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Core Deploy and Manage Azure Compute concepts and how they apply in real-world cloud scenarios.
How to deploy deploy and manage azure compute correctly and verify the outcome.
Troubleshooting deploy and manage azure compute issues by interpreting error output and system state.
Cloud best practices and Deploy and Manage Azure Compute design trade-offs tested by this certification.
Selecting the most expensive service when a simpler managed option meets the requirement.
Forgetting that cloud resources must be explicitly secured — defaults are rarely secure.
Choosing a global service fix when the issue is region-specific.
Overlooking cost implications of cross-region data transfer in architecture questions.
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You need to deploy 20 identical Azure virtual machines that host the same web application. The solution must support automatic scale-out based on CPU usage and should minimize administrative overhead. What should you deploy?
2A virtual machine named VM-App01 hosts a critical internal application. You need to protect the VM so that it can be restored if the VM is deleted or corrupted. The solution must provide centralized backup management and retention policies. What should you use?
3You need to restore a deleted file from a backed-up Azure virtual machine without restoring the entire VM. Which Azure Backup capability should you use?
4You deploy several Windows virtual machines and need to install Microsoft Antimalware on each VM without logging on manually. What should you use?
5Your company hosts an internal web app in Azure App Service. Access must be limited to users connecting from the corporate virtual network over private IP addresses only. What should you configure?
6You plan to deploy two virtual machines that run the same line-of-business application. The VMs must remain available during planned maintenance of the Azure platform, but autoscaling is not required. What should you use?
7You need to redeploy an Azure virtual machine to a new host while keeping the VM configuration and attached disks. Which action should you use in the Azure portal?
8You have a virtual machine scale set that must increase the number of instances automatically when average CPU utilization exceeds 75 percent and decrease when utilization drops below 30 percent. What should you configure?
9You have an application that writes heavily to Azure-managed disks and requires the highest consistent IOPS and lowest latency. Which disk type should you choose?
10You plan to run a web application on Azure virtual machines and need protection against a single datacenter failure within an Azure region. Which deployment option should you use?
11You need to run a scheduled script on an Azure virtual machine every time the VM starts. Which feature should you use?
12A Windows VM fails to start after a configuration change. You need to capture screenshots and serial console output to troubleshoot the boot problem. Which feature should you use?
13You need to reduce compute cost for a development virtual machine that is used only during business hours on weekdays. Which option provides the most direct built-in cost optimization?
14A virtual machine scale set must increase instance count when average CPU exceeds 75 percent and decrease when it stays below 30 percent. What Azure feature should you configure?
15You need to run a script on VM-App02 immediately after deployment to install a custom monitoring agent. The solution should not require opening additional inbound management ports. What should you use?
16You need to run a stateless web workload on Azure virtual machines and automatically increase or decrease instance count based on demand. You also want a single management boundary for the VM instances. Which solution should you deploy?
17You need to deploy several identical virtual machines and ensure that the failure of a single Azure host does not affect all of them. Which feature should you use?
18An Azure virtual machine was moved to a host that is experiencing intermittent issues. You need to move the VM to a different Azure host while keeping the existing managed disks and configuration. Which action should you perform?
19You need to deploy 25 identical Azure virtual machines for a web application and scale the number of instances automatically based on CPU demand. Which Azure compute feature should you use?
20You need to run a script inside an Azure virtual machine after deployment to install application prerequisites. Which feature should you use?
21You need to deploy a set of identical Azure virtual machines that can automatically scale out during demand spikes and scale in when usage falls. Which Azure feature should you use?
22You need to deploy 30 identical Azure virtual machines for a web application and scale the instance count automatically based on CPU demand. Which Azure compute feature should you use?
23You need to ensure that a virtual machine is protected by Azure Backup and can be restored from centralized backup data if the VM is deleted. Which Azure resource should you configure first?
24You need to deploy a group of identical Azure virtual machines and ensure they are distributed across fault domains and update domains to reduce the impact of host failures and planned maintenance. Which feature should you use?
25You need to run a PowerShell script inside a newly deployed Azure virtual machine to configure application settings immediately after deployment. Which feature should you use?
