Practice Assessment for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Question 1

Which two factors affect Azure costs? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

availability zone selection
date and time of use
resource location
resource usage

Answer 1

resource location
resource usage

Explanation:
Usage meters, such as CPU time, disk size, and write operations, are used to calculate your bill for an Azure resource. Deleting or deallocating a resource means that you will no longer be billed for it. Different regions can have different associated prices. Resources cost the same no matter the time of day or the day of the week.

Question 2

Which are two common scenarios for using resource tags? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

associating costs with different environments
categorizing costs by department
identifying lower cost regions
resizing underutilized virtual machines

Answer 2

associating costs with different environments
categorizing costs by department

Explanation:
You can use tags to categorize costs by department, such as human resources, marketing, or finance, or by environment, such as test or production. Resizing underutilized virtual machines is a good cost saving measure and provisioning resources in lower cost regions is a good practice, but resource tags do not help with this.

Question 3

What can you use to ensure that new and existing Azure resources stay in compliance with corporate standards?
Select only one answer.

Azure Advisor
Azure Policy
resource locks
resource tags

Answer 3

Azure Policy

Explanation:
Azure Policy is a service in Azure that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies that control or audit resources. These policies enforce different rules across all resource configurations so that the configurations stay compliant with corporate standards.

Question 4

You need to recommend a solution for Azure virtual machine deployments. The solution must enforce company standards on the virtual machines.

What should you include in the recommendation?

Select only one answer.
Microsoft Intune compliance policy
Azure Cost Management
Azure Lock
Azure Policy

Answer 4

Azure Policy

Explanation:
Azure policies will allow you to enforce company standards on new virtual machines when combined with Azure VM Image Builder and Azure Compute Gallery. By using Azure Policy and role-based access control (RBAC) assignments, enterprises can enforce standards on Azure resources. But on virtual machines, these mechanisms only affect the control plane or the route to the virtual machine.

Question 5

You need to ensure that multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enabled on accounts with write permissions in an Azure subscription.

What should you implement?
Select only one answer.
Azure Policy
resource locks
resource tags
Cloud Adoption Framework

Answer 5

Azure Policy

Explanation:
Azure Policy is a service in Azure that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies that control or audit resources.

Question 6

What can you use to ensure that a development team can only create virtual machines of a certain size?
Select only one answer.

Azure Blueprints
Azure Policy
Cloud Adoption Framework
Conditional Access

Answer 6

Azure Policy

Explanation:
Azure Policy enables you to define both individual policies and groups of related policies called initiatives. Azure Policy evaluates your resources and highlights resources that are not compliant with the policies you created. Azure Policy can also prevent noncompliant resources from being created.

Question 7

Which two actions can be performed by using Azure portal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

Change the availability zone of a virtual machine.
Create new resources.
Assign deny permission on a resource group
Create Microsoft Entra user

Answer 7

Create new resources.
Create Microsoft Entra user

Explanation:
The Azure portal provides a GUI to view all the services you are using, create new services, configure your services, and view reports.

Question 8

Which management layer accepts requests from any Azure tool or API and enables you to create, update, and delete resources in an Azure account?
Select only one answer.

Azure CLI
Azure management groups
Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Azure Sphere

Answer 8

Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

Explanation:
ARM is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in an Azure account.

Question 9

Which two tools are accessible via Azure Cloud Shell to manage an Azure environment?
Select all answers that apply.

Azure CLI
Azure PowerShell
Azure Repos
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

Answer 9

Azure CLI
Azure PowerShell

Explanation:
Azure CLI is an executable program with which a user can execute commands in Bash that call the Azure REST API. Azure Cloud Shell also supports Azure PowerShell as an executable program.

Question 10

What should you use to access Azure Cloud Shell?
Select only one answer.
a web browser
Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
the command-line on a local computer

Answer 10

a web browser

Explanation:
Cloud Shell is an interactive, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources.

Question 11

What can you use to create resources in Azure and includes a validation step to ensure all resources are created in a specific order based on dependencies, in parallel and idempotent?
Select only one answer.
Azure CLI
Azure PowerShell
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
Azure REST API

Answer 11

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

Explanation:
ARM templates define an application’s infrastructure requirements for a repeatable deployment that is done in a consistent manner. A validation step ensures that all resources can be created in the proper order based on dependencies, in parallel and idempotent.

Question 12

Which two tools can you use to create a new Azure virtual machine from a mobile device that runs Android? Each correct answer presents complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
Remote Desktop
SSH
the Azure portal

Answer 12

PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
the Azure portal

Explanation:
The Azure portal can run on devices that have the Android operating system installed. The browser can be any type, such as Internet Explorer 11, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (all the latest versions). When you visit the portal, you will see Cloud Shell. Users can then access Bash and PowerShell from within Cloud Shell. You can use Bash and PowerShell to create Azure virtual machines.

