Azure Storage Ecosystem 3

Question 1

What are the four types of storage available within an Azure Storage account?

a) Containers, Tables, Queues, and File Shares
b) Blobs, Tables, Queues, and Databases
c) Containers, Databases, Queues, and File Shares
d) Blobs, Tables, Databases, and File Shares

Answer 1

a) Containers, Tables, Queues, and File Shares

Question 2

What is the primary use case for block blobs in Azure Blob Storage?

a) Storing virtual disks
b) Storing log files with append-only operations
c) Storing typical objects like images, videos, and documents
d) Storing key-value pair NoSQL data

Answer 2

c) Storing typical objects like images, videos, and documents

Question 3

What is the maximum size of a block blob if the block size is set to 100 MiB?

a) 3.2 GB
b) 4.75 TiB
c) 8 TiB
d) 190.7 TiB

Answer 3

b) 4.75 TiB

Question 4

What is the main characteristic of an append blob in Azure Blob Storage?

a) It allows modification of existing blocks
b) It is optimized for appending data to the end of the blob
c) It is used for storing virtual disks
d) It supports random read/write operations

Answer 4

b) It is optimized for appending data to the end of the blob

Question 5

What is the primary use case for page blobs in Azure Blob Storage?

a) Storing log files
b) Storing virtual disks
c) Storing key-value pair NoSQL data
d) Storing typical objects like images and documents

Answer 5

b) Storing virtual disks

Question 6

What is the maximum size of a page blob in Azure Blob Storage?

a) 4 TiB
b) 8 TiB
c) 16 TiB
d) 32 TiB

Answer 6

b) 8 TiB

Question 7

What is the primary advantage of using Azure Table Storage?

a) It provides global replication and high availability
b) It offers quick, easy, and inexpensive key-value pair NoSQL storage
c) It supports relational data and complex queries
d) It is optimized for storing large binary objects

Answer 7

b) It offers quick, easy, and inexpensive key-value pair NoSQL storage

Question 8

What is the maximum size of an entity in Azure Table Storage?

a) 512 KB
b) 1 MB
c) 2 MB
d) 4 MB

Answer 8

b) 1 MB

Question 9

What is the primary use case for Azure Queue Storage?

a) Storing large binary objects
b) Providing a messaging solution for communicating among disparate components
c) Storing virtual disks
d) Storing key-value pair NoSQL data

Answer 9

b) Providing a messaging solution for communicating among disparate components

Question 10

What is the default expiration period for messages in Azure Queue Storage?

a) 1 day
b) 3 days
c) 7 days
d) 14 days

Answer 10

c) 7 days

Question 11

What is the primary use case for Azure File Storage?

a) Storing images and videos for a website
b) Migrating a Storage Area Network (SAN) drive to the cloud
c) Storing key-value pair NoSQL data
d) Providing a messaging solution for microservices

Answer 11

b) Migrating a Storage Area Network (SAN) drive to the cloud

Question 12

What protocol does Azure File Storage primarily use?

a) HTTP
b) FTP
c) SMB 3.0
d) WebSocket

Answer 12

c) SMB 3.0