Cost Management and Governance Flashcards

What is a key benefit of using Azure Cost Management exports?

Answer: Automatically scheduling cost data to a storage account for analysis

Exports let you schedule recurring cost data to be saved to storage for reporting or external analysis.

Which scope inherits policy assignments made at a higher level in the hierarchy?

Answer: Child subscriptions and resource groups

Policy assignments are inherited downward, so child scopes are subject to policies applied above them.

A team accidentally tries to delete a production database protected by a CanNotDelete lock. What happens?

Answer: The deletion is blocked

A CanNotDelete lock blocks deletion attempts until the lock is removed.

Which combination of purchasing options can be applied together to maximize VM cost savings?

Answer: Reserved Instances and Azure Hybrid Benefit

Reserved Instances combined with Azure Hybrid Benefit can stack to further reduce Windows VM costs.

Which factor most influences data transfer (bandwidth) costs in Azure?

Answer: Outbound data leaving an Azure region

Inbound data is typically free while outbound (egress) data transfer between regions or to the internet incurs charges.

What is the purpose of assigning an initiative (policy set) in Azure Policy?

Answer: Group multiple related policies under a single assignment

An initiative groups several policies together so they can be assigned and tracked as one unit.

Which statement best describes the difference between cost governance and security governance in Azure?

Answer: Cost governance controls spending while security governance controls access and protection

Cost governance manages and optimizes spending, whereas security governance manages access control and protection.