Microsoft Certification Microsoft Azure Developer (AZ-204)

Question 1

What is Azure App Service primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile backends

Answer

Azure App Service is a fully managed PaaS platform for hosting web apps, REST APIs, and mobile back-ends on Windows or Linux.

Question 2

What is Azure Functions used for?

Accepted Answer

Running small pieces of event-driven code without managing servers

Answer

Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that runs small, event-triggered code snippets without requiring server management.

Question 3

What is the purpose of Azure API Management?

Accepted Answer

Publishing, securing, and managing APIs for internal and external developers

Answer

Azure API Management provides a gateway to publish APIs, enforce policies, throttle requests, and provide a developer portal for API consumers.

Question 4

Which Azure service provides a fully managed message queue for decoupling application components?

Accepted Answer

Azure Service Bus

Answer

Azure Service Bus is a fully managed enterprise message broker that decouples application components using queues and topics.

Question 5

What does Azure Key Vault allow developers to do?

Accepted Answer

Securely store and access secrets, keys, and certificates in applications

Answer

Azure Key Vault enables developers to securely store application secrets, connection strings, API keys, and certificates outside of code.

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