26You need to deploy 20 identical Azure virtual machines for a web application and automatically scale the number of instances based on CPU demand. Which Azure feature should you use?
27You are deploying a stateless web application on Azure virtual machines. The solution must automatically add and remove instances based on CPU demand and allow all instances to be managed as one logical group. Which Azure compute feature should you deploy?
28A line-of-business application must keep running even if one datacenter in an Azure region has an outage. Which deployment option should you choose for the VMs?
29A line-of-business app requires protection against a datacenter outage in a region that supports zones. You want the strongest placement resilience available for the VMs. What should you choose?
30A company runs two identical Linux VMs for a stateless web app in an Azure region that supports availability zones. The business requires protection from a full datacenter outage, not just planned host maintenance. Which deployment choice best meets this requirement?
31A stateless web app on Azure must add or remove instances automatically when CPU usage changes. Which service should you deploy?
32A company has two application VMs in the same Azure region. The main requirement is to reduce downtime during planned host maintenance. The business does not require protection from a complete datacenter outage. Which option should you choose?
33A stateless web service must handle traffic spikes by adding or removing instances automatically based on CPU usage. Which Azure service fits best?
34A production workload must continue running if one entire Azure datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. The region supports availability zones, and you want the strongest placement option for a single VM. What should you choose?
35A developer has the Contributor role on a resource group. A Bicep deployment that creates a VM with a public IP fails with a policy denial, but the same template succeeds after the public IP resource is removed. Which two statements are true? Select two.
36A web front end must automatically add or remove instances based on demand. The application is stateless and all instances should be managed as one group. Which Azure service should you use?
37You want to deploy a resource group with Bicep and see the changes Azure plans to make before you apply them. Which command should you run?
38You are creating a new Ubuntu VM and want it to create a local admin account and install packages automatically on the first boot. Which approach should you use?
39You have already deployed a Windows Server VM. After provisioning, you need to run a PowerShell script once to configure an application and create a registry setting without logging in interactively. Which Azure feature should you use?
40Before changing a production VM's data disk, you want a point-in-time copy that can be restored later without affecting the VM. What should you create?
41You need to deploy a new Ubuntu VM that automatically creates an app user and installs packages the first time it boots. Which approach should you use?
42You need to resize a VM to a larger size, but Azure says the target size is not available while the VM is running. What should you do first?
43You want to preview what a Bicep deployment will change before you apply it to a resource group. Which command should you use?
44Two application VMs are in the same Azure region. They must stay available during planned host maintenance, but the business does not require protection from a full datacenter outage. Which placement option should you use?
45You deploy a Windows Server VM and need to run several PowerShell commands after deployment without signing in to the VM. Which Azure feature should you use?
46Two app VMs must stay available during planned host maintenance in the same region. Datacenter-level redundancy is not required, but the VMs should be spread across update domains. What should you configure?
47A customer runs two Windows VMs in a region that does not support availability zones. The app can lose one VM but must keep running through planned maintenance and a single host failure. Which deployment pattern should you use?
48You need to resize a production VM from Standard_D2s_v5 to Standard_D4s_v5 by using Azure CLI. `az vm list-vm-resize-options` shows the target size, but `az vm resize` fails while the VM is running. Which action should you take first?
49Based on the exhibit, the company will deploy two identical web server VMs in East US 2 behind a load balancer. The service must keep running if one datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. Which deployment choice best meets the requirement?
50A stateless web app runs on two Ubuntu VMs behind an Azure Load Balancer. The region supports availability zones. The business wants the app to survive a full datacenter outage and also avoid having both VMs on the same maintenance boundary. Which deployment should you choose?
51Match each Azure CLI command to the action it performs for a virtual machine.
52You are deploying a Windows Server VM for an internal app. The VM must support Secure Boot and vTPM later, its OS disk must survive host moves, and the team wants the lowest-cost managed disk tier that still behaves like a normal writable OS disk. Which two choices should you make? Select two.
53Match each Azure VM administration requirement on the left with the most appropriate Azure CLI command on the right. Use each answer once.
