AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 2020
Which of the following is the formula used to calculate uptime? (Maximum Available Minutes - Downtime) / Maximum Available Minutes X 100 (Maximum Available Minutes - Downtime) / Maximum Available Minutes X 1440 (Maximum Available Minutes / Downtime) X 100 Maximum Available Minutes / (Maximum Available Minutes - Downtime) X 100
(Maximum Available Minutes - Downtime) / Maximum Available Minutes X 100 (Maximum Available Minutes - Downtime) / Maximum Available Minutes X 100 is the correct formula for calculating Azure SLAs. Service Level Agreements Summary | Microsoft Azure
You are planning on purchasing Azure AD Premium for your Azure subscription. What is the SLA for this product? Azure AD products are not covered under an SLA. 99.90% 99.99% 99.95
99.90% Per the Azure documentation "We guarantee at least 99.9% availability of the Azure Active Directory Basic and Premium services". The services are considered available in the following scenarios: 1)Users are able to login to the service, log in to the Access Panel, access applications on the Access Panel and reset passwords. 2)IT administrators are able to create, read, write and delete entries in the directory or provision or de-provision users to applications in the directory. Remember : No SLA is provided for the Free tier of Azure Active Directory. SLA for Azure Active Directory | Microsoft Azure
What are region pairs? A method to route traffic between two Availability Zones A region that is linked with another region in the same geography Two geographies working together to host an application Two or more regions in an Availability Set
A region that is linked with another region in the same geography Azure has the concept of region pairs, these are two or more regions that are at least 300 miles apart within a single Geography. This enables the ability to replicate certain resources such as virtual machine storage across the geography providing protection against such events as natural disasters or civil unrest. Ensure business continuity & disaster recovery using Azure Paired Regions | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following (2) statements about Azure availability zones are true? Only virtual machines that run Windows Server can be created in availability zones. An Availability Zone in an Azure region combines a fault domain and an update domain Availability zones are used to replicate data and applications to multiple datacentre within an Azure region. Zone-redundant services replicate your applications and data across Availability Zones. Availability zones are used to ensure that the VM resources are isolated from each other when they are deployed within an Azure datacentre.
An Availability Zone in an Azure region combines a fault domain and an update domain Availability zones are used to replicate data and applications to multiple datacentre within an Azure region. Zone-redundant services replicate your applications and data across Availability Zones. Multiple datacentre protect your applications and data across availability zones to protect from single points of failure. By using this combination, high availability can be achieved. Both Linux and Windows virtual machines are supported in availability zones. Regions and Availability Zones in Azure | Microsoft Docs Availability Zones in Azure - Services | Microsoft Docs Availability Zones in Azure - Availability Set Overview | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following (3) recommendations is provided by Azure Advisor? Azure App Service security Azure virtual machine IP configuration Azure resource costs Storage performance and reliability
Azure App Service security Azure resource costs Storage performance and reliability A key recommendation of Azure Advisor is cost, which allows you to see how your resources are performing and provide recommendations on how to reduce the cost of underutilized systems. Advisor identifies virtual machines with standard disks that have a high volume of transactions on your storage account and recommends upgrading to premium disks. Azure Advisor integrates with Azure Security Center to provide recommendations and detect vulnerabilities. Azure Advisor does not make technical recommendations that do not apply to performance, cost, or security. Reduce service costs using Azure Advisor - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Docs Improve the performance and reliability of virtual machine disks by using Premium Storage | Microsoft Azure Make resources more secure with Azure Advisor | Microsoft Azure Protect your Azure App Service web apps and APIs | Microsoft Azure
