Storage Flashcards

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What does the storage firewall in Azure allow you to do?

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Limit access to specific IP addresses or an IP address range for all storage account services.

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How can you restrict access to specific subnets within an Azure VNet using the storage firewall?

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By using service endpoints.

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What option in the storage firewall allows access for Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Networking?

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Allow Trusted Microsoft Services To Access This Account.

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What are the three access levels for Azure Blob Storage?

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Private, Blob, Container.

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What does the ‘Private’ access level in Azure Blob Storage mean?

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Only the storage account owner can access the container and its blobs.

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What is the purpose of a Shared Access Signature (SAS) token in Azure?

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To grant access to specific containers, blobs, queues, and tables for a specified period of time with specified permissions.

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What protocol must be used when dealing with SAS tokens in Azure?

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HTTPS.

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What are the five separate storage services provided by Azure?

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Blobs, Tables, Queues, Files, Disks.

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What are the two storage performance tiers in Azure?

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Standard and Premium.

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What replication options does the Premium tier support for general-purpose storage accounts?

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LRS.

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What are the supported services for General-Purpose v2 storage accounts in Azure?

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Blob, File, Queue, Table.

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What is the maximum size for a Block Blob in Azure?

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Slightly more than 4.75 TB.

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What replication option in Azure Storage makes three synchronous copies of data within a single data center?

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Locally redundant storage (LRS).

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What replication option in Azure Storage makes three synchronous copies across multiple availability zones?

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Zone redundant storage (ZRS).

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What is required for a storage account to use Azure AD authorization?

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The storage account must be created with the Azure Resource Manager deployment model.

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What are the three RBAC roles for blobs in Azure?

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Storage Blob Data Owner, Storage Blob Data Contributor, Storage Blob Data Reader.

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What are the three RBAC roles for queues in Azure?

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Storage Queue Data Contributor, Storage Queue Data Reader, Storage Queue Data Message Processor.

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What command registers a storage account with your active directory environment using PowerShell?

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Join-AzStorageAccountForAuth.

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What command in AzCopy performs large-scale bulk transfer of data to and from Azure Storage?

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azcopy copy.

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What command in AzCopy synchronizes the contents of a destination container with a source container?

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azcopy sync.

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What are the limitations of blob object replication in Azure?

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Doesn’t work with the Archive tier, snapshots, immutable snapshots, and accounts with a hierarchical namespace.

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What are the three types of blobs in Azure Blob Storage?

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Block Blobs, Page Blobs, Append Blobs.

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What is the maximum size of a Page Blob in Azure?

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8 TB.

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What access tiers are supported by Blob Storage in Azure?

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Hot, Cool, Archive.