54VM-App01 is responding slowly and appears to be on a degraded Azure host. You must keep the VM resource, keep its disks and NIC, and move it to fresh infrastructure before further troubleshooting. Which two actions can achieve that goal? Select two.
55A customer-facing service needs to survive a single datacenter outage in a zone-supported region. You do not need cross-region failover, but you do need Azure to spread instances without manual placement errors. Which two deployment choices satisfy that goal? Select two.
56A build agent VM is recreated from image every night. The OS can be lost on reimage, but build caches and artifacts must persist across rebuilds. The team also wants the cheapest OS storage option that supports this pattern. Which two choices should you make? Select two.
57An application runs on two identical VMs in a region that does not support availability zones. The app must keep running through planned maintenance and a single hardware fault, and the team does not want to add a second region. Which two deployment choices are appropriate? Select two.
58A reporting server must be resized from 4 vCPU to 8 vCPU for a four-hour batch window. The VM name, NIC, private IP, and attached managed disks must stay the same, and the team accepts a brief outage during the change. Which two actions should you choose? Select two.
59A data disk on VM-Data01 was corrupted after a bad patch, and you already have a snapshot taken last night. The OS disk should remain unchanged. Which two actions should you take to restore only the data disk? Select two.
60A platform team has a generalized VM image that must be published to East US and West Europe today and patched later without overwriting the original build. They want Azure to keep version history and replicate the image to both regions. Which two actions or resources should they use? Select two.
61A developer packages an internal web app as a Linux container. The app must be published with built-in HTTPS, deployment slots, and autoscale, and the team does not want to manage OS patching or container hosts. Which Azure service should the administrator choose?
62After applying a custom image, a VM boots to a black screen with a blinking cursor. The OS never reaches the login prompt. The administrator needs the fastest way to inspect the boot process and view serial console output. What should be enabled or checked?
63A reporting application must run on an Azure VM with at least 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM. The team also wants headroom for short spikes without falling below the requirement. Which two VM sizes meet or exceed the requirement? Select two.
64A build pipeline needs to run a Linux container for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. The team does not want to manage servers, clusters, or an always-on VM. Which Azure service should be used?
65A developer wants to publish an internet-facing application from source code. Required capabilities include built-in HTTPS, deployment slots, and autoscale, but the team does not want to manage the operating system. Which Azure service should the administrator choose?
66A stateless API must automatically add or remove identical VM instances when CPU usage crosses thresholds. The team also wants Microsoft to distribute instances across fault domains when possible. Which service should the administrator deploy?
67A build pipeline starts a Linux container once per request. Each run lasts about 12 minutes, never needs inbound connections, and should not leave an always-on server running afterward. Which two configuration choices best fit Azure Container Instances? Select two.
68A stateless API runs on Azure VMs and experiences unpredictable traffic spikes during the day. The administrator must automatically add or remove identical VM instances based on CPU usage, and the platform should distribute instances across fault domains without manual placement. What should be used?
69A stateless application must keep serving traffic if one datacenter in the region fails, and it must also add or remove instances during daily load spikes. Which two deployment choices should the administrator make? Select two.
70One team needs to run a Linux container for about 15 minutes per request with no inbound traffic and no cluster to manage. Another team needs an internet-facing web app with built-in HTTPS, deployment slots, and autoscale. Which two Azure services should the administrator choose? Select two.
71A public web application runs on two identical VMs behind a load balancer. The region supports availability zones. The business wants the app to keep serving traffic if one datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. What should the administrator use?
72A Windows VM must automatically run a setup script after provisioning to install an agent, create a folder, and write configuration files. The administrator wants the script to be delivered through Azure management and run without a human signing in. What should be used?
73A Windows VM needs a one-time command run immediately after deployment, and a second VM must automatically install an agent and copy configuration files during provisioning. Which two Azure compute features should the administrator use? Select two.
74A developer wants to keep application data separate from the operating system so the VM can be rebuilt without losing files. Before making a risky change, the administrator also wants a fast rollback point for that data disk. Which two actions should the administrator take? Select two.
75A team needs to run a Linux container for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, triggered by an external system. They do not want to manage servers, clusters, or a web framework. Which Azure service is the best fit?
