AZ-104: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources Flashcards
What are the two types for virtual machine pricing options?
Consumption-based and Reserved Virtual Machine Instances
What are the six types of classifications for virtual machine workloads
General purpose, Compute optimized, Memory optimized, Storage optimized, GPU, and High performance computes
What is the maximum amount of storage per virtual machine?
256 TB
What are the three methods of connecting to a windows virtual machine?
RDP, SSH, Bastion
What is Azure Bastion and how does it connect to VMs?
Azure Bastion service is a fully platform-managed PaaS service. Azure Bastion uses RDP/SSH connectivity to virtual machines directly over SSL.
What effect do the default network security settings have on a new virtual machine?
Outbound requests are allowed. Inbound traffic is allowed only from within the virtual network.
What is the virtual machine preserving operation that only pauses the virtual machine for a short time, but performance might be reduced before or after the event?
Live Migration
What is the name of the logical feature you can use to ensure a group of related virtual machines are deployed together
availability set
True or False: All virtual machines in an availability set should perform the identical set of functionalities and have the same software installed
True
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets implements which two node concepts
update domains and fault domains
By default, there are how many (non-user-configurable) update domains
5
How many update domains can you configure?
20
What is the name for a set of virtual machines and associated physical hardware that can be updated and rebooted at the same time?
An update domain
What is the name for a group of nodes that represent a physical unit of failure?
Fault domain
How many availability zones are there per region
A minimum of 3
What is the name for unique physical locations within an Azure region
Availability zones
What is the name for services that pin each resource to a specific zone?
Zonal services
What is the name for services that replicate automatically across all zones.
Zone-redundant services
Give 3 examples of zonal services
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure managed disks
- Standard IP addresses
Give 2 examples of services that can be zone-redundant
- Azure Storage that’s zone-redundant
- Azure SQL Database
What are the two implementation options for scalability?
Horizontal and Vertical
What is the type of scaling that changes virtual machine size in response to a workload
Vertical
What is the type of scaling that changes the number of virtual machines in your configuration to support the changing workload
Horizontal
True or False: Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets are an Azure Compute resource that you can use to deploy and manage a set of identical virtual machines
True
Custom Script Extensions only have how many minutes to execute
90
What is a small application that provides post-deployment configuration and automation tasks for Azure Virtual Machines
Virtual machine extensions
What option can the infrastructure team use for their IIS configuration instead of Custom Script Extensions?
Desired State Configuration
Each App Service plan defines which three settings
Region
Number of VM instances
Size of VM instances
Deployment slots are available in what pricing tiers
Standard, Premium, and Isolated App Service
An ____ record maps a domain name to an IP address
A
a ____ record maps a domain name to another domain name
CNAME
a ____ record maps a domain name to another domain name
CNAME
to use the Backup and Restore feature, you need the _____ or _____ App Service plan
Standard or Premium
Backups can hold up to ___ GB of app and database content
10
What component of Azure Kubernetes Service contributes to the monthly Azure charge?
Per node virtual machine
Which Kubernetes component processes orchestration requests and schedules when to run requested containers?
kubelet
What is the default output type for azure cli commands
JSON
What are the required azure resources when creating a VM
A virtual machine that provides CPU and memory resources
An Azure Storage account to hold the virtual hard disks
Virtual disks to hold the OS, applications, and data
**Virtual network (VNet) **to connect the VM to other Azure services or your own on-premises hardware
A network interface to communicate with the VNet
A **Resource Group **
What type of managed service are Azure Web Apps
platform as a service (PaaS)
What service uses powershell DSC to create and manage identical sets of VMS
Azure Automation State Configuration