Question 13

You have a team of Linux administrators that need to manage the resources in Azure. The team wants to use the Bash shell to perform the administration.

What should you recommend?
Select only one answer.
Azure Blueprint
Azure CLI
Azure Powershell
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template

Answer 13

Azure CLI

Explanation:
Azure CLI allows you to use the Bash shell to perform administrative tasks. Bash is used in Linux environments, so a Linux administrator will probably be more comfortable performing command-line administration from Azure CLI.

Question 14

You need to create a custom solution that uses thresholds to trigger autoscaling functionality to scale an app up or down to meet user demand.

What should you include in the solution?
Select only one answer.
Application insights
Azure Advisor
Azure Monitor
Azure Service Health

Answer 14

Azure Monitor

Explanation:
Azure Monitor is a platform that collects metric and logging data, such as CPU percentages. The data can be used to trigger autoscaling.

Question 15

What should you proactively review and act on to avoid service interruptions, such as service retirements and breaking changes?
Select only one answer.

application insights
Azure Monitor
health advisories
service issues

Answer 15

health advisories

Explanation:
Health advisories are issues that require that you take proactive action to avoid service interruptions, such as service retirements and breaking changes. Service issues are problems such as outages that require immediate actions.

Question 16

What can you use to find information about planned maintenance for Azure services that are critical to your organization?
Select only one answer.

Azure Advisor
Azure Monitor
Azure Service Health
Log Analytics

Answer 16

Azure Service Health

Explanation:
You can drill down to the affected services, regions, and details to show how an event will affect you and what you must do. Most of these events occur without any impact to you and will not be shown. In a rare case that a reboot is required, Service Health allows you to choose when to perform the maintenance to minimize the downtime

Question 17

Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

Applications can be provisioned and deprovisioned quickly.
Hardware must be purchased.
Organizations only pay for what they use.
The company has complete control over physical resources and security.

Answer 17

Hardware must be purchased.
The company has complete control over physical resources and security.

Explanation:
In a private cloud, hardware must be purchased for start up and maintenance. In a private cloud, organizations control resources and security. Quick provisioning is a characteristic of the public cloud deployment model. Paying only for what is used is a characteristic of the public cloud deployment model.

Question 18

What are two characteristics of the public cloud deployment model? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

Computing resources are used exclusively by users from one organization.
Hardware is physically located in an organization’s on-site datacenter.
Servers and storage are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider.
Services are offered over the internet and are available to anyone who wants to purchase them.

Answer 18

Servers and storage are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider.
Services are offered over the internet and are available to anyone who wants to purchase them.

Explanation:
In a public cloud, services are offered over the internet and are available to anyone who wants to purchase them. A private cloud is limited to a single organization. Cloud resources, such as servers and storage, are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider and delivered over the internet. A private cloud consists of computing resources used exclusively by users from one business or organization.

Question 19

What are two characteristics of a consumption-based model? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

high capital expenditures
no upfront costs
requires the purchase and management of the physical infrastructure
the ability to stop paying for resources that are no longer used

Answer 19

no upfront costs
the ability to stop paying for resources that are no longer used

Explanation:
In a consumption-based model, you do not pay for anything until you start using resources, and you only pay for what you use. If you stop using a resource, you stop paying for it. High expenditures are usually associated with the purchase of the physical infrastructure, which is not needed in a consumption-based model.

Question 20

Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

elimination of horizontal scaling
geo-distribution
high availability
physical access to servers

Answer 20

geo-distribution
high availability

Explanation:
Cloud-based apps can provide a continuous user experience with no apparent downtime, even when things go wrong. You can deploy apps and data to regional datacenters around the globe, thereby ensuring that your customers always have the best performance in their region. Apps in cloud computing can scale vertically and horizontally. In a public cloud model, you do not get physical access to servers, as they are managed by the cloud provider.

Question 21

[Answer choice] refers to upfront costs incurred one time, such as hardware purchases.
Select only one answer.

A consumption-based model
Capital expenditures
Elasticity
Operational expenditures

Answer 21

Capital expenditures

Explanation:
Capital expenditures are one-time expenses that can be deducted over time. Operational expenditures are billed as you use services and a do not have upfront costs.

