AZ-900 Describe Azure management and governance Practice Test 17 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Which Azure feature provides a way to define and enforce allowed resource configurations, like permitted VM sizes or storage redundancy types?

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Azure Policy definitions. Azure Policy definitions allow you to create, assign, and manage policies that enforce specific rules and effects over your resources. This includes restricting allowed virtual machine SKUs or requiring a specific storage redundancy type (e.g., Geo-Redundant Storage). Policies are evaluated during resource creation and existing resources can be audited or remediated automatically.

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Azure RBAC permissions

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Azure Subscription quotas

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Azure Resource Locks

Question 2

Which Azure feature allows you to save money on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance using existing on-premises SQL Server licenses?

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Azure Hybrid Benefit. Azure Hybrid Benefit allows you to use your existing on-premises SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to reduce the cost of Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. By applying this benefit, you pay only for the underlying compute infrastructure at the base compute rate, effectively saving up to 55% on SQL licensing costs. This is specifically designed to maximize value from existing license investments when migrating to Azure.

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Azure Reserved Instances

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Azure Spot VMs

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Azure Dev/Test pricing

Question 3

What are the two types of Azure Resource Locks?

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CanNotDelete and ReadOnly. Azure Resource Locks are designed to prevent accidental deletion or modification of critical resources. The two types are CanNotDelete, which allows read and update operations but blocks deletion, and ReadOnly, which permits only read operations and blocks both deletion and update. This distinction is correct because ReadOnly is more restrictive than CanNotDelete, and both are the only lock types available in Azure.

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ReadOnly and ReadWrite

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Shared and Exclusive

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Deny and Allow

Question 4

Which Azure feature allows an organization to identify resources that do not comply with defined policies and automatically trigger remediation?

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Azure Policy remediation tasks. Azure Policy remediation tasks are the correct answer because they are specifically designed to identify non-compliant resources based on policy definitions and automatically trigger remediation actions, such as deploying a required configuration or modifying resource settings. This feature works by using managed identities to execute the 'deployIfNotExists' or 'modify' policy effects, ensuring resources are brought into compliance without manual intervention.

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Azure Automation runbooks

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Azure Blueprints re-assignment

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Azure Logic Apps compliance workflows

Question 5

What is the purpose of Azure Cost Management budgets?

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To set spending thresholds and receive alerts when approaching those limits. Azure Cost Management budgets allow you to set spending thresholds (e.g., monthly, quarterly) and configure alerts that notify you via email or action groups when costs reach a certain percentage of the budget (e.g., 50%, 90%, 100%). This enables proactive cost governance without automatically stopping resources, which is not a built-in budget action.

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To automatically stop resources when spending exceeds a defined limit

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To transfer unused budget from one resource to another

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To reserve compute capacity for future use

Question 6

Which Azure portal feature enables you to create a customized view of the most important resources and metrics at a glance?

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Azure Dashboards. Azure Dashboards allow you to create a personalized, tile-based view that can display a mix of Azure resources, metrics, and charts from different resource groups and subscriptions. This enables you to monitor the most critical data at a glance without navigating through multiple blades. The customization includes resizing, rearranging, and sharing dashboards with other team members.

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Azure Advisor

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Azure Resource Graph

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Azure Policy compliance view

Question 7

What is the purpose of Azure Marketplace?

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A catalog for browsing and purchasing third-party software and solutions that run on Azure. Azure Marketplace is an online catalog that allows customers to browse, purchase, and deploy third-party software, services, and solutions that are certified to run on Azure. It provides pre-configured solutions from independent software vendors (ISVs) and simplifies deployment by integrating directly with the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager.

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A store for buying Azure hardware for on-premises use

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A repository for sharing Azure Resource Manager templates with other organizations

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A portal for comparing prices across different cloud providers

Question 8

Which Azure feature allows organizations to track spending trends and get spending forecasts for the next 30 days?

