Introduction to IBM Power Level 1

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Question 1

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IBM Power has been helping to look for ancient life on Mars
since what year?

2018

1996

2004 

2001

Question 2

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You are talking to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at

HowseMart. The CTO asks about how they can track and charge
back for system usage across the organization. What
management tool would you describe to the CTO?

Health Management Console 

License Metric Tool

Cloud Management Console

Metered Capacity Management Tool

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What is the maximum number of nodes in an IBM Power10

E1080 server?

32

4

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How many threads can an IBM Power10 system containing the

maximum number of cores run at the same time?

2048 

1920

4096

1024
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While talking to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at your

client Dogz Inc. about the fact that IBM Power10 supports AIX,
IBM i, and Linux, you are asked why they should consider
paying more to use AIX when Linux is free. You mention that
AIX provides the highest value for core business workloads on
IBM Power because it provides zero downtime using which of
the following capabilities?

Live Partition Mobility

Partition Update and Mobility

Live Update 

Partition Update

Question 6

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IBM Power10 allows clients to gain performance and Total Cost

of Ownership (TCO) advantages by collocating which of the
following?

AIX, Linux, IBM i, and Red Hat OpenShift 

AIX and Linux

AIX and IBM i

AIX, Linux, IBM i, and Docker

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What is the maximum number of cores that can be in an IBM

Power10 system?

128

64 

256

240

Question 8

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A client is very serious about security and has asked for

information on encryption in an IBM Power10 environment
because they are bringing online new applications with ultra-
secret data. As you plan your meeting, you want to cover
everywhere that an IBM Power10 server can encrypt data.
Which answer contains the best answer for a Power10 server?

In memory, in transit, on disk, and on cloud storage 

On cloud storage

In transit, on disk, and on cloud storage

On disk and on cloud storage

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You are meeting with the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at your
client. The CTO is concerned about the overall budget and
wants a flexible way to pay for the IBM Power10 system, while
still having the power needed to support peak usage. You tell
the CTO that payment for the IBM Power10 system can be
based on which of these metrics?

Per GB of I/O

Per IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Based on usage 

Based on peak usage

Question 10

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You are meeting with a client who is expanding their

containerized workload strategy. They ask why they should
consider Power10 over x86 for this type of workload. You
immediately tell them that Power10 provides how much more
containerized throughput compared to x86 systems?

4.1x 

2.1x

2.5x

5.1x
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You mention to your client that IBM Power10 can run Linux,
AIX, and IBM i. The client asks what strengths IBM i offers. You
tell the client that IBM i is an integrated platform that is highly
securable because it has which of the following capabilities?

Virus resistance, object based security model, and built in

intrusion detection and prevention

Virus detection, access based security model, and built 

in intrusion detection and prevention

Virus resistance, access based security model, and built in

intrusion detection and prevention

Virus detection, object based security model, and built in

intrusion detection and prevention

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SMT stands for symmetric multithreading and allows for

multiple hardware threads to operate at the same time on a
physical core. IBM Power10 provides which of the following
SMT levels?

SMT2, SMT4, SMT8, and SMT16

SMT2, SMT4, and SMT8 

SMT2 and SMT4

SMT2
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Which one of the following groups of IBM Power servers can

validly form a single pool using Shared Utility Capacity?

E980, E1080 

E950, E980

S922, L922, H922

S914, S922, S924

Question 14

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During your discussions with the Chief Information Security

Officer (CISO), the client asks if IBM Power10 provides an
integrated security management solution? You tell them yes,
and then describe which of the following solutions?

PowerSec

PowerVM

Cloud Integration Center

PowerSC 
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Which of the following tools provides virtualization lifecycle

management and cloud management?

PowerVC 

PowerSC

PowerVM

PowerSM

Question 16

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Your client has just experienced an outage on their x86-based

web servers. While talking to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
you mention that IBM Power10 has been rated the most
reliable for more than 10 years in a row. The CTO asks how this
is possible and you mention that the IBM Power10 system can
have which of the following redundant components?

Power supplies, Operating Systems, CPUs, memory, and

PCIe adapters

Power supplies, Operating Systems, Containers, memory,

and PCIe adapters

Power supplies, Operating Systems, CPUs, memory, and

Containers

Power supplies, fans, CPUs, and memory 

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IBM Power is an industry leader in server reliability. When you

mention this to your client they say that they have heard of the
reliability of the IBM Mainframe, but not IBM Power systems. To
highlight the reliability of the IBM Power10 system, you tell the
client that the Information Technology Intelligence Consulting
(ITIC) surveys have found IBM Power to be the most reliable
server for how many consecutive years?

13 

12

16

Question 18

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How dense is the IBM Power10 chip?

7nm 

8nm

4nm

16nm
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Based on the Power server naming convention, how many

sockets should be in a hypothetical S1048 server?

4

10

Question 20

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You are meeting with a client who has a number of Oracle

databases running on an older version of Exadata that needs to
be upgraded. What IBM Power advantages would you tell them
about for Oracle databases?

Ability to run in an OpenShift container

Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 

Support for Ubuntu

Better I/O compression

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There’s a new Chief Information Officer (CIO) in charge of your

client who is eager to hear about the benefits of IBM Power
because they’ve never managed a data center with this server
architecture before. During your first meeting, the CIO asks
“Ok, before we get started can you tell me what the word Power
means?” You tell the CIO that it stands for what?

Powerful, optimized, with extra Resilience

Powerful, Optimization, with enhanced RISC

Performance, Optimization, with enhanced RISC 

Performance, Optimized, with extra Resilience

Question 22

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What does the term RISC represent?

Regular Instruction Set Computing

Regular Instruction Set for Computing

Reduced Instruction Set for Computing

Reduced Instruction Set Computing 

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Which of the following operating systems run on IBM Power

servers?

AIX, Linux, IBM i, OpenShift, z/OS

AIX, Linux, OpenShift

AIX, Linux, IBM i, OpenShift

AIX, Linux, IBM i 

Question 24

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You are meeting with the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at
HowseMart. HowseMart has been using both IBM Power and
x86 systems for some time, and the CTO wants you to explain
why IBM Power still matters in their data center since they have
a large x86 install base. Your response should contain which of
the following reasons?

Resiliency and Availability, Economics, Flexibility, Security,

Sustainability, Performance, and the Private Cloud

High cost, but being the most secure platform for the
Private Cloud

Resiliency and Availability, Economics, Flexibility, 

Security, Sustainability, Performance, and the Hybrid
Cloud

High cost, but being the most secure platform for the
Hybrid Cloud
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Which of the following provides virtual I/O servers that can be

shared between Operating Systems on IBM Power?

PowerVM 

PowerSM

PowerSC

PowerVC