COH500 exam questions

1. Question 1

   Single answer

   A customer needs a Cohesity platform primarily for policy-based backup and recovery of virtual machines and databases.

   Which product capability should be the foundation of the design?

   Select ONE answer.

   • A

     SmartFiles file services

   • B

     DataProtect data protection

   • C

     CloudTier file tiering

   • D

     Data classification

   Reveal answer

   Correct answer

   • B

     DataProtect data protection

   Explanation

   DataProtect is the Cohesity capability for protecting and recovering supported workloads. SmartFiles provides file and object services, CloudTier tiers file data, and classification identifies sensitive data; none is the primary backup workflow.

   Blueprint objective: Domain 1 — Cohesity products, use cases, and limitations.

   Reference: CCAE Exam Preparation Guide; Cohesity Documentation.

2. Question 2

   Single answer

   Which Cohesity technology is most directly associated with the distributed file system used by the platform?

   Select ONE answer.

   • A

     FortKnox

   • B

     Helios

   • C

     Siren

   • D

     SpanFS

   Reveal answer

   Correct answer

   • D

     SpanFS

   Explanation

   SpanFS is the Cohesity distributed file system named in the exam scope. FortKnox is a cloud data vault,

   Helios is a management platform, and Siren is used for health checks and troubleshooting.

   Blueprint objective: Domain 1 — Cohesity products, use cases, and limitations.

   Reference: CCAE Exam Preparation Guide.

3. Question 3

   Single answer

   A team wants to use Cohesity as a target for backups produced by an existing backup application rather than replacing that application.

   Which capability is most relevant?

   Select ONE answer.

   • A

     CloudArchive

   • B

     Threat scanning

   • C

     SmartFiles

   • D

     Helios Self-Managed

   Reveal answer

   Correct answer

   • C

     SmartFiles

   Explanation

   SmartFiles provides file and object services and can be used as a backup target. CloudArchive moves protected copies to cloud archive storage, while threat scanning and Helios Self-Managed solve different needs.

   Blueprint objective: Domain 1 — Cohesity products, use cases, and limitations.

   Reference: CCAE Exam Preparation Guide; Cohesity Documentation.

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5. Question 4

   Single answer

   Which statement best distinguishes CloudArchive from CloudTier?

   Select ONE answer.

   • A

     CloudArchive creates local snapshots; CloudTier creates replicas.

   • B

     CloudArchive manages dark sites; CloudTier manages SaaS sources.

   • C

     CloudArchive archives protected copies; CloudTier tiers cold file data.

   • D

     CloudArchive performs threat hunting; CloudTier performs anomaly detection.

   Reveal answer

   Correct answer

   • C

     CloudArchive archives protected copies; CloudTier tiers cold file data.

   Explanation

   CloudArchive is used for archival copies from protection workflows, whereas CloudTier addresses tiering of file data. The other pairings confuse archival, management, replication, and security functions.

   Blueprint objective: Domain 1 — Cohesity products, use cases, and limitations.

   Reference: CCAE Exam Preparation Guide.

6. Question 5

   Single answer

   A protection policy requires that protected snapshots cannot be modified or deleted before a defined retention expiry.

   Which feature addresses this requirement?

   Select ONE answer.

   • A

     CloudTier

   • B

     DataLock

   • C

     Instant Mass Restore

   • D

     Custom host mappings

   Reveal answer

   Correct answer

   • B

     DataLock

   Explanation

   DataLock enforces retention protection for snapshots until expiry. CloudTier changes data placement, Instant Mass Restore addresses recovery scale, and host mappings influence connectivity. Blueprint objective: Domain 1 — Design and architect a DataProtect platform.

   Reference: DataLock for Kubernetes protection; CCAE Exam Preparation Guide.

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