Question 22

What are cloud-based backup services, data replication, and geo-distribution features of?
Select only one answer.

a cost reduction plan
a disaster recovery plan
a hybrid cloud deployment
an elastic application configuration

Answer 22

a disaster recovery plan

Explanation:
Disaster recovery uses services, such as cloud-based backup, data replication, and geo-distribution, to keep data and code safe in the event of a disaster.`

Question 23

An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands.
Select only one answer.

agility
elasticity
geo-distribution
high availability

Answer 23

elasticity

Explanation:
Elasticity refers to the ability to scale resources as needed, such as during business hours, to ensure that an application can keep up with demand, and then reducing the available resources during off-peak hours. Agility refers to the ability to deploy new applications and services quickly. High availability refers to the ability to ensure that a service or application remains available in the event of a failure. Geo-distribution makes a service or application available in multiple geographic locations that are typically close to your users.

Question 24

You plan to build a new solution in Azure that will use platform as a service (PaaS) products.

What should you use to estimate the monthly costs?
Select only one answer.

Azure Advisor
Azure Cost Management
Azure Pricing calculator
Total Cost of Ownership (TOC) Calculator

Answer 24

Azure Pricing calculator

Explanation:
The Azure Pricing calculator allows you to estimate and configure according to your specific requirements. You will then receive a consolidated estimated price and a detailed breakdown of the costs associated with each resource you added to your solution.

Question 25

You need to associate the costs of resources to different groups within an organization without changing the location of the resources.

What should you use?
Select only one answer.

administrative units
resource groups
resource tags
subscriptions

Answer 25

resource tags

Explanation:
Resource tags can be used to group billing data and categorize costs by runtime environment, such as billing usage for virtual machines running in a production environment.

Question 26

You need to review the root cause analysis (RCA) report for a service outage that occurred last week.

Where should you look for the report?
Select only one answer.

Azure Advisor
Azure Monitor
Azure Service Health
Log Analytics

Answer 26

Azure Service Health

Explanation:
After an outage, Service Health provides official incident reports called root cause analysis (RCA), which you can share with stakeholders.

Question 27

You need to create a custom solution that uses thresholds to trigger autoscaling functionality to scale an app up or down to meet user demand.

What should you include in the solution?
Select only one answer.

Application insights
Azure Advisor
Azure Monitor
Azure Service Health

Answer 27

Azure Monitor

Explanation:
Azure Monitor is a platform that collects metric and logging data, such as CPU percentages. The data can be used to trigger autoscaling.

Question 28

What are two basic services provided by all cloud providers? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.
application development
colocation
compute
storage

Answer 28

compute
storage

Explanation:
All cloud providers provide compute and storage services. Colocation is when a business rents space in a shared physical datacenter. Application development is the responsibility of the customer and is typically done either in-house or through a third party.

Question 29

Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice].
Select only one answer.

agility
elasticity
high availability
scalability

Answer 29

agility

Explanation:
Agility means that you can deploy and configure cloud-based resources quickly as app requirements change. Scalability means that you can add RAM, CPU, or entire virtual machines to a configuration. Elasticity means that you can configure cloud-based apps to take advantage of autoscaling, so apps always have the resources they need. High availability means that cloud-based apps can provide a continuous user experience with no apparent downtime, even when things go wrong.

Question 30

What is high availability in a public cloud environment dependent on?
Select only one answer.

capital expenditures
cloud-based backup retention limits
the service-level agreement (SLA) that you choose
the vertical scalability of an app

Answer 30

the service-level agreement (SLA) that you choose

Explanation:
Different services have different SLAs. Sometimes different tiers of the same service will offer different SLAs, which can increase or decrease the promised availability.

Question 31

An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands.
Select only one answer.
agility
elasticity
geo-distribution
high availability

Answer 31

elasticity

Explanation:
Elasticity refers to the ability to scale resources as needed, such as during business hours, to ensure that an application can keep up with demand, and then reducing the available resources during off-peak hours. Agility refers to the ability to deploy new applications and services quickly. High availability refers to the ability to ensure that a service or application remains available in the event of a failure. Geo-distribution makes a service or application available in multiple geographic locations that are typically close to your users.

Question 32

In a region pair, a region is paired with another region in the same [answer choice].
Select only one answer.

availability zone
datacenter
geography
resource group

Answer 32

geography

Explanation:
Each Azure region is always paired with another region within the same geography, such as US, Europe, or Asia, at least 300 miles away.

Question 33

What is an Azure Storage account named storage001 an example of?
Select only one answer.

a resource
a resource group
a resource manager
a subscription

Answer 33

a resource

Explanation:
A resource is a manageable item that is available through Azure. Virtual machines, storage accounts, web apps, databases, and virtual networks are examples of resources.

