Pure Storage FAAA_005 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: FAAA_005
- Exam Name: Pure Storage FlashArray Architect Associate
- Certification Provider: Pure Storage
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
A customer is unsatisfied because the level of data reduction on their FlashArray is NOT as high as expected.
What two statements should the SE make to the customer? (Choose two.)
- A . A FlashArray’s compression and deduplication will need to be tuned for data subsets.
- B . FlashArray’s deduplication effectiveness will usually increase as the data quantity grows.
- C . FlashArray data reduction needs to be tuned to increase its effectiveness.
- D . The Right-Size Guarantee means that the customer can work with their SE if necessary.
During a controller upgrade of a Pure Storage FlashArray, what aspect of array design ensures there will be no tangible impact on performance?
- A . Active/active controller architecture
- B . Stateful controller architecture
- C . Active/passive controller front-ends ports
- D . Primary/secondary controller architecture
A customer currently has a FlashArray//X for their block storage with 40 TB of available storage. They need 10 TB of file workloads and want to spend the least amount possible on infrastructure.
What should the SE recommend?
- A . Run both workloads on the current FlashArray
- B . Add another disk pool for file storage to their current FlashArray
- C . Purchase an entry level FlashBlade for the file workload
- D . NDU the FlashArray //X to a //XL and run both workloads there
A controller receives a write request.
If it generates a hash that is already recorded in the hash table, what happens next?
- A . The next incoming block is then hashed to see if it can be deduplicated.
- B . Deep level compression is then applied to the newly hashed block.
- C . The new block is compared to the existing block to confirm they are duplicates.
- D . Purity//FA will expand the block to see if it can deduplicate a larger dataset.
A customer wants to have more insight into and control of their Pure Storage FlashArray and VMware environment from a single user interface.
What does the customer need to do to enable this capability in their environment?
- A . Ensure all VMware API for Array Integration (VAAI) primitives are enabled
- B . Log in to the FlashArray GUI and install the plugin for vSphere Client
- C . Configure FlashArray Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager
- D . Install Pure Storage SRA for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
What metric is used to compute billing when customers leverage the Evergreen//One offering?
- A . Total capacity installed
- B . Raw capacity consumed
- C . Effective capacity consumed
- D . Capacity provisioned to hosts
Refer to the exhibit.
A customer is experiencing latency in the VMware environment connected to this array.
What should the SE recommend?
- A . Add DirectFlash Modules as the system is disk bound
- B . Upgrade the controllers
- C . Add network cards to alleviate network congestion
- D . Check the ESXi host