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 wants to target Nutanix as infrastructure for running VMs built as part of their new Continuous Integration and Delivery (CICD) pipeline. Hundreds of builds will occur per day across their development organization.
Which two items should the SE identify to begin sizing the Nutanix deployment? (Choose two.)
- A . The configuration manager that the customer will use with the application builds
- B . The frequency and lifespan of each application build
- C . The build manager that the company will use for the builds
- D . The configuration/specs of the VMs within each application build
A prospect uses VMware, Oracle and Microsoft products for their critical operations. The prospect prefers an all-flash array because they have significantly invested in servers for their oracle environment to save on licensing costs.
Which feature should be discussed to address this objection?
- A . AHV
- B . Hyper-V Support.
- C . ABS
- D . All-flash nodes.
Refer to Exhibit.
When entering a Raw Input workload into Sizer, what amount of RAM should be used for the entire workload?
- A . 32GB
- B . 42GB
- C . 48GB
- D . 64GB
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Based on the sizing scenario, what level of resiliency can be inferred about the configuration?
- A . FTT1
- B . N+0
- C . N+1
- D . N+2
A systems engineer is building a solution for a federal government prospect that requires. FIPS 140-2 Level 2 encryption for data at rest.
Which two items are required to deliver a solution that meets the encryption standard? (Choose two)
- A . Nutanix Software Encryption
- B . Nutanix Prism Pro Licensing
- C . A supported key Management Server
- D . Self-Encrypting Drive
Which three settings are required for network switch discovery in Prism? (Choose Three)
- A . Switch Management IP Address
- B . AHV Host IP address
- C . Cluster CVM IP address
- D . SMTP Server IP address
- E . SNMP Community Name
Which two items represent measurable POC success criteria? (Choose two.)
- A . Tested VDI Broker
- B . Deployed 100 desktops on AHV using Citrix MCS plugin
- C . Restored VMs from Protection Domain
- D . Compare Nutanix to existing infrastructure
- E . Demonstrated Prism
A prospect’s storage administrator is concerned about deploying Nutanix for their vSphere server virtualization environment due to anticipated increases to data retention for compliance purposes and associated costs.
Which Nutanix feature should an SE discuss to convince the prospect to move forward?
- A . Linear scalability by adding more nodes
- B . Acropolis Block Services
- C . Adding Storage Only nodes
- D . Extending storage container with existing SAN storage
During a sales motion with a new prospect, the prospect asks to do a POC so they can experience Nutanix in their environment.
What is the most important item the SE must have in place with the prospect before moving forward with a POC?
- A . Start date of the POC
- B . Defined and measurable success criteria
- C . Meeting frequency
- D . Number of Nodes/Block to be used during the POC
A prospective customer wants to refresh their current on-premises infrastructure that. consists of 4 ESXi hosts. each with 20 cores and 512GB of RAM, and 1.2PB of usable SAN storage They have recently renewed their ESXi licensing, and all data must remain within their physical network. They are concerned that a hyperconverged solution will not meet their storage requirements without requiring a significant increase in the number of required ESXi hosts and licenses.
Which Nutanix capability should the systems engineer review with the customer?
- A . Replace the hypervisor with AHV
- B . Build Cluster on a public cloud
- C . Position storage-only nodes
- D . Use Volumes to provide storage