EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A customer has failed an audit with a finding that too many people appear to have inappropriate access to
the z13 Hardware Management Console (HMC).
Which first step should they take to rectify this situation?

Question2: An auditor at a customer site has noted that there is no antivirus software running on the HMC, contrary to
the security policy.
What security mechanism is the solution to this audit finding?

Question3: A customer is currently running several LPARs on a zEC12 with one dominant production LPAR, which
consumes most of the CPU capacity. During the Technical Delivery Assessment (TDA), the customer
mentions the performance of this LPAR is critical to a successful implementation.
What data should the Client Technical Specialist ensure that the customer collect on the zEC12 and the
new z13 to verify the performance expectations have been met?

Question4: Which is the maximum z13 configuration that a single z/VM 6.4 LPAR can support?

Question5: A client has ordered a z13s that will soon be shipping form the IBM manufacturing facility to their new data
center location. Due to construction delays, the box will not be physically installed for 90 days after
shipment.
Based on the planned installation date, when will the standard warranty period for the z13s begin?

Question6: A client has two data centers separated by a distance of 20 miles (32 kilometers). This client has an
application with an RPO target of zero and an RTO target of one hour.
Which GDPS offering fits for this client?

Question7: The IBM account has requested an analysis to review a zEC12 upgrade to a z13.
What analysis tool is required to ensure the z13 machine channels are reviewed to meet the customer's
FICON Express 16S performance requirements?

Question8: A customer is planning to use a z13s with two CPC drawers as an external coupling facility.
What is the maximum number of Internal Coupling Facility (ICF) processors that can be used?

Question9: Which functionality provides a high speed networking link for sharing data using server-to-server
communications, at low latency, and with lower CPU overhead than traditional TCP/IP communications?

Question10: A customer is running an Ethernet backbone based on copper cables with RJ-45 connectors.
Which networking card is required to connect a z13 to this network?

Question11: Which IBM z Systems technology is the foundation of the IBM Bluemix-based Blockchain service High
Security Business Network (HSBN)?

Question12: A CICS customer wants to modernize their end-user interface for desktops and mobile platforms
(notepads, cell phones, etc.) without having to rewrite their programs for each type of device.
Which software solution can IBM offer to satisfy the requirement?

Question13: A customer has two z/OS 2964-N63 z13 machines is a single data center and needs the machines to
remain up and running without an unscheduled outage.
Which of the following is considered an element of high availability?

Question14: A customer is experiencing z/OS performance problems on their z13 while the system is taking a memory
dump. Which chargeable z Systems feature could provide relief for this problem?

Question15: Which type of coupling link allows two z13 machines to connect at the maximum distance apart?

Question16: Which of the following is intended to help customers stay current with security and systems integrity fixes
and provide Common Vulnerability Scoring System ratings for new APARs?

Question17: The design of the z13 Systems processor unit (PU) chip has been enhanced over the zEC12.
Which of the following characterizes the improvement?

Question18: A financial institution has completed a Proof of technology study with Blockchain, running on a z13s in a
Secure Server Container LPAR. This institution is concerned that Blockchain will not be able to handle the
number of proposed customers.
What would be used to determine if this solution can satisfy their current and future requirements?

Question19: What product provides a web-based framework for accessing and managing a z/OS system form an http-
based web browser?

Question20: A technical specialist is concerned how the FICON Express8S channels are performing on a z13. They
want to model the 8S channels to 16S.
Which tool supports this analysis?

Question21: What is the maximum number of zIIP specialty engines eligible to be installed on a z13-N30 with ten (10)
CPs?

Question22: A customer has decided to move all of their Linux workloads from their current x86 platforms to a recently
purchased IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper. To simplify the migration process, the customer will continue using
KVM as the hypervisor. The x86 administrator has no experience with the LinuxONE Rockhopper, but is
expected to create and provision new LPARs to support the migrating Linux workload.
What tool could the x86 administrator use to simplify the creation of new partitions and the configuration of
I/O adapters?

