Nutanix NCA 7.5: Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) 7.5

Last checked November 10, 2026 against the official Nutanix exam page.

1. Question 1Recognize Nutanix Solutions and Tools

   A company plans to move several hundred virtual machines from VMware ESXi to AHV and wants a Nutanix tool that migrates them with minimal manual rework. Which tool fits this need?

   1. ANutanix Files
   2. BNutanix Move
   3. CPrism Central
   4. DNutanix Calm for automated blueprints
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   Correct answer: B

   Nutanix Move is the migration tool designed to move VMs from other hypervisors such as ESXi onto AHV. Nutanix Files provides SMB and NFS file services, Prism Central manages multiple clusters, and Nutanix Calm handles application blueprints, so none of those is the migration tool.

2. Question 2Describe Nutanix Platform Administration

   An administrator needs application-consistent (VSS-based) snapshots of Windows guest VMs running on AHV, along with file-level restore. What should be installed in each guest?

   1. AA Prism Central plug-in only
   2. BThe Nutanix Move appliance
   3. CNutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
   4. DThe Foundation imaging package
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   Correct answer: C

   Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) enables VSS-based application-consistent snapshots and file-level restore for guest VMs. Move is a migration appliance, a Prism Central plug-in does not add guest VSS support, and Foundation images nodes rather than guest VMs.

3. Question 3Describe Cluster Configuration and Maintenance

   A branch office needs a two-node Nutanix cluster. Which additional component is required so the cluster can keep quorum when one node is unavailable?

   1. AA dedicated Move appliance
   2. BA second Prism Central instance
   3. CA Nutanix Objects bucket
   4. DA witness VM
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   Correct answer: D

   A two-node cluster uses a witness VM as a tiebreaker so that quorum survives the failure of one node. A second Prism Central instance, an Objects bucket or a Move appliance does not provide quorum for the cluster's high availability.

4. Question 4Platform Health and Monitoring

   Before a maintenance window, an administrator wants a broad set of cluster health checks run from the command line on a CVM. Which tool should be used?

   1. ALife Cycle Manager inventory scan
   2. BNutanix Cluster Check (NCC)
   3. CFoundation imaging
   4. DPulse telemetry
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   Correct answer: B

   Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) is the health check framework that runs a broad set of checks from the command line on a CVM. Life Cycle Manager tracks updates, Foundation images nodes, and Pulse sends telemetry, so none of them is the health check tool.

5. Question 5Recognize Nutanix Solutions and Tools

   Which statement best describes the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) in a Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure deployment?

   1. AA standalone console used only to monitor several clusters across multiple sites
   2. BA VMware ESXi-based hypervisor that is licensed separately from the Nutanix software stack
   3. CA KVM-based hypervisor that is included with AOS and needs no separate hypervisor license
   4. DA file services component that presents SMB and NFS shares to client applications
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   Correct answer: C

   AHV is the built-in hypervisor based on KVM and is included with AOS, so it does not need a separate hypervisor purchase. The ESXi option is wrong because AHV is not VMware-based, the console option describes Prism Central, and the file services option describes Nutanix Files.