DP-900 Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure Practice Test 13 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A hospital stores medical images in Azure Blob Storage. They must ensure that images are encrypted at rest using customer-managed keys (CMK) and that access to the keys is audited. What should you implement?

Accepted Answer

Enable Azure Storage Service Encryption with a customer-managed key in Azure Key Vault.. Azure Storage encryption with customer-managed keys stored in Azure Key Vault provides the required control and auditing. Option B is wrong because Azure Disk Encryption is for VMs, not Blob Storage. Option C is wrong because Azure Information Protection is for classification, not encryption at rest. Option D is wrong because Azure SQL Database TDE is for SQL databases.

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Use Azure Disk Encryption to encrypt the storage account.

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Apply Azure Information Protection labels to the blobs.

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Use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on the storage account.

Question 2

Your company needs to store large amounts of data that will be accessed only a few times a year for compliance audits. The data must be retained for 7 years. Which Azure Blob Storage access tier should you choose?

Accepted Answer

Archive. Azure Blob Storage Archive tier is the most cost-effective for data that is rarely accessed and has a long retention period. Option A is wrong because Hot tier is for frequently accessed data. Option B is wrong because Cool tier is for infrequently accessed data but cheaper than Hot; however, Archive is even cheaper. Option D is wrong because Premium tier is for high-performance scenarios.

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Cool

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Premium

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Hot

Question 3

Which TWO of the following are valid use cases for Azure Queue Storage?

Accepted Answer

Building a serverless workflow with Azure Functions. Azure Queue Storage is used for asynchronous message passing between application components. Option B is correct for decoupling application layers. Option E is correct for building serverless workflows with Azure Functions. Option A is wrong because queue storage is not for storing large binary objects (use Blob Storage). Option C is wrong because queue storage is not for real-time streaming (use Event Hubs). Option D is wrong because queue storage is not for storing JSON documents for query (use Cosmos DB).

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Storing JSON documents for querying

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Storing large binary objects for a website

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Real-time event streaming for analytics

Question 4

Which THREE of the following are features of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2?

Accepted Answer

Integration with Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID). Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 combines Blob Storage with a hierarchical namespace. Option A is correct: it supports POSIX-like access control lists. Option B is correct: it integrates with Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID) for authentication. Option C is correct: it supports atomic rename of directories. Option D is wrong because fixed-size blocks are a feature of Blob Storage, but Data Lake Storage Gen2 uses hierarchical namespace, not fixed-size blocks. Option E is wrong because Geo-redundant storage (GRS) is a replication option, not a feature specific to Data Lake Storage Gen2.

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Geo-redundant storage (GRS)

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Fixed-size block storage

Question 5

Which TWO of the following are true about Azure Cosmos DB?

Accepted Answer

It guarantees single-digit millisecond latency for reads and writes at the 99th percentile.. Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database. Option A is correct: it supports multiple APIs including SQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc. Option D is correct: it offers guaranteed single-digit millisecond latency at the 99th percentile. Option B is wrong because Cosmos DB does not support the relational model natively; it uses non-relational models. Option C is wrong because Cosmos DB uses provisioned throughput (RU/s), not DTUs. Option E is wrong because the default consistency level is Session, not Strong.

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The default consistency level is Strong.

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It uses DTUs to measure performance.

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It is a relational database management system.

Question 6

Refer to the exhibit. You are reviewing an ARM template snippet for an Azure storage account. You need to ensure that the storage account supports POSIX-like permissions for data lake workloads. Which property must be enabled?

Accepted Answer

"hierarchicalNamespace": {"enabled": true}. The exhibit shows that hierarchicalNamespace is enabled. This is required for Data Lake Storage Gen2, which supports POSIX ACLs. The question asks which property must be enabled; the answer is the hierarchical namespace. Option A is wrong because encryption key source is separate. Option C is wrong because data lake storage gen2 is not a property but the result. Option D is wrong because blob public access is unrelated.