Question23: Which of the following correctly describes the term "RTO"?

Question24: A customer has recently upgraded to a z13 processor. As part of the migration process, the LPAR image
profiles ware copied form the old processor to the z13.
After the upgrade, transactions on the production z/OS environment continue to run well; however, in the
development z/OS environment, transactions are now timing out.
What tool should the technical specialist use to help the customer resolve this problem?

Question25: Which LinuxONE system supports up to 141 engines?

Question26: A customer is considering upgrading a z114 processor currently used as a standalone coupling facility
(CF). The customer wants to upgrade to a z13s 2965-N10, but also wants to install additional capacity on
this new z13s for two new LPARs running Linux workloads.
A sizing exercise has determined that the combined CF and Linux workload would total four ICFs, five
IFLs, and 600 GB memory. The other systems in the customer's environment are zEX12 servers.
The customer is reviewing the design for factors that will influence the hardware configuration.
Which of the following statements is true for this situation?

Question27: What advantages can a Solution Edition offering to provide to a customer that is building a new application
for Linux on z Systems?

Question28: Which feature provides automatic discovery for FICON disk and tape control units attached to a z/OS
LPAR?

Question29: What is the correct purpose of the IBM Security suite of solutions?

Question30: A z Systems Client Technical Specialist has a customer running z/OS 1.12 on a zEC12 machine. They
want to get pricing for an upgrade to z/OS 2.2 for their newly purchased z13 machine.
Which of the following can provide pricing for the z/OS operating system?

Question31: An existing IBM z Systems client is concerned about the associated monthly software license costs. The
client's own preliminary analysis suggested they can save money by off-loading workloads from their z
Systems to x86 servers. The client is willing to work with IBM and they agreed to host an on-site workshop
to discuss the matter.
Which is the most suitable resource needed to demonstrate to the client they might be making the wrong
choice?

Question32: A customer is upgrading a zEC12 to a z13 and has FICON Express8 channels installed to support their
2Gb I/O devices, which must also be connected to the z13. They are migrating to the z13 to take
advantage of larger memory configurations supported on the z13 for DB2.
In order to take advantage of LPARs which can support memory sizes greater than 2TB, what must be
configured on this upgrade?

Question33: You are leading a planning meeting for a disaster recovery (DR) test when a high-level company executive
drops in to ask why the company should spend so much time and money on disaster recovery.
What is the most accurate response to this non-technical question?

Question34: The client is upgrading their zEC12 to a z13 with FICON Express 16S channels. They are not planning to
make any changes to the SAN environment nor the attached OEM storage devices.
What should the Technical Sales Specialist recommend, if anything, to ensure that this will be a supported
environment?

Question35: A customer has just installed a new z13s. They need to obtain the required configuration file for channel-
path identifier (CHPID) mapping to the new system.
Where can a customer access this information directly?

Question36: Which of the following is the most critical factor of a Parallel Sysplex across multiple sites?

Question37: A customer wants to concurrently add a central processor (CP) to a running z/OS LPAR, but has no
reserved processors defined.
What must they do to add this additional processor to the LPAR?

Question38: A customer is planning for the installation of a new LinuxONE Emperor processor. The customer specified
Balanced Power Plan Ahead (two line cord pairs). At installation time, they advise that they have only been
able to provide power outlets for a single line cord pair. They still want the installation to proceed.
What action should the technical specialist take to ensure a proper installation?

Question39: A z13 customer has a high number of FICON links. They want to reduce the amount of time required for
onsite installation and cabling setup. They minimize disruptions while isolating the activity from their active
system.
How can this be accomplished?

Question40: A customer is considering using KVM for IBM z Systems on their z13s.
What is the basis for pricing this product?

Question41: A customer has a z13 server. They plan to use Server Time Protocol (STP) for accessing an external time
source (UTC).
Which of the following techniques can be used to get the time information in this scenario?

