AZ-104 Implement and Manage Virtual Networking Practice Test 5 — 15 Questions

Question 1

You have two virtual networks named VNet-Hub and VNet-Spoke1 in the same Azure region. Resources in the two VNets must communicate privately over the Microsoft backbone without using a VPN gateway. What should you configure?

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VNet peering. VNet peering enables direct, private connectivity between two virtual networks in the same Azure region using the Microsoft backbone infrastructure. It does not require a VPN gateway, public IP addresses, or any internet transit, making it the correct choice for private communication between VNet-Hub and VNet-Spoke1.

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A site-to-site VPN

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A public load balancer

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An NSG outbound deny rule

Question 2

Traffic from Subnet-App to the internet is being routed through a virtual appliance unexpectedly. You need to identify which route is being applied to the network interface of VM-App01. Which Azure feature should you use?

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Effective routes for the network interface. Effective routes for the network interface (NIC) shows the actual routes applied to a specific VM's NIC after evaluating all route tables, virtual network gateway routes, and BGP routes. Since traffic from Subnet-App to the internet is unexpectedly going through a virtual appliance, you need to see which route (e.g., a user-defined route with next hop type VirtualAppliance or VirtualNetworkGateway) is being selected based on the longest prefix match. This tool directly displays the effective next hop for each destination prefix, allowing you to identify the misconfigured route causing the traffic to be redirected.

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NSG flow logs

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Azure Policy compliance

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The subscription activity log

Question 3

You have two virtual networks in the same Azure region named VNet-App and VNet-DB. Resources in the two networks must communicate privately over the Azure backbone without using VPN gateways. What should you configure?

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Virtual network peering. Virtual network peering connects two Azure virtual networks in the same region via the Microsoft backbone infrastructure, enabling private IP communication without a VPN gateway or public internet. This is the correct solution because it meets the requirement for private, low-latency connectivity between VNet-App and VNet-DB using Azure's high-speed backbone.

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A site-to-site VPN

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A network security group

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An Azure Firewall policy only

Question 4

You need to allow RDP access from the internet to a Windows VM named VM-Admin01 in Azure. The VM already has a public IP address. Which additional configuration is required?

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An NSG rule allowing inbound TCP 3389. An NSG (Network Security Group) rule allowing inbound TCP port 3389 is required to permit Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) traffic from the internet to reach the Windows VM. Even though the VM has a public IP address, Azure NSGs act as a stateful firewall at the subnet or NIC level, and by default all inbound traffic is denied unless explicitly allowed. Without this rule, RDP connection attempts will be blocked.

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A private DNS zone

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A user-defined route to Azure Monitor

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A blob lifecycle management rule

Question 5

You have an Azure load balancer in front of two virtual machines. The load balancer reports both instances as unavailable even though the VMs are running. What is the most likely cause?

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The health probe is failing.. The health probe is the mechanism by which the Azure Load Balancer determines the availability of backend instances. If the probe is misconfigured (e.g., wrong port, protocol, path, or interval) or the backend VMs are not responding to the probe requests (e.g., firewall blocking the probe traffic or the application not listening on the specified port), the load balancer marks both instances as 'Unavailable' even though the VMs are running. This is the most common cause of backend pool unavailability.

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The VMs are in an availability set.

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The storage account uses the Cool tier.

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The subscription has a budget alert.

Question 6

A subnet contains two NSGs: one associated with the subnet and one associated with the NIC of VM-App03. You need to determine whether inbound TCP 3389 from the internet is allowed. What is the correct interpretation?

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The effective rules are determined by evaluating both NSGs together, and a deny in either applicable path can block access.. When a subnet NSG and a NIC NSG are both applied, Azure evaluates the effective rules by combining both NSGs. Inbound traffic must be allowed by both NSGs along the traffic path; if either NSG has a deny rule that matches the traffic (e.g., a default deny rule for inbound internet traffic), the traffic is blocked. Option C correctly states that a deny in either applicable path can block access, which is the fundamental behavior of NSG evaluation in Azure.

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The NIC NSG always overrides the subnet NSG.

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Inbound traffic is allowed as long as one NSG has an allow rule.

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Subnet NSGs apply only to outbound traffic.

Question 7

You create a private endpoint for an Azure Storage account and disable public network access on the account. A VM in a peered VNet cannot reach the storage account by name. The private endpoint resides in VNet-App. What is the most likely missing configuration?

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A private DNS zone linked so the relevant VNet can resolve the storage account to the private endpoint IP. When you create a private endpoint for an Azure Storage account and disable public network access, the storage account's public DNS name must resolve to the private endpoint's private IP address within the VNet. This requires a private DNS zone (privatelink.blob.core.windows.net) linked to the VNet where the VM resides. Without that DNS zone link, the VM in the peered VNet will resolve the storage account name to the public IP, which is unreachable because public access is disabled, causing the connection failure.

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An NSG rule allowing outbound DNS to 8.8.8.8

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A Recovery Services vault in the peered VNet

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A public IP address on the private endpoint NIC

Question 8

You need to expose a web application running on several VMs and distribute traffic across them based on HTTP request attributes such as URL path. Which service should you use?