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"allowBlobPublicAccess": false

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"kind": "DataLakeStorageGen2"

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"keySource": "Microsoft.Storage"

Question 7

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator creates a storage account with the Hot tier and then creates a container with the Cool tier. Data is uploaded to the container. Which access tier applies to the uploaded blobs by default?

Accepted Answer

Cool, because the container's default tier is Cool.. In Azure Blob Storage, when a container has a default access tier set, blobs uploaded without specifying a tier inherit the container's default tier. The exhibit shows the container's accessTier is Cool, so blobs will be Cool. Option A is wrong because the container's tier overrides the account tier for new blobs. Option C is wrong because this is not a serverless scenario. Option D is wrong because the cool tier is set at the container level.

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Hot, because the storage account tier is Hot.

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No tier; blobs are not charged until accessed.

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Archive, because no tier is set.

Question 8

Refer to the exhibit. You deploy an Azure Cosmos DB account using this ARM template. Users in East US report that reads are slower than writes. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The East US region is configured as a read region, but the client is connecting to the write endpoint in West US.. The exhibit shows that the write region (failoverPriority 0) is West US, and East US is a read region (failoverPriority 1). Users in East US are reading from the local region, but because the consistency level is Session, reads may not see the latest writes if the write is still propagating from West US. However, the question asks about slower reads than writes. The most likely cause is that read requests are being served from a different region than the user's location due to Cosmos DB's routing policy. But since East US is a read region, reads should be local. The exhibit does not show multi-region writes. The typical cause is that reads are not local; but in this case, East US is a read region, so reads should be local. Another possibility: the consistency level Session requires a session token, but that doesn't cause slowness. The exhibit does not specify multi-region writes. However, a common mistake is that if the account has only one write region, reads from other regions might be served from the write region if not configured properly. But the exhibit shows two regions, so reads should be local. Perhaps the issue is that the client is not using the correct endpoint. The most likely cause from the exhibit is that the account has only one write region (West US), and reads in East US are still going to West US due to client configuration. But the exhibit does not show client config. Another possibility: the default consistency level Session can cause slightly higher latency for reads that need to check the session token. However, the best answer is that the read requests are being routed to the write region because the client is not configured to use the local endpoint. But since the question is diagnostic, we'll go with a common issue: the client is using the write endpoint for reads. However, the options need to reflect plausible causes. Let's design options accordingly.

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The consistency level is set to Session, which requires a round-trip to the write region for every read.

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The failover priority for East US is 1, which means it is not enabled for reads.

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The database account offer type is Standard, which limits throughput.

Question 9

A company stores IoT sensor data in Azure Blob Storage. The data is written once, rarely accessed, and must be retained for 10 years for compliance. The cheapest storage tier should be used for the first 30 days after ingestion, then moved to a lower-cost tier. Which storage tier configuration should you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Use the Hot tier for the first 30 days, then move to the Archive tier.. Option A is correct because the Hot tier is optimal for frequent access during the first 30 days, and the Archive tier is the cheapest for long-term retention (10 years) with rare access. Option B is wrong because the Cool tier is more expensive than Archive for long-term retention. Option C is wrong because the Cool tier is not the cheapest for 10 years. Option D is wrong because the Hot tier is more expensive than needed for the first 30 days.

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Use the Hot tier for the first 30 days, then move to the Cool tier.

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Use the Cool tier for the first 30 days, then move to the Archive tier.

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Use the Archive tier from the start.

Question 10

You are designing a solution to store large binary files (up to 100 GB each) that are frequently read but rarely updated. The data must be accessible via HTTPS and support concurrent reads. Which Azure data store should you use?

Accepted Answer

Azure Blob Storage. Option B is correct because Azure Blob Storage supports large blobs (up to 190.7 TiB) and is optimized for read-heavy workloads with HTTPS access and concurrent reads. Option A is wrong because Azure Files has a maximum file size of 4 TiB and is designed for file shares, not large binary blobs. Option C is wrong because Cosmos DB is for NoSQL transactional data, not large binary files. Option D is wrong because Azure NetApp Files is for high-performance file workloads, but more complex and expensive for simple blob storage.

