AZ-104 Practice Test 8 — 10 Questions

Question 1

Based on the exhibit, where should you assign the Reader role so the Auditors group can read every current and future resource in the Sales subscription, including resource groups created later, while not granting access to the Research subscription?

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Accepted Answer

Assign Reader to the Sales subscription, because subscription-level scope includes all current and future resource groups and resources in that subscription.. Assigning the Reader role at the Sales subscription scope grants the Auditors group read access to all current and future resource groups and resources within that subscription. This is because Azure RBAC roles assigned at a subscription level are inherited by all child resource groups and resources, including those created later. The requirement explicitly excludes the Research subscription, so a subscription-level assignment is the correct and most efficient approach.

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Assign Reader to RG-Web, because the group can then inherit access to resources in that resource group only.

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Assign Reader to the Corp management group, because that is the only scope that can cover multiple subscriptions.

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Assign Reader to each resource individually, because that avoids inheritance and limits visibility to selected items.

Question 2

A contractor needs temporary access to upload and download files in only one blob container for 8 hours. You do not want to share the storage account key, and you want to revoke access later without affecting other containers. What should you create?

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A container-level SAS token backed by a stored access policy, so you can limit and revoke access.. A container-level SAS token backed by a stored access policy is the correct solution because it allows you to grant temporary, scoped access to a single blob container without exposing the storage account key. The stored access policy enables you to revoke the SAS token at any time by modifying or deleting the policy, which immediately invalidates all tokens associated with it, without affecting other containers.

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A storage account access key, because it can be limited to one container by policy.

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Anonymous public access on the container, because it is the easiest way to time-limit access.

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Azure RBAC on the storage account only, because RBAC automatically expires after a few hours.

Question 3

A web app running in Azure App Service must upload images to a blob container without storing any account keys, passwords, or connection strings in configuration. The app uses only one Azure resource. What should the administrator configure?

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A system-assigned managed identity on the App Service and an Azure RBAC role on the storage account.. A system-assigned managed identity allows the App Service to authenticate to Azure Storage without storing any credentials in configuration. By assigning the RBAC role (e.g., Storage Blob Data Contributor) to that identity, the app can securely upload images using Microsoft Entra ID authentication, meeting the requirement of no account keys, passwords, or connection strings.

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The storage account key, because it is the simplest way to authenticate an application securely.

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A shared access signature embedded in the app settings, because SAS is the same as managed identity.

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An anonymous public container with write access disabled on the account.

Question 4

A VM in a virtual network must access an Azure Storage account over a private IP address, and the storage account's public endpoint must be disabled. Name resolution from the VM should resolve the storage name to the private IP. Which configuration should you use?

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Private endpoint with a private DNS zone linked to the virtual network.. A private endpoint assigns a private IP from the virtual network to the storage account, effectively bringing the service into the VNet. By linking a private DNS zone to the virtual network, the VM's DNS resolution for the storage account name returns the private IP instead of the public endpoint, satisfying both the private connectivity and public endpoint disablement requirements.

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Service endpoint on the subnet plus public DNS, because the storage account will expose a private IP automatically.

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Network security group rules only, because they can force traffic to use private addressing.

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Storage account firewall rules with Allow trusted Microsoft services, because that gives a private address path.

Question 5

A 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.

Accepted Answer

Use an ephemeral OS disk.. An ephemeral OS disk uses the local VM storage or temp SSD, which is destroyed when the VM is deallocated or reimaged. This matches the requirement that the OS can be lost on reimage. Option B is correct because placing build caches and artifacts on a separate managed data disk ensures they persist independently of the OS disk lifecycle; data disks are not affected by OS reimaging and can be reattached to the new VM instance.

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Use a Premium SSD OS disk so the reimage is preserved.

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Store the caches only on the temporary resource disk.

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Use an availability set to make the OS disk persistent.

Question 6

You 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?

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A Virtual Machine Scale Set. Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) are designed specifically to deploy and manage a group of identical, load-balanced VMs that can automatically scale in or out based on CPU demand or other metrics. This matches the requirement for 30 identical VMs and autoscaling, making B the correct choice.

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An availability set

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A Recovery Services vault

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Boot diagnostics

Question 7

Based 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?

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An ephemeral OS disk.. An ephemeral OS disk is created on the local VM host and not stored in Azure Storage, so it provides lower latency and is automatically deleted when the VM is deallocated. This makes it ideal for development VMs that are rebuilt often and do not require disk persistence across deallocations.

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A Standard HDD managed OS disk.

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A premium managed data disk used as the OS disk.

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A shared disk attached to multiple VMs.

Question 8

Based on the exhibit, a shared resource group contains a production virtual machine and a storage account. Administrators must be able to update settings, but they must not be able to delete either resource by mistake. Which lock should be applied at the resource group scope?

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CanNotDelete lock, because it allows updates but blocks deletion.. The CanNotDelete lock (option B) is correct because it allows administrators to update settings on the production VM and storage account while preventing accidental deletion of either resource. This lock operates at the resource group scope, applying to all resources within it, and is the appropriate choice for the stated requirement of allowing updates but blocking deletions.

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ReadOnly lock, because it prevents all changes and keeps resources fully protected.

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No lock is needed because Azure RBAC already prevents deletion by default.

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Management group lock, because all changes in the tenant must be blocked centrally.

Question 9

Based on the exhibit, a compliance dashboard shows that several storage accounts are marked noncompliant because they do not have the required tag. The policy itself is correct, but one business unit needs a temporary exception for a single resource group during a merger. What should the administrator configure?

Accepted Answer

A policy exemption at the rg-merger01 resource group scope.. A policy exemption at the rg-merger01 resource group scope is the correct solution because it allows the administrator to temporarily exclude a specific resource group from the policy's enforcement or compliance evaluation without modifying or deleting the original policy assignment. This is designed for scenarios like mergers where a short-term exception is needed, and it maintains the policy's integrity for all other scopes.

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Delete the policy assignment from corp-root and recreate it later.

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Move rg-merger01 to a separate subscription so the policy no longer applies.

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Change the policy effect to Audit so the resources can remain noncompliant.

Question 10

A company wants to group several subscriptions for Finance, HR, and Engineering so that the same governance settings can be applied above the subscription level. What should the administrator create?

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A management group. A management group is the correct choice because it allows you to organize multiple Azure subscriptions into a hierarchy and apply governance policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and compliance settings at a scope above the subscription level. By creating a management group for Finance, HR, and Engineering, the administrator can enforce consistent Azure Policy initiatives and RBAC assignments across all three subscriptions, ensuring uniform governance without needing to configure each subscription individually.

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A resource group

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A tag

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A resource lock