Nutanix ncp-mca practice test

A blueprint was developed for deploying a standard 3-tier hosting environment for a company's
applications. The blueprint includes a load balancer, multiple web servers, a database server, and a
small test application.
During testing of the blueprint, the application fails to connect to the database. The cause is found to
be the database software is still installing when the application starts.
Which method most efficiently prevents the application from starting before the database?

• A. Use a local install instead of downloading
• B. Create a loop to retry connection
• C. Create a service dependency
• D. Use a sleep statement in a start script

Which Prism Central setting must first be configured in order to add users to a Project?

• A. HTTP Proxy
• B. Authentication Directory
• C. Pulse
• D. Local User Role Mapping

A customer is trying to deploy an application with Calm and receives this error for a Linux VM:

What is the cause of this error within the blueprint?

• A. Connection section has a network adapter selected for the Address box in Connection section.
• B. Connection section has no network adapters selected for the Address box in Connection section.
• C. Connection Type has a protocol selected.
• D. Connection Type has no protocol selected.

Which method will result in unique names per VM when scaling out a Service in a Calm Blueprint?

• A. Guest OS customization using sysprep contains <ComputerName>@@{name}@@</ComputerName>.
• B. Service VM Name field contains the macro variable @@{calm_array_index}@@.
• C. Call an external Python eScript that uses an IPAM API to register the VM name in DNS.
• D. Set the VM Name field to allow user edits at launch so the user can enter a custom value at launch.

Which two providers are supported in Calm? (Choose two.)

• A. Oracle Cloud
• B. Kubernetes
• C. GCP
• D. IBM Cloud

An administrator has created a task for a blueprint that could be applied to another blueprint. The
administrator wants to reuse the task with the least amount of effort.
How can the administrator accomplish this?

• A. Publish the task to Github select the task from the Github Repository from the other blueprint.
• B. Publish the task to the Marketplace, select the task from the Marketplace from the other blueprint.
• C. Publish the task to the Task Repository, select the task from the Task Repository from the other blueprint.
• D. Publish the task to the Task Library select the task from the Task Library from the other blueprint.

During the deployment of a multi-step Blueprint, a failure is encountered. The administrator
corrected the failed step and saved the Blueprint.
What should the administrator do next?

• A. Delete the failed application and Launch a new application.
• B. Soft Delete the failed application and Launch a new application.
• C. Use Continue in the failed application to retry.
• D. Upon clicking Save the Blueprint task will be retried automatically.

An administrator has a vendor-provided script that must be run at 9 am every Saturday on a Linux
application VM.
The administrator currently has a playbook that has a Time trigger and a VM SSH action to execute
the script. However, the administrator has received a request to have the output of the script
emailed to the application team when it is executed.
What is the easiest way to satisfy this request?

• A. Modify the script to include a function to format the output of the script and email the output to the desired address.
• B. Add an Email action to the end of the existing playbook and use the {{action [index].response_body}} parameter in the Message field.
• C. Direct the output of the script to a file and use the Send Email with Payload action at the end of your existing playbook.
• D. Add an Email action to the end of the existing playbook and use the {{action[index] .stdout}} parameter in the Message field.

An administrator has been tasked with creating a multicloud, three-tier application using Calm. The
application needs to consist of:
A MongoDB backend database
A NodeJS Javascript runtime environment
An NGINX webserver
The administrator has access to an AWS account, as well as a locally hosted Nutanix cluster. The three
parts of the application should be fully redundant, and be able to tolerate either a cloud provider
outage, or a local Nutanix cluster outage.
What is the most appropriate solution the administrator should choose in order to meet the
requirements?

• A. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, Node/S, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, as well as an NGINX server running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
• B. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, Node/S and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, and a separate blueprint for MongoDB, NodeJS, and NGINX running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
• C. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, NodelS, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, as well as MongoDB, NodeJS, and NGINX servers running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
• D. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, NodelS, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, then manually create three EC2 instances for MongoDB, NodeJS and NGINX in AWS running on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.

Which permission level grants access to Create, Update, Delete, and Duplicate Blueprints?

• A. Consumer
• B. Operator
• C. Developer
• D. Domain Admin