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
A prospect is evaluating solutions to support a project. The SE proposes a hybrid model as recommended by size in addition to nutanix, the prospect is evaluating an all flash storage array. The storage administrator is concerned about the performance the hybrid configuration and claims that the flash array is less expensive the it Director sees the benefits of Nutanix but needs to address the team’s concerns.
Which two Nutanix features should be discussed to address the concems of the storage administrator? (Choose two)
- A . Data Locality
- B . NVMe support
- C . 40Gb/s support
- D . Capacity Planner
- E . Automatic Data Tiering
An SE needs to size a new project that requires offsite backup but not remote disaster recovery. The prospect requires an RTO of 48 hours, RPO of 4 hours, and the ability to restore from the past 5days of backups. The prospect’s data change rate is 1%.
How should the SE configure Sizer for this scenario?
- A . Option A
- B . Option B
- C . Option C
- D . Option D
During an initial meeting with a prospect the storage administrator learns that Nutanix does not use RAID for application data. The prospect’s storage array is configured with RAID 10 and the full capacity of the array is required. As a result no hot spares have been allocated. The storage administrator must respond immediately to any disk failures, even outside standard business hours.
Which aspect of Nutanix replication factor (RF) will reduce the storage administrator’s break/fix burden?
- A . Automatic data re-protection using available cluster capacity
- B . Distribution of multiple copies of data across various nodes in a cluster
- C . Checksumming for data integrity
- D . Block awareness
A prospect is concerned about the suitability and design of using Nutanix for an upcoming Avaya IP Office migration.
Which type of document should the SE provide?
- A . Best Practice Guide
- B . Reference Architecture
- C . Filed Advisory
- D . Knowledge Base Article
An online retailer currently support over 200 separate PostgreSQL database instances, often with more than 10 copies of each individual database. Their Database Administrators have scripted much of the deployment process for creating dev/test copies, but their infrastructure team struggles to keep up with storage capacity demands.
Which Nutanix product should the systems engineer position?
- A . Beam
- B . Karbon
- C . Calm
- D . Era
A prospective customer has a requirement for Data-at-Rest-Encryption for all their data.
Which two license options are available to address this requirement? (Choose two)
- A . Pro with the Encryption SKU
- B . Ultimate
- C . Pro
- D . Starter with the Encryption SKU
An SE is building a solution for a federal goverment prospect that u???
Which two items are required to deliver a solution that meens the ??? encryption (choose two)
- A . Nutanix Acropolis Pro Licensing
- B . Self-Encrypting Drives
- C . A supported Key Management Server
- D . Nutanix Software Encryption
What is the main function of Oplog?
- A . A persistent write buffer to coalesce bursts of random writes before destaging to the extend store
- B . A memory cache to coalesce all writes before destaging to the extent store
- C . A persistent write buffer to coalesce all writes before destaging to the extent store
- D . A memory cache to coalesce bursts of random writes before destaging to the extent store
What is the main function of Oplog?
- A . A persistent write buffer to coalesce bursts of random writes before destaging to the extend store
- B . A memory cache to coalesce all writes before destaging to the extent store
- C . A persistent write buffer to coalesce all writes before destaging to the extent store
- D . A memory cache to coalesce bursts of random writes before destaging to the extent store
A prospect needs to refresh their environment but has a very small budget for the project. Four years after their last infrastructure refresh, the prospect’s core datacenter is only running at 40% utilization. In addition, they have 25 satelite offices.
Each office has a requirement to run 4 to 6 VMs locally.
Which two Nutanix platform capabilities should the SE hlight to address the prospects concerns? (Choose two)
- A . Multi-site management
- B . Pay as you grow
- C . Automated data storage tiering
- D . Software only
- E . Single node backup