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Feedback A minimum of 19 correct answers is required to pass.
Congratulations, you passed the quiz for the POWER9 IC922 Level 2!

Question1 What is the peak memory bandwidth of the IC922 server?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 190 GB/s per CPU; 380 GB/s total

125 GB/s per CPU; 250 GB/s total

170 GB/s per CPU; 340 GB/s total

235 GB/s per CPU; 470 GB/s total

Question 2 The IC922 server is storage-dense with strong I/O characteristics, making it an ideal server for data and cloud

Correct needs. How many drives can be supported in the server (through the local drive bays)?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
30

24

12

18

Question 3 While the IC922 is not intended to be a direct replacement for LC922, it does share some similar characteristics.

Incorrect However, the IC922 does have advantages over the LC922. Which of the following statements about these

0.00 points out advantages is *NOT* correct?

of 1.00
Select one:
There are more cores per CPU.

The maximum amount of memory supported is higher.

There are more PCIe slots in the server.

The peak memory bandwidth per CPU is higher. X

Question 4 According to analysts, how large is the accelerated inferencing market expected to be by 2023?

Incorrect
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 $3 billion USD

$7 billion USD X

$11 billion USD

$15 billion USD

Question 5 Typically, how fast is an inferencing operation expected to run?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
Sub-second >/
of 1.00

Hours

Minutes

Days

Question 6 What are the core configurations (per CPU) available for the IC922 server?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 10, 12 or 16 cores

12, 20 or 24 cores

10, 20 or 30 cores

12, 16 or 20 cores

Question 7 What is the memory capacity of the IC922 server?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 2 TB

512 GB

4 TB

1TB
Question 8 Elastic Distributed Inference (EDI) is a component of Watson Machine Learning Accelerator (either in
Technical Preview or GA depending on when you're taking this quiz). What is a benefit of EDI?
Correct

1.00 points out

Select one:
of 1.00
EDI enables you to publish inference models as services across a scalable cluster of servers, from which *
clients can consume the services.

EDI allows a single inference request to be partitioned and distributed across GPUs running on multiple
servers, speeding up execution of that one request.

EDI is meant as a high-availability feature that allows a server in the public cloud to act as a hot standby for
an on-premises inference server.

EDI takes a pre-trained model and optimizes it for inferencing for the specific hardware it is running on.

Question 9 Clients who already own or are considering purchasing AC922 servers for training may ask why these servers

Correct can’t also be used for inference. What should you tell them?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
The AC922 can be used for inference, but not by default. It must be configured at manufacturing time with
the inference-specific GPUs that are shipped with the IC922 server.

Inference software is not supported on the GPUs that are available in the AC922 server, which means that
they must purchase a separate IC922 server for inference purposes.

The IC922 is just a rebranding of the AC922 server, meaning that the specifications are identical between
them and the client can in fact run inference workloads equally on either of the AC922 or IC922 servers.

This is possible, but training and inference workloads have different characteristics and the AC922
might not be the most energy efficient and cost-effective option for inferencing.

Question 10 What value-based framework puts emphasis on methods that make AI effective and helps guide how AI models
Correct are created and applied to real-life problems?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Develop-Deploy-Infer

Data-Train-Inference V

Discover-Derive-Deploy

Ingest-Train-Score

Question 11 Which of the following is *NOT* an attribute of the IC922 server?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Fast insights

Engineered for training

Enterprise security

Future-ready
Question 12 According to a May 2018 report by Forrester Research Inc., what is the fastest growing workload type?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Artificial Intelligence (AI) V

Decision Support (DS)

Image Classification (IC)

Object Detection (OD)

Question 13 In Nvidia’s testing of the T4 GPU versus the V100 GPU, what was the difference in power utilization? (Choose
the closest number.)
Correct

1.00 points out

Select one:
of 1.00
T4 is approximately 2/3 the wattage of the V100

T4 is approximately 1/3 the wattage of the V100

T4 is approximately 2x the wattage of the V100

T4 is approximately 1.5x the wattage of the V100

Question 14 Within the AI workflow, what does the Inference stage represent?

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of 1.00 Inference is where the model learns from historic business data, adjusting parameter values within the
model to make it as accurate as possible.

Inference is where the model is deployed into production and new never seen before data is passed into it
for the purposes of making a prediction.

Inference is the earliest stage where data sources are discovered and cataloged, and the meaning of the
data is inferred from the column names within those data sources.

Inference is a method of interpreting and understanding the decision-making process within a complex
*
machine learning model.

Question 15 Traditional infrastructure isn’t well-suited for AI workloads, putting enterprise AI projects at risk. Which of the

Correct following statements regarding the suitability of traditional infrastructure for AI is *NOT* correct?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Systems don’t scale easily to meet AI demands.

The data pipeline is too slow, causing bottlenecks.

CPU processors are not optimized for AI workloads.

All AI software, regardless of vendor, simply do not run on non-GPU systems.

Question 16 What does “IC” in the name IC922 refer to?

Incorrect
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 Integrated Cloud

IBM Cognitive

Inference Cloud

Inferencing Cognition X

Question 17 On which server(s) is IBM Visual Insights (formerlly PowerAI Vision ) software supported?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 It is supported only on AC922, but not IC922.

It is not supported on either of AC922 or IC922.

It is supported on both of AC922 and IC922.

It is supported only on IC922, but not AC922.

Question 18 In addition to the IC922 being a great server for inference workloads, its storage characteristics make it a great

Correct fit for data and cloud workloads as well. In a test involving MongoDB running on Red Hat OpenShift, how well did

1.00 points out the IC922 outperform the similarly configured Intel-based system?
of 1.00
Select one:
2.3x more containers; 2.15x better price/performance

2x more containers; 2.35x better price/performance

1.4x more containers; 1.7x better price/performance

3x more containers; 1.6x better price/performance

Question 19 Security is always top of mind for clients. IC922 has various security features built right into the hardware and

Correct software stack. Which of the following is *NOT* a security feature or capability of IC922?

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:
Trusted Platform Module

Security Screener Module V

Secure Boot

Trusted Boot
Question 20 What is the form factor of the IC922 server?
Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 24” rack 2U

19” rack 111

24” rack 4U

19” rack 2U

Question 21 In the context of building a machine learning model, what is meant by “training”?

Incorrect
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 Training is the act of choosing an appropriate algorithm to use based on the type of problem being solved
and inspecting a sample of the input data.

Training is the stage of the machine learning workflow where auditors are educated on the internal
workings of a “black box” model.
*
Training is where an existing model is used to make predictions against data it has never seen before.

Training is the building of a model by learning from the vast amounts of input data presented to it.

Question 22 What type of GPUs are found in the IC922 server?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Nvidia T4

Intel Xe

Nvidia GTX 1050

Intel V100

Question 23 What is “Quantization”?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 It is a machine learning algorithm popular with data scientists that is commonly used in classification
problems.

It is a compression technique that allows for fast and loss-less transfer of neural networks between AI
software running on different server architectures.

During model training, it is the act of analyzing the distribution of data values within the dataset to
determine how many categories to break the dataset into.

It is the reduction of the precision of numeric data values in a trained model, making it smaller and more
*
efficient for inferencing.
 Question 24 As of the initial GA (February 2020), what is the maximum number of GPUs that can be configured in the IC922

Correct server?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
4

12

10

Question 25 Which of the following is *NOT* a type of accelerator for machine learning and deep learning workloads?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 GPU

ASIC

ESLC

FPGA

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