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Azure Cost Management Cost Analysis. Azure Cost Management Cost Analysis provides interactive dashboards and reports that allow organizations to visualize historical spending trends and generate forecasts for future costs, including a 30-day forecast. This feature uses historical usage data and machine learning models to predict spending, enabling proactive budget management.

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Azure Advisor cost recommendations

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Azure Budgets

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Azure Pricing Calculator

Question 9

Which Azure feature provides an overview of the overall security posture across your Azure subscriptions with a secure score?

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score. Microsoft Defender for Cloud (formerly Azure Security Center) provides a unified security management dashboard that includes a Secure Score. This score aggregates security recommendations across all your Azure subscriptions and calculates a percentage based on how many of those recommendations you have implemented, giving you a quantifiable measure of your overall security posture.

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Azure Advisor security score

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Azure Policy compliance score

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Azure Sentinel analytics score

Question 10

What does the Azure Pricing Calculator help you do?

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Estimate the cost of Azure services before deployment. The Azure Pricing Calculator is a web-based tool that allows you to estimate the cost of Azure services before deployment. You configure the services you plan to use (e.g., virtual machines, storage accounts, databases) and specify details like region, tier, and usage hours to generate a projected monthly cost. This helps with budgeting and cost planning, not with analyzing past spending or comparing competitors.

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Analyze historical spending on existing Azure resources

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Compare Azure prices against AWS and Google Cloud prices

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Automatically optimize spending by terminating unused resources

Question 11

Which Azure compliance tool helps financial services organizations meet GDPR requirements for data subject requests?

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager. Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is specifically designed to help organizations manage compliance requirements, including GDPR data subject requests (DSRs). It provides a dashboard for tracking DSRs, automating workflows, and generating reports to demonstrate compliance. This makes it the correct tool for financial services organizations needing to meet GDPR obligations.

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Azure Policy

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Azure Security Center

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Azure Blueprints

Question 12

Which Azure support plan provides a dedicated Technical Account Manager and a 15-minute response time for critical business impact issues?

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Enterprise. The Enterprise support plan is the only Azure plan that includes a dedicated Technical Account Manager (TAM) and guarantees a 15-minute response time for critical business impact issues (severity A). This plan is designed for large-scale enterprise customers who require proactive guidance and rapid escalation handling.

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Business

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Enterprise On-Ramp

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Developer

Question 13

What is Azure Cost Management's 'cost allocation' feature used for?

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To distribute shared infrastructure costs across teams or business units for reporting. Azure Cost Management's 'cost allocation' feature allows you to assign or redistribute shared infrastructure costs (e.g., common network, management, or security services) to specific teams, departments, or business units. This is done by defining allocation rules that split costs based on percentages or custom keys, enabling accurate chargeback and showback reporting without changing how resources are billed.

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To automatically reduce costs by shutting down unused resources

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To set spending limits for individual resource groups

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To automatically purchase Reserved Instances based on usage patterns

Question 14

Which Azure tool provides an interactive, browser-based command-line experience that is authenticated and pre-configured for Azure management?

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Azure Cloud Shell. Azure Cloud Shell is the correct answer because it provides an interactive, browser-based command-line experience (PowerShell or Bash) that is automatically authenticated with your Azure credentials and pre-configured with common Azure management tools like Azure CLI, PowerShell modules, and storage. This allows users to manage Azure resources directly from a web browser without any local installation or configuration.

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Azure DevOps CLI

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Azure Remote Desktop

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Azure Automation

Question 15

What does the Azure SLA for a storage account guarantee?

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The percentage of time the storage service is available for read/write requests. The Azure SLA for a storage account guarantees a specific percentage of uptime (e.g., 99.9% for Standard tier) during which the service is available to process read and write requests. This is a commitment to availability, not to data durability, performance, or financial compensation for all causes. The SLA defines the maximum allowed downtime per month and is measured against the service's ability to respond to authenticated requests.

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That data will never be lost under any circumstances

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That data will be retrieved within 5 milliseconds

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That Microsoft will pay for all downtime regardless of the cause