AZ-104 Practice Test 2 — 25 Questions

Question 1

A Windows VM and a Linux VM are both joined to the same Active Directory Domain Services domain. Which two authentication methods can be used to mount the same Azure Files share over SMB? Select two.

Accepted Answer

Storage account key. The storage account key provides administrative access to the Azure Files share, allowing any SMB client (Windows or Linux) to mount the share by using the key as the credential. Option B is correct because when both VMs are joined to the same Active Directory Domain Services domain, the Azure Files share can be enabled for AD DS authentication, allowing domain-joined clients to mount the share using their domain credentials.

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Blob SAS token

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Network security group rule

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Azure resource lock

Question 2

Based on the exhibit, which identity approach should be used so all three virtual machines can reuse the same Azure access without sharing secrets?

Accepted Answer

Use a user-assigned managed identity and attach it to all three VMs.. A user-assigned managed identity is a standalone Azure resource that can be assigned to multiple Azure VMs, allowing all three VMs to authenticate to Azure services (e.g., Azure Storage, Key Vault) using the same identity without sharing any secrets. This approach eliminates the need to manage or rotate credentials, as the identity is managed entirely by Azure AD and tokens are obtained via the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint.

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Assign a system-assigned managed identity to each VM.

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Create a storage account access key and place it in each VM's application settings.

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Create a separate SAS token for each VM and rotate it manually.

Question 3

You need to prevent accidental deletion of a resource group while still allowing administrators to create and modify resources inside it. Which Azure lock should you apply?

Accepted Answer

CanNotDelete. The CanNotDelete lock prevents deletion of the resource group while still allowing all operations (read, write, modify) on resources within it. This lock type is designed specifically to protect against accidental deletion without restricting administrative actions like creating or updating resources.

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ReadOnly

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Delete lock

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No lock and a budget alert

Question 4

A media company stores project video assets in Azure Blob Storage. The business requires the data to survive a single availability zone outage in the primary region. In addition, if the primary region becomes unavailable, operations staff must still be able to read the most recently replicated copy from the secondary region right away, even if writes are temporarily unavailable. Which redundancy option best meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

RA-GZRS. RA-GZRS (Read-Access Geo-Zone-Redundant Storage) is correct because it combines zone-redundant storage (ZRS) within the primary region to survive a single availability zone outage, and geo-redundant storage (GRS) to replicate data to a secondary region. The 'RA' prefix enables read access to the secondary region immediately after a primary region failure, allowing operations staff to read the most recently replicated copy even if writes are temporarily unavailable.

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ZRS

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GZRS

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RA-GRS

Question 5

Based on the exhibit, what should you do so the report can open the file tomorrow morning?

Accepted Answer

Change the blob to the Hot access tier and allow it to rehydrate before the report runs.. The blob is currently in the Archive access tier, which requires manual rehydration (changing the tier to Hot or Cool) before it can be read. Rehydration can take up to 15 hours, so changing the blob to the Hot access tier now and allowing it to complete rehydration before the report runs tomorrow ensures the file is available for reading.

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Change the blob to the Cool access tier only, because Cool is always immediately readable.

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Create a snapshot of the archived blob and use the snapshot instead.

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Enable versioning on the storage account so the file becomes readable again.

Question 6

A department has 10 subscriptions and wants the same two governance rules applied to all current and future subscriptions. One rule audits missing tags, and the other denies unapproved locations. Which two actions should the administrator take? Select two.

Accepted Answer

Create an Azure Policy initiative that contains both policy definitions.. Azure Policy Initiative allows grouping multiple policy definitions (like audit for missing tags and deny for unapproved locations) into a single set for coordinated enforcement. Assigning the initiative at the management group scope ensures it applies to all current and future subscriptions under that management group, meeting the requirement for consistent governance across all 10 subscriptions and any new ones added later.

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Assign each policy only to one resource group.

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Use Azure RBAC instead of Policy for both requirements.

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Create a read-only lock on each subscription.

Question 7

A VM suffered corruption and an auditor also needs one missing file. Match each Azure Backup restore workflow to the recovery outcome it provides.

Accepted Answer

Restore VM: Creates a new VM. Azure Backup restore workflows: 'Restore VM' creates a new VM, 'Restore files' recovers individual files, 'Restore as unmanaged/managed disks' recovers disks, 'Replace existing VM' overwrites the original, and 'Cross-region restore' restores to another region.

