Free Nutanix NCS-Core Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

  • Exam Code/Number: NCS-Core
  • Exam Name/Title: Nutanix Certified Services Core Infrastructure Professional
  • Certification Provider: Nutanix
  • Corresponding Certification: NCS Professional
  • Exam Questions: 310
  • Updated On: Jul 02, 2026
Refer to the exhibit.

A system administrator is using Range-Autofill tool to assign IP addresses to setup a multi-block cluster based on the following configuration:

Which additional changes must be made during the Foundation process to configure the cluster correctly?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
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A consultant needs to upgrade the ESXi hosts on a Nutanix cluster from version 6.7 to 7.0. vSphere DRS and wMoton are working properly. The consultant needs to use One-Click Upgrade.
Which setting should be verified by the consultant?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
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An administrator needs to maximize storage potential in a six-node cluster. The container is configured with the following:
* Post-process compression
* Capacity deduplication
What should the administrator configure to increase space savings?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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An administrator receives an error indicating that the CVMs in the cluster are not syncing to any NTP servers.
An investigation of the issue finds:
* The NTP servers are configured in Prism
* The time on all CVMs is the same
* Both the CVMs and AHV hosts are configured for the UTC time zone
Which two steps can be taken to troubleshoot this issue? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: B,D Vote an answer
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An administrator is notified that a bare metal database server is down. This database server is being served storage using a Nutanix Volume Group. Upon investigating, the administrator finds that the disks in the database server that map to the vDisks in the volume group have gone offline.
What is causing this issue?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
A consultant has finished imaging all assigned clusters and is ready to close out the engagement Which action is part of the Closeout Checklist?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
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A consultant is preparing to add new nodes into an existing cluster. The current cluster AOS version is 5.8.
The new expansion node is currently running AOS 5.9 code. The cluster must continue to run at its current AOS version.
Which method can be used to successfully add the node?
Correct Answer: B Vote an answer
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When utilizing the Nutanix cluster As Built Document generator, which two configuration elements should a consultant provide when running the run_as_built.exe command? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: A,C Vote an answer
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An administrator is updating disk firmware using LCM and receives the following message:
"there have been 10 or more cluster services restarts within 15 minutes in the Controller VM" The message appears as each drive is upgraded.
What is the reason this message is being generated?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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A consultant is onsite and needs to start their Foundation Virtual Machine (FVM) to image Nutanix hardware.
The FVM fails to boot. The consultant decides to use a different Foundation method.
Assuming the nodes will discover, which Foundation type or configuration option should the consultant select?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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The following critical Availability Alert displays in prism Central:

The protection Policy PP-BCA-1HR includes a business critical application with a 1-hour snapshot frequency.
What is causing this issue?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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A consultant wants to expand a Nutanix cluster based on Dell PowerEdge servers and notices the nodes have arrived software-less.
Which two actions should the consultant take to expand the cluster? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: A,B Vote an answer
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A consultant creates a Nutanix cluster using the 10.10.10.0/24 network and VLAN 10. The customer creates a VM network inside the Prism using VLAN 20. The customer starts to create VMs but is unable to ping the default gateway from these new systems.
What is causing the issue?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
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During a technical call with a customer, it is identified that this installation will be software only on Dell servers. The out-of-band management interfaces will not be given IP addresses until the consultant is onsite.
Which Foundation method should be used for this type of installation?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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