1. Which of the following operating systems are supported on the E1080 server?

A. AIX, IBM i, SLES, and RHEL

B. AIX, SLES, and RHEL
C. AIX, IBM i, and SLES
D. AIX and IBM i
2. The E1080 is the world's first server with the fifth generation (Gen) of the PCIe interconnect. PCIe Gen
5 is rated at how many gigatransfers per second?
A. 96
B. 64
C. 16
D. 32
3. Power10 and the E1080 are ushering in a new era of performance for enterprise workloads. Proof of
this is the world record result for an 8-socket server running the SAP SD two-tier standard application
benchmark. How many SAPS did the E1080 server achieve?
A. 1,005,200
B. 477,800
C. 768,420
D. 955,050
4. What E1080 product configuration provides the best performance per core?
A. 10-core
B. 15-core
C. 8-core
D. 12-core
5. Your client is currently running their workloads on a 2-node E880C system with 96 cores total. They
are interested in moving those workloads to a new E1080 environment. What is the minimal E1080
configuration to sufficiently host their current workloads?
A. 2 nodes with 80 cores total
B. 1 node with 48 cores
C. 1 node with 60 cores
D. 2 nodes with 96 cores total
6. Every generation of IBM Power raises the bar for performance, availability, security, and many other
important factors that clients care about. Which one of the following statements is *not* correct when
comparing an E880C server to an E1080 server?
A. The E1080 supports twice the memory capacity as the E880C.
B. The E1080 has over twice the IO bandwidth as the E880C.
C. The E1080 supports 25% more (and faster!) cores than the E880C.
D. The E1080 has twice the number of PCIe Gen 3 slots as the E880C.
7. What core configurations are available for Power E1080?
A. 12, 15, 18
 B. 10, 12, 15
C. 8, 16, 24
D. 6, 8, 12
8. The E1080 server offers tremendous consolidation capabilities for clients, regardless of whether they
are transitioning from x86 servers or migrating from earlier generations of IBM Power servers. What is
the maximum number of cores (total) supported on an E1080 system?
A. 96
B. 192
C. 240
D. 288
9. The E1080 enterprise server brings significant benefits to both high-end and mid-range markets. This
means there are major opportunities for sellers in this space. What is expected to be the approximate
annual market opportunity for 4 or more socket servers by 2025?
A. $500M
B. $20B
C. $1B
D. $10B
10. Which machine learning model portability standard allows model development on commodity
hardware but deployment on enterprise servers, such as E1080?
A. Artificial Intelligence Portability Model (AIPM)
B. Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX)
C. Mobile Model Advanced Interchange (MMAI)
D. Transportable Machine Learning Model (TMLM)
11. What is one benefit of IBM's partnership with Samsung for chip manufacturing?
A. Samsung's unique manufacturing technology has allowed for a doubling of clock speed between
POWER9 and Power10 processors.
B. Processor manufacturing costs have been reduced by over 80% when compared to previous
generations of Power servers.
C. Chip yields have increased, meaning that there is more capability to deliver higher core
processors than previous generations.
D. There is an opportunity to explore the inclusion of Power-based chips in Samsung's mobile
devices starting in 2023.
12. With the release of the E1080 server came a world record SPECint performance benchmark result for
8-socket servers. Compared to the previous record holder, a 224-core HPE Superdome Flex 280 server,
how much more performance per core did the 120-core E1080 server achieve?
A. 3.2x
B. 2.5x
C. 2.7x
D. 1.9x
13. What minimum version of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) is required to manage
Power10 servers?
 A. V9 R1
B. V9 R2
C. V11 R1
D. V10 R1
14. You're talking to a client about how Power10 offers a compelling value proposition for clients who
are looking to further infuse and operationalize AI within their business. As your talk continues, you start
to talk about the benefits of "AI at the point of data". The client pauses you to ask what you meant by "AI
at the point of data". What is the best point to use in your response?
A. Train your models directly on GPU-enabled servers that are also hosting your transactional
systems of record.
B. Use of models implemented as user-defined functions that run against historical data in data
warehouses.
C. Perform inferencing where data is generated, such as at point-of-sale systems and Internet-of-
Things (IoT) devices.