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Azure Application Gateway. Azure Application Gateway is a Layer 7 load balancer that can route traffic based on HTTP request attributes such as URL path, host headers, or query strings. This allows you to distribute incoming web traffic across multiple VMs based on the specific URL path (e.g., /images to one backend pool, /api to another), which is exactly what the question requires.

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Azure Load Balancer

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Traffic Manager

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Network Watcher

Question 9

VNet-Hub and VNet-Spoke1 are in the same region and subscription. Resources in the two VNets must communicate over the Microsoft backbone without using a VPN gateway. What should you configure?

Accepted Answer

VNet peering. VNet peering enables direct connectivity between two virtual networks in the same region and subscription over the Microsoft backbone, without requiring a VPN gateway or public internet. This is the correct solution because it provides low-latency, private communication using the Azure infrastructure, and it supports resources in both VNets to communicate as if they were on the same network.

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A site-to-site VPN gateway in each VNet

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A private endpoint

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A service endpoint

Question 10

You need to connect VNet-Hub and VNet-Spoke so that resources in both virtual networks can communicate privately over the Microsoft backbone. Both virtual networks are in the same region. What should you configure?

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Virtual network peering. Virtual network peering (A) is the correct solution because it enables direct, private connectivity between two virtual networks over the Microsoft backbone infrastructure. Since both VNets are in the same region, you can use standard VNet peering, which routes traffic between the peered networks using only private IP addresses, with no internet transit or gateway required. This meets the requirement for private communication without any additional VPN or gateway overhead.

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A site-to-site VPN

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A network security group

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An Azure Policy assignment

Question 11

Traffic from VM-App01 is unexpectedly reaching the internet through a network virtual appliance. You need to determine which route is currently applied to the virtual machine network interface. Which Azure tool should you use?

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Effective routes for the network interface. Effective routes for the network interface show the actual routes applied to a VM's NIC, including system routes, BGP routes, and user-defined routes (UDRs). Since traffic is unexpectedly reaching the internet through an NVA, you need to verify which route (e.g., a UDR with next hop type VirtualAppliance) is currently active. This tool directly displays the effective route table for the specific NIC, allowing you to identify the misconfigured route.

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NSG flow logs

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Azure Advisor recommendations

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Diagnostic settings for the activity log

Question 12

A Windows VM in Azure has a public IP address, but administrators on the internet cannot connect by using Remote Desktop. You confirm that the VM is running and the guest firewall allows RDP. What is the most likely Azure-side cause?

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The NSG does not allow inbound TCP 3389. The most likely Azure-side cause is that a Network Security Group (NSG) associated with the VM's subnet or network interface is blocking inbound traffic on TCP port 3389 (RDP). Even if the VM is running and the guest OS firewall allows RDP, an NSG rule must explicitly permit inbound TCP 3389 from the internet (or a specific source) for Remote Desktop connections to succeed. Without such a rule, the NSG silently drops the packets before they reach the VM.

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The storage account uses LRS

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Azure Advisor is not enabled

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The VM is in an availability set

Question 13

You create a private endpoint for an Azure SQL Database server. Virtual machines in VNet-Prod must resolve the server name to the private IP address of the endpoint. What should you configure?

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A private DNS zone linked to VNet-Prod. A private endpoint uses a private IP address from your VNet, but DNS resolution must be configured to map the Azure SQL Database server name (e.g., `server.database.windows.net`) to that private IP. By creating a private DNS zone (privatelink.database.windows.net) and linking it to VNet-Prod, Azure automatically creates an A record for the private endpoint, ensuring VMs resolve the server name to the private IP instead of the public IP. This is the standard and required configuration for private endpoint name resolution.

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A user-defined route on the subnet

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An additional public IP address

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A Recovery Services vault

Question 14

You need to control inbound and outbound traffic to resources in a subnet by allowing or denying traffic based on IP address, port, and protocol. Which Azure feature should you use?

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A network security group. A network security group (NSG) is the correct Azure feature because it contains security rules that allow or deny inbound and outbound traffic at the subnet or network interface level based on source/destination IP address, port, and protocol (TCP, UDP, or Any). This directly matches the requirement to control traffic by these three parameters.

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A route table

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A private DNS zone

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Azure Advisor

Question 15

You create a private endpoint for an Azure Storage account. Virtual machines in VNet-App must resolve the storage account name to the private IP address of the endpoint. What should you configure?

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A private DNS zone linked to VNet-App. A private DNS zone linked to VNet-App is required because Azure Private Endpoint uses a private IP address from the virtual network, but the storage account's fully qualified domain name (FQDN) must resolve to that private IP within the VNet. By linking a private DNS zone (e.g., `privatelink.blob.core.windows.net`) to VNet-App and configuring an A record for the endpoint's private IP, VMs can resolve the storage account name to the correct private address. Without this, DNS resolution would fall back to the public IP, defeating the purpose of the private endpoint.

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A user-defined route on the subnet

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An additional public IP address

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An Azure Firewall policy