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What are the three kinds of storage accounts in Azure?
General-Purpose v1, General-Purpose v2, Blob Storage.
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What Azure tool is used to transition data to lower-access tiers based on preconfigured rules?
Azure Storage lifecycle-management.
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What is required for object replication in Azure Blob Storage?
Blob versioning and blob change feed must be enabled for both source and destination storage accounts.
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What does a CanNotDelete resource lock in Azure do?
Prevents the deletion of a resource but allows modification.
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What does a ReadOnly resource lock in Azure do?
Prevents modification or deletion of a resource but allows read access.
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What is the maximum number of custom roles per directory in Azure AD?
5,000 custom roles.
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What role is required to create a custom role in Azure AD?
Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/write permission on all AssignableScopes.
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What happens to resources during a move operation in Azure?
They are locked, blocking write and delete operations, but the underlying service continues to function.
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What is the maximum number of role assignments per subscription in Azure AD?
2,000 role assignments.
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What is the purpose of the Deny Assignments tab in the IAM blade?
It cannot be used to make or alter deny assignments; these are set and controlled by applying a resource lock for resources created through Azure Blueprints.
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What happens if you try to move resources between subscriptions that are not associated with the same Azure AD tenant?
You must update the target subscription to use the source Azure AD tenant by transferring ownership of the subscription to another account.
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What is the role of Azure Key Vault in securing storage accounts?
Manages encryption keys and secrets used for securing storage account data.
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What is the maximum size of an append blob in Azure?
195 GB.
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What Azure service provides a highly scalable service for storing arbitrary data objects?
Azure Blob Storage.
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What Azure service provides a NoSQL-style store for structured data?
Azure Table Storage.
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What Azure service provides reliable message queueing between application components?
Azure Queue Storage.
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What are the replication options for General-Purpose v2 storage accounts in Azure?
LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS.
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What is the maximum number of diagnostic settings per resource in Azure Monitor?
10 diagnostic settings.
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What is the maximum number of metric alerts per subscription in Azure Monitor?
5,000 metric alerts.
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What is the maximum size of an ARM template in Azure?
4 MB.
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What is the maximum number of public IP addresses per subscription in Azure?
1,000 public IP addresses.
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What is the maximum number of route tables per subscription in Azure?
400 route tables.
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What is the maximum number of virtual network gateways per subscription in Azure?
50 virtual network gateways.
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What is the maximum number of VPN connections per virtual network gateway in Azure?
30 VPN connections.
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What are the requirements for using Azure Site Recovery for VM backups?
Azure VM must be in a supported region, and the Recovery Services vault must be in the same region.
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What is the maximum number of tags per resource in Azure?
50 tags.
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What is the role of Azure AD Connect Sync?
Synchronizes on-premises directory objects to Azure AD.
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What are the maximum retention periods for logs in Azure Monitor?
From 30 days up to 730 days, depending on the pricing tier.
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What is the maximum number of virtual networks (VNets) per region per subscription in Azure?
500 VNets.
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What Azure tool provides a graphical interface to manage and access Azure Storage resources?
Azure Storage Explorer.
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What are the three access levels for Azure File shares?
Transaction optimized, Hot, Cool.
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What are the three access tiers for Azure Blob Storage?
Hot, Cool, Archive.
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What is the default retention period for Azure VM backups?
30 days.
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What is the maximum number of custom roles for Azure Germany and Azure China 21Vianet?
2,000 custom roles.
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What permission is required to enable and disable devices in Azure AD?
Global Administrator.
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What is the maximum number of objects that can be synchronized using Azure AD Connect?
50,000 objects by default.
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What is required to invite a guest user in Azure AD?
The guest must accept the invitation along with the multi-factor consent process.
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What is the role of Azure Traffic Manager?
Uses DNS to distribute traffic to different endpoints globally.
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What is required to create a dynamic group in Azure AD?
A Premium AD license.
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What is the maximum number of user access administrators per resource in Azure AD?
100 user access administrators.
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What does the 'Container' access level in Azure Blob Storage mean?
Blobs and their containers can be accessed anonymously.
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What is the maximum number of keys per Azure Key Vault?
4,096 keys.
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What is the role of Azure Site Recovery?
Supports site-to-site recovery for Azure VMs, on-premises VMs, and physical servers.
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What does the 'Hot' access tier in Azure Blob Storage mean?
Used to store frequently accessed objects with low data access costs and higher storage costs.
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What is the maximum size of a file in Azure Files?
1 TiB.
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What is the purpose of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates?
Enable infrastructure as code for deploying and managing Azure resources.
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What Azure service provides managed file shares that can be used by Azure VMs or on-premises servers?
Azure Files.
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What is the maximum size of a block blob in Azure?
Slightly more than 4.75 TB.
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What is the purpose of Azure Key Vault?
Manages encryption keys and secrets used for securing storage account data.
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What is the maximum size of a Page Blob in Azure?
8 TB.
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What replication option in Azure Storage provides read-only access to the data in the secondary data center?
Read access geographically redundant storage (RA-GRS).
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What command in AzCopy synchronizes the contents of a destination container with a source container?
azcopy sync.
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What Azure service provides reliable message queueing between application components?
Azure Queue Storage.
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What are the replication options for General-Purpose v2 storage accounts in Azure?
LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, RA-GZRS.
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What is the maximum number of metric alerts per subscription in Azure Monitor?
5,000 metric alerts.
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What is the maximum number of diagnostic settings per resource in Azure Monitor?
10 diagnostic settings.