Chapter 1: Gaining the Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification Flashcards
A person with which Azure certification would likely code and test an Azure solution based on best-case cloud design patterns as explained and designed by the Azure Solutions Architect Expert?
Azure Developer Associate
A person with which Azure certification will design and likely configure the security, network, compute, and storage on the platform?
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
A person with which Azure certification will collaborate with stakeholders and deploy the application to the platform and manage future changes?
Azure DevOps Expert
A person with which Azure certification will monitor and maintain implemented Azure features?
Azure Administrator Associate
Which exams are required in order to earn the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification?
AZ-303 and AZ-304
Which Azure exam is focused on the following components: Implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure, implementation of management and security solutions, implementation of solutions for apps, and implementation and management of data platforms?
AZ-303: Azure Architect Technologies
Which Azure exam is focused on the following components: Design monitoring, designing identity and security, designing data storage, designing for business continuity, and designing infrastructure?
AZ-304 Azure Architect Design
Which optional Azure exam can provide a taste of what’s to come in the AZ-303 and AZ-304 exams, help define areas needing more study, and provide a more gradual on-ramp to understanding Azure technologies and design?
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
When an Azure App Service solution is created, what is the default URL?
*.azurewebsites.net
In which preview phase does an Azure feature become available on the portal, presented by its name followed by a “(Preview)” tag?
Public preview, also known as beta testing
Which status signifies that an Azure feature has completed testing successfully, and is fully supported by Microsoft Support?
Generally Available
With respect to the subtle difference between the terms “product” and “feature”, which term refers to an object like Azure Virtual Network, Azure App Service, Azure Web Apps, or Azure SQL; something that is bought; something that is selected after clicking the “+ Create a Resource” link in the portal?
product
With respect to the subtle difference between the terms “product” and “feature”, which term refers to an additional, usually optional, capability that can be added to the product?
Feature
Do the following terms refer to products or features: Azure Virtual Network, Azure App Service, Azure Web Apps, Azure SQL?
Products
Do the following terms refer to products or features: Application Insights, Azure Search, Backup, SSL/TLS, custom domains
Features
What is the first significant product created when you begin consuming Azure products and features?
an Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which product is sometimes referred to as a tenant?
an Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which Azure product can also be referred to as an identity as a service?
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which Azure product is used for authenticating sign-ins and identity protection?
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
What is the structure of the initial domain name for your Azure subscription, including the unique name you provide?
*.onmicrosoft.com, where * is the unique name you provide.
Which concept was created to store all corporate user credentials, user profiles, and permissions in a central global location for enterprise authentication?
Active Directory
Which Azure product provides the same authentication and authorization capabilities of Active Directory, but on the Azure platform?
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which product’s tenant can be used to link and authenticate software as a service capabilities like Bing, Office 365, and Dynamic CRM?
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which product can be synchronized with an on-premise Active Directory so that users inside an internal network can use the same credentials to authenticate on a compute resource running on the Azure platform?
Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Which Azure Active Directory tool is used to provide synchronization between an on-premise Active Directory and Azure Active Directory?
Azure AD Connect
For which Azure products is a network infrastructure provided, including both an internal and an external IP address, for which in most scenarios the endpoint becomes immediately and globally accessible?
Azure VM, Azure App Service, or Azure Functions
With respect to Azure network infrastructure, which of the following attributes are free: public IP addresses, inbound and outboung global or regional peering, inbound and outbound data transfers between AZs, data transfers between resources within the same virtual network
Data transfers between resources within the same virtual network
What feature is missing from the following description of a typical network configuration in Azure: inbound and outbound port/firewall rules, network security groups (NSGs), enabling security via the Azure Security Center
Load balancing rules
What is Microsoft’s infrastructure-as-a-service product offering?
Azure Virtual Machines (VM)
Which Azure product is a highly scalable and enterprise-ready compute platform?
Azure VM
What concept describes an offering in which all the hardware necessary to run a server, such as CPUs/compute, memory, and storage, is provided by the cloud service provider?
