Free 5V0-21.19 Sample Questions — VMware vSAN 6.7 Specialist Exam 2019

VMware vSAN 6.7 Specialist Exam 2019 (5V0-21.19) is a specialist-level VMware certification exam. The blueprint splits the exam across 5 domains, starting with vSAN Architecture, vSAN Deployment and Configuration, vSAN Storage Policies. On exam day you face around 91 questions in 115 minutes, in formats such as multiple choice, multiple select. The 20 questions below are free samples written to match that style: answer each one first, then reveal the correct answer and note which topics you miss. The 5V0-21.19 is rated intermediate in difficulty, and most candidates prepare with at least 12 months of hands-on experience. Because every answer is revealed in place, you can work through the whole set without leaving this page. Work through all 20 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 91+ question PDF.

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Question 1

What is the configured default time of vSAN Health?

  • A. 10 minutes
  • B. 15 minutes
  • C. 30 minutes
  • D. 60 minutes
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Correct Answer:
D. 60 minutes
Question 2

In a vSAN all-flash configuration, which two design tasks influence the selection of flash and capacity disks? (Choose two.)

  • A. Reserving 10 percent of cluster CPU
  • B. Reserving 8 vCPU and 32GB vRAM for controller VM
  • C. Determining workload type
  • D. Selecting appropriate flash device endurance
  • E. Sizing two flash drives for every disk group
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Correct Answer:
  • C. Determining workload type
  • D. Selecting appropriate flash device endurance
Question 3

A host in a vSAN cluster has the following VMware Compatibility Guide approved disks: -3 solid state devices (SSD) used for cache -12 magnetic drivers (HDD) used for capacity Which two options are valid disk group configurations? (Choose two.)

  • A. 1 Disk Group with 2 SSD and 6 HDD
  • B. 1 Disk Group with 3 SSD and 12 HDD
  • C. 2 Disk Groups with 1 SSD and 6 HDD each
  • D. 3 Disk Groups with 1 SSD and 4 HDD each
  • E. 4 Disk Groups with 3 HDD each
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Correct Answer:
  • C. 2 Disk Groups with 1 SSD and 6 HDD each
  • D. 3 Disk Groups with 1 SSD and 4 HDD each
Question 4

What could cause a vSAN stretched cluster to fail?

  • A. 5ms round-trip time (RTT) between data sites
  • B. blocked UDP ports on the firewall between data sites
  • C. Layer 3 communication from the data sites to the witness site
  • D. static routes between the witness site and data site
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Correct Answer:
B. blocked UDP ports on the firewall between data sites
Question 5

When should an administrator enable Resynchronization Throttling?

  • A. when a host fails to exit maintenance mode
  • B. when vSAN host CPU utilization is above 80%
  • C. when directed by VMware Global Support Services
  • D. when vSAN datastore free space is less than 20%
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Correct Answer:
D. when vSAN datastore free space is less than 20%
Question 6

The vSAN host memory needs to be replaced and the entire operation is expected to take 90-120 minutes. Which vSAN advanced setting can be adjusted to avoid rebuild operations during the host hardware maintenance?

  • A. Site Read Locality
  • B. Forced Provisioning
  • C. Object Repair Timer
  • D. Thin Swap
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Correct Answer:
C. Object Repair Timer
Question 7

The data on a failed disk group is being rebuilt on other disk groups. Negative performance impact to VMs is being reported. What can be used to reduce the negative performance impact on the VMs?

  • A. resync throttling
  • B. maintenance mode
  • C. proactive rebalance
  • D. disk group data evacuation
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Correct Answer:
A. resync throttling
Question 8

A vSAN Witness has connectivity to a vSAN cluster with supported maximum latency of 500 milliseconds round-trip time (RTT). Which vSAN cluster type is the vSAN Witness a member of?

  • A. vSAN stretched cluster with 4 nodes in each site
  • B. vSAN 2-node direct connected cluster
  • C. 4-node vSAN cluster using erasure coding
  • D. 16-node vSAN cluster with nested fault domains
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Correct Answer:
B. vSAN 2-node direct connected cluster
Question 9

An all-flash vSAN cluster contains four nodes. Which two storage policies can the cluster satisfy? (Choose two.)

  • A. FTT=2 (RAID-1 Mirroring)
  • B. FTT=2 (RAID-6 Erasure Coding)
  • C. FTT=1 (RAID-1 Mirroring)
  • D. FTT=1 (RAID-5 Erasure Coding)
  • E. FTT=3 (RAID-1 Mirroring)
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Correct Answer:
  • C. FTT=1 (RAID-1 Mirroring)
  • D. FTT=1 (RAID-5 Erasure Coding)
Question 10

Which two VMware vSphere command-line interface utilities allow an administrator to project the impact of a host failure upon cluster resources? (Choose two.)

  • A. vdq
  • B. rvc
  • C. esxtop
  • D. esxcli
  • E. dcui
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Correct Answer:
  • B. rvc
  • D. esxcli
Question 11

vSAN identifies a dying disk. When is operator action required to provide data protection?

