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Start Deploy and Manage Azure Compute PracticeYou 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?
Explanation: Azure Ultra Disk offers the highest performance among Azure managed disks, with up to 160,000 IOPS per disk and sub-millisecond latency, exceeding Premium SSD v2's 80,000 IOPS. Therefore, Ultra Disk is the correct choice for applications requiring the highest consistent IOPS and lowest latency.
You need to run a scheduled script on an Azure virtual machine every time the VM starts. Which feature should you use?
Explanation: To run a script every time an Azure VM starts, use the Custom Script Extension to deploy a script that creates a scheduled task configured to run at system startup. The Custom Script Extension itself executes only during provisioning or when manually invoked; it does not rerun automatically on each boot. Therefore, B is correct because it is the only option that allows executing custom code, and you can use it to set up the startup trigger.
You 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.
Explanation: Secure Boot and vTPM are only supported on Generation 2 VMs in Azure, which use UEFI firmware and GPT-partitioned OS disks. A Generation 2 Windows Server Marketplace image provides the necessary firmware and partitioning. Additionally, Azure Trusted Launch (which enables Secure Boot and vTPM) requires a managed OS disk and supports only Premium SSD and Standard SSD tiers, not Standard HDD. Therefore, Standard SSD is the lowest-cost managed disk tier that supports vTPM while remaining a durable, writable OS disk. Ephemeral disks do not survive host moves and unmanaged VHDs are not managed disks, so they are incorrect.
An 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.
Explanation: A is correct because an availability set distributes VMs across multiple fault domains (up to 3) and update domains (up to 20) within the same datacenter. This ensures that during planned maintenance (update domain isolation) or a hardware fault (fault domain isolation), at least one VM remains available, meeting the requirement without needing availability zones or a second region.
A 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.
Explanation: Standard_E8s_v5 is correct because it provides 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of RAM, exactly meeting the stated minimum requirement. Standard_M8ms is also correct because it offers 8 vCPUs and 218.75 GiB of RAM, which exceeds both the vCPU and memory requirements and provides substantial headroom for short spikes. Standard_D8s_v5 does not belong because it has 8 vCPUs but only 32 GiB of RAM, falling short of the 64 GiB requirement. Standard_F8s_v2 is incorrect because it has 8 vCPUs but only 16 GiB of RAM. Standard_B8ms is incorrect because it provides 8 vCPUs but only 32 GiB of RAM, so it also fails the memory requirement.
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