Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) exam preparation-B

Answers are provided at the end.


1. Which of the following services falls under IaaS?

  • a) Azure Virtual Machines
  • b) Azure SQL Database
  • c) Microsoft 365
  • d) Azure App Service

2. What is Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) primarily used for?

  • a) Storing data
  • b) Managing user identities and access control
  • c) Running web applications
  • d) Creating virtual networks

3. Which cloud model is exclusively hosted for a single organization?

  • a) Hybrid cloud
  • b) Public cloud
  • c) Private cloud
  • d) Community cloud

4. What is the main purpose of Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)?

  • a) Controlling access to Azure resources
  • b) Managing virtual machines
  • c) Monitoring network performance
  • d) Creating databases

5. Which Azure service is used for managing containers at scale?

  • a) Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • b) Azure Virtual Machines
  • c) Azure Functions
  • d) Azure Storage

6. What does PaaS provide?

  • a) Managed infrastructure and development tools
  • b) Managed operating systems only
  • c) Fully managed applications
  • d) Backup services

7. Which of the following is a benefit of using Azure DevOps?

  • a) Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
  • b) Cloud storage management
  • c) Virtual network monitoring
  • d) Relational database management

8. What type of cloud service is Azure SQL Database?

  • a) IaaS
  • b) SaaS
  • c) PaaS
  • d) DRaaS

9. What is the main purpose of Azure Cost Management?

  • a) To monitor and optimize cloud spending
  • b) To create virtual machines
  • c) To manage storage accounts
  • d) To automate backups

10. Which of the following services provides fully managed NoSQL databases?

  • a) Azure Cosmos DB
  • b) Azure Blob Storage
  • c) Azure SQL Database
  • d) Azure Virtual Machines

11. What is the Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator used for?

  • a) Estimating the cost savings of migrating to Azure
  • b) Monitoring Azure resources
  • c) Managing databases
  • d) Creating virtual networks

12. Which Azure service can provide automated scaling based on traffic or demand?

  • a) Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • b) Azure Backup
  • c) Azure Monitor
  • d) Azure SQL Database

13. What is the key feature of Azure Blob Storage?

  • a) Stores unstructured data such as documents and media files
  • b) Stores relational data only
  • c) Provides a fully managed database solution
  • d) Creates virtual networks

14. What is Azure App Service used for?

  • a) Hosting web applications and APIs
  • b) Monitoring network traffic
  • c) Managing containers
  • d) Storing large datasets

15. Which service would you use for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection?

  • a) Azure DDoS Protection
  • b) Azure Load Balancer
  • c) Azure Traffic Manager
  • d) Azure App Service

16. What is the main purpose of Azure Security Center?

  • a) To provide threat protection and security management
  • b) To store secrets and encryption keys
  • c) To automate CI/CD pipelines
  • d) To manage virtual machines

17. Which Azure service allows users to connect on-premises networks securely to Azure?

  • a) Azure VPN Gateway
  • b) Azure DevOps
  • c) Azure Monitor
  • d) Azure SQL Database

18. Which Azure service provides a scalable, event-driven serverless compute platform?

  • a) Azure Functions
  • b) Azure Virtual Machines
  • c) Azure Blob Storage
  • d) Azure DevOps

19. What is the primary benefit of using Availability Zones in Azure?

  • a) Higher availability and fault tolerance
  • b) Lower storage costs
  • c) Automated backups
  • d) Network encryption

20. Which Azure service provides a private connection to Azure services over a dedicated high-speed link?

  • a) Azure ExpressRoute
  • b) Azure VPN Gateway
  • c) Azure Traffic Manager
  • d) Azure IoT Hub

21. What does Azure Policy help with?

  • a) Enforcing rules and compliance standards for Azure resources
  • b) Monitoring network traffic
  • c) Managing user permissions
  • d) Deploying virtual machines

22. Which service is used to automate workflows and integrate applications?

  • a) Azure Logic Apps
  • b) Azure App Service
  • c) Azure SQL Database
  • d) Azure Monitor

23. What is the purpose of Azure Traffic Manager?

  • a) Routing web traffic globally to different Azure endpoints
  • b) Securing virtual networks
  • c) Scaling virtual machines
  • d) Automating backups

24. Which service can help monitor the performance and health of Azure resources?

  • a) Azure Monitor
  • b) Azure Backup
  • c) Azure Virtual Network
  • d) Azure Storage

25. What is the purpose of Azure Key Vault?

  • a) To securely store and manage secrets, certificates, and encryption keys
  • b) To create virtual networks
  • c) To monitor application performance
  • d) To manage databases

26. Which cloud deployment model allows you to use both on-premises and cloud resources?

  • a) Hybrid cloud
  • b) Public cloud
  • c) Private cloud
  • d) Community cloud

27. What is the Azure SLA for a multi-instance Virtual Machine deployment in Availability Zones?

  • a) 99.99%
  • b) 99.9%
  • c) 95%
  • d) 100%

28. What type of data can be stored in Azure Blob Storage?

  • a) Unstructured data
  • b) Relational data
  • c) Virtual machine snapshots
  • d) Network configurations

29. Which of the following is a benefit of using cloud computing?

  • a) Scalability
  • b) High latency
  • c) Complexity
  • d) Manual resource allocation

30. What is Azure Blueprints used for?

  • a) To define a repeatable set of Azure resources that adhere to an organization’s standards
  • b) To monitor the performance of virtual machines
  • c) To backup cloud storage
  • d) To manage user identities

31. What is Azure Availability Set?

  • a) A logical grouping to ensure that VMs are distributed across multiple physical servers
  • b) A storage solution for highly available data
  • c) A service for managing secrets
  • d) A database management tool