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Restore VM: Recovers individual files

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Restore files: Overwrites the original VM

Question 8

A 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?

Accepted Answer

OnFailure. The OnFailure restart policy is correct because it instructs Azure Container Instances (ACI) to restart the container only when the process exits with a non-zero exit code, indicating failure. For a one-time import job that must stop permanently on success (exit code 0) and retry on failure, OnFailure matches this exact behavior without unnecessary restarts.

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Always

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Never

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Manual

Question 9

A company uses Azure Blob Storage for legal documents. The documents must not be modified or deleted for seven years after upload, even by administrators. What should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Immutable blob storage with a time-based retention policy. Immutable blob storage with a time-based retention policy (WORM – Write Once, Read Many) ensures that blobs cannot be modified or deleted for a specified retention period, even by administrators. This is the only Azure storage feature that provides legal hold or regulatory compliance for fixed records, such as legal documents that must remain unaltered for seven years.

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Blob soft delete

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Lifecycle management to move blobs to Archive

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Blob versioning

Question 10

Based on the exhibit, the administrator cannot create VNet peering between the hub and spoke networks. What should be changed?

Accepted Answer

Change the spoke VNet address space so it does not overlap the hub.. VNet peering requires that the address spaces of the peered VNets do not overlap. Overlapping address spaces cause routing conflicts because Azure cannot distinguish between resources in the hub and spoke when IP addresses are identical or within the same CIDR range. Changing the spoke VNet address space to a non-overlapping range resolves this issue and allows peering to be established.

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Change the hub VNet to use a smaller subnet mask.

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Add a route table to the spoke VNet before creating peering.

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Enable a service endpoint on both VNets.

Question 11

An 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?

Accepted Answer

An Azure Compute Gallery image version. An Azure Compute Gallery (formerly Shared Image Gallery) allows you to store and manage multiple versions of a custom VM image, replicate them across regions, and share them across subscriptions. This enables the team to maintain a hardened, versioned image, deploy VMs from it in multiple subscriptions, and promote a new build only after testing by creating a new image version.

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A managed disk snapshot created from one of the VMs

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A custom script extension installed during VM provisioning

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An availability set containing the VMs

Question 12

A 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?

Accepted Answer

A virtual machine scale set with autoscale rules. A virtual machine scale set (VMSS) with autoscale rules is the correct solution because it provides a group of identical, load-balanced VMs that can automatically scale out (add instances) during high CPU usage in the workday and scale in (remove instances) at night based on CPU thresholds. This matches the stateless, elastic requirement perfectly, as VMSS is designed for horizontal scaling of identical instances with autoscale policies tied to metrics like CPU percentage.

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An availability set with two VMs

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A single VM with a larger disk

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An Azure Policy assignment to increase CPU capacity

Question 13

A records team wants blobs to be replicated to a secondary region, and the secondary copy must be readable if the primary region becomes unavailable. Which redundancy option should you choose?

Accepted Answer

Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS). RA-GRS (Read-access geo-redundant storage) is correct because it provides geo-redundant replication (GRS) to a secondary region, plus read access to the secondary copy even if the primary region is unavailable. This ensures the blob data is replicated asynchronously to a paired secondary region, and the secondary endpoint can be read immediately during a primary outage, meeting the team's requirement for readable secondary copies.

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Locally redundant storage (LRS)

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Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)

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Geo-redundant storage (GRS)

Question 14

A web tier and an app tier run on separate Azure VMs in the same region. Each VM's NIC is added to an application security group named WebASG or AppASG. The administrator must allow only the web tier to connect to the app tier on TCP 8443, and future VM scale-outs must be included automatically. Which NSG rule should be created?

Accepted Answer

An inbound rule with source WebASG, destination AppASG, protocol TCP, and destination port 8443.. Application security groups (ASGs) allow you to configure network security as a natural extension of an application's structure, enabling you to group VMs by their roles (e.g., web tier, app tier) and define rules based on those groups. By creating an inbound NSG rule with source WebASG and destination AppASG on TCP port 8443, any VM added to WebASG can initiate traffic to any VM in AppASG, and future scale-outs are automatically included without manual IP updates. This approach is dynamic, scalable, and aligns with the requirement for automatic inclusion of new VMs.

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An inbound rule that uses the current web VM's private IP as the source and the current app VM's private IP as the destination.

