Welcome to your AZ-900: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsCertification Provider: MicrosoftExam: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsExam Code: AZ-900Total Question: 56Updated On: 26 March2025 1. What provides recommendations to reduce the cost of Azure resources? Azure Service Health Azure Dashboard Azure Advisor Microsoft Defender for Cloud None 2. You need to be notified when there are new recommendations for reducing Azure costs. Which tool should you use? Azure Advisor Azure Monitor Log Analytics Azure Service Health None 3. Which two actions can be performed by using the graphical user interface (GUI) in the Azure portal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Review a graphical view of all the services you are using. Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. Create new resources. Repeatedly set up one or more resources and ensure that all the dependencies are created in the proper order. 4. 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 REST API Azure PowerShell Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates None 5. Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources? a virtual machine a function a container an App Service None 6. What can you use to find information about planned maintenance for Azure services that are critical to your organization? Azure Monitor Log Analytics Azure Service Health Azure Advisor None 7. Which feature in the Microsoft Purview governance portal should you use to manage access to data sources and datasets? Data Catalog Data Sharing Data Policy Data Estate Insights None 8. What are two basic services provided by all cloud providers? compute application development colocation storage None 9. 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? Azure Advisor Application insights Azure Monitor Azure Service Health None 10. Why is cloud computing often less expensive than on-premises datacenters? Services are only offered in a single geographic location. Cloud service offerings have limited functionality. You are only billed for what you use. Network bandwidth is free. None 11. 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 Cost Management Azure Policy Azure Lock None 12. Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model? Organizations only pay for what they use. The company has complete control over physical resources and security. Hardware must be purchased. Applications can be provisioned and deprovisioned quickly. 13. 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 availability zones Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets region pairs None 14. What can you use to sync identities from an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain to Microsoft Entra tenant? Azure Key Vault Conditional Access Microsoft Entra Connect Azure Resource Manager (ARM) None 15. Which Azure Blob storage service tier has the highest storage costs and the fastest access times for reading and writing data? Cool Hot Archive None 16. An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands. elasticity geo-distribution agility high availability None 17. Which storage service should you use to store thousands of files containing text and images? Azure Disk Storage Azure Blob storage Azure Table storage Azure Queue Storage None 18. What can you use to execute code in a serverless environment? Azure Container Instances Azure Functions Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Logic Apps None 19. Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice]. elasticity agility high availability scalability None 20. 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 VPN Gateway Azure Bastion ExpressRoute Azure Firewall None 21. Which two components are created in an Azure subscription? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Microsoft Entra user accounts resources management groups resource groups 22. Which two tools can you use to create a new Azure virtual machine from a mobile device that runs Android? the Azure portal PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell Remote Desktop SSH 23. Which cloud service model is used by Microsoft Office 365? infrastructure as a service (IaaS) software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) None 24. 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) None 25. 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 Functions Azure Logic Apps Azure Container Instances None 26. Which resource can you use to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions? administrative units management groups resource pair resource groups None 27. For which resource does Azure generate separate billing reports and invoices by default? accounts subscriptions resource groups management groups None 28. Which two factors affect Azure costs? availability zone selection resource usage date and time of use resource location 29. Which type of cloud service model is typically licensed through a monthly or annual subscription? software as a service (SaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) None 30. 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? single sign-on (SSO) Azure role-based access control (RBAC) administrative units Conditional Access None 31. What can you use to restrict the deployment of a virtual machine to a specific location? resource groups resource locks Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Policy None 32. Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding instances of resources such as virtual machines is called [answer choice]. disaster recovery vertical scaling horizontal scaling high availability None 33. What can you use to connect Azure resources, such as Azure SQL databases, to an Azure virtual network? peering service endpoints ExpressRoute network security groups (NSGs) None 34. 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 Monitor alerts Azure Resources Azure Reservations spending limits None 35. In which cloud service model is the customer responsible for managing the operating system? Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) None 36. [Answer choice] is the logical container used to combine and organize Azure resources. a resource group Azure Resource Manager (ARM) an Azure region a management group None 37. What can be applied to a resource to prevent accidental deletion? a policy an Azure Reservation a resource lock a resource tag None 38. Which type of cloud service are virtual networks? software as a service (SaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 39. 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 Advisor Azure Cost Management Azure Pricing calculator Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator None 40. What should you proactively review and act on to avoid service interruptions, such as service retirements and breaking changes? Azure Monitor health advisories service issues application insights None 41. Which two scenarios are common billing use cases for resource tags? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. resizing underutilized virtual machines categorizing costs by department associating costs with different environments identifying lower cost regions 42. What can you use to define the resources you want to provision in a declarative JSON format? Azure Repos Azure PowerShell Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure CLI None 43. Which two Azure resources can make use of availability zones? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Azure SQL databases virtual machines resource groups Azure subscriptions 44. Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? geo-distribution high availability elimination of horizontal scaling physical access to servers 45. Which two actions can be performed by using Azure portal? Assign deny permission on a resource group Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. Create Microsoft Entra user Create new resources. 46. What is the customer responsible for in a software as a service (SaaS) model? data and access virtual machines runtime storage None 47. Which two protocols can be used to access Azure file shares? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. HTTP Server Message Block (SMB) FTP Network File System (NFS) 48. 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 None 49. What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in? Azure Information Protection (AIP) multi-factor authentication (MFA) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Entra Verified ID None 50. [Answer choice] is the deployment and management service for Azure. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Azure Monitor Microsoft Entra Azure API Management None 51. Which two features are available by using Azure Cost Management + Billing? Provide discounted prices when you pay in advance. Estimate the total cost of ownership before resources are deployed. Create and manage budgets. Generate historical reports and forecast future usage. 52. 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 None 53. Which cloud service model provides you with the most control over the hardware that runs applications? infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) None 54. What can you use to allow a user to manage all the resources in a resource group? resource locks Azure role-based access control (RBAC) Azure Key Vault resource tags None 55. 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? resource tags subscriptions administrative units resource groups None 56. 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? Implement Privileged Identity Management. Delete the virtual machine. Deallocate the virtual machine. Resize the virtual machine. None Time's up