CHSA Data Center Infrastructure & Operations 2

Question 1

A hospital requires its EHR data center to tolerate any single component failure without downtime during planned maintenance. Which Uptime Institute tier minimum meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Tier III

Answer

Tier III is concurrently maintainable, so any component can be taken offline for planned maintenance without disrupting IT operations.

Question 2

What does the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric measure in a healthcare data center?

Accepted Answer

Ratio of total facility power to IT equipment power

Answer

PUE is total facility energy divided by IT equipment energy, and a value closer to 1.0 means better efficiency.

Question 3

During a utility outage, which device keeps servers running for the seconds to minutes before the backup generator takes the load?

Accepted Answer

Uninterruptible power supply

Answer

The UPS supplies battery power immediately so there is no gap while the generator starts and the transfer switch moves the load.

Question 4

A clinic's leadership sets a maximum acceptable data loss of 15 minutes for its lab system. Which metric does this define?

Accepted Answer

Recovery Point Objective

Answer

RPO is the maximum amount of data, measured in time, that can be lost after an incident.

Question 5

Which cooling layout separates cold supply air from hot exhaust air by facing server rack fronts toward each other?

Accepted Answer

Hot aisle/cold aisle arrangement

Answer

Rack fronts face a shared cold aisle and backs face a shared hot aisle, which prevents hot and cold air from mixing.

CHSA - Certified Health Service Administrator Practice Test

CHSA - Certified Health Service Administrator Practice Test

CHSA Data Center Infrastructure & Operations 2