Pure Storage FAAA_005 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: FAAA_005
Exam Name/Title: Pure Storage FlashArray Architect Associate
Certification Provider: Pure Storage
Corresponding Certification: FlashBlade Architect Professional

Exam Questions: 60
Updated On: Jul 28, 2026

Question #7

A customer has deployed an ActiveCluster solution with Uniform Configuration. The customer wants to make sure that all host connections are configured to the array according to best practices.
What Fibre Channel connections should the architect recommend for the customer to use?

A. Dual connections from each controller through two fabrics

B. A single connection from each controller through two fabrics

C. A single connection from each controller through a single fabric

D. Crossed connections from each controller through a single fabric

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Question #8

A customer needs to be able to replicate from on-prem into the public cloud. They want to use the cloud as their DR site with failover and fallback capabilities.
Which Pure Storage feature should the customer use?

A. Snapshot replication to replicate between a FlashArray on site and Cloud Block Store

B. Purity//FA CloudSnap periodic offload of snapshots to AWS

C. ActiveCluster FC replication between a FlashArray on site and Evergreen//One

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Question #9

A potential customer has a use case where they need to use a stretched cluster for high availability and also require a third copy of their data in a remote geographic location.
Which replication method should be recommended?

A. ActiveCluster with asychronous snapshot replication

B. Fan-out asynchronous snapshot replication

C. ActiveDR with periodic snapshot replication

D. CloudSnap to an offload target

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Question #10

Refer to the exhibit.

What does the depicted value 77.24 T represent?

A. The guaranteed capacity

B. Total useable space

C. Total deduplicated space

D. Total raw space on the array

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Question #11

A customer is unsatisfied because the level of data reduction on their FlashArray is NOT as high as expected.
What two statements should the SE make to the customer? (Choose two.)

A. FlashArray's deduplication effectiveness will usually increase as the data quantity grows.

B. A FlashArray's compression and deduplication will need to be tuned for data subsets.

C. The Right-Size Guarantee means that the customer can work with their SE if necessary.

D. FlashArray data reduction needs to be tuned to increase its effectiveness.

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Question #12

What is the return window as defined by the Love Your Storage Guarantee?

A. 15 days

B. 60 days

C. 30 days

D. 90 days

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