CCA Citrix Architecture & Components 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which three SQL Server databases does a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site use?
- Broker, Profile, and Monitoring
- Site, Licensing, and StoreFront
- Site, Director, and Gateway
- Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Site, Monitoring, and Configuration Logging
A site stores its configuration in the Site database, historical session data in the Monitoring database, and change records in the Configuration Logging database.
Question 2: Which Delivery Controller service handles the brokering of user sessions to VDAs?
- Citrix Delegated Administration Service
- Citrix Configuration Service
- Citrix Broker Service (Correct answer)
- Citrix Machine Creation Service
Correct answer: Citrix Broker Service
The Broker Service tracks registered VDAs and assigns users to available resources.
Question 3: By default, which port does a VDA use to register with a Delivery Controller?
- TCP 1494
- TCP 27000
- TCP 2598
- TCP 80 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: TCP 80
VDA registration and controller-to-VDA communication uses TCP 80 with Kerberos-authenticated WCF traffic, not raw HTTP.
Question 4: Which component lets help desk staff monitor sessions and troubleshoot user issues in real time?
- Citrix Studio
- StoreFront
- Citrix Director (Correct answer)
- Citrix License Server
Correct answer: Citrix Director
Director is a web-based console for monitoring and troubleshooting, and it pulls its data from the Monitor Service.
Question 5: An administrator needs one place to group machines of the same type, such as multi-session OS machines built from one master image. Which object should they create?
- Delivery Group
- Application Group
- Zone
- Machine Catalog (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Machine Catalog
A Machine Catalog is a collection of machines of the same type and provisioning method.
Question 6: What happens when the Citrix License Server becomes unreachable from the site?
- All existing sessions disconnect immediately
- New connections are refused until the server returns
- Only administrators can launch sessions
- The site enters a 30-day grace period and keeps accepting connections (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The site enters a 30-day grace period and keeps accepting connections
Delivery Controllers allow a 30-day grace period so that connections continue while the license server is restored.
Question 7: Which Citrix component sends the ICA file that the endpoint uses to launch a session?
- Machine Creation Services
- Citrix License Server
- StoreFront (Correct answer)
- Citrix Director
Correct answer: StoreFront
StoreFront asks the Delivery Controller for launch details and returns an ICA file to Citrix Workspace app.
CCA Citrix Architecture & Components 2
Which three SQL Server databases does a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site use?