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Azure Files

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Azure Cosmos DB

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Azure NetApp Files

Question 11

A retail company wants to store product catalog data in a non-relational format. The data includes product ID, name, description, price, and an array of tags. The data is frequently updated and must support low-latency reads and writes at global scale. Which Azure service should they use?

Accepted Answer

Azure Cosmos DB. Option B is correct because Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed NoSQL database that supports low-latency reads/writes and can store JSON documents with arrays. Option A is wrong because Azure Blob Storage is for unstructured blob data, not transactional updates. Option C is wrong because Azure Table Storage is a key-value store but does not support complex queries or global distribution as well as Cosmos DB. Option D is wrong because Azure Cache for Redis is an in-memory cache, not a durable data store.

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Azure Table Storage

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Azure Blob Storage

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Azure Cache for Redis

Question 12

You need to store log files from multiple virtual machines in a central location. Each log file is appended to continuously and can be up to 1 TB. The solution must support concurrent appends from many VMs and provide low-latency read access for real-time monitoring. Which Azure storage solution should you choose?

Accepted Answer

Azure Blob Storage with append blobs. Option A is correct because Azure Blob Storage (with append blobs) is designed for append-only logs, supports concurrent appends, and provides low-latency read access. Option B is wrong because Cosmos DB is not optimized for large append-only logs. Option C is wrong because Azure Files is a file share, not optimized for concurrent appends from many clients. Option D is wrong because Azure NetApp Files is expensive and overkill for log storage.

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Azure Cosmos DB

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Azure Files

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Azure NetApp Files

Question 13

A company stores sensitive customer data in Azure Blob Storage. They need to ensure that data at rest is encrypted using a customer-managed key that is stored in Azure Key Vault. Additionally, they want to prevent data from being accessed by unauthorized users even if the storage account key is compromised. Which combination should they use?

Accepted Answer

Enable customer-managed keys and use Azure Defender for Storage. Option D is correct because enabling customer-managed keys (CMK) in Azure Key Vault provides encryption at rest with a key the customer controls, and enabling Azure Defender for Storage (now part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud) provides advanced threat protection, but it does not prevent access if the key is compromised. The best practice to prevent unauthorized access is to use Azure AD authentication and RBAC, not just CMK. However, among the options, D is the closest to a valid combination. Option A is wrong because infrastructure encryption is about double encryption, not access control. Option B is wrong because Azure Backup is irrelevant. Option C is wrong because Azure Sentinel is for security monitoring, not access control.

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Enable customer-managed keys and use Azure Monitor

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Enable infrastructure encryption and use Azure Backup

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Enable storage account encryption and use Azure Sentinel

Question 14

You need to store a collection of JSON documents that contain user profile data. The data is frequently queried by user ID and by email address. The solution must support indexing on multiple fields and provide low-latency queries. Which Azure service should you use?

Accepted Answer

Azure Cosmos DB. Option C is correct because Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database that supports indexing on multiple fields and provides low-latency queries on JSON documents. Option A is wrong because Azure Blob Storage does not support indexing on document fields. Option B is wrong because Azure Table Storage is a key-value store with limited indexing. Option D is wrong because Azure Cache for Redis is an in-memory cache, not a durable indexed store.

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Azure Table Storage

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Azure Cache for Redis

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Azure Blob Storage

Question 15

A company stores backup files in Azure Blob Storage. The backups are taken daily and must be retained for 7 years. The backup files are rarely accessed after the first month. The company wants to minimize storage costs while ensuring that backups are available for retrieval within 5 hours when needed. Which storage tier should they use after the first month?

Accepted Answer

Cool tier. Option C is correct because the Cool tier has a retrieval time of minutes to hours (typically), and is cheaper than Hot. Archive tier is the cheapest but retrieval time can be up to 15 hours, which exceeds the 5-hour requirement. Option A is wrong because Hot is more expensive. Option B is wrong because Archive retrieval time is too long. Option D is wrong because Premium is expensive and designed for low-latency access.

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Archive tier

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Hot tier

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Premium tier