Free VMware VCI550 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

  • Exam Code/Number: VCI550
  • Exam Name/Title: VMware Certified Instructor on vSphere 5
  • Certification Provider: VMware
  • Corresponding Certification: VMware Certification
  • Exam Questions: 270
  • Updated On: Jun 02, 2026
A VMware administrator needs to export a vApp and create a self-contained package that has a single file.
Which format should the administrator use?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
An administrator is re-provisioning an ESXi host and moving it to another datacenter.
Which DCUI option should the administrator use to revert the system configuration to the default settings?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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A vSphere administrator receives a report of an issue with a vApp. After connecting to the environment with the vSphere Client, the administrator does not see the vApp, but instead sees the inventory shown in the exhibit.
What explains this behavior?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
An administrator is attempting to use Update Manager to patch a cluster of ESXi 5.x hosts.
The administrator needs to stage the patches for a scheduled update after hours. When verifying the hosts after the scheduled upgrade, the administrator determines that one of the hosts was not remediated and patches are not staged. The host is using PXE as its boot method.
What condition would cause this behavior?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A customer needs to size a single backup appliance for backing up 3TB of data. There is no requirement for guest level backups of SQL and Exchange.
What is the minimum VMware Data Protection solution and sizing that would fulfill the stated requirements?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
An administrator attempts to install vCenter Single Sign-On Server. The installer returns an error message indicating that the installation failed. Prior to the installation, all setup prerequisites were met. The administrator has generated a vCenter Server Single Sign-On support bundle.
Which two files should the administrator analyze to determine the cause of the failure? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: B,D Vote an answer
An administrator is installing ESXi 5.x to a local SAS drive. The installation stops on a purple screen and shows the error:
The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. Could not populate the filesystem: Admission check failed
Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
An administrator needs to create an IP allocation policy for a multi-tiered application running in a vApp.
The IP addresses should be allocated automatically by vCenter Server, but should not be released even if a virtual machine is powered off.
Which IP allocation model should the administrator use for the vApp?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
Which two Identity Sources are available to add for vCenter Single Sign-On authentication? (Choose two.)
Correct Answer: C,D Vote an answer
A vSphere administrator has created a Virtual SAN Cluster with Automatic Mode Disk Groups. The cluster includes three ESXi hosts contributing one SSD and six SAS disks each. The administrator has four new ESXi hosts that boot from a fiber channel array and have no local disks attached. These four new hosts need additional shared storage but there is insufficient space on the fiber channel array. The hardware budget is limited.
What can the administrator do to provide the needed storage for the lowest cost?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
An administrator has deployed vSphere Data Protection and wants to configure several virtual machine backup jobs. When using the vSphere client on a Windows 7 desktop, the administrator notices that there is no icon for vSphere Data Protection in the Solutions and Applications area of the vSphere client.
What is the reason the administrator is unable to access vSphere Data Protection from the vSphere client on their desktop?
Correct Answer: D Vote an answer
Which steps should an administrator take to migrate existing ESXi 5.x virtual machines to a storage over-subscription model?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
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A vSphere administrator has misconfigured vMotion in such a way that vMotion migrations are failing.
Based on the information shown, what is the cause of the problem?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
An administrator using vCenter Operations Manager is viewing the health of an ESXi host in the environment. There have NOT been any reported outages or issues with the ESXi host, but the administrator needs to determine if the host is behaving normally.
Which minor badge should the administrator investigate to determine this information?
Correct Answer: A Vote an answer
A vSphere administrator is configuring a fully automated DRS cluster and determines that DRS is not balancing virtual machine workloads.
What condition could cause this behavior?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer