Pure Storage FAAA_005 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Pure Storage |
| Exam Name: | Pure Storage FlashArray Architect Associate |
| Exam Number: | FAAA_005 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice (single/multiple correct answers), Drag and Drop |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Passing Score: | 70% |
| Related Certifications: | Pure Storage FlashArray Administrator Associate Pure Storage FlashBlade Architect Professional |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | $129 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Recommended Training: | Pure Storage Official Training FlashArray Architect Associate Exam Guide |
| Exam Registration: | Exam Registration (Pearson VUE) Pure Storage Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: | Pure Storage FAAA_005 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite testing center |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: Complete Everpure Platform Positioning learning path; 1–3 years storage experience; 3+ months experience with Pure Storage products |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.purestorage.com/partners/certifications/flasharray-architect-associate.html |
Pure Storage FAAA_005 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Qualify, Sell, and Architect | 42% | - Solution architecture design
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| Topic 2: Subscriptions and Digital Experience (DX) | 20% | - Subscription models and benefits
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| Topic 3: Array Monitoring and Architecture | 38% | - FlashArray hardware and software architecture
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Pure Storage FlashArray Architect Associate Sample Questions:
1. A customer needs to be able to replicate from on-prem into the public cloud. They want to use the cloud as their DR site with failover and fallback capabilities.
Which Pure Storage feature should the customer use?
A) Purity//FA CloudSnap periodic offload of snapshots to AWS
B) Snapshot replication to replicate between a FlashArray on site and Cloud Block Store
C) ActiveCluster FC replication between a FlashArray on site and Evergreen//One
2. A potential customer has a use case where they need to use a stretched cluster for high availability and also require a third copy of their data in a remote geographic location.
Which replication method should be recommended?
A) ActiveCluster with asychronous snapshot replication
B) CloudSnap to an offload target
C) ActiveDR with periodic snapshot replication
D) Fan-out asynchronous snapshot replication
3. An admin is setting up replication and has set up a Protection Group.
What are the three choices when adding Members? (Select three.)
A) Add Host Groups
B) Add Snapshots
C) Add Hosts
D) AddHBAWWN
E) Add Volumes
4. What allows for array upgrades without any degradation in performance?
A) Non-disruptive upgrades
B) Protection groups
C) ActiveCluster
D) Right-Size Guarantee
5. 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) The Right-Size Guarantee means that the customer can work with their SE if necessary.
B) FlashArray data reduction needs to be tuned to increase its effectiveness.
C) FlashArray's deduplication effectiveness will usually increase as the data quantity grows.
D) A FlashArray's compression and deduplication will need to be tuned for data subsets.
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: B | Question # 2 Answer: A | Question # 3 Answer: A,B,E | Question # 4 Answer: A | Question # 5 Answer: A,C |
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