Microsoft Certification Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of an Azure Resource Group?
- A billing account for multiple subscriptions
- A logical container that holds related Azure resources (Correct answer)
- A type of virtual network
- A backup storage location
Correct answer: A logical container that holds related Azure resources
An Azure Resource Group is a logical container used to organize and manage Azure resources that share the same lifecycle.
Question 2: Which Azure service allows you to create and manage virtual machines?
- Azure App Service
- Azure Virtual Machines (Correct answer)
- Azure Functions
- Azure Container Instances
Correct answer: Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) is an IaaS service that lets you create and manage Windows or Linux virtual machines in the cloud.
Question 3: What does Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Azure allow administrators to do?
- Monitor network traffic
- Grant specific permissions to users, groups, or applications for Azure resources (Correct answer)
- Create virtual networks
- Configure Azure DNS
Correct answer: Grant specific permissions to users, groups, or applications for Azure resources
RBAC lets administrators assign specific roles to users or groups, controlling what actions they can perform on Azure resources.
Question 4: What is Azure Virtual Network (VNet) used for?
- Storing blobs and files
- Creating isolated, private networks in Azure for secure communication (Correct answer)
- Running serverless code
- Managing user identities
Correct answer: Creating isolated, private networks in Azure for secure communication
Azure Virtual Network enables Azure resources to securely communicate with each other, the internet, and on-premises networks in an isolated network.
Question 5: Which Azure service provides managed DNS hosting?
- Azure Traffic Manager
- Azure DNS (Correct answer)
- Azure CDN
- Azure Load Balancer
Correct answer: Azure DNS
Azure DNS is a hosting service for DNS domains that provides name resolution using Microsoft Azure's global infrastructure.
Question 6: What is the purpose of an Azure Availability Set?
- Reducing storage costs
- Protecting VMs from hardware failures and planned maintenance events (Correct answer)
- Encrypting data at rest
- Routing traffic across regions
Correct answer: Protecting VMs from hardware failures and planned maintenance events
Availability Sets distribute VMs across multiple fault and update domains to protect applications from hardware failures and maintenance.
Microsoft Certification Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) 1
What is the purpose of an Azure Resource Group?