Cloud Computing & Azure Services Flashcards
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What is Azure App Service primarily used for?
Answer: Building and hosting web apps, REST APIs, and mobile back ends
Azure App Service is an HTTP-based service for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends with built-in auto-scaling and high availability.
Which Azure networking service distributes incoming traffic across multiple backend resources to increase availability?
Answer: Azure Load Balancer
Azure Load Balancer operates at Layer 4 (TCP/UDP) and distributes inbound traffic among healthy backend pool instances to improve availability and scalability.
Which Azure service provides a private, dedicated connection from an on-premises network to Azure, bypassing the public internet?
Answer: Azure ExpressRoute
Azure ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider, not over the public internet.
What is the primary role of Azure Monitor?
Answer: Collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from cloud and on-premises environments
Azure Monitor collects metrics and logs from Azure resources, analyzes data, and enables you to set alerts, create dashboards, and trigger automated actions.
Which Azure service is a globally distributed, multi-model database service designed for low-latency and high-availability applications?
Answer: Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database service that guarantees single-digit millisecond response times and 99.999% availability.
What does Azure Backup protect against in a cloud environment?
Answer: Data loss by providing cloud-based backup and recovery for Azure and on-premises workloads
Azure Backup provides simple, secure, and cost-effective cloud-based backup and recovery solutions for Azure VMs, SQL databases, and on-premises workloads.
Which Azure service accelerates content delivery to global users by caching content at edge nodes close to end users?
Answer: Azure CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Azure CDN caches static content at strategically placed physical nodes around the world, reducing latency and improving performance for global users.