AZ-204 Azure Compute Solutions 2

Question 1

Which Azure service allows you to run containerized workloads without managing Kubernetes infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Azure Container Instances

Answer

Azure Container Instances (ACI) lets you run containers on-demand without provisioning or managing any underlying VM or orchestration infrastructure.

Question 2

How do you configure an Azure Function to run on a schedule every 5 minutes?

Accepted Answer

Use a Timer trigger with CRON expression '0 */5 * * * *'

Answer

A Timer trigger with the NCRONTAB expression `0 */5 * * * *` fires the function every 5 minutes.

Question 3

Which feature of Azure App Service lets you test routing to a new version of your app by sending a percentage of traffic to a staging slot?

Accepted Answer

Testing in production (slot traffic routing)

Answer

App Service's 'Testing in production' feature routes a configurable percentage of live traffic to a non-production deployment slot.

Question 4

What must you configure on an Azure App Service to allow it to access an Azure Virtual Network resource privately?

Accepted Answer

VNet Integration

Answer

VNet Integration enables outbound connections from an App Service to resources inside an Azure Virtual Network.

Question 5

Which Durable Functions pattern is best suited for fan-out/fan-in scenarios where multiple parallel activities must complete before proceeding?

Accepted Answer

Fan-out/fan-in pattern using Task.WhenAll

Answer

The fan-out/fan-in pattern uses `Task.WhenAll` in the orchestrator to launch multiple activity functions in parallel and aggregate their results.

AZ-204 - Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Practice Test