Question42: A customer wants to protect large quantities of data being transmitted from their z Systems processor to
one of their subsidiaries.
Which is the strongest algorithm supported on the z13 hardware to enable this?

Question43: Which of the following is a characteristic of a hybrid cloud?

Question44: A banking customer is running a Parallel Sysplex with two z13 systems. Each server is configured with 100
CPs, 20 zllPs, 10 ICFs and 11 IFLs.
Both systems are currently running over 85% utilization business-critical workloads. The customer needs
additional capacity for future growth.
Which solution will prevent a negative impact to the business?

Question45: A customer has a Parallel Sysplex running on LPARs spread across two z13 processors in the same data
center location. Each z13 has multiple FICON Express8S channel paths to one shared DS8870
subsystem.
Which recommendation will improve the resiliency of this environment?

Question46: A customer has a zBC12 running Linux on z Systems under KVM. They learned about IBM Wave and how
this tool makes it easier to manage, monitor (real-time), and provision Linux guests on z Systems.
Which would be the appropriate action to enable them to run IBM Wave?

Question47: What is the maximum amount of memory and IFLs on a two-drawer LinuxONE Rockhopper?

Question48: A customer has an IBM z13 and is using z/OS for XML file handling. The customer needs a solution which
allows compression of large XML files in DEFLATE file format for cross platform data exchange with third
parties.
What should be recommended to use as a proof of concept?

Question49: Which feature of z Systems processor virtualization reduces the latency of cross partition
communications?

Question50: In a Parallel Sysplex environment, which capability can provide transparent failover in the event of a
coupling facility failure?

Question51: A customer currently has a zEC12 with one book and is upgrading to a z13.
Left unchanged, which of the following configuration options will require them to purchase a second z13
CPC drawer?

Question52: A customer is planning to permanently.
Which capacity offering shall be used?

Question53: Which server data is required to size the number of IFLs required to consolidate x86 servers into a z13?

Question54: Which scenario would provide the best opportunity to justify the RoCE Express feature?

Question55: A customer has a production site in location A and a disaster recovery (DR) site in location B.
They require tape data to be available in the event of a disaster within four hours.
Sites A and B are 2000 miles (3200 kilometers) apart.
What can they implement to satisfy this requirement?

Question56: A customer running a z13-N63 model 710 realizes they have an upcoming peak that will last for five days.
They will need additional processor capacity plus more memory to support this peak. The machine
currently has 256GB of pre-planned memory. They have a Customer Initiated Upgrade (CIU) contract
already in place.
Prior to this peak, what should the customer do?

Question57: A customer is planning to upgrade to a z13s and requires an external time source.
Which option is a valid external time source for the z13s?

Question58: Which type of workload is most likely to offer the highest consolidation ratio (number of x86 cores/ number
of IFLs0 when migrating from x86 servers onto a z13?

Question59: A review of a customer environment provided information that they can support and exploit Flash Express,
zEDC Express and SMC-R (RoCE).
What is the minimum combination of hardware and operating system that will exploit the customer's
workload?

Question60: A client uses IMS on z/OS to provide central data repositories, or Systems of Record, for front-end
applications deployed on a variety of platforms. The client plans to connect a growing number of these
front-end applications, or Systems of Engagement, to the Systems of Record.
The Systems of Engagement will use z/OS Connect to connect to the Systems of Record.
Which of the following is a feature provided by z/OS Connect?

Question61: What is hybrid cloud?

Question62: Which z/OS function prevents unauthorized alteration of data in memory?

Question63: A customer is running an application using z13 cryptographic functions with User Defined Extensions
(UDX).
Which z13 Crypto Express5S mode supports the requirements?

Question64: A customer has a very large x86 based server farm and wants to consolidate these servers to z Systems.
What tool is best for this analysis?

Question65: A client wants to add the Live Guest Relocation (LGR) feature to their z Systems environment.
Which of the following actions would implement the basis for this capability?