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Exam Code/Number: C4040-250
Exam Name/Title: Power Systems with POWER8 Sales Skills V1
Certification Provider: IBM
Corresponding Certification: IBM Certified Sales Expert

Exam Questions: 108
Updated On: Jun 04, 2026

Question #1

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

A. Workload Estimator

B. Alinean Tool

C. Fix Central

D. Sales Manual

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #2

What is the PVU value for an IBM two socket Scale-out system?

A. 100 PVUs per socket

B. 50 PVUs per processor

C. 70 PVUs per core

D. 120 PVUs per system

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #3

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. Even if POWER is discontinued, all IBM applications and middleware have been ported to Linux.

B. The IBM OS and Power technology roadmaps emphasize IBM's technology commitment.

C. IBM has guaranteed the OpenPOWER Foundation that IBM will continue POWER chip development for the next 10 years.

D. With IBM's support for Little Endian, AIX and IBM i will run on x86.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #4

An installed HP Superdome / Oracle database customer is consider migrating to POWER8. The customer has significant financial concerns because of the multiple partitions and high Oracle licensing cost of their HP solution.
What features / capability of POWER8 should be discussed with this customer?

A. CUoD and CAPI

B. Shared Storage and Processor roadmap

C. PowerVP and PowerSC

D. Processor pooling and high performance cores

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #5

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. The open community develops to all operating systems standards.

B. Open Source solutions are not susceptible to security flaws due to peer review process.

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.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #6

A customer running Linux with VMware on their x86 systems wants to add an S822L into the environment using a consistent virtualization technology.
How can a Power option satisfy the requirement?

A. Implement PowerVM and VMware since the functionality and management interface are shared.

B. Implement Kimchi as the management interface to support both environments.

C. Convert VMware to PowerVM on the x86 systems for consistency with the Power Systems.

D. Implement the appropriate KVM base version on the Power and x86 systems.

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #7

A customer is close to maximum energy consumption in their data center and wants to measure and predict energy use.
Which POWER8 feature will provide the required function?

A. Power trending

B. Power capping

C. Power core nap mode

D. Power saver mode

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #8

A credit card company is going to implement a new application for which security is a major requirement. The company has been quoted a solution running in Windows.
Why should the company consider a Power Systems solution?

A. Starting with POWER8 security is built into the processor.

B. IBM AIX and IBM i have security check points that make it nearly impossible to be hacked.

C. PowerSC includes templates for PCI compliance

D. IBM has superior firewalls.

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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