D. Bring your own models and run inferencing where your operational data resides.
15. What is the maximum amount of memory supported (total) on an E1080 system?
A. 128 TB
B. 32 TB
C. 96 TB
D. 64 TB
16. The Power10 processor used in the E1080 uses a glueless, 16-socket, 2 hop design. What is meant
here by the term "2 hop"?
A. Access from the processor to attached peripherals requires going through two adapter cards.
B. When doing matrix math for inferencing, data is first pulled from main memory into the MMA
engine and then into the processor.
C. Memory access from the processor requires going through the cache first and then to main
memory.
D. Every chip is either directly, or through 1 other chip, connected together.
17. Power10 uses a new memory interface that contributes to its incredible memory bandwidth of over
400 Gigabytes per second (400 GB/s) per socket. What is the name of this new memory interface?
A. Open Memory Interface (OMI)
B. Extreme Flash Architecture (EFA)
C. Accelerated Slot Coupling (ASC)
D. Memory Agnostic Interconnect (MAI)
18. In an IBM Institute for Business 2021 CEO Study, enhancing operational agility and flexibility was
found to be the clear top priority for CEOs. What percentage of CEOs considered this a priority?
A. 56%
B. 41%
C. 36%
D. 73%
19. Based on IBM testing, how does the containerized throughput (per core) of Red Hat OpenShift
running on the E1080 server compare to a competitive x86-based server?
A. 1.9x more throughput
B. 5.6x more throughput
C. 4.1x more throughput
D. 2.7x more throughput
20. In addition to securing clients from today's major security threats, Power10 is built to protect from
future threats by supporting upcoming cryptography techniques. What is an example of this support?
A. Distributed mesh cryptography
B. Quantum-safe cryptography
C. Matrix inversion cryptography
D. Converged order cryptography
21. Your client has been talking to you about their recently announced corporate sustainability initiatives
and their goal to become a "greener" company. IT is expected to be a major contributor in helping achieve
this goal, but they are concerned about the practicality of doing so. The majority of their servers are
POWER8 E880C. What do you say to them?
A. POWER9-based servers and Power10-based servers have similar energy consumption numbers
for a given workload. Suggest that they move their workloads to E980 servers now and then
E1080 servers when the POWER9 servers go out of support.
B. Make the recommendation to move all of their workloads to IBM Cloud. They will easily meet
their energy reduction targets because the energy costs are incurred by the cloud vendor and not
by them.
C. Explain how all IBM servers since POWER7 are EcoSaver Certified and suggest that they keep
their existing E880C-based workloads in place, but move all of their x86-based workloads onto
new E1080 servers.
D. Explain to them how they can cut their energy consumption in half when consolidating their
existing POWER8-based workloads onto new Power E1080 servers.
22. With Power10, IBM remains committed to providing clients with the most secure platform on which
to run their business. Which of the following is a type of application domain vulnerability that Power10
helps defend against?
A. Cross-cipher substitution
B. Return-oriented programming
C. Code stack imposter
D. Indirect region overlay
23. Built into the Power10 processor core are matrix math accelerator (MMA) engines. What is the
function of these MMA engines?
A. They accelerate cryptographic algorithms, allowing algorithms like AES, SHA2, and SHA3 to
run significantly faster on Power10 than they did on POWER9-based systems
B. They are high-speed memory interfaces that provide increased memory speeds and bandwidth
compared to POWER9 and earlier servers.
C. They provide an alternative to external accelerators, such as GPUs, for execution of statistical
machine learning and inferencing workloads.
 D. They speed up data encryption and decryption operations, which rely heavily on algorithms that
benefit from matrix math acceleration.
24. For years, IBM has repeatedly pushed the size limits of processor technology in order to improve
density and reduce power requirements. With the Power10-based E1080 server, IBM becomes the first
vendor to offer an enterprise server with 4 or more sockets at what size?
A. 2 nanometers (nm)
B. 10 nanometers (nm)
C. 14 nanometers (nm)
D. 7 nanometers (nm)
25. Which of the following is *not* a way that the E1080 can reduce a client's total cost of ownership
(TCO)?
A. Reduced training times of deep learning models through the use of GPUs
B. Reduced energy and cooling costs
C. Reduced carbon footprint
D. Increased core performance, leading to lower software maintenance costs