Welcome to your AZ-900: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsCertification Provider:Â MicrosoftExam: Microsoft Azure FundamentalsExam Code: AZ-900Total Question: 56Updated On: 26 March2025 1. 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 None 2. 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 3. What can you use to find information about planned maintenance for Azure services that are critical to your organization? Azure Monitor Azure Advisor Azure Service Health Log Analytics None 4. What can you apply to an Azure virtual machine to ensure that users cannot change or delete the resource? a user-assigned managed identity a tag Conditional Access a lock None 5. What are two basic services provided by all cloud providers? compute storage colocation application development None 6. What can you use to execute code in a serverless environment? Azure Logic Apps Azure Container Instances Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Functions None 7. Which storage service should you use to store thousands of files containing text and images? Azure Table storage Azure Blob storage Azure Queue Storage Azure Disk Storage None 8. Which type of cloud service are virtual networks? platform as a service (PaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) software as a service (SaaS) None 9. Which two tools can you use to create a new Azure virtual machine from a mobile device that runs Android? SSH the Azure portal PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell Remote Desktop 10. Which two protocols can be used to access Azure file shares? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Network File System (NFS) FTP Server Message Block (SMB) HTTP 11. 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 Pricing calculator Azure Advisor Azure Cost Management Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator None 12. Which two components are created in an Azure subscription? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. resources management groups Microsoft Entra user accounts resource groups 13. What Microsoft Entra feature can you use to configure security authentication that requires users to use their mobile phone to sign in? Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Entra Verified ID Azure Information Protection (AIP) multi-factor authentication (MFA) None 14. What can you use to restrict the deployment of a virtual machine to a specific location? resource groups Azure Policy Microsoft Defender for Cloud resource locks None 15. You need to be notified when there are new recommendations for reducing Azure costs. Which tool should you use? Log Analytics Azure Monitor Azure Service Health Azure Advisor None 16. 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) None 17. 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? spending limits Azure Resources Azure Reservations Azure Monitor alerts None 18. What can you use to ensure that a development team can only create virtual machines of a certain size? Azure Policy Azure Blueprints Cloud Adoption Framework Conditional Access None 19. Which two attributes are characteristics of the private cloud deployment model? Applications can be provisioned and deprovisioned quickly. The company has complete control over physical resources and security. Hardware must be purchased. Organizations only pay for what they use. 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 Bastion ExpressRoute Azure VPN Gateway Azure Firewall None 21. What can you use to connect Azure resources, such as Azure SQL databases, to an Azure virtual network? peering ExpressRoute network security groups (NSGs) service endpoints None 22. Which two Azure resources can make use of availability zones? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Azure SQL databases Azure subscriptions virtual machines resource groups 23. Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding instances of resources such as virtual machines is called [answer choice]. disaster recovery vertical scaling high availability horizontal scaling None 24. Which cloud service model is used by Microsoft Office 365? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 25. What can you use to define the resources you want to provision in a declarative JSON format? Azure Repos Azure CLI Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Azure PowerShell None 26. Which two actions can be performed by using Azure portal? Create Microsoft Entra user Create new resources. Assign deny permission on a resource group Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. 27. 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. Resize the virtual machine. Deallocate the virtual machine. Delete the virtual machine. None 28. In which cloud service model is the customer responsible for managing the operating system? platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) None 29. Which two scenarios are common billing use cases for resource tags? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. associating costs with different environments resizing underutilized virtual machines identifying lower cost regions categorizing costs by department 30. What can be applied to a resource to prevent accidental deletion? an Azure Reservation a resource tag a resource lock a policy None 31. Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice]. elasticity scalability agility high availability None 32. Which feature in the Microsoft Purview governance portal should you use to manage access to data sources and datasets? Data Estate Insights Data Policy Data Catalog Data Sharing None 33. What provides recommendations to reduce the cost of Azure resources? Azure Dashboard Azure Advisor Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure Service Health None 34. What can you use to provide Mac and Android users with access to a Windows environment that will run Windows-based applications? Azure Logic Apps Azure Container Instances Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Functions None 35. Which two factors affect Azure costs? availability zone selection resource location date and time of use resource usage 36. 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 Service Health Azure Advisor Azure Monitor None 37. 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 Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Azure Key Vault Conditional Access None 38. Which resource can you use to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions? management groups administrative units resource pair resource groups None 39. 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? Azure role-based access control (RBAC) Conditional Access single sign-on (SSO) administrative units None 40. 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 Policy Azure Cost Management Azure Blueprints Azure Lock None 41. 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 42. Which Azure resource is a software emulation of a physical computer that includes a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources? an App Service a container a function a virtual machine None 43. An example of [answer choice] is automatically scaling an application to ensure that the application has the resources needed to meet customer demands. high availability elasticity agility geo-distribution None 44. [Answer choice] is the deployment and management service for Azure. Azure API Management Azure Monitor Microsoft Entra Azure Resource Manager (ARM) None 45. Which two actions can be performed by using the graphical user interface (GUI) in the Azure portal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Change the availability zone of a virtual machine. Repeatedly set up one or more resources and ensure that all the dependencies are created in the proper order. Create new resources. Review a graphical view of all the services you are using. 46. Which two features are available by using Azure Cost Management + Billing? Generate historical reports and forecast future usage. Estimate the total cost of ownership before resources are deployed. Provide discounted prices when you pay in advance. Create and manage budgets. 47. 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 48. What is the customer responsible for in a software as a service (SaaS) model? virtual machines runtime data and access storage None 49. [Answer choice] is the logical container used to combine and organize Azure resources. a management group an Azure region a resource group Azure Resource Manager (ARM) None 50. 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 51. 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? infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform as a service (PaaS) software as a service (SaaS) None 52. Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? geo-distribution physical access to servers elimination of horizontal scaling high availability 53. 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 54. 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) 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 resource groups administrative units None 56. For which resource does Azure generate separate billing reports and invoices by default? accounts subscriptions management groups resource groups None Time's up