AZ-900 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Microsoft Azure Certification 1

Question 1

Which Azure service provides a fully managed relational database that automatically handles patching, backups, and high availability?

Accepted Answer

Azure SQL Database

Answer

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed PaaS relational database service that automates maintenance tasks like patching, backups, and high availability, removing the burden of database administration from users.

Question 2

In the shared responsibility model, which security responsibility always remains with the customer regardless of the cloud service type (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS)?

Accepted Answer

Account and identity management

Answer

Regardless of the cloud service model used, customers are always responsible for managing their own accounts, identities, and access controls. Physical security and infrastructure are always the cloud provider's responsibility.

Question 3

What Azure pricing model allows you to reserve virtual machine capacity for one or three years in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing?

Accepted Answer

Azure Reservations

Answer

Azure Reservations allow customers to commit to one- or three-year terms for specific resources like VMs, providing discounts of up to 72% compared to pay-as-you-go rates in exchange for the upfront commitment.

Question 4

Which Azure feature enables you to enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale across all your Azure resources?

Accepted Answer

Azure Policy

Answer

Azure Policy allows organizations to define and enforce rules for Azure resources, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and regulatory requirements. It can audit existing resources and prevent non-compliant resources from being created.

Question 5

What is the purpose of an Azure Availability Zone?

Accepted Answer

To provide physically separate datacenter locations within a single Azure region for fault tolerance

Answer

Azure Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within the same Azure region, each with independent power, cooling, and networking. Deploying resources across zones protects applications from single datacenter failures.

AZ-900 Practice Test

AZ-900 Practice Test

AZ-900 - Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Microsoft Azure Certification 1