Practice Assessment Questions Flashcards
Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Hardware must be purchased.
The company has complete control over physical resources and security.
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.
What are two characteristics of the public cloud deployment model?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
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.
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.
Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
geo-distribution
high availability
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.
Why is cloud computing often less expensive than on-premises datacenters?
You are only billed for what you use.
Renting compute and storage services and being billed for only what you use often lowers operating expenses. Depending on the service and the type of network bandwidth, charges can be incurred. Cloud service offerings often provide functionality that can be difficult or cost-prohibitive to deploy on-premises, especially for smaller organizations. Major cloud providers offer services around the world. Making it easy and relatively inexpensive to deploy services close to where your users reside.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
[Answer choice] refers to upfront costs incurred one time, such as hardware purchases.
Capital expenditures
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.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding RAM or CPUs to a virtual machine is called [answer choice].
vertical scaling
You scale vertically to increase compute capacity by adding RAM or CPUs to a virtual machine. Scaling horizontally increases compute capacity by adding instances of resources, such as adding virtual machines to the configuration. Disaster recovery keeps data and other assets safe in the event of a disaster. High availability minimizes downtime when things go wrong.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice].
agility
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.
What are cloud-based backup services, data replication, and geo-distribution features of?
a disaster recovery plan
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.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
Increasing the capacity of an application by adding additional virtual machine is called [answer choice].
horizontal scaling
Scaling horizontally increases compute capacity by adding instances of resources, such as adding virtual machines to the configuration. You scale vertically to increase compute capacity by adding RAM or CPUs to a virtual machine. Agility refers to the ability to deploy new applications and services quickly. High availability minimizes downtime when things go wrong.
In a platform as a service (PaaS) model, which two components are the responsibility of the cloud service provider?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
operating system
physical network
In PaaS, the cloud provider is responsible for the operating system, physical datacenter, physical hosts, and physical network. In PaaS, the customer is responsible for accounts and identities.
Which type of cloud service model is typically licensed through a monthly or annual subscription
software as a service (SaaS)
SaaS is software that is centrally hosted and managed for you and your users or customers. Usually, one version of the application is used for all customers, and it is licensed through a monthly or annual subscription. PaaS and IaaS use a consumption-based model, so you only pay for what you use.
What is the customer responsible for in a software as a service (SaaS) model?
data and access
SaaS allows you to pay to use an existing application on hardware managed by a third party. You supply data and configure access. Customers are only responsible for storage in a private cloud. Customers are responsible for virtual machines and runtime in IaaS and the private cloud.
Which cloud service model is used by Microsoft Office 365?
software as a service (SaaS)
SaaS allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the internet. Common examples are email, calendaring, and Office tools, such as Office 365.
Which type of cloud service are virtual networks?
infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
IaaS helps you reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining a physical server and its datacenter infrastructure. Virtual networks are part of the IaaS cloud service.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
[Answer choice] is the logical container used to combine and organize Azure resources.
a resource group
Resources are combined into resource groups, which act as a logical container into which Azure resources like web apps, databases, and storage accounts, are deployed and managed.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
[Answer choice] are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region.
Availability zones
Availability zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region. Each availability zone is made up of one or more datacenters equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
What is an Azure Storage account named storage001 an example of?
a resource
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.
Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence.
[Answer choice] is the deployment and management service for Azure.
Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
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 subscription. You use management features, such as access control, resource locks, and resource tags, to secure and organize resources after deployment.
Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources?
a virtual machine
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.
Which Azure compute service can you use to deploy and manage a set of identical virtual machines?
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
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.
Which scenario is a use case for a VPN gateway?
connecting an on-premises datacenter to an Azure virtual network
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.
You need to allow resources on two different Azure virtual networks to communicate with each other.
What should you configure?
peering
You can link virtual networks together by using virtual network peering. Peering enables resources in each virtual network to communicate with each other.
What are two services that allow you to run applications in containers?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Azure Container Instances
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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.
Which storage service should you use to store thousands of files containing text and images?
Azure Blob storage
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.
Which Azure Blob storage tier stores data offline and offers the lowest storage costs and the highest costs to access data?
Archive
The Archive storage tier stores data offline and offers the lowest storage costs, but also the highest costs to rehydrate and access data. The Hot storage tier is optimized for storing data that is accessed frequently. Data in the Cool access tier can tolerate slightly lower availability, but still requires high durability, retrieval latency, and throughput characteristics similar to hot data.
Which two scenarios are common use cases for Azure Blob storage?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
serving images or documents directly to a browser
storing data for backup and restore
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.
Which Azure Blob storage service tier has the highest storage costs and the fastest access times for reading and writing data?
Hot
The Hot tier is optimized for storing data that is accessed frequently. The Cool access tier has a slightly lower availability SLA and higher access costs compared to hot data, which are acceptable trade-offs for lower storage costs. Archive storage stores data offline and offers the lowest storage costs, but also the highest costs to rehydrate and access data.
What is the purpose of defense in depth?
To use several layers of protection to prevent information from being accessed by unauthorized users
The objective of defense in depth is to use several layers of protection to prevent information from being accessed or stolen by unauthorized users.
What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in?
multi-factor authentication (MFA)
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.
Which two services are provided by Microsoft Entra? Each correct answer presents a complete solution?
Authentication
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Microsoft Entra provides services for verifying identity and access to applications and resources. SSO enables you to remember a single username and password to access multiple applications and is available in Azure AD.
Which Microsoft Entra feature can you use to ensure that users can only access Microsoft Office 365 applications from approved client applications?
Conditional Access
Conditional Access allows administrators to control, allow, or deny access to resources based on certain signals. You can require that access to certain applications only be allowed if the users are using an approved client application. MFA is a process whereby a user is prompted during the sign-in process for an additional form of identification. Examples include a code on their mobile phone or a fingerprint scan.
What can you use to sync identities from an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain to Microsoft Entra tenant?
Microsoft Entra Connect
Microsoft Entra Connect syncs user identities from an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain to Microsoft Entra. Microsoft Entra Connect allows you to use features such as single sign-on (SSO), MFA, and self-service password reset (SSPR) in both systems. SSPR prevents users from using known compromised passwords.
What can you use to ensure that users authenticate by using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when they attempt to sign in from a specific location?
Conditional Access
Conditional Access can use signals to determine information about authentication attempts, and then determine whether to block access or require additional verifications, such as MFA.
You need to compare the costs of running an application in an on-premises datacenter with the costs of running the application in Azure.
What should you use to assist you?
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
The TCO Calculator helps you estimate the cost savings over time of operating a solution in Azure compared to operating in an on-premises datacenter.
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?
Azure Pricing calculator
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.
Which two features are available by using Azure Cost Management + Billing?
Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
Create and manage budgets.
Generate historical reports and forecast future usage.
Azure Cost Management allows you to create and manage cost and usage budgets by monitoring resource demand trends, consumption rates, and cost patterns. It also allows you to use historical data to generate reports and forecast future usage and expenditures.
