MS-900 Describe cloud concepts Practice Test 10 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company is evaluating a move to the cloud. Which three of the following are advantages of using a public cloud model compared to a private cloud? (Choose three.)

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Elastic scaling of resources on demand. In a public cloud model, the cloud provider owns and manages the physical hardware, eliminating the need for the customer to make capital expenditures (CapEx) on servers, storage, and networking equipment. Public clouds offer elastic scaling, allowing resources like virtual machines or containers to be automatically provisioned or deprovisioned based on real-time demand, which is a core benefit of cloud computing. Provider-managed infrastructure maintenance means the cloud vendor handles all hardware patching, firmware updates, and physical security, offloading these operational responsibilities from the customer.

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Guaranteed data residency in a specific geographic location

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Full control over physical security of data centers

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Lower total cost for all long-term workloads

Question 2

Drag and drop the steps to create a new user account in Microsoft 365 admin center into the correct order.

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Sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center, then navigate to Users > Active users, then click Add a user, then enter user details, then assign licenses and roles, then review and finish.. Creating a user in M365 admin center requires signing in, navigating to active users, adding a user, entering details, and assigning licenses/roles.

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Navigate to Users > Active users, then sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center, then click Add a user, then enter user details, then assign licenses and roles, then review and finish.

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Click Add a user, then sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center, then navigate to Users > Active users, then enter user details, then assign licenses and roles, then review and finish.

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Enter user details, then assign licenses and roles, then sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center, then navigate to Users > Active users, then click Add a user, then review and finish.

Question 3

Drag and drop the steps to reset a user's password in Microsoft 365 admin center into the correct order.

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1. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 2. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 3. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.. The correct order to reset a user's password in Microsoft 365 admin center is to first navigate to Users > Active users, then select the user, click Reset password, and finally enter and confirm the new password. This sequence ensures the proper workflow for password management.

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1. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.

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1. Click Reset password in the user's details pane. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 4. Enter and confirm the new password, then click Reset.

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1. Enter and confirm the new password. 2. Go to Users > Active users in Microsoft 365 admin center. 3. Select the user whose password needs resetting. 4. Click Reset password.

Question 4

Drag and drop the steps to configure a Microsoft 365 group expiration policy in the Azure AD admin center into the correct order.

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Sign in to the Azure AD admin center, then navigate to Groups > Expiration, then configure the expiration policy settings, then save the policy.. To configure a Microsoft 365 group expiration policy, you must first sign in to the Microsoft Entra ID admin center, then navigate to Groups > Expiration, configure the desired expiration settings, and finally save the policy. This sequence ensures proper access and application of the configuration.

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Sign in to the Azure AD admin center, then configure the expiration policy settings, then navigate to Groups > Expiration, then save the policy.

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Sign in to the Azure AD admin center, then navigate to Groups > Expiration, then save the policy, then configure the expiration policy settings.

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Navigate to Groups > Expiration, then sign in to the Azure AD admin center, then configure the expiration policy settings, then save the policy.

Question 5

Match each Microsoft 365 subscription plan to its description.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic: Includes web and mobile versions of Office apps, business email, and 1 TB cloud storage.. Microsoft 365 Business Basic provides web and mobile Office apps only; Business Standard adds desktop apps; Business Premium adds advanced security and device management.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic: Includes desktop versions of Office apps, business email, and 1 TB cloud storage.

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Microsoft 365 Business Standard: Includes all features of Business Basic plus advanced security and device management.

Question 6

Match each Microsoft 365 license type to its typical audience.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic: Ideal for small businesses needing web and mobile access to email, file storage, and Teams.. Microsoft 365 licensing varies by organization size and needs. Business Basic and Business Premium target small to medium businesses, while E5 targets large enterprises. Distractors confuse the feature sets across different plans.

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Microsoft 365 Business Basic: Designed for large enterprises requiring advanced compliance and analytics.

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Microsoft 365 Business Standard: Best for small businesses needing only web and mobile access.

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Microsoft 365 E3: Ideal for small businesses needing basic productivity tools.

Question 7

Match each Microsoft 365 support channel to its description.

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Phone support: Direct voice communication with a support engineer for critical issues.. Microsoft 365 offers multiple support channels: Phone support for critical issues, Online self-help for documentation, Community forums for peer assistance, and the Service health dashboard for real-time status. Common confusions involve mixing definitions of phone and self-help or community and phone.

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Phone support: Access to troubleshooting articles and documentation.