76A development team needs to run a Linux container for about 12 minutes each time a request is received. The team does not want to manage a server, cluster, or virtual machine. Which Azure service should the administrator use?
77A build pipeline must run a Linux container for about 10 minutes per request. The team does not want to manage servers or a Kubernetes cluster. Which Azure service should the administrator choose?
78A reporting application needs an Azure VM with at least 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM. The workload is memory-heavy, and the team wants a reasonable starting point. Which VM family should the administrator choose?
79A platform team maintains a hardened Windows VM with IIS, an agent, and local configuration files. They need to deploy 40 identical VMs in two regions, preserve version history, and roll back quickly if a new image causes problems. Which two actions should they take? Select two.
80A reporting server VM will run an analytics engine that uses a large in-memory cache. Required minimums are 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM, and the workload benefits more from memory than from extra compute. Which Azure VM series is the best fit?
81A support desk needs to reset the local administrator password on specific virtual machines by using the VMAccess extension and restart those VMs. They must not be able to resize the machines, change networking, or manage disks. What should the administrator create?
82A reporting server will run an analytics engine that needs 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM. Average CPU use is expected to stay moderate, but the workload is memory heavy and should not use a burstable SKU. Which two deployment choices best align with the requirement? Select two.
83Two workloads have different resilience requirements. Workload A must stay available if a single datacenter in the region fails. Workload B only needs protection from planned maintenance and a single hardware host failure. Which two deployment models should the administrator use? Select two.
84A business-critical application runs in a region that does not support availability zones. It uses two Azure VMs and must survive planned maintenance and a single host failure, but it does not need automatic scale-out. Which two actions should the administrator take? Select two.
85A team standardizes 30 Windows VMs for a line-of-business application. They install IIS, a monitoring agent, and baseline security settings on one reference VM. Future deployments must use that same build and be easy to version. Which Azure feature should the administrator create?
86After applying a custom image, a Linux VM stops at a black screen before the sign-in prompt. The administrator cannot use RDP or SSH and needs the fastest way to inspect the boot process. Which two actions should they take? Select two.
87After a custom image is applied, a VM restarts to a black screen and never reaches the login prompt. The administrator needs the fastest way to inspect what happened during boot without logging into the guest OS. What should be enabled or reviewed first?
88A customer-facing application has two goals: it must keep running if one datacenter in the region fails, and it must be able to scale out automatically during daily peaks. Which two Azure compute choices best match those requirements? Select two.
89A development team wants to publish an internet-facing application directly from source code. The solution must support built-in HTTPS, deployment slots for safe testing, and autoscale as demand changes. Which two choices should the administrator select? Select two.
90An application runs on two VMs in one Azure region. The business wants protection from a single hardware host failure and planned maintenance, but it does not require protection from an entire datacenter outage. Which two choices should the administrator make? Select two.
91A developer wants to publish an internet-facing web application from source code. The solution must support built-in HTTPS, deployment slots for testing, and autoscale. The team does not want to manage servers. Which Azure service should the administrator recommend?
92A build pipeline starts a containerized data-processing job every evening. Each run finishes in under 20 minutes, does not need persistent servers, and never receives inbound traffic. Which compute service best fits this workload?
93A Linux VM deployed from a custom image shows only a black screen after reboot, and SSH never becomes available. The administrator needs to inspect the startup process without logging into the OS. Which two Azure features should be used? Select two.
94A customer-facing application runs on two Azure VMs. The business wants the application to stay available even if one datacenter in the Azure region has an outage. Which availability option should the administrator use?
95A stateless customer portal runs on Azure VMs and must keep serving traffic if an entire datacenter in the region fails. The operations team also wants the portal to add and remove instances automatically during daily spikes without managing a Kubernetes cluster. Which two Azure compute capabilities should the administrator configure? Select two.
96A Windows VM must install a monitoring agent, run a bootstrap script during provisioning, and download a configuration file from an Azure resource without storing any credentials in the script or on disk. Which two Azure compute features should the administrator use? Select two.
97A Windows VM must run a bootstrap script during provisioning to install a monitoring agent and write configuration files. The administrator does not want to log in interactively, and the script must be runnable again after the VM is rebuilt. Which two Azure compute components should be used? Select two.
