VMware Cloud on AWS Master Specialist Practice Exam: Test Your Knowledge 2025

An organization is deploying VMware Cloud on AWS and needs to understand the management responsibilities. Which component is managed by the customer rather than VMware?

A company wants to establish connectivity between their on-premises data center and VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. They require encrypted traffic with predictable network performance and lower latency than internet-based solutions. Which connectivity option should they implement?

During a workload migration to VMware Cloud on AWS using VMware HCX, which migration type provides the capability to migrate VMs with zero downtime while maintaining the IP address and active connections?

An administrator notices that the VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC is experiencing performance degradation. When reviewing the cluster, they discover that several hosts are in maintenance mode. What is the most likely cause of hosts being placed in maintenance mode automatically?

What is the minimum number of hosts required to deploy a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC for production use?

A security team requires that all traffic between application tiers in VMware Cloud on AWS be inspected by a third-party firewall appliance. Which NSX feature should be implemented to redirect traffic to the firewall for inspection?

An organization is planning to migrate 500 VMs to VMware Cloud on AWS over a 3-month period. They need to maintain application availability and minimize network bandwidth consumption. Which HCX migration method would be most appropriate?

A customer has connected their on-premises network to VMware Cloud on AWS using Direct Connect. They can ping the management gateway but cannot access workload VMs. What is the most likely configuration issue?

What is the purpose of the Elastic Network Interface (ENI) that is automatically created in the customer's AWS account when deploying VMware Cloud on AWS?

An administrator needs to implement network segmentation for a multi-tier application in VMware Cloud on AWS. The application has web, application, and database tiers that require different security policies. Which approach should be used?

A company needs to provide temporary access to their VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC for external consultants who will perform a 2-week assessment. Which access method provides the most secure approach with minimal long-term administrative overhead?

During an HCX migration, several VMs fail to migrate with an error indicating insufficient resources at the destination. The VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC has adequate CPU and memory. What is the most likely cause?

An administrator notices that some workload VMs in VMware Cloud on AWS cannot communicate with an on-premises database server, while others can. All VMs are on the same NSX segment. What should be checked first?

A company wants to extend their on-premises network segment 192.168.10.0/24 to VMware Cloud on AWS so that VMs can migrate without IP address changes. Which HCX feature enables this capability?

An organization requires that all management traffic to their VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC be encrypted and not traverse the public internet. Which connectivity solution should they implement?

A VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC needs to scale storage capacity independent of compute resources. Which configuration option enables this capability?

An administrator needs to allow VMware Cloud on AWS workload VMs to access Amazon S3 buckets without traversing the internet. What configuration is required?

After migrating a multi-tier application to VMware Cloud on AWS using HCX, the application experiences intermittent connectivity issues between tiers. The network has been extended using HCX Network Extension. What should the administrator implement to resolve this issue?

An administrator is troubleshooting performance issues in VMware Cloud on AWS and notices high storage latency. Which metric should be checked first to identify if vSAN is the bottleneck?

A financial services company requires that all data in VMware Cloud on AWS be encrypted at rest with keys they control and manage. Which solution should they implement?