBM Modern Data Protection

IBM DS8000 Safeguarded Copy

Question 3

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1.00 points out of 1.00

IBM Storage Insights provides businesses with:

Select one:

Flexible and scalable cloud storage for unstructured data

Management and protection of data that is used for big-

data analytics and new cognitive workloads

Cloud based AI-driven management and support

capabilities

IBM software-defined storage offerings that share the

same UI, simplify deployment, and lower cost
Question 4

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1.00 points out of 1.00

Which of the following is not a result of planned or unplanned

downtime?

Select one:
Lost revenue

Lost brand equity or trust

Lost productivity

Lost data center personnel

Question 5

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

IBM Tape Air Gap provides one of the most secure ways to
protect and confront cyber crime. What feature makes it so
secure?

Select one:
It provides the ability to maintain 2 separate data centers
with duplicate data

It provides good disaster recovery

It offers safeguards to ensure delivery of critical services

It is offline by design
Question 6

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What do you call the target time that a business sets to restore
their IT and business activities after a disaster has struck?

Select one:
Emergency Response Time (ERT)

Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Maximum Acceptable Downtime (MAD)

Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

Question 7

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the primary reason for businesses to modernize and

transform their data protection environment?

Select one:
Provide crash resistant and application consistent data
access

Take better advantage of multicloud and AI capabilities to

build competitive advantages

Automate their data processes

Control overall costs while helping to balance performance

Question 8

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1.00 points out of 1.00

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a modern, data-

driven infrastructure?

Select one:
Targeted to on-premise only

Modern
Agile

Secure to the core

Question 9

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

100% data encryption protects data at-rest and in the cloud

with no impact in performance. Where else does it protect
data?

Select one:
in non-secure storage

in multiple locations

in-flight

on disk
Question 10

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1.00 points out of 1.00

Which of the following provides the architectural foundation for

IBM Storage solutions optimized for IBM Z?

Select one:
 RedHat Hybrid Cloud
IBM POWER9 Processors

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Blockchain

Question 11

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What IBM offering helps reduce CAPEX and OPEX by enabling

hybrid cloud as an additional storage tier for data archiving,
long term retention, data protection, and access to extended
storage capacity?

Select one:
IBM Modern Data Protection

IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT)

IBM Air Gap Protection

IBM DS8000 Safeguarded Copy

Question 12

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the primary business value of IBM Storage + IBM Z?

Select one:

They allow a modern data center to leverage both private

and public clouds to gain efficiency

They deliver an optimized solution with strength in

distributed environments

They offer a total multi-layered mainframe and storage

solution that is deeply integrated with end-to-end cyber
resiliency

They deliver optimal performance to clients through the

use of NVMe solid-state-drives and NVMe-oF connections
between storage and Z

Question 13

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the name of a network security measure that is

employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure
computer network is physically isolated from unsecured
networks, such as the public internet or an unsecured local
area network (LAN)?

Select one:
Air gap

Cyber resiliency

Modern data protection

Hybrid multicloud
Question 14

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1.00 points out of 1.00

When it comes to disaster recovery and operational flexibility,

what should a well-designed system have?

Select one:

A cloud-based metadata repository with a tertiary

repository

Replication of code and data in a secondary site that is

separated by geographical distance 

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) continuity centers

that get customers back to work as quickly and efficiently
as possible

A physical library of vital records and critical systems

Question 15

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the IBM product of choice to lead with when you are
talking to clients about the explosion of data, the importance
of modernizing their data centers, running AI & Big Data
analytics workloads, and protecting against cyber attacks?

Select one:
IBM Cloud Object Storage

IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers on IBM Cloud

TS7700

IBM DS8900F

Question 16

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What is a cyber resiliency feature that prevents data from being

modified or deleted due to mistakes or intentional bad actions?

Select one:
Encryption

Isolation

Immutability

Insulation
Question 17

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What is a collection of offerings on the IBM Z platform, each

addressing a different set of IT resiliency goals that can be
tailored to meet the recovery objectives for a business called?

Select one:
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Cybersecurity Framework

IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT)

IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)

Question 18

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the core Storage offering for IBM Z?

Select one:
IBM Spectrum Discover

IBM Cloud Object Storage

IBM FlashSystem

IBM DS8900F
Question 19

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What degree of availability does the DS8900F offer?

Select one:
Eight 9s

Nine 9s

Seven 9s

Six 9s

Question 20

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

The best reason to use tape storage in a modern data center is

that tape helps protect data against ransomware and other
malware attacks by providing:

Select one:
Multisite storage

Offsite storage

Remote storage

Offline storage
Question 21

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1.00 points out of 1.00

Plans and processes for quickly reestablishing access to

applications, data, and IT resources after an outage generally
falls under the category of:

Select one:
Replication

Operational flexibility

Disaster recovery

Backup

Question 22

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

 In what stage of the cyber resiliency lifecycle would a business

define a roadmap and actions to build their cyber resilience
plan?

Select one:
Protect

Identify

Detect

Respond
Question 23

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1.00 points out of 1.00

IBM Storage Insights is both secure and General Data

Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant because:

Select one:

It eliminates the need for data lakes and data mining

It is separated from the cloud, ensuring freedom from a

cyber attack

It is not possible to see the actual data, only the

information about the storage arrays themselves

Users can see all of the data in a single view for analysis
and discovery

Question 24

Complete

1.00 points out of 1.00

What is the best way to characterize the IBM TS7700?

Select one:
A high-performance virtual tape library

A tape offering that delivers support for mixed media

configurations

A tape drive that delivers fast access to data, improves

security, and provides long-term retention at a lower cost
than disk solutions

An LTO tape storage solution that is supported on open

system platforms
Question 25

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1.00 points out of 1.00

What IBM offering is included at no extra charge with all IBM

Storage systems?

Select one:
IBM Spectrum Suite

IBM Storage Insights 

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Storage