AI-103 Plan And Manage AN Azure AI Solution Practice Question
You are optimizing the cost of your Azure AI infrastructure. You notice several resources are underutilized or incorrectly provisioned. Which THREE actions should you take to reduce unnecessary spending? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Downgrade development and test resources from high-tier production SKUs to free or lower standard tiers where appropriate.
Deleting idle resources, right-sizing tiers, and setting budgets reduce costs effectively.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Downgrade development and test resources from high-tier production SKUs to free or lower standard tiers where appropriate.
Why this is correct
Using lower SKUs for non-production environments lowers monthly operational costs.
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Provision dedicated Azure OpenAI PTUs for idle development sandboxes.
Why it's wrong here
PTUs are expensive reserved capacity units and should not be provisioned for idle sandboxes.
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Identify and delete abandoned or unused Azure AI resource accounts.
Why this is correct
Deleting unused resources immediately stops ongoing base billing charges.
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Implement Azure Cost Management budgets and anomaly detection alerts.
Why this is correct
Budgets and anomaly alerts prevent runaway spending by notifying teams early.
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Scale out search service partitions and replicas to maximum capacity permanently.
Why it's wrong here
Maxing out capacity permanently increases costs unnecessarily.
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