53 Nutanix AHV questions from the Virtualization bank, written for Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd.
Free to start: the 2-minute IT readiness check — six questions and a result.
A.Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation
B.Per-node VM that runs the storage stack and serves I/O to local AHV guests.
C.Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
D.Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
2. Which term means: "Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism"?
Junior
A.AHV
B.Controller VM (CVM)
C.Prism Central
D.Move
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.AHV — Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
B.AHV — Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
C.AHV — Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
D.AHV — Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
4. What is Prism?
Junior
A.Web-scale storage layer pooling node-local disks; data locality keeps a VM hot data on its host.
B.Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation
C.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
D.The Nutanix redundancy setting that keeps two (RF2) or three (RF3) copies of each data block across nodes to survive one or two failures
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
5. Which term means: "Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation"?
Junior
A.Replication factor (RF2/RF3)
B.AHV
C.Prism Central
D.Prism
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Prism — A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
B.Prism — Identity-based L4 firewall policies applied per VM category rather than per subnet.
C.Prism — Web-scale storage layer pooling node-local disks; data locality keeps a VM hot data on its host.
D.Prism — Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
7. What is Controller VM (CVM)?
Junior
A.Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
B.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
C.A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
D.Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
8. Which term means: "A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric"?
Junior
A.AOS
B.Controller VM (CVM)
C.Flow
D.Prism
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
9. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Controller VM (CVM) — A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
B.Controller VM (CVM) — Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
C.Controller VM (CVM) — Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
D.Controller VM (CVM) — Per-node VM that runs the storage stack and serves I/O to local AHV guests.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
10. What is AOS?
Junior
A.Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
B.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
C.Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
D.Identity-based L4 firewall policies applied per VM category rather than per subnet.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
11. Which term means: "Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management"?
Junior
A.Replication factor (RF2/RF3)
B.Flow microsegmentation
C.Flow
D.AOS
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
12. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.AOS — Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
B.AOS — Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
C.AOS — Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV
D.AOS — Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
13. What is Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF)?
Mid
A.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
B.Identity-based L4 firewall policies applied per VM category rather than per subnet.
C.The Nutanix software-defined storage layer that aggregates node-local SSD/NVMe and HDD into a single resilient pool across the cluster
D.A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
14. Which term means: "The Nutanix software-defined storage layer that aggregates node-local SSD/NVMe and HDD into a single resilient pool across the cluster"?
Mid
A.Data locality
B.Prism
C.AHV
D.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF)
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) — The Nutanix software-defined storage layer that aggregates node-local SSD/NVMe and HDD into a single resilient pool across the cluster
B.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) — Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV
C.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) — Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
D.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) — A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
16. What is Data locality?
Senior
A.The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
B.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
C.Web-scale storage layer pooling node-local disks; data locality keeps a VM hot data on its host.
D.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
17. Which term means: "The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops"?
Senior
A.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF)
B.Data locality
C.Flow
D.AHV
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
18. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Data locality — Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
B.Data locality — Per-node VM that runs the storage stack and serves I/O to local AHV guests.
C.Data locality — The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
D.Data locality — Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
19. What is Replication Factor (RF2/RF3)?
Junior
A.Identity-based L4 firewall policies applied per VM category rather than per subnet.
B.The Nutanix software-defined storage layer that aggregates node-local SSD/NVMe and HDD into a single resilient pool across the cluster
C.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
D.The Nutanix redundancy setting that keeps two (RF2) or three (RF3) copies of each data block across nodes to survive one or two failures
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
20. Which term means: "The Nutanix redundancy setting that keeps two (RF2) or three (RF3) copies of each data block across nodes to survive one or two failures"?
Junior
A.Flow
B.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3)
C.AOS
D.Prism Central
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
21. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3) — The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
B.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3) — The Nutanix redundancy setting that keeps two (RF2) or three (RF3) copies of each data block across nodes to survive one or two failures
C.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3) — Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation
D.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3) — A Nutanix space-efficiency feature that encodes cold data with parity strips across nodes, reclaiming capacity versus full replication
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
22. What is Erasure Coding (EC-X)?
Senior
A.A Nutanix space-efficiency feature that encodes cold data with parity strips across nodes, reclaiming capacity versus full replication
B.Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
C.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
D.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
23. Which term means: "A Nutanix space-efficiency feature that encodes cold data with parity strips across nodes, reclaiming capacity versus full replication"?
Senior
A.Controller VM (CVM)
B.Erasure Coding (EC-X)
C.Flow
D.Replication Factor (RF2/RF3)
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
24. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Erasure Coding (EC-X) — Number of data copies kept across nodes; RF2 survives one failure, RF3 survives two.
B.Erasure Coding (EC-X) — A Nutanix space-efficiency feature that encodes cold data with parity strips across nodes, reclaiming capacity versus full replication
C.Erasure Coding (EC-X) — The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
D.Erasure Coding (EC-X) — A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
25. What is Flow?
Junior
A.Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV
B.Nutanix's native KVM-based Type 1 hypervisor included with AOS at no extra license cost, managed entirely through Prism
C.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
D.A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
26. Which term means: "Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV"?
Junior
A.Controller VM (CVM)
B.Prism
C.Flow
D.Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF)
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
27. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Flow — Nutanix's management plane; Prism Element manages a single cluster while Prism Central provides multi-cluster, governance and automation
B.Flow — Nutanix's microsegmentation and network security product that applies identity-based policies to VM traffic within AHV
C.Flow — The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
D.Flow — Acropolis Operating System: the Nutanix software layer that delivers the distributed storage fabric, data services and cluster management
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
28. What is Move?
Junior
A.The Nutanix software-defined storage layer that aggregates node-local SSD/NVMe and HDD into a single resilient pool across the cluster
B.Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
C.A VM running on every Nutanix node that handles all storage I/O and pools local disks into the distributed storage fabric
D.The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
29. Which term means: "The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime"?
Junior
A.Prism Central
B.Prism
C.AHV
D.Move
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
30. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Move — The Nutanix migration tool that converts and imports VMs from ESXi, Hyper-V or AWS into AHV with minimal downtime
B.Move — Identity-based L4 firewall policies applied per VM category rather than per subnet.
C.Move — The Nutanix optimization that keeps a VM's hot data on the same node it runs on, served by the local CVM to minimize network hops
D.Move — Multi-cluster management plane providing microsegmentation, DR orchestration, and a single UI across AHV clusters.
Answer + AI explanation with Pro
Showing 30 of 53 Nutanix AHV questions — the full set, with answers, explanations and an AI tutor on every question, is inside.
Free to start
Start with a free readiness check
Sign up free for the 2-minute IT readiness check and a scored result. Answers, explanations and the AI tutor on every Nutanix AHV question come with Pro.