98A Windows VM must install an agent and copy a configuration file automatically after provisioning. The administrator wants Azure to run the setup step without logging into the VM manually. Which feature should be used?
99A reporting server will run an in-memory analytics workload that needs 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB RAM. CPU usage is expected to stay moderate, but the application benefits most from memory capacity. Which VM family should the administrator choose as the starting point?
100A stateless web service runs on identical VMs and must keep serving traffic if Microsoft takes one datacenter out of service in the region. The load must also scale out automatically during peak hours, and instances should be spread across independent zone boundaries. Which two configurations should the administrator use? Select two.
101After applying a custom image, a VM restarts to a black screen and never reaches the sign-in prompt. The administrator wants the fastest way to inspect the boot process without connecting to the guest OS. What should be used?
102A Linux VM restarts after a configuration change and now stops before the sign-in prompt. The administrator cannot use SSH. Which Azure feature should be checked first to inspect the startup process?
103A build pipeline needs to run a Linux container for about 15 minutes whenever a request arrives. The job never needs inbound traffic, clustering, or persistent node management. A second workload is a public web app that needs built-in TLS, deployment slots, and autoscale. Which two Azure compute services should the administrator choose? Select two.
104A reporting server will run an in-memory analytics application that needs 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM. The administrator wants a VM family that is a good fit for memory-heavy workloads. Which VM family should be chosen?
105A reporting application will run on a single Azure VM and needs 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB of RAM, and a temporary local disk for cache. The team wants a size that satisfies the requirement without oversizing memory or paying for an unnecessarily large specialty series. Which two VM sizes meet the requirement best? Select two.
106An application uses two Azure VMs in the same datacenter and must continue through planned maintenance and a single hardware host failure. The administrator does not need separate datacenter protection. Which option should be used?
107A company is deploying two Linux application VMs in Azure for a production workload. The region supports availability zones, and the business requires the workload to stay online if an entire datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. Which deployment choice best meets this requirement?
108A container group runs a one-time import job in Azure Container Instances. After the job finishes successfully, it should not restart. Which restart policy should you choose?
109A business wants a line-of-business VM workload to keep running if one Azure datacenter in the region goes offline. Which two deployment choices should the administrator use? Select two.
110A line-of-business app runs on two VMs in an Azure region that supports availability zones. The business wants protection from a datacenter failure and wants the VMs placed in different physical locations within the region. Which deployment choice should be used?
111Based on the exhibit, what should the administrator do first to restore the missing data disk?
112Match each Azure VM access feature to the task it supports.
113Based on the exhibit, what should the administrator do to meet the performance requirement without rebuilding the server?
114A container group runs a one-time import task and should stop after the task completes successfully. Which restart policy should you use?
115A container group must run an image from a private Azure Container Registry without embedding registry credentials in the deployment. The same authentication method should be reusable by future container groups, and the application must continue to work if the container group is recreated. Which identity approach should the administrator use?
116Based on the exhibit, what should the administrator do next so the VM can use the extra capacity on the resized data disk?
117A batch container in Azure Container Instances should stop after a successful run and may retry only when the process fails. Which two restart policies are correct for that style of workload? Select two.
118A data disk was accidentally deleted from a VM. You have a snapshot of that disk from before the deletion. What should you create first to restore the data with minimal impact to the VM's OS disk?
119A data disk was accidentally deleted from a production VM. The team has a snapshot of that disk from the previous night and wants the fastest Azure-side recovery path with the least risk of overwriting the existing OS disk. What should the administrator do first?
120A line-of-business app runs on a single Azure VM in a region that supports availability zones. The business wants the VM to keep running if one datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. Which deployment choice best meets this requirement?
121An application needs more data disk capacity, but the VM can keep using the same managed disk. Which two statements are true when you resize a managed data disk? Select two.
122A container group runs a one-time import job that writes data to an external system. If the job succeeds, the container must stop and stay stopped. If the job fails, it should automatically retry by restarting. Which restart policy should the administrator choose?
