IBM C4040-250 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C4040-250 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  A customer has a critical invoice application for which the system is mostly underutilized. During the last week of the month, response times become unacceptable due to growth. The customer does not want to pay for a system that is idle most of the time.

  What should be proposed?

  A. Capacity Upgrade On Demand
  B. Elastic Capacity On Demand
  C. Power Enterprise Pools
  D. Active Memory Expansion
  D. Active Memory Expansion

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  IBM's POWER8TM systems with AIX?feature Active MemoryTM Expansion, a new technology for expanding a system's effective memory capacity. Active Memory Expansion employs memory compression technology to transparently compress in-memory data, allowing more data to be placed into memory and thus expanding the memory capacity of POWER8 systems. Utilizing Active Memory Expansion can improve system utilization and increase a system's throughput.

• Question 72:

  A prospective IBM POWER8 customer is worried about the longevity of RISC processors.

  Which response should help the customer be less concerned about their investment in a Power System?

  A. With IBM's support for Little Endian, AIX and IBM i will run on x86.
  B. Even if POWER is discontinued, all IBM applications and middleware have been ported to Linux.
  C. IBM has guaranteed the OpenPOWER Foundation that IBM will continue POWER chip development for the next 10 years.
  D. The IBM OS and Power technology roadmaps emphasize IBM's technology commitment.
  D. The IBM OS and Power technology roadmaps emphasize IBM's technology commitment.

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  Explanation: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/strategy.html

• Question 73:

  A customer asks why they should investigate Open Source solutions as opposed to single vendor proprietary solutions. Which statement best summarizes the benefit of the solutions?

  A. Open Source solutions are not susceptible to security flaws due to peer review process.
  B. The open community develops to all operating systems standards.
  C. Open Source solutions are certified to execute on all operating systems since they are developed in Java
  D. The open community development model provides greater flexibility for application functional expansion.
  D. The open community development model provides greater flexibility for application functional expansion.

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  Explanation: we look to provide ongoing and increasing support for complex competency based curricular models, for clinical and experiential learning modalities, and provide ever greater flexibility for interprofessional education. Reference:https://www.iliosproject.org/timeline

• Question 74:

  Which P0WER8 technology features contribute the most to lower TCO?

  A. CAPI and transactional memory
  B. High performance cores and SMT
  C. PCIe Gen3 support and Hot Plug adapters
  D. First Failure Data Capture and Thermal Power Management Device
  B. High performance cores and SMT

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  Reference: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/anonymous/api/wiki/61ad9cf2-c6a3- 4d2c- b779-61ff0266d32a/page/f1abe75a-a2b2-43dd-9d75-7dae28f5bc5f/attachment/0b9be9c6-1d2b- 44dc- 9630-384f47734c94/media/201401%20Intro%20to%20POWER8%20Processor%20%28JM %20Tendler %20to%20GA%20Power%20User%20Group,%202014-01-16%29.pdf

• Question 75:

  Which resource is used to determine if an adapter can move from the 570 to the S824?

  A. Workload Estimator
  B. Sales Manual
  C. Alinean Tool
  D. Fix Central
  B. Sales Manual

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  The sales manual provides details and resource that can help determine if the technican can move an adapter on 570 to IBM S824. The compatibility matrix helps in determining the choice and the transfer of hardware from one model to

  another.

  Reference:

  http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?

  docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/2/760/ENUS8286-_h02/index.htmlandlang=enandrequest_locale=en

• Question 76:

  What P0WER8 availability feature is unique to the E870 and E880 models?

  A. Redundant service processors
  B. Hot swap I/O adapters
  C. First failure data capture
  D. PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
  A. Redundant service processors

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  The system control unit provides redundant system master clocks and redundant system master service processors (FSPs). Additionally, it contains the Operator Panel, the System VPD, and the Base DVD. Reference:http://www-01.ibm.com/ common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias? infotype=anandsubtype=caandappname=gpateamandsupplier=877andletternum=ENUSZG14-0262

• Question 77:

  OpenPOWER Foundation is developing solutions for which environment(s)?

  A. AIX and Linux
  B. AIX, IBM i, and Linux
  C. Linux only
  D. AIX only
  C. Linux only

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  Explanation: IBM OPENPOWER foundation develops solutions for open source environments. IBM I and AIX are propriety operating systems whereas Linux is open source.

• Question 78:

  A customer is currently booting a 770 with internal storage, and wants to maintain a local boot option on an E870.

  What local boot option is valid for the E870?

  A. Storage on the SAN
  B. Storage in the disk expansion drawer
  C. Storage in the System Control Unit
  D. Storage in the CEC
  D. Storage in the CEC

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  Explanation: The local boot option for E870 is storage in the CEC.

• Question 79:

  A customer wants to run an Oracle application that is available for POWER8 and other competitive platforms. The Oracle application is licensed per core. Which POWER8 processor advantage provides a competitive TCO advantage?

  A. Processor Instruction Retry
  B. 8 cores per processor
  C. Level 3 memory cache
  D. Core performance
  D. Core performance

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  Explanation: POWER8 processing cores2 are the fastest in the industry for Enterprise Java workloads. It has 2x more performance per core than Intel E5-2697 v2 offerings and 1.77x more performance per core than Oracle T5-2 offerings. Reference: https://www950.ibm.com/events/wwe/impact/impact2014cms.nsf/download/k7e19cd561ad41ad4145c4e500 51/$FILE/ Impact2014_3407.pdf

• Question 80:

  A customer with an AS/400 running S/36 code needs to migrate to a new P0WER8 system. They require a deskside solution. Which solution will satisfy the customer's requirements?

  A. S812L running IBM i 6.2
  B. S814 running IBM i 7.1
  C. S822 running IBM i 7.2
  D. S814 running IBM i 6.1
  B. S814 running IBM i 7.1

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  S814 is deskside solution and with IBM I 7.1 it can execute S/36 code. Reference: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s814/specs.html