Welcome to your AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification Provider: Microsoft Exam: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Code: AZ-900 Total Question: 56 Updated On: 11 February 2024 1. Which cloud service model is used by Microsoft Office 365? infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) 2. 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 Conditional Access Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Azure Key Vault 3. Which Azure Blob storage service tier has the highest storage costs and the fastest access times for reading and writing data? Hot Cool Archive 4. Which feature in the Microsoft Purview governance portal should you use to manage access to data sources and datasets? Data Sharing Data Estate Insights Data Policy Data Catalog 5. Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? high availability physical access to servers elimination of horizontal scaling geo-distribution 6. What can you use to connect Azure resources, such as Azure SQL databases, to an Azure virtual network? ExpressRoute network security groups (NSGs) service endpoints peering 7. What are two basic services provided by all cloud providers? compute colocation storage application development 8. Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding instances of resources such as virtual machines is called [answer choice]. horizontal scaling disaster recovery vertical scaling high availability 9. Your organization is building a custom application. You need to focus on application development rather than configuration and management of servers. Which cloud service model should you use? platform as a service (PaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) software as a service (SaaS) 10. 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. Azure Bastion Azure VPN Gateway ExpressRoute Azure Firewall 11. What should you proactively review and act on to avoid service interruptions, such as service retirements and breaking changes? service issues Azure Monitor application insights health advisories 12. What can you apply to an Azure virtual machine to ensure that users cannot change or delete the resource? a tag a lock a user-assigned managed identity Conditional Access 13. Your organization plans to deploy several production virtual machines that will have consistent resource usage throughout the year. What can you use to minimize the costs of the virtual machines without reducing the functionality of the virtual machines? Azure Reservations Azure Resources spending limits Azure Monitor alerts 14. Which two scenarios are common billing use cases for resource tags? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. identifying lower cost regions resizing underutilized virtual machines associating costs with different environments categorizing costs by department 15. What is the customer responsible for in a software as a service (SaaS) model? runtime storage data and access virtual machines 16. [Answer choice] is the logical container used to combine and organize Azure resources. a management group Azure Resource Manager (ARM) an Azure region a resource group 17. What can you use to allow a user to manage all the resources in a resource group? Azure Key Vault resource locks resource tags Azure role-based access control (RBAC) 18. What can you use to ensure that a development team can only create virtual machines of a certain size? Conditional Access Azure Policy Azure Blueprints Cloud Adoption Framework 19. 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? Azure Cost Management Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator Azure Advisor Azure Pricing calculator 20. What can you use to execute code in a serverless environment? Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Container Instances Azure Logic Apps Azure Functions 21. You have an Azure virtual machine that is accessed only between 9:00 and 17:00 each day. What should you do to minimize costs but preserve the associated hard disks and data? Deallocate the virtual machine. Implement Privileged Identity Management. Delete the virtual machine. Resize the virtual machine. 22. Which Azure component allows you to replicate resources across a geography to ensure business continuity during a natural disaster at the primary site? availability sets Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets availability zones region pairs 23. 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? Azure Blueprints Azure Policy Azure Lock Azure Cost Management 24. Which two actions can be performed by using the graphical user interface (GUI) in the Azure portal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Repeatedly set up one or more resources and ensure that all the dependencies are created in the proper order. Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. Create new resources. Review a graphical view of all the services you are using. 25. Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources? a virtual machine an App Service a container a function 26. Which type of cloud service are virtual networks? software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) 27. You need to be notified when there are new recommendations for reducing Azure costs. Which tool should you use? Azure Monitor Azure Advisor Azure Service Health Log Analytics 28. Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model? Organizations only pay for what they use. Applications can be provisioned and deprovisioned quickly. Hardware must be purchased. The company has complete control over physical resources and security. 29. What can you use to define the resources you want to provision in a declarative JSON format? Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure CLI Azure Repos Azure PowerShell 30. Which two tools can you use to create a new Azure virtual machine from a mobile device that runs Android? Remote Desktop PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell SSH the Azure portal 31. 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? subscriptions resource groups resource tags administrative units 32. Which two Azure resources can make use of availability zones? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Azure SQL databases resource groups virtual machines Azure subscriptions 33. For which resource does Azure generate separate billing reports and invoices by default? subscriptions resource groups management groups accounts 34. 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 single sign-on (SSO) administrative units Azure role-based access control (RBAC) 35. What provides recommendations to reduce the cost of Azure resources? Azure Advisor Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Dashboard Azure Service Health 36. What can be applied to a resource to prevent accidental deletion? an Azure Reservation a policy a resource tag a resource lock 37. Which two actions can be performed by using Azure portal? Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. Create Microsoft Entra user Create new resources. Assign deny permission on a resource group 38. In which cloud service model is the customer responsible for managing the operating system? Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) 39. What can you use to find information about planned maintenance for Azure services that are critical to your organization? Azure Service Health Log Analytics Azure Advisor Azure Monitor 40. Which type of cloud service model is typically licensed through a monthly or annual subscription? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) 41. Which two features are available by using Azure Cost Management + Billing? Create and manage budgets. Estimate the total cost of ownership before resources are deployed. Provide discounted prices when you pay in advance. Generate historical reports and forecast future usage. 42. Which storage service should you use to store thousands of files containing text and images? Azure Queue Storage Azure Blob storage Azure Table storage Azure Disk Storage 43. What can you use to restrict the deployment of a virtual machine to a specific location? Azure Policy Microsoft Defender for Cloud resource locks resource groups 44. An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands. geo-distribution agility elasticity high availability 45. What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in? Microsoft Entra Verified ID Azure Information Protection (AIP) Microsoft Defender for Cloud multi-factor authentication (MFA) 46. Which two components are created in an Azure subscription? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Microsoft Entra user accounts resource groups management groups resources 47. Which two factors affect Azure costs? availability zone selection resource usage resource location date and time of use 48. Why is cloud computing often less expensive than on-premises datacenters? You are only billed for what you use. Network bandwidth is free. Services are only offered in a single geographic location. Cloud service offerings have limited functionality. 49. Which two protocols can be used to access Azure file shares? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. FTP Network File System (NFS) Server Message Block (SMB) HTTP 50. [Answer choice] is the deployment and management service for Azure. Azure Monitor Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Azure API Management Microsoft Entra 51. Which resource can you use to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions? resource pair management groups administrative units resource groups 52. 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? Application insights Azure Advisor Azure Service Health Azure Monitor 53. Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice]. scalability high availability elasticity agility 54. What can you use to provide Mac and Android users with access to a Windows environment that will run Windows-based applications? Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Container Instances Azure Logic Apps Azure Functions 55. Which cloud service model provides you with the most control over the hardware that runs applications? software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) 56. 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? Azure CLI Azure PowerShell Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure REST API Time's up