AZ-305 Timed Practice Test 3 — 10 Questions

Question 1

You are designing an identity solution for a large enterprise that uses Microsoft Entra ID. The company has a partner organization that needs access to a specific application. The partner uses their own identity provider (IdP). You need to enable seamless access without duplicating user accounts. What should you configure?

10 minute time limit — choose an answer to begin.

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Entra External ID. Microsoft Entra External ID (formerly Azure AD B2B) is the correct solution because it allows the partner organization to access the specific application using their own identity provider (IdP) without requiring duplicate user accounts in your tenant. It leverages federation trust, enabling seamless single sign-on (SSO) by authenticating users against their home IdP and issuing a token for your application. This aligns with the requirement for a zero-trust, external identity scenario where user lifecycle is managed externally.

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Federation with the partner's IdP

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Passwordless authentication

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Identity synchronization

Question 2

Which TWO Microsoft Entra ID features should you use to protect against credential attacks?

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Password Protection. Password Protection is correct because it specifically targets credential attacks by blocking weak passwords and common variations (e.g., 'Password123!') using a global banned password list and the option to add custom terms. Identity Protection is correct because it uses real-time risk detection (e.g., leaked credentials, anonymous IP addresses) to automatically block or require MFA for suspicious sign-ins, directly mitigating credential-based attacks like password spray or brute force.

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Group-based licensing

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Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)

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Application Proxy

Question 3

Your company is designing a hybrid network architecture that connects multiple on-premises sites to Azure. You need to ensure high availability and redundancy for the connection. Which TWO solutions should you recommend? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Deploy two ExpressRoute circuits in active-passive mode. Deploying two ExpressRoute circuits in active-passive mode provides redundancy for the on-premises-to-Azure connection. If the primary circuit fails, traffic automatically fails over to the passive circuit, ensuring high availability. Option C is correct because an Azure VPN Gateway in active-active mode uses two active tunnels to provide redundancy and load balancing, which is essential for a highly available hybrid network.

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Implement Azure DNS Private Resolver for resolution

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Use a single VPN gateway with active-standby mode

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Use a single ExpressRoute circuit with a VPN gateway as failover

Question 4

A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs in a single region. The application writes data to Azure SQL Database (PaaS) and Azure Blob Storage. The company needs a disaster recovery plan with an RPO of less than 5 minutes for the database and less than 15 minutes for the blob storage, and an RTO of less than 1 hour for the entire solution. What should they recommend?

Accepted Answer

Use Azure Site Recovery for VMs, active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database, and read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) for Blob Storage.. Azure Site Recovery provides the VM replication needed to meet the RTO of under 1 hour, active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database offers a configurable RPO of as low as 5 seconds (well under the 5-minute requirement), and RA-GRS for Blob Storage provides read-access to a secondary region with an RPO typically under 15 minutes, enabling fast failover and read access during a disaster.

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Use Azure Site Recovery for VMs, geo-replication for Azure SQL Database, and geo-redundant storage (GRS) for Blob Storage.

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Use Azure Backup for VMs, geo-redundant storage for SQL Database backups, and geo-redundant storage for Blob Storage.

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Use Azure Front Door with multi-region deployment of VMs and Azure Cosmos DB for the database.

Question 5

A company runs an SAP HANA database on Azure large instances (HLI) in the West US region. The database is critical for business operations. They need a disaster recovery solution with a recovery point objective (RPO) of near zero (seconds) and a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 30 minutes in the event of a region-wide outage. The solution must automatically replicate data to a secondary region (East US) and support automated failover. Which design should they implement?

Accepted Answer

Configure HANA System Replication (async) between the primary and secondary site, and use a Pacemaker cluster with Azure Load Balancer to enable automated failover. HANA System Replication (async) provides near-zero RPO by continuously replicating log changes to the secondary region, while a Pacemaker cluster with Azure Load Balancer enables automated failover within the required 30-minute RTO. This combination meets the strict RPO/RTO requirements for SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances, as Azure Site Recovery does not support HLI and synchronous replication would introduce unacceptable latency over the West US to East US distance.

