Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) 5.15 - NCA-5.15 Exam Questions [2025]

QUESTION NO: 1
An administrator should use which Nutanix component to to create in-guest clustering?

A. Blocks B. Storage Pools C. Volumes D. Containers

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 2
What happens when an HDD fails within a Nutanix cluster?

A. Data is reprotected automatically B. Data is rebuilt to a hot spare disk C. Data is lost and must be recovered D. Data is unavailable until disk is replaced

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 3
An administrator wants to deploy a virtual desktop solution on a Nutanix cluster and wants to use the existing production network segment. Due to security concerns, DHCP traffic is blocked on the upstream network switch.
How should the administrator proceed?

A. Enable DHCP on the TOR Switches B. Install and configure third-party DHCP Software C. Enable IPAM and configure an IP Address Pool D. Enable Nutanix Flow

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 4
How can an administrator access a Windows VM running on a Nutanix cluster if it is unreachable via ping?

A. Open a Virtual Console through Prism Central B. Connect using RDP C. Connect using Xi Frame D. Open a Virtual Console through Prism Element

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
An administrator needs to provide data integrity at the application level for a VM that is replicated to a secondary site. Which requirement will satisfy this task?

A. 1 VM per Availability Zone B. 1 VM per Schedule C. 1 VM per Consistency Group D. 1 VM per Protection Domain

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
An administrator recently installed Prism Central to use Categories. After having created Categories and Values, the administrator needs to apply these Categories to multiple workloads.
How can the administrator easily perform this task?

A. Go to Categories and select the VMs to be added B. Create a Playbook to automate the process C. Choose multiple VMs and select Manage Categories D. Manage the VMs ownership

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 7
Refer to the exhibit.

An administrator wants to make sure there are enough compute resources within the AHV-based Nutanix cluster during any maintenance operations or a node failure.
What configuration should the administrator change to achieve this task?

A. Enable MA Reservation B. Reserve 33% CPU and 33% memory C. Enable Degraded Node Detection D. Set virtual machine affinity rules

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 8
Which statement best defines Replication Factor 2 (RF2)?

A. Data will be written locally, and a second copy then will be replicated to another cluster B. Data will be written locally, and a second copy to another disk group C. Data will be written locally, and a second copy goes to a remote site D. Data will be written locally, and a second copy goes to another node in the same cluster

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 9
An organization runs several core business applications on a Nutanix cluster. System stability and support are critical for these applications, which has an annual maintenance window.
How can the administrator assure that these requirements are met?

A. Purchase Mission Critical support. B. Adhere to the LTS release cycle. C. Adhere to the STS release cycle. D. Purchase Ultimate licensing.

Correct Answer: D