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A route table that sends TCP 8443 traffic from the web subnet to the app subnet.

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An Azure Firewall application rule collection that permits all traffic between the two subnets.

Question 15

A legal department stores project video assets in Azure Blob Storage. The files are reviewed only during quarterly audits, but when someone needs a file it must open immediately without waiting for rehydration. Which access tier should the administrator use for the blobs?

Accepted Answer

Cool, because it is for infrequent access while still keeping blobs online and immediately available.. The Cool access tier is designed for data that is infrequently accessed but must remain immediately available (online) without any rehydration delay. Since the legal department needs instant access during quarterly audits, Cool meets the requirement of low retrieval cost while keeping blobs online, unlike Archive which requires hours-long rehydration.

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Hot, because it is optimized for frequent access and always costs the least to retrieve.

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Archive, because it is the cheapest choice for data that is rarely used and can be restored instantly.

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Premium, because it is intended for workload bursts and gives the best long-term storage economics.

Question 16

A 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?

Accepted Answer

Memory-optimized VM family. Memory-optimized VM families (e.g., Azure E-series) are designed for workloads that require a high memory-to-vCPU ratio, such as in-memory analytics applications. The requirement of 64 GiB of RAM for 8 vCPUs (8:1 ratio) aligns with the memory-optimized profile, which offers up to 8 GiB per vCPU or more, ensuring the application's data fits entirely in RAM for low-latency processing.

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Burstable VM family

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Compute-optimized VM family

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Storage-optimized VM family

Question 17

A subnet has a user-defined route for 0.0.0.0/0 that sends all outbound traffic to a virtual appliance. Traffic to 10.20.4.12 must instead go directly to an Azure VPN gateway. What should you configure?

Accepted Answer

Add a more specific UDR for 10.20.4.0/24 that uses the virtual network gateway next hop.. User-Defined Routes (UDRs) use the longest prefix match to determine the next hop. The existing 0.0.0.0/0 route sends all outbound traffic to a virtual appliance, but adding a more specific route for 10.20.4.0/24 with a next hop of the virtual network gateway (VPN gateway) overrides the default route for that subnet, directing traffic to 10.20.4.12 through the VPN gateway.

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Add a network security group rule that allows traffic to 10.20.4.12.

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Increase the priority of the 0.0.0.0/0 route so it is preferred less often.

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Remove the VPN gateway association from the virtual network.

Question 18

A media archive stores large video files that must survive a zone failure in the primary region and also be replicated to a paired region for disaster recovery. The archive team does not want anyone to read from the secondary region during normal operations, and cost should be lower than the read-access variant. Which redundancy option should you configure?

Accepted Answer

GZRS, because it adds zone redundancy and geo-replication without enabling secondary read access.. GZRS (Geo-Zone-Redundant Storage) is correct because it combines zone redundancy (three copies across availability zones in the primary region) with geo-replication to a paired secondary region, but crucially does not enable read access to the secondary region by default. This satisfies the requirement to survive a zone failure, provide disaster recovery to a paired region, and prevent reads from the secondary during normal operations, all at a lower cost than RA-GRS which includes secondary read access.

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LRS, because it keeps copies in a single datacenter and is the lowest-cost option.

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ZRS, because it protects against zone failures but not regional outages.

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RA-GRS, because the read-access copy is needed whenever data is replicated to another region.

Question 19

A storage account must stay online for applications, but administrators have a temporary freeze on configuration changes. Users can still view the account, but attempts to change the access tier, create a container, or update networking all fail. What most likely caused the behavior?

Accepted Answer

A ReadOnly lock was applied to the storage account.. A ReadOnly lock (Azure Resource Manager lock) prevents any modification to the storage account, including changing the access tier, creating containers, or updating networking settings, while still allowing read operations like viewing the account. This matches the described behavior exactly because the lock is applied at the resource scope and blocks all write/delete operations, but does not affect read access.

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A CanNotDelete lock was applied to the storage account.

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An Azure Policy audit assignment was applied to the storage account.

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The account was moved to a different subscription.

Question 20

A 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.

Accepted Answer

E8as_v5. The E8as_v5 is correct because it provides 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM, matching the requirement exactly, and includes a temporary local disk (SSD) for cache. It belongs to the memory-optimized Esv5 series, which is designed for memory-intensive workloads without oversizing, and the 'as' variant includes local temporary storage.

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D8as_v5

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F8s_v2

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M8ms