Which of the following Azure storage types is most suitable for sharing files using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol? Azure Files Disk Storage Blob Storage Azure Storage Explorer
Azure Files Azure Files provides highly available network file shares using the SMB protocol. This allows multiple VMs to read and write the files, and files may be accessed remotely using a URL. Disk Storage allows data to be stored persistently and attached as a virtual hard disk. Blob Storage is designed for storing large amounts of unstructured data but can not be accessed via SMB. Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app for Windows, Mac and Linux which enables you to work visually with your storage data. Introduction to Azure Storage - Cloud storage on Azure | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following Azure services is an on-demand analytics job service that can run massively parallel data transformations and processing programs across large amounts of data (2) ? Azure SQL Data Warehouse Azure SQL database Azure HDInsight Azure Data Lake Analytics
Azure HDInsight Azure Data Lake Analytics Azure Data Lake Analytics and Azure HDInsight are the correct answers. Azure Data Lake Analytics can run massively parallel data transformation and processing programs across petabytes of data. Azure HDInsight is an open-source analytics service for enterprises that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. These answers are incorrect: Azure SQL database is a managed relational database service; and Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a service that leverages massively parallel processing (MPP) to quickly run complex queries across petabytes of data in a relational database. Overview of Azure Data Lake Analytics | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following is an Azure IoT software-as-a-service solution? Azure IoT Cloud Azure IoT Manager Azure IoT Central Azure Device Farm Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Central Azure IoT Central is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that provides pre-made Internet of Things (IoT) connections and dashboards to get set up quickly. Azure IoT Hub is a Platform-as-a-Service solution that provides more control over IoT data collection and processing. Azure Device Farm, Azure IoT Manager and Azure IoT Cloud are not valid services. What is Azure IoT Central | Microsoft Docs
You have a need to create a new IoT solution quickly with minimal setup and development time. Which Azure product or solution can best help with these requirements? Azure Event Grid is perfect for connecting millions of devices with a backend. Azure IoT Hub provides a managed and secure backend for millions of IoT devices. A combination of Azure Edge for IoT combined with a CDN and Cosmos DB will meet the requirements. Azure IoT Central is a Software-as-a-Service solution that can help ease the costs and effort of developing a whole IoT solution from scratch.
Azure IoT Central is a Software-as-a-Service solution that can help ease the costs and effort of developing a whole IoT solution from scratch. Azure IoT Central is a fully managed SaaS solution that provides all parts of your IoT solution. You only have to manage dashboards and data connections. No code is needed. Azure IoT Central | Microsoft Azure
Your company wants to use Azure to manage all of their IoT devices. They are going to create the infrastructure themselves, but need a backend in Azure to manage the flow of data, and to ensure security as well as ease of deployment of new devices. Which Azure product or solution would be suitable? Azure IoT Central is the perfect SaaS solution for this scenario. Azure Event Grid is perfect for connecting millions of devices with a backend. A combination of Azure Edge for IoT combined with a CDN and Cosmos DB will meet the requirements. Azure IoT Hub provides a managed and secure backend for millions of IoT devices.
