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Key Facts: VCP-VCF Exam

60

Exam Questions

Broadcom

300

Passing Score

Broadcom scaled score

135 min

Exam Duration

Broadcom

$250

Exam Fee

Broadcom

6+ months

VCF Experience

Exam guide recommendation

2026-04-23

Guide Updated

Broadcom exam guide

The VCP-VCF Administrator exam is a 60-question, 135-minute Broadcom certification exam with a scaled passing score of 300. Broadcom's current guide, last updated on April 23, 2026, lists 8 testable objective groups and explicitly marks sections 1 and 3 as having no testable objectives. The heaviest emphasis is on VCF Operations, Consume and Automate, and core deployment workflows.

Sample VCP-VCF Practice Questions

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1Which statement best describes VMware Cloud Foundation in the official VCF 9.0 documentation?
A.It is a full-stack private cloud platform for software-defined compute, storage, networking, security, and management.
B.It is a hardware appliance that replaces the need for virtualization software.
C.It is a SaaS-only monitoring service for public cloud workloads.
D.It is a backup product used only for protecting vCenter Server.
Explanation: Broadcom describes VMware Cloud Foundation as a full-stack infrastructure-as-a-service platform. It combines software-defined compute, storage, networking, security, and management so administrators can deploy and run a private cloud as an integrated system.
2Which requirement is the strongest indicator that an organization should evaluate VMware Cloud Foundation instead of managing separate point products?
A.A need for a single workstation to run a few test virtual machines
B.A need for self-service infrastructure with standardized lifecycle and operations across a private cloud
C.A need for a stand-alone DNS server
D.A need to replace all Ethernet switching with Fibre Channel
Explanation: VCF is aimed at organizations that want cloud-like consumption on premises with integrated deployment, lifecycle, and operations. It is a strong fit when the goal is a standardized private cloud platform rather than a collection of separately managed tools.
3In VCF messaging, what is usually meant by automating Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 operations?
A.Replacing all administrators with a fully autonomous platform
B.Separating security, networking, and storage teams into three time zones
C.Covering deployment, service provisioning, and ongoing lifecycle or operational management
D.Running only three maintenance windows per year
Explanation: Day 0 typically refers to initial platform deployment and setup, Day 1 to provisioning and configuration of services, and Day 2 to ongoing management and lifecycle tasks. VCF's value proposition is that these activities are streamlined across the full stack instead of being handled as disconnected workflows.
4Which pairing correctly matches the role of vCenter and ESX in a VCF environment?
A.vCenter provides centralized management, and ESX provides the hypervisor on the hosts.
B.vCenter provides storage encryption, and ESX provides DNS services.
C.vCenter runs tenant workloads, and ESX stores content library items only.
D.vCenter replaces NSX, and ESX replaces vSAN.
Explanation: vCenter is the central management plane for inventory, clusters, and policy-driven administration. ESX runs on the physical hosts and provides the hypervisor layer that executes virtual machines and other workloads.
5Why are hosts typically placed into a vSphere cluster inside a VCF workload domain?
A.To convert virtual machines into templates automatically
B.To provide pooled resources and features such as HA and DRS
C.To eliminate the need for storage policies
D.To replace certificate management with host profiles
Explanation: vSphere clusters group hosts into a common resource pool and enable cluster services such as High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduler. In VCF, that cluster abstraction is fundamental to how compute capacity is presented and operated within workload domains.
6An administrator wants repeatable virtual machine deployments with fewer manual steps. Which approach best supports that goal?
A.Clone a different production VM each time and reconfigure it manually
B.Use approved templates or images and standard customization workflows
C.Depend on snapshots as the primary deployment method
D.Create VMs directly on random hosts without inventory standards
Explanation: Standardized templates or images reduce drift and make deployments consistent across teams and workload domains. This approach is more predictable than cloning ad hoc production VMs or using snapshots as a substitute for proper image management.
7A latency-sensitive VM must always retain a guaranteed amount of memory during host contention. Which setting is most appropriate?
A.Memory reservation
B.CPU shares
C.Memory hot-add
D.Snapshot schedule
Explanation: A memory reservation guarantees a minimum amount of physical memory to a virtual machine. That is the direct control used when an administrator wants stronger predictability during contention rather than best-effort sharing.
8What is the primary purpose of a vSphere storage policy in VMware Cloud Foundation?
A.To manage DNS records for storage arrays
B.To match a VM's storage placement and behavior to required capabilities
C.To replace all datastore permissions with NSX rules
D.To convert block storage into public cloud object storage
Explanation: Storage policies express what a workload needs from storage, such as availability or performance-related capabilities. The platform then checks compliance and places or evaluates the VM against compatible storage resources.
9Which statement correctly contrasts vSAN ESA and vSAN OSA?
A.ESA is optimized for modern flash-based architectures, while OSA uses the original disk-group-based architecture.
B.ESA is for NAS only, while OSA is for Fibre Channel only.
C.ESA requires physical SAN arrays, while OSA requires cloud object storage.
D.ESA is only for logging workloads, while OSA is only for virtual desktops.
Explanation: vSAN Express Storage Architecture is designed around newer flash-centric hardware assumptions and differs architecturally from the Original Storage Architecture. OSA retains the older disk group model that many administrators know from earlier vSAN deployments.
10Before a vSAN cluster can contribute shared capacity to workloads, what must happen?
A.An NSX Edge cluster must be deployed on every host
B.A content library must be published from the management domain
C.Eligible local storage devices must be claimed for vSAN use
D.Every VM must be moved to thick-provisioned disks
Explanation: vSAN aggregates local host storage into a shared datastore, so the storage devices first have to be claimed and organized for vSAN. Without that step, the cluster has no vSAN-backed capacity to present for workloads.

