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text : 'What percentage of IT managers in a recent survey indicated that they plan to implement server virtualization during the next year?',
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'70%',
'50%',
'20%'
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answer : 0,
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expandedAnswer : 'That figure comes from Mark Bowker, an analyst at The Enterprise Strategy Group Inc. in Milford, Mass. He said cost usually lures IT managers into considering virtualization. "Going through procurement for a new physical server is painful. They say, \'Let\'s try this out so we don\'t have to buy a new server.\' Then they see that they can manage all of their virtual machines from a single management console. That makes it so much easier," he said.',
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text : 'Gartner Inc. vice president Tom Bittman shares many benefits of virtualization in "Gartner warns of misguided virtualization strategies." He also mentions a downside to virtualization. Which of these virtualization benefits leads to the "dark side" of the technology?',
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'Virtualization eases the "friction," or barriers to entry, of getting new capabilities from IT.',
'Virtualization allows for faster provisioning and deployment.',
'Virtualization allows for planned downtime.'
],
answer : 0,
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expandedAnswer : 'Bittman cautions that when business units perceive they can get new capabilities easily, they will start making more demands. "When you take friction out of the equation, companies ask for more. Companies going to rapidly virtualized environments have seen demand skyrocket." ',
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text : 'Bittman added that organizations need to prepare a tool that tracks usage of the virtualized infrastructure by business units. What\'s the name of such a tool?',
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responses : [
'A utilization rate.',
'A chargeback model.',
'Server consolidation.'
],
answer : 1,
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expandedAnswer : '"There are some really good things about being able to deliver what the business needs, but the business should pay for that," Bittman said. "You need a chargeback model."',
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text : 'What percentage of the 3 million downloads of VMware Server 1 were to SMBs, according to Ben Matheson, VMware Inc.\'s director of small and medium business?',
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'20%',
'50%',
'70%'
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answer : 2,
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expandedAnswer : 'Although, as Matheson says, "from a midsized company perspective, we\'ve done a pretty good job of getting [SMB] users to use VMware Server already," VMWare released VMWare Server 2 in November. Version 2 no longer requires the rich client interface for installation and makes it easier for administrators to manage their virtual servers from anywhere.',
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text : 'VMware Server 2 offers support for how many new guest operating systems?',
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'Five',
'Six',
'Seven'
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answer : 1,
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expandedAnswer : 'Among the operating systems supported are Microsoft Vista, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu 7.10.',
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text : 'Virtualization allows you to hit what percentage range of power consumption on a CPU, according to Carrie Higbie?',
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'Zero to 25%',
'25% to 50%',
'50% to 75%'
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answer : 2,
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expandedAnswer : 'When you look at power consumption on a CPU from zero to 50% utilization, Higbie writes, the power consumed is near linear in increase. However, if you can hit that sweet spot of 50% to 75% consumption, which virtualization allows you to do, there is almost no incremental power used.',
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text : 'Virtualization has general implications on a number of things, according to Gary Chen, senior analyst at Yankee Group Research Inc. in Boston. Which items does he list?',
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responses : [
'Power and cooling.',
'Consolidation and management.',
'All of the above.'
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expandedAnswer : 'Chen said virtualization also has huge implications for business continuity and disaster recovery. "It makes it much more affordable for the midrange folks," he said.',
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text : 'Which term below represents an application that runs in an isolated environment on the PC and communicates through the virtualization layer with the host OS?',
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'virtualization',
'application virtualization',
'desktop virtualization'
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answer : 1,
score : 1,
expandedAnswer : 'Application virtualization focuses on reducing administration and maintenance costs, writes Herman Mehling. It also eliminates application conflicts and delivers applications independent of OS configurations.',
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text : 'Virtualization will affect some key technology initiatives in 2008, writes James M. Connolly. What isn\'t an area listed?',
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responses : [
'The IT Infrastructure Library.',
'Blade servers designed for the midrange and remote services based on virtual machines.',
'Virtual desktops and green computing.'
],
answer : 0,
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expandedAnswer : '"Server virtualization has been growing for a couple of years, but I think it\'s really starting to hit the mainstream,\'\' Chen said. "There will be a lot more competition and a lot more product available."',
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text : 'Virtualization has become more appealing as support and maintenance costs take up what percentage of a PC\'s total cost of ownership, according to Mehling?',
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'75%',
'80%',
'90%'
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answer : 1,
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