Free Practice Questions for Nutanix NCP-MCI-7.5 Exam

Nutanix does support exposing storage containers for hypervisor access patterns, but Nutanix also clearly recommends not using an AOS storage container as a general-purpose NFS or SMB share. For a temporary exception such as a migration host, the safer and more controlled approach is to whitelist only the exact host that needs access. Using a single host IP with a 255.255.255.255 netmask is the most restrictive option listed and follows the principle of least privilege. That reduces risk during the migration window and avoids broad, unnecessary exposure of the container to an entire subnet. ( Nutanix Portal )

This question is really about administration discipline, not just raw connectivity. Opening the whole subnet might be convenient, but it creates more attack surface and more chance of accidental mounting from unauthorized systems. Nutanix documentation steers administrators toward purpose-built file services, such as Nutanix Files, when they need true shared file access. Since this is only for a temporary migration, the best practice is a tightly scoped NFS allowlist entry for one external host. That makes B the strongest operational and security choice. ( Nutanix Portal )

Nutanix Foundation documentation explains that Standalone Foundation can be used for imaging or re-imaging nodes, including bare-metal imaging scenarios where the target nodes do not already have a host operating system. This matches the scenario exactly: the new node has no operating system, and the administrator needs a deployment tool to image it into the cluster. Since IPMI is not configured, a centrally managed remote bare-metal workflow like Foundation Central is less appropriate than directly using Standalone Foundation for node imaging. ( Nutanix )

The other options fit different situations. Phoenix ISO is generally associated with recovery and low-level reinstallation paths rather than the normal first-choice imaging workflow for adding a new node in an expansion scenario. Discovery OS is not the intended answer for cluster imaging itself. Foundation Central is designed to orchestrate many deployments at scale, but the question is about imaging a specific new bare-metal node without existing out-of-band configuration. Nutanix documentation describes Standalone Foundation as a supported answer for exactly this type of node imaging task, so D is correct. ( Nutanix )

Nutanix documentation for Prism Central point-in-time backups states that the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) can be configured in values ranging from 1 hour to 24 hours. Since the question asks for the RPO time in hours for Prism Central backups, the expected exam answer is the maximum supported interval of 24 hours, which corresponds to option A.

This is not asking how long recovery takes or how long restore points are retained. Nutanix documents those separately. The RPO defines how often recovery points can be taken, and Prism Central’s backup framework allows choices up to a 24-hour interval. That is why values like 36, 48, or 72 hours are not supported answers in the documented PC backup workflow. So for an authentic Nutanix-aligned study sheet, A. 24 is correct.