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  1. An enterprise needs to implement a service mesh for microservices running on AKS to handle mutual TLS, traffic management, and observability. Which open-source service mesh is natively supported with AKS add-ons?

    Answer: Istio (via AKS OSM add-on/Istio add-on)

    AKS offers a managed Istio-based service mesh add-on that provides mTLS, traffic management, and observability without requiring manual installation and management.

  2. A company needs to implement event-driven communication between microservices without tight coupling, using a publish-subscribe pattern in Azure. Which service is best suited?

    Answer: Azure Event Grid

    Azure Event Grid provides a fully managed event routing service supporting publish-subscribe patterns, enabling decoupled event-driven architectures between microservices.

  3. An organization requires that all Azure resource deployments comply with specific naming conventions and required tags. Which Azure service should enforce these policies at deployment time?

    Answer: Azure Policy with deny and append effects

    Azure Policy with deny effects blocks non-compliant deployments and append effects automatically add required tags, enforcing governance rules at resource creation time.

  4. A company needs to expose an on-premises WCF service to Azure-hosted applications without opening inbound firewall ports. Which Azure service facilitates this hybrid connectivity?

    Answer: Azure Relay

    Azure Relay enables on-premises services to be exposed to cloud applications by creating an outbound connection through the relay service without requiring inbound firewall rules.

  5. An architect is designing disaster recovery for Azure SQL Database with an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 30 minutes. Which combination best meets these requirements?

    Answer: Active Geo-Replication with auto-failover groups

    Auto-failover groups with Active Geo-Replication provide near-zero RPO through continuous replication and automated failover achieving RTO well under 30 minutes.

  6. A solution requires running containerized workloads on Azure without managing any infrastructure or orchestrator. Which Azure service provides the most minimal management overhead for single containers?

    Answer: Azure Container Instances

    Azure Container Instances (ACI) lets you run containers directly on Azure without managing VMs or orchestrators, providing the simplest way to run isolated containers on demand.

  7. A company wants to implement Azure monitoring with automatic remediation when a VM's CPU exceeds 90% for 5 minutes. Which combination of Azure services achieves this?

    Answer: Azure Monitor alerts with Azure Automation runbooks

    Azure Monitor metric alerts can trigger Azure Automation runbooks as action groups, enabling automatic remediation workflows when defined thresholds are breached.