Question 34

Which Azure component allows you to replicate resources across a geography to ensure business continuity during a natural disaster at the primary site?
Select only one answer.

availability sets
availability zones
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
region pairs

Answer 34

region pairs

Explanation:
Region pairs allow the replication of Azure resources across geographies to help ensure that a secondary region is available in case of any disaster at the primary region.

Question 35

Which resource can you use to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions?
Select only one answer.

administrative units
management groups
resource groups

Answer 35

management groups

Explanation:
Management groups can be used in environments that have multiple subscriptions to streamline the application of governance conditions.

Resource groups can be used to organize Azure resources. Administrative units are used to delegate the administration of Microsoft Entra resources, such as users and groups.Accounts are used to provide access to resources.

Question 36

Which two Azure resources can make use of availability zones? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

Azure SQL databases
Azure subscriptions
resource groups
virtual machines

Answer 36

Azure SQL databases
virtual machines

Explanation:
Availability zones are primarily for virtual machines, managed disks, load balancers, and SQL databases.

Question 37

Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources?
Select only one answer.

a container
a function
a virtual machine
an App Service

Answer 37

a virtual machine

Explanation:
Virtual machines are software emulations of physical computers. They include a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources. Virtual machines host an operating system, and you can install and run software just like on a physical computer.

Question 38

Which Azure compute service can you use to deploy and manage a set of identical virtual machines?
Select only one answer.
availability sets
availability zones
Azure Container Instances
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Answer 38

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Explanation:
Virtual Machine Scale Sets are an Azure compute resource that you can use to deploy and manage and scale a set of identical virtual machines.

Question 39

Which scenario is a use case for a VPN gateway?
Select only one answer.

communicating between Azure resources
connecting an on-premises datacenter to an Azure virtual network
filtering outbound network traffic
partitioning a virtual network’s address space

Answer 39

connecting an on-premises datacenter to an Azure virtual network

Explanation:
A VPN gateway is a type of virtual network gateway. Azure VPN Gateway instances are deployed to a dedicated subnet of a virtual network. You can use them to connect on-premises datacenters to virtual networks through a Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN connection.

Question 40

Which two services can you use to establish network connectivity between an on-premises network and Azure resources? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.
Azure Bastion
Azure Firewall
Azure VPN Gateway
ExpressRoute

Answer 40

Azure VPN Gateway
ExpressRoute
Explanation:
ExpressRoute connections and Azure VPN Gateway are two services that you can use to connect an on-premises network to Azure. Bastion provides a web interface to remotely administer Azure virtual machines by using SSH/RDP. Azure Firewall is a stateful firewall service used to protect virtual networks.

Question 41

What can you use to provide Mac and Android users with access to a Windows environment that will run Windows-based applications?
Select only one answer.
Azure Container Instances
Azure Functions
Azure Logic Apps
Azure Virtual Desktop

Answer 41

Azure Virtual Desktop

Explanation:
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and application virtualization service that runs in the cloud. It enables your users to use a cloud-hosted version of Windows from any location. Azure Virtual Desktop works across devices such as Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Linux. It works with apps that you can use to access Remote Desktops and apps. You can also use most modern browsers to access Azure Virtual Desktop-hosted experiences.

Question 42

What are two services that allow you to run applications in containers? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

Azure Container Instances
Azure Functions
Azure Logic Apps
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Answer 42

Azure Container Instances
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Explanation:
Containers are a virtualization environment. Much like running multiple virtual machines on a single physical host, you can run multiple containers on a single physical or virtual host. Unlike virtual machines, you do not manage the operating system for a container.

Question 43

Which two scenarios are common use cases for Azure Blob storage? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Select all answers that apply.

hosting ASPX files for a website
mounting a file storage share to be accessed as a virtual drive on multiple virtual machines
serving images or documents directly to a browser
storing data for backup and restore

Answer 43

serving images or documents directly to a browser
storing data for backup and restore

Explanation:
Low storage costs and unlimited file formats make blob storage a good location to store backups and archives. Blob storage can be reached from anywhere by using an internet connection. Azure Disk Storage provides disks for Azure virtual machines. Azure Files supports mounting file storage shares.

Question 44

Which Azure Storage service should you use to store unstructured files, such as images, that will be served on webpages?
Select only one answer.

Azure Blob storage
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Queue Storage
Azure Table storage

Answer 44

Azure Blob storage

Explanation:
Azure Blob storage is an object storage solution that you can use to store massive amounts of unstructured data, such as text or binary data.

Question 45

What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in?
Select only one answer.

Azure Information Protection (AIP)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Entra Verified ID
multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Answer 45

multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Explanation:
MFA is the concept of requiring something more than only a password to sign in to an application. You can use the mobile phone to receive a phone call, text, or a code to get authenticated.