Azure Overview Flashcards
Which Azure service allows you to host web and mobile applications using virtual machines without configuring and administrating the underlying aspects of the service, such as the operating system or security patches?
A: Azure Virtual Machines
B: Azure App Service
C: Azure Batch
D: Azure Functions
B: Azure App Service
(Azure App Service. This platform lets you host web and mobile applications without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure. After doing a minor amount of configuration, you can just upload your code to an App Service instance and let Azure take care of the details. In most cases, this is a better solution than using virtual machines.)
Which Azure Storage access tiers are designed for infrequently accessed data? Choose 2
A: Deep archive
B: Archive
C: Cool
D: Hot
B: Archive & C: Cool
The hot access tier is really used for data that is accessed frequently. The cool access tier is typically used for infrequently access data.
Archive storage is an offline tier for storing data that is rarely accessed.
Which of the following services is an example of
‘Infrastructure-as-a-Service’ or laaS on
Microsoft Azure?
A: Azure Virtual Machines
B: Azure Kubernetes Service
C: Azure Functions
D: Azure App Service
A: Azure Virtual Machines
If you currently have an application running on a Windows or Linux server, then the most straightforward way to migrate it to Azure is to do what’s called a “lift and shift” migration. That is, you simply lift the application from your on-premises server and shift it to a virtual server in the cloud. Azure VMs are known as Infrastructure-as-a-Service because they’re traditional IT infrastructure components that are offered as a service.
What is one of Azure’s oldest analytics services and supports several open-source big data frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, and Hive?
A: Azure Synapse Analytics
B: Azure Data Factory
C: Azure Databricks
D: Azure HDInsight
D: Azure HDInsight
When you have a large volume of data coming in, whether it’s from loT devices or applications, you’ll probably want to perform analytics on it.
Microsoft’s analytics offerings have evolved over time, which is why you’ll see a variety of services in this area. The oldest one is HDInsight. It supports a wide variety of open-source big data frameworks, including Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Storm, and many others.
What Azure service allows you to automate tasks with a simple drag-and-drop interface and without the use of code?
A: Azure Functions
B: Azure Logic Apps
C: Azure App Service
D: Azure API Management
B: Azure Logic Apps
Microsoft offers a service called Azure Logic Apps that lets you automate tasks without writing any code. You can create a logic app using a drag-and-drop interface.
What is more frequently cited as the easiest way to interact with Microsoft Azure?
A: Using the Azure CLI
B: Using the Azure Portal
C: Using Azure Powershell
D: Using the Azure SDK
B: Using the Azure Portal
There are many ways to interact with Azure; the Azure portal runs in a browser, so you don’t need to install anything to use it. Alternatively, you can install the CLI (the command-line interface), Azure PowerShell, or the SDK (Software Development Kit). The Azure portal is frequently cited as the easiest way to get started, though.
Which Azure service automates the deployment of complete Azure environments, including policies and permissions?
A: Azure Policy
B: Azure Blueprints
C: Azure Advisor
D: Azure Migrate
B: Azure Blueprints
Azure Blueprints automates the deployment of entire Azure environments. A blueprint is a collection of Azure Resource Manager templates plus a few other details, such as policies and user permissions. When a blueprint is assigned to a subscription, it not only automates the creation of an environment, but it also keeps a record of the deployment. This makes it a critical governance tool because it enables the tracking and auditing of deployments.
Which service simplifies the process of configuring, deploying, and managing a simple containerized application on the Azure cloud?
A: Azure App Service
B: Azure Container Instances
C: Azure Functions
D: Azure Pipelines
B: Azure Container Instances
Containers are somewhat like virtual machines except they don’t include the operating system.
This makes it easy to deploy them because they’re very lightweight compared to virtual machines. In fact, containers run on virtual machines. Microsoft provides a variety of ways to run containers. The simplest way is to use Azure Container Instances. This service lets you run a container using a single command.
How does Azure CDN improve the performance of web applications hosted on Azure?
A: It caches frequently accessed content in locations close to your customers.
B:It automatically scales the number of virtual machines required to process incoming read requests.
C: It caches incoming read requests for frequently accessed data and improves the performance of application databases.
D: It transmits data to customers over private, high-bandwidth connections rather than over the public internet.
A: It caches frequently accessed content in locations close to your customers.
One really helpful service for speeding up the responsiveness of your applications is Azure
Content Delivery Network, which lets you take advantage of Microsoft’s extensive global network. It caches your most frequently accessed content in locations around the world so your end-users will retrieve it from the closest point on the network. This really helps with making your web applications feel more like local applications.
The _____________________
is the graphic user
interface GUI) for Microsoft Azure that runs in aweb browser.
A: Azure Portal
B: Azure CLI
C: Azure SDK
D: Azure Powershell
A: Azure Portal
Azure __________ is a monitoring and performance analysis tool for apps.
A; Visual Studio
B: App Service
C: Application Insights
D: Databricks
C: Application Insights
Which Azure service is ideal for developers with little to no experience with machine learning who want to add pre-built artificial intelligence services to their applications?
A: Azure Machine Learning Studio
B: Azure Machine Learning Services
C: Azure Analysis Services
D: Azure Cognitive Services
D: Azure Cognitive Services
Microsoft offers lots of different Al services. If you’re new to Al, then the best place to start is Azure Cognitive Services. This is a collection of pre-built artificial intelligence tools. These services let you add Al capabilities to applications even if you don’t know anything about machine learning. They’re grouped into five categories: decision, language, speech, vision, and web search.
What is an Azure resource group?
A: An Azure-defined set of Azure resources located in the same region.
B: A container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.
C: A JSON file used to deploy Azure resources.
D: A user-defined set of Azure resources located in the same availability zone.
B: A container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.
A resource group holds related resources for an Azure solution. It can include all the resources for the solution, or only those resources that you want to manage as a group. You decide how you want to allocate resources to resource groups based on what makes the most sense for your organization.
What Azure Cloud compute service is useful when planning a ‘lift-and-shift” migration of an application from an on-premises environment to the Azure Cloud?
A: Azure Container Instances
B: Azure DevOps
С: Azure Functions
D: Azure Virtual Machines
D: Azure Virtual Machines
Azure virtual machines (VMs) are a service known as Infrastructure-as-a-Service because they’re traditional IT infrastructure components that are offered as a service. For this reason, they are the most logical way to perform a lift-and-shift operation. If you currently have an application running on a Windows or Linux server, then the most straightforward way to migrate it to Azure is to do what’s called a “lift and shift” migration. You lift the application from your on-premises server and shift it to a virtual server in the cloud. Azure Functions, Azure Container Instances, and Azure DevOps are all components of Azure; however, they are not the most relevant services for planning the migration from on-premises to the Azure cloud.
Which Azure service automatically examines all of your Azure resources and identifies ways to optimize them?
A: Azure Activity Log
B: Azure Resource Health
C: Azure Status
D: Azure Advisor
D: Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor, as the name implies, is a personalized cloud consultant. It automatically examines all of your Azure resources and identifies ways to optimize them.