Azure IoT Hub provides a managed and secure backend for millions of IoT devices. Azure IoT Hub is a solution for providing managed services for large IoT projects. It provides secure and reliable communication from devices to the Azure backend. Azure IoT Central is a SaaS solution that provides both managed connections and security as well as the dashboards and applications to use the data. Event Grid is used to connect many Azure services. IoT Hub | Microsoft Azure
Which Azure service should you use to correlate metrics and logs from multiple resources into a centralized repository? Azure SQL Data Warehouse Azure Event Hubs Azure Event Grid Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor Log data collected by Azure Monitor (formerly Azure Log Analytics) is stored in a Log Analytics workspace, which is based on Azure Data Explorer. It collects telemetry from a variety of sources and uses the Kusto query language used by Data Explorer to retrieve and analyze data. Overview of log queries in Azure Monitor - Azure Monitor | Microsoft Docs
You are the Systems Administrator for a local university. You are deploying several sets of systems that will be used for research and development teams. Each set of systems will be uniform in nature, containing the same number and type of Azure resources. What should you recommend to automate the creation of these Azure resources? Azure Resource Manager templates Multiple Azure subscriptions Virtual machine scale sets Management groups
Azure Resource Manager templates An Azure Resource Manager template is the framework by which resources are created. They can be used to define and automate the creation of similar resources. A subscription is an agreement with Microsoft to use one or more Microsoft cloud platforms or services, for which charges accrue based on either a per-user license fee or on cloud-based resource consumption. Azure management groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions. They are not used to automate the creation of resources. Azure virtual machine scale sets let you create and manage a group of identical, load balanced VMs. The number of VM instances can automatically increase or decrease in response to demand or a defined schedule. Scale sets provide high availability to your applications and allow you to centrally manage, configure, and update a large number of VMs. However, they are simply the end product of Azure automation. Create multiple resource instances - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Docs Azure Licensing
You are the Azure Administrator for Radio Gaga, LTD. You have a resource group named RG-RG and need to ensure no other administrators can create virtual networks in this resource group. What can you implement to accomplish this? Azure policy Locks Properties Access Control (IAM)
Azure policy Azure Policy is correct as it is used to enforce different rules and effects over your resources, such as limiting what actions different administrators can perform within your RG-RG resource group. The other answers are incorrect: Access Control can be used to prevent the creation of Azure resources, but improper use could prevent required system access from other administrators - this is not the best selection; Locks can be used on a resource to prevent accidental deletion or modification of a resource group - for example; Properties are typically read-only values for an Azure resource, such as its resource ID, subscription, resource group, and other information. Overview of Azure Policy - Azure Policy | Microsoft Docs
You attempt to create several managed disks in your Azure environment. In the Portal, you receive a message that you must increase your Azure subscription limits. What should you do to increase the limits? Upgrade your support plan. Use Azure PowerShell to create the new managed disks. Modify an Azure policy. Create a new support request.
Create a new support request. If you want to raise the limit or quota above the default limit, open an online customer support request at no charge. Modification of an Azure policy will not increase the limits associated with Azure resources. Azure resource limits are bound to any tool set being used to create them. Limits for Portal-created resources apply to those created with PowerShell and Azure CLI. The Azure support plan associated with an Azure subscription has no bearing on the number of resources that can exist within a subscription.. Azure subscription limits and quotas - Azure Resource Manager | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following statements regarding Azure Virtual Machines is true? Deleted virtual machines will still incur charges for storage. If a virtual machine stays stopped and deallocated for 30 days, it will be deleted. Virtual machines can be auto-resized to combat system performance. Two virtual machines with the same size will incur the same monthly charges.
Deleted virtual machines will still incur charges for storage. When a virtual machine is deleted, its managed disk remains in the Azure portal and can be used to create a new virtual machine. Until this disk is manually removed, you will incur charges for the disk whether it is in use or not. Virtual machine scale sets can be auto-scaled to combat system performance. If a virtual machine needs to be resized, it must be done manually. Two virtual machines of the same size will incur different monthly charges as the charges are based on a number of metrics, such as: CPU usage, disk I/O, type of storage assigned and storage usage. Stopped and deallocated virtual machines will not be deleted after 30 days, they remain in the Azure portal until they are manually removed. Purchase Azure products and services - Learn | Microsoft Docs
Which support plan provides the most cost-effective access to technical support? Basic Developer Professional Direct Standard
Developer The Basic support plan does not provide access to technical support. The Developer support plan provides access to technical support via email in business hours and is the most-effective. Both the Standard and Professional Direct support plans provide 24/7 access to technical support via phone and email but are more costly. Azure Support Plans Comparison | Microsoft Azure
Which Azure support plans can open support cases? Developer Premier Basic Professional Direct Standard
Developer Premier Professional Direct Standard All support plans outside of the basic support plan can open support cases. Azure Support Plans Comparison | Microsoft Azure
Which (4) Azure support plans can open support cases? Developer Standard Professional Direct Basic Premier
Developer Standard Professional Direct Premier All support plans outside of the basic support plan can open support cases. Azure Support Plans Comparison | Microsoft Azure
Which of the following are characteristic of private clouds? High scalability Lower costs Improved security Limited flexibility
High scalability Improved security Private clouds still afford the scalability and efficiency of a public cloud. Resources are purchased and available to meet your business needs. Because resources are not shared with others, private clouds provide higher levels of control and security. Often, private cloud deployments require paying for hardware and services that remain idle for long periods. This results in higher costs. With a private cloud, your organization can customize its cloud environment to meet specific business needs..
