Free IBM A4040-121 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

  • Exam Code/Number: A4040-121
  • Exam Name/Title: Assessment: Virtualization Technical Support for IBM i -v1
  • Certification Provider: IBM
  • Corresponding Certification: IBM Certifed Systems Expert
  • Exam Questions: 102
  • Updated On: Sep 11, 2026
In the following output from an IBM i partition from a POWER7 server, Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) functionality in turned on:

How many processors are reported to the partition?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
A company requires up to 20 client IBM i partitions. Each must have redundant access to SAN storage and minimal hardware in the POWER7 system.
Which option will support this?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A customer has a 4-partition Power 720 running firmware level 01_AL730_069. They want to load and activate the latest firmware, 01_AL730_085_060, onto their managed system during normal operations.
What is the correct way to do this?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
What type of server and client adapters must be configured on the HMC to support virtualized disk presented from a V7000 SAN to an IBM i client partition?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
A PCIe card in the CEO of a 16-core Power 740 server has failed. The customer has removed the cover from the machine.
What must be done to complete the replacement of the failed PCIe card?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A Power 720 system has a VIO Server (VIOS) partition configured completely in the CEO. The VIOS partition hosts IBM i client partitions which require access to the DVD drive in the CEO. How is this accomplished?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
A client IBM i partition, with multipath SAN disk provided by dual VIO Servers, has used most of its available storage. Extra disk storage is required.
Several spare LUN5 (hdisks) are already mapped to the VIO Servers.
The administrator runs identical commands on the VIO Servers to create the bridging devices to define the two new LUNs to the client partition.
SST on the IBM i partition shows 4 new1 unconfigured disks.
Which statement explains why4 disks appeared, instead of 2?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
When configuring a bridged-virtual-Ethernet-to-physical-Ethernet environment, what value determines which bridge will serve as primary and which as secondary?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
An administrator has an IBM i 7.1 hosting partition with TP 4 installed. The administrator is designing Ethernet communications for 5 client IBM i LPARs. The managed system has only one Ethernet adapter with a single port available.
The partitions must be separated and secured from each other.
Which solution will provide Ethernet connectively at the lowest cost?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
A customer has several client IBM i partitions hosted by a single VIO Server. The system has one Shared Ethernet Adapter. The administrator has noticed that network performance is significantly degrading as traffic increases. The system workload has not changed.
Which statement describes a possible cause of this problem?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer