First 10 questions with answer
1. What is Azure?
- a) A cloud computing platform
- b) A programming language
- c) A database management system
- d) A data visualization tool
2. Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?
- a) Scalability
- b) High latency
- c) Limited storage
- d) Long deployment time
3. Which of the following is an example of an IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) offering?
- a) Azure App Service
- b) Azure Virtual Machines
- c) Azure SQL Database
- d) Azure DevOps
4. Which type of cloud service provides the ability to develop, manage, and host applications without managing the underlying infrastructure?
- a) IaaS
- b) SaaS
- c) PaaS
- d) DRaaS
5. What is the term used for the replication of data across multiple regions to ensure availability in case of a disaster?
- a) Scaling
- b) Load Balancing
- c) Geo-redundancy
- d) Backup
6. Which Azure service is designed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications?
- a) Azure Machine Learning
- b) Azure DevOps
- c) Azure IoT Hub
- d) Azure Kubernetes Service
7. What is the purpose of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)?
- a) To create virtual networks
- b) To manage application deployment
- c) To manage identity and access
- d) To provide cloud storage
8. What is a key feature of Azure Virtual Networks (VNet)?
- a) Enable communication between Azure resources
- b) Create a managed database service
- c) Generate machine learning models
- d) Monitor application performance
9. Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the cloud provider in the shared responsibility model for IaaS?
- a) Network Security
- b) Data classification and accountability
- c) Physical security of data centers
- d) Maintenance of the physical servers
10. Which Azure service helps to create, manage, and monitor virtual machines?
- a) Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- b) Azure Monitor
- c) Azure Key Vault
- d) Azure Logic Apps
Here are the correct answers:
- a) A cloud computing platform ✔️
- a) Scalability ✔️
- b) Azure Virtual Machines ✔️
- c) PaaS ✔️
- c) Geo-redundancy ✔️
- c) Azure IoT Hub ✔️
- c) To manage identity and access ✔️
- a) Enable communication between Azure resources ✔️
- b) Data classification and accountability is the customer’s responsibility in IaaS.)
- a) Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets helps manage and scale VMs.)
Second 10 questions with answers
Here are more quiz questions for Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900):
11. Which of the following is a key advantage of using Azure Cost Management?
- a) Automatically scales resources
- b) Helps manage cloud spending and resource usage
- c) Provides free access to all Azure services
- d) Reduces application development time
12. What is an Azure region?
- a) A physical data center
- b) A service for database management
- c) A collection of multiple data centers within a geographic area
- d) A backup solution for data recovery
13. Which Azure service allows you to run containerized applications?
- a) Azure Blob Storage
- b) Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- c) Azure SQL Database
- d) Azure Functions
14. Which of the following is an example of SaaS (Software as a Service)?
- a) Microsoft 365
- b) Azure Virtual Machines
- c) Azure App Service
- d) Azure Backup
15. What is the purpose of the Azure Load Balancer?
- a) To distribute incoming network traffic across multiple VMs or services
- b) To backup data from virtual machines
- c) To monitor application performance
- d) To encrypt sensitive data
16. Which of the following best describes the purpose of Azure App Service?
- a) To run virtual machines in the cloud
- b) To deploy web apps and APIs quickly without managing infrastructure
- c) To monitor network traffic
- d) To store application data
17. What is Azure Policy used for?
- a) To control the scalability of resources
- b) To enforce organizational standards and ensure compliance
- c) To automate application deployment
- d) To backup cloud data
18. Which of the following is a cloud computing model where the user is responsible for both the application and the underlying infrastructure?
- a) SaaS
- b) PaaS
- c) IaaS
- d) DRaaS
19. What is the role of Azure Advisor?
- a) To secure applications and data
- b) To provide personalized best practices recommendations for optimizing Azure resources
- c) To enforce policies for resource management
- d) To manage identity and access controls
20. Which Azure service provides distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection?
- a) Azure Active Directory
- b) Azure Security Center
- c) Azure DDoS Protection
- d) Azure Firewall
Here are the correct answers:
- b) Helps manage cloud spending and resource usage ✔️
- c) A collection of multiple data centers within a geographic area ✔️
- b) Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) ✔️
- a) Microsoft 365 ✔️
- a) To distribute incoming network traffic across multiple VMs or services ✔️
- b) To deploy web apps and APIs quickly without managing infrastructure ✔️
- b) To enforce organizational standards and ensure compliance ✔️
- c) IaaS ✔️
- b) To provide personalized best practices recommendations for optimizing Azure resources ✔️
- c) Azure DDoS Protection – Azure Security Center focuses on broader security management and monitoring, but DDoS protection is a specific service.)✔️
Third 10 questions with answers
21. Which Azure service allows developers to build event-driven serverless applications?
- a) Azure Functions
- b) Azure SQL Database
- c) Azure DevOps
- d) Azure Load Balancer
22. What is the purpose of Azure DevOps?
- a) To manage virtual machines
- b) To automate software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes
- c) To store and manage cloud data
- d) To distribute incoming traffic
23. Which Azure service provides real-time monitoring of applications and services?
- a) Azure Monitor
- b) Azure Security Center
- c) Azure Active Directory
- d) Azure App Service
24. What is the difference between Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on a Virtual Machine?
- a) Azure SQL Database is fully managed, while SQL Server on a VM requires you to manage the operating system and SQL Server.
- b) SQL Server on a VM is fully managed, while Azure SQL Database requires you to manage the database.
- c) Both are fully managed services.
- d) Azure SQL Database is for big data, while SQL Server on a VM is for small data sets.
25. Which Azure storage service is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data?
- a) Azure Queue Storage
- b) Azure Blob Storage
- c) Azure Table Storage
- d) Azure File Storage
26. What does the Azure Pricing Calculator help you do?
- a) Estimate the costs of Azure services
- b) Create cloud-based applications
- c) Monitor resource usage
- d) Enforce security policies
27. Which of the following Azure services provides firewall functionality?
- a) Azure Firewall
- b) Azure Key Vault
- c) Azure Logic Apps
- d) Azure App Service
28. Which Azure service enables you to connect your on-premises network to Azure using a secure tunnel?
- a) Azure Load Balancer
- b) Azure VPN Gateway
- c) Azure Traffic Manager
- d) Azure IoT Hub
29. Which Azure service is designed to automate workflows between your applications and services?
- a) Azure Logic Apps
- b) Azure Virtual Machine
- c) Azure Kubernetes Service
- d) Azure DevOps
30. What is the primary role of the Azure Resource Manager (ARM)?
- a) To monitor application performance
- b) To manage Azure resources as a group
- c) To scale Azure resources automatically
- d) To secure applications and data
Here are the correct answers:
- a) Azure Functions ✔️
- b) To automate software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes ✔️
- a) Azure Monitor ✔️
- a) Azure SQL Database is fully managed, while SQL Server on a VM requires you to manage the operating system and SQL Server. ✔️
- b) Azure Blob Storage ✔️
- a) Estimate the costs of Azure services ✔️
- a) Azure Firewall ✔️
- b) Azure VPN Gateway ✔️
- a) Azure Logic Apps ✔️
- b) To manage Azure resources as a group ✔️
Fourth 10 questions
31. What is the main purpose of Azure Blueprints?
- a) To create and manage resources across different subscriptions
- b) To automate database backups
- c) To define repeatable sets of Azure resources that adhere to an organization’s standards