What does Azure Advanced Threat Protection do? It provides anti-malware features for Office 365 accounts. It provides unified endpoint security for Windows-based Virtual Machines. It identifies suspicious user activities and events. It checks links in emails and documents to ensure they aren't malicious.
It identifies suspicious user activities and events. Azure Advanced Threat Protection monitors and analyzes user activities, events and related information across your network. This information is used to create a baseline for each user, which future activities are compared with to identify suspicious behaviour. Advanced Threat Protection does not provide anti-malware protection, or link checking. It also does not provide endpoint security for Windows VMs specifically, as this is a task performed by Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. What is Azure Advanced Threat Protection (Azure ATP)? | Microsoft Docs
What types (2) of data does Azure Monitor collect? Physical hardware data Metrics and activity logs Subscription monitoring data Only metrics Only activity logs
Metrics and activity logs Subscription monitoring data Azure Monitor collects two broad types of data: metrics and logs. Within these data types sits subscription monitoring data. Physical hardware data is not collected by Azure Monitor. Azure Monitor overview - Azure Monitor | Microsoft Docs
What kind of service architecture is Azure DevOps? SaaS Serverless PaaS On-premises IaaS
PaaS Azure DevOps is a PaaS solution, where you manage the platform and the services on it, but not the infrastructure. Azure DevOps Services | Microsoft Azure
You are looking to migrate your website to Azure and wish to make use of a service which provides a platform to build and host your website without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. Which type of Cloud should you choose? Software as a Service (SaaS) Private Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS) Platform as a service (PaaS) is a complete development and deployment environment in the cloud, with resources that enable you to deliver everything from simple cloud-based apps to sophisticated, cloud-enabled enterprise applications, all without you having to manage any of the underlying infrastructure or services What is PaaS? Platform as a Service | Microsoft Azure
Which of the following Azure support plans provide phone access for technical support queries? Basic Premier Standard Developer
Premier Standard The Basic support plan does not provide access to technical support. The Developer support plan only provides access to technical support via email in business hours. Both the Standard and Premier support plans provide 24/7 access to technical support via phone and email. Azure Support Plans Comparison | Microsoft Azure
Which statement best describes the benefits of the economy of scale of using cloud providers like Microsoft Azure? Being able to run more workloads in Azure than your own on-premise means your business can scale bigger Since Microsoft is a more extensive business than it's primary competitors, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, it can deliver services more cheaply Since Azure owns and runs so much hardware, they can do so more efficiently, and pass on the savings to the customer Leveraging the cloud to deliver larger and more powerful services gives a company an advantage over competitors
Since Azure owns and runs so much hardware, they can do so more efficiently, and pass on the savings to the customer The economy of scale comes from the ability of cloud providers to run so much hardware, and to do so with great efficiency, that their cost of operating it is substantially lower than if we were to do it ourselves on-premise. These cost savings can then be passed along to us as consumers. The ability to scale larger and deliver more powerful services do not translate towards an economy of scale, although they are benefits of Cloud Computing. While Microsoft does have a very different business model to AWS and Google Cloud Platform, all three are able to leverage the economy of scale in similar ways; something which is not unique to Microsoft. How to turn cloud economics to your advantage | Azure blog and updates | Microsoft Azure
Which Azure Support Plan offers a response time for critical business impact events of less than 1 hour, at the lowest cost? Premier Developer Professional Direct Standard
Standard The Standard support plan includes 24x7 access to Support Engineers via email and phone. The Standard support plan is recommended for customers running Production workloads (meaning, things that are in use by the business as part of their daily processes). When these workloads are critically impacted, it's often important that Azure Support is engaged as soon as possible. This is less important for test workloads, which would be better suited for a Developer support plan. Both the Professional Direct and Premier support plans offer equal or better response times, but at a higher price. Azure Support Plans Comparison | Microsoft Azure
Which of the following statements are true for IaaS cloud services? The client has complete control over the host operating system. The client is responsible for purchasing all Operating System (OS) host licensing. The client is responsible for all guest OS and application updates. Services can be scaled automatically to support system load.