32. Which service allows you to create, manage, and deploy virtual networks in Azure?

  • a) Azure Virtual Network (VNet)
  • b) Azure Blob Storage
  • c) Azure SQL Database
  • d) Azure Backup

33. Which Azure service provides multi-model, globally distributed databases?

  • a) Azure Cosmos DB
  • b) Azure SQL Database
  • c) Azure App Service
  • d) Azure Functions

34. What is the primary use case of Azure DevOps?

  • a) To provide CI/CD pipelines and project management tools
  • b) To manage database storage
  • c) To automate network traffic routing
  • d) To provide relational database services

35. Which service would you use to load balance traffic within a region?

  • a) Azure Load Balancer
  • b) Azure Traffic Manager
  • c) Azure SQL Database
  • d) Azure Blob Storage

36. Which Azure service provides identity management and access control for applications?

  • a) Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
  • b) Azure Firewall
  • c) Azure Monitor
  • d) Azure Logic Apps

37. What is Azure App Service best used for?

  • a) Hosting web applications and APIs
  • b) Storing relational data
  • c) Encrypting network traffic
  • d) Scaling virtual machines

38. What is the main purpose of Azure Governance?

  • a) To manage policies, compliance, and standards across resources
  • b) To automate scaling of virtual machines
  • c) To provide database services
  • d) To route web traffic

39. What is Azure Load Balancer used for?

  • a) To distribute traffic across multiple VMs or services
  • b) To store unstructured data
  • c) To create virtual networks
  • d) To monitor database performance

40. What does Azure Marketplace provide?

  • a) Pre-configured software, applications, and services for deployment in Azure
  • b) A tool for monitoring Azure resources
  • c) A tool for scaling VMs
  • d) A backup and restore service

41. What type of cloud model allows multiple organizations to share a cloud infrastructure?

  • a) Community cloud
  • b) Public cloud
  • c) Hybrid cloud
  • d) Private cloud

42. What does Azure Site Recovery provide?

  • a) Disaster recovery and business continuity for virtual machines and workloads
  • b) Scaling virtual machines
  • c) Managing relational databases
  • d) Encrypting network traffic

43. Which service can be used to protect applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks?

  • a) Azure DDoS Protection
  • b) Azure Firewall
  • c) Azure Traffic Manager
  • d) Azure DevOps

44. What does the Azure SLA guarantee?

  • a) Uptime and availability of Azure services
  • b) Cost management for Azure resources
  • c) Backup for cloud storage
  • d) Encryption of network traffic

45. What is Azure Data Lake Storage used for?

  • a) Storing large amounts of structured and unstructured data for analytics
  • b) Hosting web applications
  • c) Storing virtual machine backups
  • d) Routing network traffic

46. What is the main purpose of Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)?

  • a) To assign specific permissions to users and groups for Azure resources
  • b) To create virtual machines
  • c) To store relational data
  • d) To monitor applications

47. What is Azure Monitor used for?

  • a) Monitoring the health and performance of resources and applications
  • b) Creating virtual networks
  • c) Storing data
  • d) Scaling virtual machines

48. Which service provides predictive modeling and machine learning capabilities in Azure?

  • a) Azure Machine Learning
  • b) Azure DevOps
  • c) Azure App Service
  • d) Azure Logic Apps

49. Which cloud deployment model is owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider?

  • a) Public cloud
  • b) Private cloud
  • c) Hybrid cloud
  • d) Community cloud

50. What is Azure Backup used for?

  • a) Protecting data by backing it up to the Azure cloud
  • b) Storing relational data
  • c) Encrypting network traffic
  • d) Scaling virtual machines

51. What does Azure Machine Learning provide?

  • a) Tools for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models
  • b) Storing unstructured data
  • c) Hosting web applications
  • d) Monitoring network traffic

52. What is the primary purpose of Azure Firewall?

  • a) To protect Azure resources by filtering traffic
  • b) To manage virtual machines
  • c) To store secrets and certificates
  • d) To deploy web applications

53. What is Azure DevTest Labs used for?

  • a) Quickly provisioning and managing development and test environments
  • b) Hosting web applications
  • c) Monitoring applications
  • d) Managing relational databases

54. What does Azure Cosmos DB provide?

  • a) A globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service
  • b) A relational database for structured data
  • c) A service for hosting web applications
  • d) A tool for encrypting network traffic

55. What does Azure Service Fabric provide?

  • a) A platform for building and managing microservices
  • b) Hosting web applications
  • c) Monitoring network traffic
  • d) Encrypting data at rest

56. What is the purpose of Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets?

  • a) Automatically scaling the number of virtual machines based on demand
  • b) Monitoring application performance
  • c) Backing up data to Azure
  • d) Encrypting virtual machines

57. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Azure Virtual Machines?

  • a) Managed operating systems and patching
  • b) Full control over operating systems
  • c) Customizable configurations
  • d) Persistent disk storage

58. What is the purpose of Azure ExpressRoute?

  • a) To provide a private, dedicated connection between on-premises and Azure
  • b) To create virtual networks
  • c) To manage backup services
  • d) To scale virtual machines

59. What is the Azure Pricing Calculator used for?

  • a) Estimating the cost of Azure services
  • b) Monitoring cloud spending
  • c) Deploying virtual machines
  • d) Storing data

60. Which service can automatically trigger workflows based on events?

  • a) Azure Logic Apps
  • b) Azure App Service
  • c) Azure SQL Database
  • d) Azure Virtual Machines

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