- d) To monitor cloud performance
32. Which of the following is an Azure service for managing secrets, such as API keys, certificates, and passwords?
- a) Azure Key Vault
- b) Azure Blob Storage
- c) Azure Firewall
- d) Azure SQL Database
33. What is the purpose of Azure Availability Zones?
- a) To monitor application performance
- b) To provide data redundancy across multiple regions
- c) To protect data centers from single points of failure within a region
- d) To scale resources automatically
34. Which service provides automated updates and patch management for virtual machines in Azure?
- a) Azure Update Management
- b) Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- c) Azure Automation
- d) Azure Monitor
35. What does the term “scaling out” mean in cloud computing?
- a) Increasing the size of virtual machines
- b) Adding more instances of a resource
- c) Decreasing the number of resources
- d) Reducing network traffic
36. What is the Azure SLA (Service Level Agreement) for most services in terms of uptime?
- a) 90.99%
- b) 95.95%
- c) 99.99%
- d) 100%
37. Which service helps implement DevOps processes such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)?
- a) Azure DevOps
- b) Azure Active Directory
- c) Azure SQL Database
- d) Azure Traffic Manager
38. Which Azure service would you use to create a global load balancing solution?
- a) Azure Load Balancer
- b) Azure Traffic Manager
- c) Azure Application Gateway
- d) Azure Kubernetes Service
39. Which of the following best describes a region pair in Azure?
- a) Two regions that are located near each other for redundancy
- b) A backup of the same region in different geographical areas
- c) A service that balances network traffic between two regions
- d) Two data centers within a region used for fault tolerance
40. Which Azure service allows you to analyze large volumes of data from various sources in real-time?
- a) Azure Data Factory
- b) Azure Stream Analytics
- c) Azure Logic Apps
- d) Azure Blob Storage
Here are the correct answers:
- c) To define repeatable sets of Azure resources that adhere to an organization’s standards ✔️
- a) Azure Key Vault ✔️
- c) To protect data centers from single points of failure within a region ✔️
- a) Azure Update Management ✔️
- b) Adding more instances of a resource ✔️
- c) 99.99% – this is the typical Azure SLA for most services.)
- a) Azure DevOps ✔️
- b) Azure Traffic Manager, which enables global load balancing, whereas Azure Load Balancer is for regional load balancing.)
- a) Two regions that are located near each other for redundancy – region pairs are for disaster recovery and redundancy purposes.)
- b) Azure Stream Analytics for real-time data analysis.)
Fifth 10 questions
41. Which Azure service provides a fully managed relational database with support for multiple database engines like SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL?
- a) Azure Cosmos DB
- b) Azure SQL Database
- c) Azure Database for MySQL
- d) Azure Database for PostgreSQL
42. What is the primary purpose of Azure Blob Storage?
- a) To store large amounts of unstructured data
- b) To store relational data
- c) To host web applications
- d) To create virtual machines
43. Which tool in Azure can help you predict future cloud costs based on historical usage data?
- a) Azure Monitor
- b) Azure Cost Management + Billing
- c) Azure Pricing Calculator
- d) Azure Policy
44. Which of the following services is used to integrate and deliver continuous updates to your applications?
- a) Azure Functions
- b) Azure DevOps
- c) Azure SQL Database
- d) Azure Traffic Manager
45. What does the term “elasticity” refer to in cloud computing?
- a) The ability to automatically add or remove resources based on demand
- b) The ability to provide constant uptime
- c) The ability to increase computing power
- d) The ability to backup and restore data
46. Which Azure service is used to enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity management?
- a) Azure Key Vault
- b) Azure Active Directory
- c) Azure Monitor
- d) Azure Policy
47. What is the main purpose of the Azure Marketplace?
- a) To deploy web applications
- b) To create and configure virtual networks
- c) To provide pre-configured software and services for quick deployment
- d) To manage cloud storage
48. Which of the following is a benefit of using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates?
- a) They can automate resource management with JSON-based templates
- b) They automatically scale resources based on demand
- c) They provide a graphical interface for resource management
- d) They offer security monitoring for Azure resources
49. Which Azure service provides a serverless compute environment for running code in response to events?
- a) Azure Kubernetes Service
- b) Azure Functions
- c) Azure Logic Apps
- d) Azure Virtual Machines
50. Which Azure service is designed for high-performance computing and AI workloads?
- a) Azure Batch
- b) Azure DevTest Labs
- c) Azure Kubernetes Service
- d) Azure Machine Learning
Here are the correct answers:
- b) Azure SQL Database
- a) To store large amounts of unstructured data ✔️
- b) Azure Cost Management + Billing ✔️
- b) Azure DevOps, which is used for continuous integration and delivery. Azure Functions is for event-driven serverless computing.)
- a) The ability to automatically add or remove resources based on demand ✔️
- b) Azure Active Directory ✔️
- c) To provide pre-configured software and services for quick deployment ✔️
- a) They can automate resource management with JSON-based templates ✔️
- b) Azure Functions ✔️
- d) Azure Machine Learning ✔️