123An operations team maintains a hardened Windows Server image with application prerequisites and monitoring tools already installed. They want to deploy future VMs from the same versioned image in multiple subscriptions and promote a new build only after testing. Which Azure feature should they use?
124An administrator has already increased the size of a managed data disk attached to a running Windows VM. Azure now shows the larger disk size, but the application still cannot use the new capacity. What should the administrator do next?
125You deploy a Windows VM with an ARM template. During the first boot, it must install IIS, copy application files from storage, and run a bootstrap script. Which Azure feature should you add to the deployment?
126Based on the exhibit, which Azure feature should the administrator use to install software and run the bootstrap script during VM provisioning?
127Based on the exhibit, which image source should the administrator use to deploy the same approved server build again?
128Based on the exhibit, what should the administrator configure so the container group can pull the private image without storing registry credentials?
129Based on the exhibit, which restart policy should be configured for the container group?
130A team has an approved Windows VM that already includes their application, patches, and monitoring agent. They want future VMs to start with the same configuration. What should they use?
131A web application runs in Azure App Service and uploads files to Azure Blob Storage. The storage account has shared key access disabled, and the app must not store secrets in configuration. If the App Service is deleted and recreated later, the storage access should be removed automatically with the app. What should you configure?
132A workload needs more CPU and memory than the current Azure VM size provides. The administrator wants to increase compute capacity without redeploying the application. What should be done?
133A container group in Azure Container Instances must pull a private image from Azure Container Registry without embedding registry credentials in the template. What should you configure?
134Match each VM identity concept to its best use.
135Administrators need to manage Linux virtual machines that do not have public IP addresses. They want to connect from a browser without installing a VPN client. Which Azure service should they use?
136An administrator wants future VMs to start from the same approved server build as an existing generalized VM. Which two image sources can be used to create the new VM? Select two.
137A new Windows VM must be deployed with an application installed, a configuration file copied from a storage account, and a bootstrap script run automatically after the operating system is provisioned. The operations team does not want to log in manually after deployment. What should they use?
138Match each Azure VM deployment concept to the description that best fits it.
139A managed data disk on a VM was deleted by mistake. You have a snapshot from before the deletion and want to restore the data with minimal impact to the VM's operating system disk. What should you do?
140A platform team has a hardened Windows Server VM that was generalized after patching, agent installation, and baseline configuration. They must deploy the same build to development, test, and production subscriptions, and they want a controlled way to publish newer versions later without rebuilding the image each time. What should they create first?
141An application on an Azure VM has outgrown its current CPU and memory. The administrator wants to increase compute capacity without rebuilding the application or changing the VM image. What should be done?
142A container group runs a nightly processing job in Azure Container Instances. The job should exit after completing successfully and should not restart automatically. Which restart policy should you configure?
143A line-of-business app will run on a single Azure virtual machine in a region that supports availability zones. The business wants the VM to keep running if one datacenter in the region fails. Which deployment choice should you use?
144A team has an approved Windows VM that already includes patches, a monitoring agent, and line-of-business software. They want future VMs to start from that same build. What should they use?
145An operations team must administer Windows and Linux VMs that have no public IP addresses. They want to connect from a browser without installing a VPN client and without exposing RDP or SSH to the internet. Which Azure service should they deploy?
146A managed data disk was accidentally deleted from a VM. A snapshot taken the day before is still available. Which two actions should the administrator perform to recover the data? Select two.
147You are deploying a new Windows VM and want it to start with the same custom software and configuration that already exist on an approved production VM. What should you use as the source for the new VM?
148Based on the exhibit, which deployment change best meets the resilience requirement for the application VMs?
149Match each image or placement term to the administrator need it supports.
150Based on the exhibit, which deployment choice should the administrator use to keep the application available if one datacenter in the Azure region fails?
151An application on an Azure VM needs more CPU and memory. The administrator wants to keep the same OS disk and installed apps, without redeploying the server. What should be done?
152Two legacy application VMs must survive planned maintenance and a single host failure. The vendor requires both VMs to stay in the same region, and a datacenter outage is not part of the requirement. What should the administrator use?
153A team needs to deploy 25 identical Ubuntu VMs every month from source control. The deployment must be repeatable, and each VM must include a system-assigned managed identity at creation time. Which approach should be used?