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Use Azure Site Recovery to replicate the HANA large instance VMs with a replication frequency of 30 seconds and enable auto-failover

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Schedule HANA database backups every 5 minutes to Azure Blob Storage with geo-redundant storage (GRS), and restore in the secondary region on demand

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Set up HANA System Replication with synchronous mode to the secondary region

Question 6

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID and wants to enforce that all users must use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when accessing sensitive applications. However, they want to exclude users when connecting from the corporate office IP range and only allow access from devices that are compliant with Intune policies. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they use to create this policy?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access. C is correct because Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access is the feature specifically designed to enforce granular access policies based on conditions such as user, location, device compliance, and application sensitivity. By configuring a Conditional Access policy, you can require MFA for sensitive applications, exclude the corporate office IP range, and restrict access to Intune-compliant devices, all within a single policy.

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Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection

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Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management

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Microsoft Entra ID Identity Governance

Question 7

A company stores log data in Azure Blob Storage. Logs are accessed frequently for the first 30 days, then rarely accessed but must be retained for 7 years for compliance. They want to minimize storage costs. Which storage tier and lifecycle management rule should they use?

Accepted Answer

Use the Hot tier for initial storage, and a lifecycle rule to move to Archive after 30 days.. The Hot tier is optimal for frequent access during the first 30 days, and a lifecycle rule moving directly to Archive after 30 days minimizes costs by immediately transitioning to the lowest-cost storage tier for long-term retention. The Archive tier is the most cost-effective for data that is rarely accessed and must be retained for 7 years, as it offers the lowest storage cost but higher retrieval latency and cost.

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Use the Cool tier for initial storage, and a lifecycle rule to move to Archive after 30 days.

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Use the Hot tier for initial storage, and a lifecycle rule to move to the Cool tier after 30 days, then to Archive after 7 years.

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Use the Archive tier for initial storage, and a lifecycle rule to move to Hot for the first 30 days.

Question 8

A company runs a critical application on Azure virtual machines (VMs) in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates the VMs to East US with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. The application consists of multiple VMs, and the company needs to be able to fail over a single VM without impacting others during an actual disaster. They also want to periodically test the recovery process without affecting the production environment. Which Azure Site Recovery feature should they use to enable non-disruptive testing?

Accepted Answer

Test failover. Test failover (Option C) is the correct feature because it allows you to validate your disaster recovery process by creating an isolated copy of your replicated VMs in a separate test network, without impacting the ongoing replication or the production environment. This directly meets the requirement for periodic, non-disruptive testing while maintaining the RPO of 15 minutes and RTO of 2 hours.

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Recovery Plans

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Planned failover

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Network mapping

Question 9

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID. They want to allow external business partners to request access to a specific internal application. The access must be time-limited and require approval from a manager within the partner's organization. Additionally, access should automatically expire after the defined period. Which Microsoft Entra ID feature should they use?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Entra ID Entitlement Management. Microsoft Entra ID Entitlement Management enables organizations to manage access requests for internal and external users through access packages. It supports time-limited access with automatic expiration and allows delegation of approval to a manager within the partner's organization via connected organizations. This directly meets the requirement for external partner self-service access with time-bound, approved access.

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Microsoft Entra ID B2B Collaboration

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Microsoft Entra ID Identity Governance

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Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

Question 10

A company wants to deploy a web application on Azure virtual machines (VMs). The application experiences variable traffic patterns, so the company needs to automatically add or remove VM instances based on CPU utilization. They also want the application to remain highly available even if an Azure datacenter fails. Which combination of Azure services should they use?

Accepted Answer

Virtual Machine Scale Sets configured with autoscale rules based on CPU and distributed across availability zones. Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) with autoscale rules based on CPU utilization automatically add or remove VM instances to match variable traffic patterns. Distributing the VMSS across availability zones ensures the application remains highly available even if an entire Azure datacenter fails, because availability zones are physically separate datacenters within a region.

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Azure App Service with autoscale rules and deployment slots

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Azure Load Balancer with a backend pool of VMs and autoscale rules applied to individual VMSS

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Azure Traffic Manager with endpoints in separate regions and Manual scaling of VMs