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Community forums: Direct voice communication with a support engineer.

Question 8

Your organization is planning to migrate on-premises workloads to Microsoft 365. Which cloud deployment model describes using both on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services?

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Hybrid cloud. Hybrid cloud is the deployment model that combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services like Microsoft 365. This model allows organizations to keep some resources on-premises while leveraging cloud services for others, providing flexibility and integration.

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Private cloud

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Community cloud

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Public cloud

Question 9

Your company is experiencing high costs for maintaining an on-premises email server and wants to reduce IT management overhead. Which Microsoft 365 service provides enterprise-grade email with minimal infrastructure management?

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Exchange Online. Exchange Online is Microsoft's cloud-hosted email service that eliminates the need for on-premises Exchange servers, providing enterprise-grade email with minimal infrastructure management. It includes built-in security, compliance, and high availability, and is part of most Microsoft 365 subscriptions. By moving to Exchange Online, the company offloads server maintenance, patching, and scaling to Microsoft, reducing IT overhead and costs.

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Microsoft Entra ID

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SharePoint Online

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Microsoft Intune

Question 10

A company is evaluating cloud service models for running custom line-of-business applications. They need full control over the operating system and applications, but want to avoid managing physical hardware. Which cloud service model should they choose?

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). IaaS provides virtualized compute, storage, and networking where the customer retains full control over the operating system, middleware, and applications while the provider manages the physical hardware, hypervisor, and datacenter. Because the requirement is 'full control over OS and applications' without managing physical hardware, IaaS is the exact fit — the customer patches the OS and deploys their own line-of-business software on provider-managed VMs.

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Function as a Service (FaaS)

Question 11

Your organization uses Microsoft 365 and wants to automatically scale resources based on demand, paying only for what is used. Which cloud characteristic does this describe?

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Elasticity. Elasticity is the cloud characteristic that allows resources to automatically scale based on demand, paying only for what is used. This matches the requirement to scale resources automatically and pay only for consumption.

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Fault tolerance

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Disaster recovery

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High availability

Question 12

Your company is moving to Microsoft 365 and wants to reduce capital expenditure (CapEx) on hardware and software licenses. Which cloud benefit is most directly related to this goal?

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Consumption-based pricing. Consumption-based pricing (also called pay-as-you-go) directly reduces capital expenditure because organizations no longer purchase hardware or perpetual software licenses upfront; instead they pay only for the resources and licenses they consume. This shifts spending from CapEx to OpEx, which is the core financial benefit the company is seeking. Scalability, agility, and security are cloud benefits but do not directly address the CapEx reduction goal.

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Scalability

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Agility

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Security

Question 13

Your organization is using Microsoft 365 and wants to ensure that services remain accessible even if one datacenter experiences an outage. Which concept should they rely on?

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High availability. High availability is the design principle that keeps services accessible by eliminating single points of failure and distributing workloads across multiple datacenters or availability zones, so an outage in one location does not take the service down. Microsoft 365 delivers this through geo-redundant datacenter pairs and automatic failover, which is exactly the scenario described.

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Scalability

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Disaster recovery

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Elasticity

Question 14

Which THREE are key characteristics of cloud computing as defined by NIST?

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Broad network access. The NIST SP 800-145 definition of cloud computing lists five essential characteristics, and three of them appear here: Broad network access (B), Resource pooling (C), and On-demand self-service (D). Broad network access (B) is correct because cloud capabilities must be available over the network through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms such as mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs. Resource pooling (C) is correct because the provider's computing resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to demand. On-demand self-service (D) is correct because a consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, automatically without requiring human interaction with each service provider. The other two NIST characteristics not listed among the options are rapid elasticity and measured service. High availability (A) is a desirable quality attribute but is not one of the five NIST essential characteristics, and reserved capacity (E) describes a purchasing or pricing model rather than a defining characteristic of cloud computing.

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High availability

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Reserved capacity

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit. A Microsoft 365 admin configures an update policy for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. The channel is set to 'CurrentChannel'. What is the expected behavior for users?

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Users receive feature updates as soon as they are released.. The Current Channel in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise provides feature updates as soon as they are released, typically monthly, but the key is that users receive them as soon as they are available, without a fixed delay. This channel is designed for users who want the latest features immediately. The expected behavior is that users receive feature updates as soon as they are released, which aligns with option C.

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Users receive feature updates monthly.

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Users receive feature updates twice a year.

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Users receive updates only after the deadline.