About the VCP-VCF Exam

The VMware VCP-VCF Administrator exam (2V0-17.25) validates the skills needed to deploy, manage, and support private cloud environments built on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. It focuses on VCF fundamentals, workload domains, lifecycle and identity management, VCF Operations, and VCF Automation rather than older vSphere-only administration workflows.

Exam sponsor: VMware by Broadcom / Pearson VUE. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Questions

60 questions

Time Limit

135 minutes

Passing Score

300 (scaled)

Exam / Certification Fees

$250 USD

Exam sponsor website

Reported exam pass rate: Not publicly disclosed. Broadcom does not publish official pass-rate data for VCP-VCF. Exam sponsor website

Fees, eligibility, and exam policies can change. Confirm them with the exam sponsor before applying or paying.

Our practice resources: topics covered

We aim to reflect publicly available exam outlines and topic information in our study resources. Coverage, format, and difficulty may differ from the actual exam, and we cannot guarantee that every detail is accurate or current. Confirm exam requirements, fees, and policies with the official exam sponsor.

5% (inferred)

Private Cloud Vision

Private cloud principles, use cases, and value proposition for VMware Cloud Foundation as a modern private cloud platform.

7% (inferred)

VMware Compute Fundamentals

Deploying and configuring vCenter and ESX, building vSphere clusters, and deploying and managing virtual machines.

10% (inferred)

VMware Storage Fundamentals

vSphere storage, vSAN ESA versus OSA, vSAN cluster deployment, storage policies, resilience, and space-efficiency features.

7% (inferred)

VMware Network Fundamentals

VCF networking components, virtual networking fabrics, routing, connectivity, and network services.

15% (inferred)

VCF Deploy and Configure

VCF deployment models, required components, network gateway and networking deployment, workload domains, storage configuration, and Supervisor enablement.

12% (inferred)

VCF Manage

Fleet management, identity and RBAC, licenses, certificates, passwords, existing vCenter import, and VCF lifecycle management.

24% (inferred)

VCF Operations

VCF Operations and Logs, metrics versus properties, views, reports, dashboards, alerting, health diagnostics, monitoring, compliance, and configuration drift.

20% (inferred)

VCF Consume and Automate

VCF Automation use cases and components, regions, multi-org tenancy, provider networking, content libraries, org administration, extensibility, governance policies, and Supervisor-based services.

Preparing for the VCP-VCF Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 300 (scaled)
  • Exam length: 60 questions
  • Time limit: 135 minutes
  • Exam / certification fees: $250 USD Official sources

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VCP-VCF: Suggested Study Strategy

1Prioritize VCF Operations and VCF Automation because those objective groups carry the most blueprint coverage.
2Study from the official exam guide last updated April 23, 2026 instead of older VCF 5.x community outlines.
3Practice workload-domain deployment flow, storage attachment, and Supervisor enablement until you can explain the sequence without notes.
4Be comfortable with identity, RBAC, certificates, passwords, and lifecycle workflows inside VMware Cloud Foundation.
5Know how VCF Operations dashboards, reports, alerts, health diagnostics, and configuration-drift controls fit together.
6Understand the difference between VCF Automation provider-level tasks and org-admin consumption tasks.
7Review vSAN resilience and storage-policy scenarios, not just terminology like ESA and OSA.
8Use timed 60-question practice sets so your pacing matches the real 135-minute exam.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the VCP-VCF passing score?

Broadcom lists the VCP-VCF Administrator passing score as 300 using a scaled scoring method. The live exam is 2V0-17.25 and includes 60 questions to be completed in 135 minutes.

How many questions are on the VCP-VCF Administrator exam?

The English VCP-VCF Administrator exam currently has 60 questions according to Broadcom's certification page and exam guide. The question formats are multiple choice and multiple-choice multiple selection.

Do I still need official training to earn VCP-VCF?

No. Broadcom's May 6, 2024 certification-program update removed the mandatory training and prior-certification prerequisite for VCP exams. Broadcom still recommends VMware Cloud Foundation: Build, Manage, and Secure and VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate for exam preparation.

What does Broadcom recommend for VCP-VCF experience?

The current exam guide says candidates should have a minimum of one year of general IT experience plus at least six months working with either VMware Cloud Foundation or its individual components. The guide also expects foundational knowledge of Kubernetes, hardware, storage, networking, DNS, NTP, and certificates.

Are official domain percentages published for VCP-VCF?

No. Broadcom publishes objective sections and bullets, but not numeric percentage weights for this exam. For study planning, this practice bank weights coverage by the number of testable objectives in the current blueprint, which places the most emphasis on VCF Operations, Consume and Automate, and Deploy and Configure.

What languages is the VCP-VCF Administrator exam available in?

Broadcom's certification page lists the exam in English and Japanese. Availability and scheduling are handled through Pearson VUE.

What is the retake policy for VCP-VCF?

Broadcom's April 2024 retake policy states that proctored VMware certification exams have a seven-calendar-day waiting period after each failed attempt. Once you pass a proctored exam, you cannot take that same exam again until a new major revision is released.