Nutanix NCSE Core Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 06,2026- Exam Code: NCSE Core
- Exam Name: Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer-Core (NCSE-Core)
- Certification Provider: Nutanix
- Latest update: Oct 06,2026
Multi-hypervisor Support
A two-node ROBO cluster is configured with a witness VM.
What happens when Node A goes down?
- A . The- cluster becomes unavailable and goes into read-only mode.
- B . All operations and services on the Node B are shut down and go into a waiting state.
- C . The cluster is unaffected and no administrator intervention is required.
- D . Node B sends a leadership request to the Witness VM and goes into single-node mode.
A prospect’s business is growing 100% year over year. The prospect is interested in Nutanix for their main datacenter due to the alility to scale quickly and easily. They have three remote sites that will be refreshed within the next year. Each site needs to replicate to their many datacenter. The SE proposes the Nutanix NX line, and the prospect asks to utilize the Xpress line.
For which reason is the Xpress line the wrong choice? (Choose two)
- A . SX is limited to two 4-node clusters.
- B . SX has a lower services cost for installation.
- C . SX is limited to one 4-node cluster.
- D . SX licensing does not support cluster-to-cluster replication
- E . SX licensing will not support many-to-many- cluster replication
AN SE determines that a POC is necessary to overcome competitive FUD in an opportunity with an Enterprise account evaluating several HCI solutions. The customer will evaluate three solutions in their datacenter simultaneously over the course of 4 days.
The customer schedules all necessary personnel to be available during this time.
Which two network planning items should the SE determine prior to allocation hardware for the POC? (Choose two)
- A . VLAN tags
- B . CVM and hypervisor IP address
- C . TOR switch redundancy configuration
- D . Switch port type
- E . Source and number of cables
main problem relates to the existing architecture and a mix of vendors who are slow to release update to their products.
Which core facet of WebScale architecture should the Nutanix systems engineer discuss?
- A . Rich analytics
- B . one-click upgrades
- C . enterprise class feature
- D . continuous innovation
What are two things that the ADS service does for VMs within AHV? (Choose two.)
- A . Invoke workload movement if there is contention of resources.
- B . Invoke workload movement when there is no contention of resource
- C . Balance VMs throughout the Cluster when the VM is first powered on
- D . Re-balance powered-on VMs evenly throughout the cluster
One of a prospective customer’s security analysts asks about Nutanix’s security functionality. The security analyst asks if Nutanix has any feature or capability that reduces the effort required to assess the security with in the Nutanix infrastructure.
Which benefit does Nutanix SCMA provide to this prospect?
- A . Automatically updates/patches cluster components to the latest code levels
- B . Enables One-Click remediation of non-compliant security settings
- C . Notifies the customer of newly discovered/announced vulnerabilities
- D . Automates security compliance checking and remediation
During a sales motion with a new prospect, the prospect and SE agree to evaluate Nutanix and a computing platform using XRay.
The prospect is currently using 3-tier architecture and considering Nutanix and HPE Simplivity.
Which two details must be discussed with the prospect before the POC starts? (Choose two)
- A . Model of Fibre Channel switch
- B . Gather details of customer’s existing 3-tier hardware
- C . ldentify appropriate POC hardware
- D . A test plan with agreed upon success criteria
- E . What type of external storage will be connected
A prospective customer is concerned about the suitability and design of using Nutanix for an upcoming Avaya IP Office migration.
Which type of document should the systems engineer (SE) Provide?
- A . Knowledge Base Article
- B . Best Practice Guide
- C . Field Advisory
- D . Reference Architecture
CPU utilization climbs above 90% on several VMs. This causes performance degradation for a business-critical application.
How can alerts be configured to notify the administrator before VM CPU utilization hits 90%?
- A . On a CVM, use ncli to set the VM CPU Check threshold for the critical VMs to a value below 90%.
- B . On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%.
- C . On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the VM CPU Check more frequently and email the result.
- D . On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve.