WorksheetsHPE Competency Exam November 2025
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which HPE ProLiant server series is primarily designed in a tower configuration for small to medium-sized businesses or remote offices?
ML series
DL series
Apollo series
Blade System
What is the embedded technology in HPE ProLiant servers that provides out-of-band management, allowing administrators to monitor and manage the server remotely even when the operating system is down or unresponsive?
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
System Management Homepage (SMH)
Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
BIOS/UEFI
The primary physical advantage of an HPE tower server form factor over a rack-mounted server is typically its:
Lower initial cooling requirements and flexible placement.
Greater compute power per chassis.
Centralized power distribution via a rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU).
Higher density per square foot in a closet.
What is the name of the storage controller technology used in HPE ProLiant servers for hardware RAID configuration and management of drives?
HPE StoreOnce
HPE Smart Array
HPE D-Series Enclosure
MegaRAID
Which HPE tower server product line is specifically marketed as a compact, quiet, and affordable solution for small office/home office (SOHO) or edge computing environments?
ProLiant MicroServer
ProLiant ML580
ProLiant Blade
ProLiant DL380
A critical component for ensuring high availability and fault tolerance against component failure in a high-end HPE ProLiant tower server is the use of:
Redundant Power Supplies (RPS)
Only a single high-speed Network Interface Card (NIC)
A single, larger CPU
High-speed SSD storage only
What feature, often accessed via the iLO interface, simplifies and automates the process of installing an operating system and configuring the hardware on an HPE server?
Intelligent Provisioning
UEFI Boot Mode
SmartStart CD
HPE SUM (Service Pack for ProLiant Update Manager)
What is the HPE brand name for its high-performance, server-grade DRAM modules that are rigorously tested and validated for use in ProLiant servers to ensure maximum compatibility and reliability?
HPE DIMM Plus
HPE Flash Memory
HPE Power Memory
HPE SmartMemory
HPE ProLiant tower servers typically have multiple slots to accommodate additional components like graphics cards, high-speed network adapters, or Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). What standard type of slot is used for this expansion?
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
USB 3.0
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
PCI Express (PCIe)
When configuring the hardware of a ProLiant tower server, the Management Processor provides a crucial security feature by verifying firmware integrity. What is the name of this hardware-level security root of trust introduced by HPE?
Silicon Root of Trust
Silicon-on-Chip (SoC)
Secure Shell (SSH)
TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