  • A. when the cluster lacks resources
  • B. when vSAN Health service is disabled
  • C. when an object storage policy uses erasure coding
  • D. when an object storage policy uses FTT=3
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Correct Answer:
A. when the cluster lacks resources
Question 12

A single disk in a vSAN disk group suffers from an unrecoverable hardware failure. This causes vSAN to set the health status for all disks in the group to Permanent disk loss, indicating disk failure. Assuming all other disks have not suffered from a hardware failure, why would vSAN mark all disks in the group as failed?

  • A. The vSAN disk management service has failed
  • B. The affected vSphere host is offline
  • C. The key management server is offline
  • D. Deduplication and compression are enabled on the vSAN cluster
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Correct Answer:
D. Deduplication and compression are enabled on the vSAN cluster
Question 13

A vSAN cluster has this configuration: -4 hosts with 1 disk group per host -Each disk group contains 1 cache device and 7 capacity devices What are two ways to increase the vSAN datastore storage capacity? (Choose two.)

  • A. Add a host to the cluster
  • B. Add a cache device to each disk group
  • C. Add a capacity drive to each disk group
  • D. Replace a cache device with a larger cache device
  • E. Add a disk group to each host
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Add a host to the cluster
  • E. Add a disk group to each host
Question 14

A 100GB virtual disk object has this storage policy assigned to it: ✑ Site disaster tolerance: None "" standard cluster ✑ Failures To Tolerate: 1 failure "" RAID-1 (Mirroring) ✑ Number of disk stripes per object: 1 What is the maximum amount of raw vSAN storage capacity consumed by the virtual disk?

  • A. 100GB
  • B. 133GB
  • C. 200 GB
  • D. 255GB
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Correct Answer:
C. 200 GB
Question 15

A pre-vSAN 6.6 node is added to a vSAN cluster that was recently upgraded to vSAN 6.7. What is the expected behavior for this new node?

  • A. The node will communicate via unicast with all cluster members
  • B. The node will fail to join the vSphere cluster
  • C. The node will communicate via multicast with all cluster members
  • D. The node will be network partitioned from the other cluster members
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Correct Answer:
D. The node will be network partitioned from the other cluster members
Question 16

A 3-node vSAN cluster will take which two actions, when a drive is physically removed from a vSAN node? (Choose two.)

  • A. Marks all components on that device as absent
  • B. Marks all components on that device as degraded
  • C. Waits for the configured delay timer before rebuild
  • D. Marks all components on that device as stale
  • E. Starts component rebuild immediately
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Marks all components on that device as absent
  • C. Waits for the configured delay timer before rebuild
Question 17

What are two recommended reasons for configuring a cluster with at least one node in addition to the minimum required number? (Choose two.)

  • A. To ensure object accessibility
  • B. To support the use of RAID-6
  • C. To provide more flexible storage policy options
  • D. To provide full protection during maintenance mode operations
  • E. To support data at rest encryption on vSAN hybrid clusters
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Correct Answer:
  • C. To provide more flexible storage policy options
  • D. To provide full protection during maintenance mode operations
Question 18

What is a benefit of using vSphere Distributed Switches in a vSAN network?

  • A. Simplifies network abstraction
  • B. Enables network redundancy
  • C. Supports faster network adapters
  • D. Provides the ability to adjust the MTU
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Correct Answer:
A. Simplifies network abstraction
Question 19

An administrator of a vSAN 6.5 environment is planning a path to move to unicast for the vSAN network. How will the administrator achieve this?

  • A. Enable LACP on vSAN switch ports
  • B. Upgrade vCenter and vSAN nodes to vSAN 6.6 or later
  • C. Enable unicast on the vSAN interfaces
  • D. Disable multicast for vSAN using ESXCLI commands
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Correct Answer:
B. Upgrade vCenter and vSAN nodes to vSAN 6.6 or later
Question 20

The Resyncing Objects view in the vCenter UI reports that some objects are currently resyncing. Which two actions would cause the objects to resync? (Choose two).

  • A. change to the storage policy is applied to the objects
  • B. VM snapshot is being deleted
  • C. An ongoing vMotion operation is moving a VM between hosts in the cluster
  • D. host failure occurs in the cluster
  • E. HA Virtual Machine Monitoring forced a VM to reboot
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Correct Answer:
  • A. change to the storage policy is applied to the objects
  • D. host failure occurs in the cluster

5V0-21.19 sample questions FAQ

Are these 5V0-21.19 sample questions from the real exam?

No. They are original practice questions written to match the format and topic mix of the VMware vSAN 6.7 Specialist Exam 2019 exam, which contains around 91 questions. Treat them as representative practice, not leaked exam content.

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Do the sample questions include the correct answers?

Yes. Open the answer panel under each question to see which option is correct. Answer first, then reveal, so the set works as a self-check rather than a reading exercise.

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