154Based on the exhibit, which OS disk option best fits a development VM that is rebuilt often and does not need the disk contents to survive deallocation?
155A team deploys a Linux VM that must read secrets from Azure Key Vault without storing any usernames, passwords, or client secrets on the VM. What should the administrator enable on the VM?
156A production application runs on three Azure VMs in the same region. The business requires the service to stay available if one entire datacenter in the region becomes unavailable because of a power or network outage. Which configuration best meets the requirement?
157A production application runs on three Azure VMs in a region that supports availability zones. The business wants the application to remain available if one datacenter in the region fails. What should the administrator use?
158An operations team must deploy 20 identical application VMs every sprint from source control and wants the deployment definition to be readable and repeatable. Which approach should they use?
159The operations team wants 3 to 8 identical Linux VM instances, with more instances added when average CPU stays above 70 percent for 10 minutes and removed when load falls. Which three settings should be configured? Select three.
160A development VM is recreated from scratch every week. The team wants the operating system disk to boot as quickly as possible and does not need the OS disk contents to survive deallocation. Which disk choice should the administrator make?
161Based on the exhibit, a Windows VM must install IIS and run a configuration script automatically right after deployment. The administrator does not want to sign in to the VM manually. Which Azure feature should be used?
162Based on the exhibit, the team wants a readable, repeatable deployment definition stored in source control. Which approach should they use for the Azure resources?
163A stateless web application needs a group of identical Azure VMs that can automatically add more instances during the workday and remove them at night based on CPU usage. What should the administrator deploy?
164A stateless web tier must survive a datacenter outage in a region that supports availability zones, and the number of instances should increase during business hours. Which three actions should the administrator take? Select three.
165A stateless API must run 4 to 12 identical Windows VMs, scale out automatically when average CPU stays above 70% for 10 minutes, and distribute instances to improve resiliency. Deployments are defined in Bicep. Which Azure compute service should be used?
166A stateless web application must automatically add VM instances during business hours and remove them at night based on CPU usage. Which Azure service should be deployed?
167Two application VMs run in the same Azure region. The business wants to reduce the chance that both VMs are rebooted during planned host maintenance, but a datacenter outage is not part of the requirement. What should the administrator configure?
168A release team needs to deploy the same hardened Windows image to VMs in three regions. They must keep approved versions, replicate images to each region, and be able to roll back to an earlier approved version without uploading a new VHD. What should they use as the image source?
169A platform team must deploy the same group of Azure VMs every month from source control and wants the deployment to be repeatable and reviewable. Which approach should they use?
170Based on the exhibit, the workload must keep running if an entire datacenter in the region becomes unavailable. The region supports availability zones. What should you deploy?
171A line-of-business web tier consists of two Azure VMs in a region that supports availability zones. The business requirement is to survive a full datacenter outage in that region without deploying to a second region. What should the administrator use?
172After a Windows VM is deployed, an administrator must install IIS, copy application files, and run a post-deployment configuration script without connecting interactively to the server. Which Azure feature should be used?
173A development team needs a new Windows VM created from an approved hardened image, and IIS must be installed automatically after deployment. Which three actions should the administrator take? Select three.
174Two line-of-business VMs in a single region must stay available if one physical host is patched or fails. A zone failure is not part of the requirement. Which three actions should the administrator take? Select three.
175A line-of-business app runs on two Azure VMs in the same region. The business wants to reduce the chance that both VMs are affected by the same planned host update. What should the administrator use?
176An operations team maintains a hardened Windows base image that includes patch baseline settings and monitoring agents. They need to publish new versions, replicate the image to another region, and deploy future VMs from the same controlled image source. What should they use?
177A stateless web application is hosted on an Azure virtual machine scale set. Traffic is predictable: CPU usage stays below 20% overnight, then rises above 70% during business hours. The administrator wants the instance count to increase automatically when average CPU stays high for 10 minutes and to decrease after demand drops. What should be configured?
178Based on the exhibit, a stateless web app must add VM instances during business hours and remove them at night based on CPU usage. Which Azure service should the administrator deploy?
