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Oracle SPARC Servers Solution Engineer Assessment

1. What is Oracle Numbers?

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1 .Oracle Numbers is a special format for the Oracle Database to store data on storage.

2.0racle Numbers is the standard format for the Oracle Database to store data on storage.

3.0racle Numbers is the standard format for the Oracle Database to store fixed and floating

numbers.

4.0racle Numbers is a special format for the Oracle Database to store fixed and floating

numbers

5.0racle Numbers is an ISO standard for using fixed and floating numbers.

2. Which processor is used in the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?

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1.SPARC64 XII

2.SPARC tv17

3.SPARC64 X+

4.SPARC T5

3. Which one of the following is not a Software in Silicon feature

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1.1n-Memory Query Acceleration

2.Near-zero overhead virtualization

3.Silicon Secured Memory

4.1n-Line Decompression

5.Encryption Acceleration

4. These are all on-premises offerings except?

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1 .SPARC servers

2.Minicluster

3.SPARC Dedicated Compute Service Model 300

5.SPARC ECI, ECl-2

5. All of these are competitive power moves against IBM, except:

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1 .Show how Oracle delivers superior security

2.Highlight operational efficiency gains with Oracle SPARC

3.Show lower cloud costs

4.Let other customers speak for you

6. How many SPARC processors have been released since Oracle aquired Sun?

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1.8

x 27

x 36

x 45

x 54

7. Which Oracle software product can aid in demonstrating Real-Time analytics acceleration?

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1 Solaris 11

2.PeopleSoft

3.0racle VM for SPARC

4.0racle Database 12c

8. Which versions of Oracle Solaris can be run in a non-virtualized environment (bare-metal) on

Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?

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1 .Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 10

2.0racle Solaris 11 only

3.0racle Solaris 10 only

9. What is the maximum scalability that can be achieved with the Fujitsu SPARC M12-2S Servers?

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1.8 building blocks: 16 sockets

2.Not scalable

3.16 building blocks: 32 sockets

4.32 building blocks:: 64 sockets

10. How many PCIe 3.0 root complexes are there on the SPARC M8 1/0 Controller ASIC?

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1.1

x 22

x 33

x 44

11. What is the clock speed of the SPARC64 XII in the Fujitsu SPARC MI 2-2?

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1.3.9GHz

2.3.2GHz

3.4.25GHz

4.3.6GHz

5.4.OGHz

12. Which is the correct subscription-based pricing for the SPARC Model 300?

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1.6 months increments subscriptions

2.Month-to-Month R TU

3.Multi-year RTU

4.None
5.1 Yr. Minimum Subscription

13. Which four security features are unique to SPARC servers?

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1 .Silicon Secured Memory

2.Encryption Accelerators

3.Password Protected Logins

4.Access Control, Read-only VMS

5.Compliance Reporting, Remote Audits

4. What is the memory bandwidth of an M8 processor?

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x14. What is the memor bandwidth of an M8 rocessor?

1.79 GB/s

2.100 GB/s

3.120 GB/s

4.160 GB/s

5.170 GB/s

15. Which one of the following statements is false regarding Capacity on Demand?

Incorrect

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1 .Core activations are purchased as permits. Each permit activates 1 core.

2.Minimum number of activated cores per system is 2

3. There is no feature for core autoreplacement in the case that an active core fails

4.With the interim permit you can activate all cores for 30 days for free

16. Which operating system do the Fujitsu SPARC MI 2 Servers run?

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1 .Oracle Solaris

2.0racle Linux

3.Fujitsu Linux

4.AlX

17. Which one of the following components is not managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops

Center?

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1 .Servers

2.Storage

3.Networking

4.Applications

18. Which behavior traits best describe the Line of Business persona?

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1 .Aggressive and wants to move faster

2.Defensive and don't want to move fast

3.1n a difficult position

4.Frustrated and angry

19. Which are the key message pillars for the SPARC M8-based servers (choose 3):

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1 .Lowest hardware acquisition cost

2.Designed for security

3.Highest core efficiency

4.Performance acceleration of data analytics

5.A replacement product family (versus an extension) of the current SPARC M7 family

servers

20. Which software can be accelerated with Fujistu•s Software on-Chip technology?

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x

1 .Java custom apps

2.1nformatica

3.Apache Tomcat

4.0racle Database

21. Which three features do Oracle Solaris and SPARC use to stop malware before it gets in?

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1 SSH Logins

2.1mmutable Systems

3.Virtual Machines

4.Support of https

5. Tamper Evident Software

22. What are three capabilities that support our claim that SPARC is Cloud-Ready?

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1 .Solaris 11 built for Cloud

2.Application portability

3.SPARC T 7 is 3% faster per core vs. IBM Power

4.0racle introduced SPARC public roadmap until 2021

5.Multiple consumption models

23. Which one of the statements is false regarding the new SPARC 64 XII processor?

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1 .lt has less cores than previous generation SPARC64 X+

2.1Jp to 4.25 GHz

3.1t has integrated RAS technology: ECC Parity, HW instruction retry, etc

4.1t has integrated PCIe 4.0 controllers

24. If the eUSB device fails on a T8 server, what is the fall-back boot strategy?
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1 .Replace broken eUSB and reboot

2.Boot from PCIe card

3.Boot from SP

4.Boot from DVD disk

25. What is the clock speed of the DDR4 memory in an M8-based server?

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1.1400 MHz

2.1800 MHz

3.2133 MHz

4.2400 MHz

26. What is the licensing core factor for the Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers?

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1.1

x 32

x 401

27. Which type of cooling mechanism is implemented on the new Fujitsu SPARC M12 Servers that

provides a 2x improvement in the cooling performance vs MIO servers?

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1 .No cooling

2.Vapor and Liquid Loop Cooling

3.Air cooling

4.Liquid cooling

28. By using the in-Memory columnar format, how much improvement can a customer achie

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1.75x

2.1 oox
4.120x

29. Which one is NOT a NEW RAS Feature of the Fujitsu SPARC M 12 Servers?

Incorrect

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1 . Vapor and Liquid Loop Cooling

2.Hot Swap (Multi-BB configs) w/o Dynamic Reconfiguration

3.Redundant SAS and 10 GbE controllers

4.Hot-swappable fans

30. Which two features are new to the Software in Silicon on the SPARC M8-bas

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1 .Real-time decompression of in-memory data

2.Silicon Secured Memory

3.Native OZIP format added

4.Zero overhead encryption

5.0racle Number acceleration units

31. How many cores are there on the Fujitsu SPARC M 12-1?

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2.6

3.8

4.12

5.24

32. What is the estimated core performance increase between Fujitsu MIO and the new Fujitsu

SPARC MI 2 Servers?

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1.5x

3.2.5x
4.1 Ox

33. Which three customer personas are examples of people who need to get things done?

Incorrect

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1 .Application Developers

2.1nfrastructure Teams

3.Line of Business

4.1T Leadership

34. Which two configurations support DIMM sparing?

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I.T8-1 with 8 DIMMs

2.T8-1 with 16 DIMMs

3.M8-8 CMIOU with 8 DIMMs

4.M8-8 CMIOU with 16 DIMMs

35. Which are the two sales plays for FY 18?

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1 .Modernize on SPARC

2.SPARC the Base

3.Standardize on SPARC

4.Performance That Matters

36. Which one of these product groups is designed with Cloud at Customer in mind for deployment?

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1 .Best of Breed

2.Appliance

3.Exa* & SuperCluster

4.Cloud Machines

5.Public Cloud