Infrastructure-as-a-service
In an infrastructure-as-a-service model such as Azure VM, are the networking capabilities provided and supported by the customer or service provider?
service provider
In an infrastructure-as-a-service model such as Azure VM, is the customer or service provider responsible for the operating system, configuration, updates, and applications?
Customer
When choosing Azure VM to handle your compute requirements, what are the three most important considerations to make that help ensure a successful deployment or migration?
Location, size, operating system
In how many of the Azure regions around the world is Azure VM available and supporting Windows and Linux operating systems?
All 54
In terms of vCPUs and RAM, what is the smallest size of VM available in Azure VM?
1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
In terms of vCPUs and RAM, what is the largest size of VM available in Azure VM?
128 vCPUs and 432 GB RAM
What is Azure’s platform-as-a-service offering?
Azure App Service
What concept describes an offering in which in addition to the network infrastructure, the operating system and its updates are also the responsibility of the cloud provider?
Platform as a service
Azure Web Apps/WebJobs, Azure App Service Web App for Containers, Azure Mobile Apps, and Azure API Apps are the four flavors of what product?
Azure App Service
Which enterprise-grade app is an additional flavor of Azure App Service tenant which belongs solely to the customer who creates it?
Azure Service Environment
In which flavor of Azure App Service is the configuration of a cypher suite order solely available?
Azure Service Environment
Why is the configuration of a cypher suite order solely available in the Azure Service Environment flavor of Azure App Service?
Because other customers may not want the cypher suite configured in that order.
Which Azure product offers both the Windows and Linux operating systems and supports a large majority of coding languages, such as .Net Core, Java, Ruby, Node.js, etc.
Azure App Service
All flavors of which Azure product support autoscaling, load balancing, intergration with AAD and OAuth providers, and great deployment capabilities integrated with Git, DevOps, and GitHub?
Azure App Service
Which Azure service is used for longer-running workloads that don’t require an HTTP connection to remain connected from start to finish?
WebJobs
What type of WebJob instance is like a batch job or small program that runs offline in the background, triggered by a cron scheduler?
a triggered WebJob
What concept describes a WebJob that monitors a queue of some kind and performs some action on each message that enters the queue?
continuous / AlwaysOn
Which Azure offering supports Windows and Linux-based containerized applications?
Azure App Service Web App for Containers
In which Azure App Service offering can you write the registry, access the event log, work with COM, and change the order of the default cypher suite?
Azure App Service Web App for Containers
Which Azure App Service offering is even more flexible than App Service Environment in many cases?
Azure App Service Web App for Containers
Which Azure App Service offering was at one time called Zumo?
Azure Mobile Apps
Which Azure App Service offering is similar to Azure Web Apps but optimized for a mobile scenario?
Azure Mobile Apps
Which Azure App Service offering features simple integration with a data source, easy integration with multiple authentication providers, and the ability to send push notifications to mobile devices?
Azure Mobile Apps
Which Azure App Service offering provides a cross-platform SDK specifically created to work in the context of multiple operating systems such as iOS, Android, and Windows?
Azure Mobile Apps
With which Azure App Service offering does Azure Mobile Apps share its basic features such as autoscaling, load balancing, and monitoring?
Azure Web Apps
Which Azure App Service offering is the quickest way to deploy and create RESTful APIs?
Azure API Apps
Which Azure App Service offering has built-in support for Swagger?
Azure API Apps
Which Azure App Service offering features instances that typically have some kind of GUI or an interface for an individual to interact with the application?
Azure Web Apps
Which Azure App Service offering features endpoints that usually exchange and process JSON documents instead of having a GUI or page to interact with?
Azure API Apps
What is the serverless product offering from Microsoft called?
Azure Functions
What concept describes an application that is not allocated to a server/compute resource when the application is not in use?
Serverless
In which two scenarios can you configure an Azure Function:
a Consumption plan or an App Service plan