The client is responsible for all guest OS and application updates. Services can be scaled automatically to support system load. IaaS host services are scaled automatically to combat increased system load and scaled back during periods of inactivity. The cloud service provider performs all underlying hardware, OS, and middleware updates. The client performs all guest OS and application updates. Operating System (OS) licensing is included in the per-use cost of the service. In an IaaS service, the cloud service provider manages all aspects of the host hardware and operating system. The client retains full control over the guest operating system (virtual machines, for example). What is IaaS? Infrastructure as a Service | Microsoft Azure
You have a web application on Azure with a number of virtual machines to run various processes. One of these virtual machines is in charge of processing images. Which Azure service could you use to route all requests for the "/image/" URLs to this specific VM? Use an Application Gateway to route URLs containing the "/image/" path. Implement a content delivery network to route URLs containing the "/image/" path. Use Azure Load Balancer to route URLs containing the "/image/" path. Use a VPN Gateway to route URLs containing the "/image/" path.
Use an Application Gateway to route URLs containing the "/image/" path. An Application Gateway is used specifically for routing traffic based on parameters in the traffic itself. This could be all requests to the "/images/" path of the URL being sent to a specific VM. A VPN Gateway is used to securely connect an Azure Virtual Network with an on-premises network. A CDN does not route traffic. A Load Balancer routes all traffic without looking at it. What is Azure Application Gateway | Microsoft Docs
Which of the following website provides information on Azure product updates, roadmaps, and announcements? https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/updates/ https://preview.portal.azure.com/ https://portal.azure.com/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ is where you'll learn about important Azure product updates, roadmaps, and announcements. https://preview.portal.azure.com/ is the URL to the Azure Preview Portal, which shows new functionality and features of the Azure Portal. By searching for the word Preview in the Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com/, you can find information on products that are in public preview, but it is not the best place to obtain this information. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/updates/ is an invalid URL. Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
You have an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources: Network Interface (nic0), Static Public IP (pip1), Standard Load Balancer (lb1) with 5 rules configured, Virtual Network (VNet2) = 10.1.0.0/16, and a Stopped (Deallocated) Virtual Machine (VM3). Which (2) of these unused resources should you remove to lower cost ? lb1 VNet2 pip1 nic0 VM3
lb1 pip1 lb1 and pip1 are the correct answers. The pricing for a Standard Load Balancer is based on the number of rules configured (load balancer rules and NAT rules) and data processed. However, there is no hourly charge for the Standard Load Balancer itself when no rules are configured. Since this load balancer contains rules, it should be removed to save money. There is a charge for static public IP addresses irrespective of the associated resource (unless it is part of the first five static ones in the region), so this resource should be removed. Virtual networks are provided free of charge. The only cost associated are data transfers in and out of the virtual network. If the virtual network is empty, then there should be no data and can remain in the subscription. Stopped virtual machines (which have been shut down from the operating system of the VM) will still incur charges. However, stopped and deallocated virtual machines (shut down from the Azure Portal or via Azure command line tools) do not continue to incur charges until such time as they are restarted. Unused network interfaces do not incur charges and can either remain in your subscription or removed for housekeeping purposes. Pricing Virtual Machine IP Address Options | Microsoft Azure