179Based on the exhibit, which Azure compute service should you deploy for a stateless web app that needs more instances during business hours and fewer at night?
180An administrator needs to deploy a VM quickly using the same hardened operating system image that was approved by the security team. What should the administrator use as the source for the new VM?
181Based on the exhibit, a workload must remain available even if one datacenter in an Azure region becomes unavailable. The region supports zone deployment. What should the administrator configure?
182Based on the exhibit, the administrator needs to deploy a VM quickly using a preapproved hardened operating system image. Which source should be used when creating the VM?
183After a Windows VM is created, the administrator wants IIS installed and a configuration script run automatically without signing in to the server. Which Azure feature should be used?
184A scale set of application VMs uploads JSON files to one blob container. The identity must not use secrets, must keep working if an instance is reimaged or replaced, and the same identity should be reusable across all instances. What should the administrator configure?
185A company hosts a stateless web application behind a load balancer. Traffic increases during the day and drops at night. The team wants Azure to automatically add or remove identical VM instances based on demand. What should the administrator deploy?
186An administrator wants to deploy the same set of Azure VMs every sprint from source control and make code reviews capture every infrastructure change. Which three approaches meet this requirement? Select three.
187A Windows VM must install IIS after provisioning and then run a script that registers the server with an internal API by using the VM's managed identity. The same steps must run automatically whenever the VM is deployed from Bicep. What should be added to the deployment?
188An operations team wants to deploy the same set of Azure VMs every month from source control. The deployment should be readable, repeatable, and stored as code. What should they use?
189An online transaction app uses two identical VMs in an Azure region that supports availability zones. The business wants the app to stay available if an entire datacenter in the region fails. What should the administrator deploy?
190Based on the exhibit, the operations team wants to store the VM deployment definition in source control and deploy the same group of Azure VMs every sprint. The code should be readable and easy to review. What should they use?
191A stateless Linux API should start with 2 instances, scale out to 6 when average CPU stays above 75 percent for 10 minutes, and scale back in when load drops. Which Azure compute resource should the administrator deploy?
192A development environment uses temporary test VMs that can be rebuilt at any time. The administrator wants the operating system disk to provide the lowest practical latency and does not need the disk data to survive a deallocate operation. Which OS disk option should be selected?
193A web tier must use identical VMs, keep the desired instance count if one instance becomes unhealthy, and allow future horizontal expansion without creating VMs one by one. What should the administrator deploy?
194Based on the exhibit, the business wants two Azure VMs to stay available if a host is patched or fails. A full datacenter outage is not part of the requirement. What should you use?
195An Azure VM backup job starts failing immediately after protection is enabled. The error states that the VM agent is not ready. The VM was created from a custom image and no extensions have ever installed successfully. What should the administrator verify first?
196A Windows Azure VM must download configuration data from Azure Key Vault during first boot. Security policy forbids storing passwords, certificates, or client secrets on the VM. What should the administrator configure?
197A development VM is rebuilt often and does not need its operating system disk contents to survive deallocation. The team wants the lowest practical disk latency for the OS. Which disk option should the administrator choose?
198Two backend VMs must remain available if an Azure host is patched or fails. A full datacenter outage is not part of the requirement, and the team wants the VMs to stay in the same region with predictable east-west latency. Which placement option should the administrator choose?
199Which three of the following are valid ways to achieve high availability for a virtual machine workload running in Azure? (Choose three.)
200You are designing a containerized application deployment in Azure. Which three options must you consider when choosing between Azure Container Instances (ACI) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)? (Choose three.)
201Which three of the following statements about Azure App Service plans are correct? (Choose three.)
202You are designing a highly available application on Azure that will run on multiple virtual machines. The solution must meet the following requirements: • Distribute VMs across multiple fault domains and update domains within a single Azure region. • Guarantee that at least one VM instance is available during planned maintenance. • Support automatic recovery of VMs if a physical server fails. • Keep the VMs in the same datacenter to minimize latency. Which three options should you configure? (Choose three.)
203Arrange the steps to assign a custom RBAC role to a user in Azure.
204Order the steps to configure Azure DNS for a custom domain.
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