An administrator has been tasked with creating a custom view that displays information about specific virtual machine objects in a tabular format. Which type of view should the administrator create?

Question

Options

• ADistribution
• BList
• CText
• DTrend

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  93% (54)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  3% (2)

Explanation

List view is the correct choice because it presents objects - in this case, virtual machines - as rows in a table with configurable columns, making it ideal for displaying specific VM attributes (name, state, CPU, memory, etc.) in a structured, scannable format.

Distribution (A) is wrong because it shows how objects are spread across a metric using charts or graphs, not a tabular object listing. Text (C) is wrong because it renders information as unstructured or narrative text rather than organized rows and columns. Trend (D) is wrong because it visualizes performance data over time, suited for tracking changes rather than showing current object details.

Memory tip: Think "List = List of items in a table." When you want to list specific objects side-by-side with their properties, a List view gives you that spreadsheet-style layout - the other three are all about visualizing data patterns, not cataloging objects.

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