AZ-104 Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Practice Question
This AZ-104 practice question tests your understanding of monitor and maintain azure resources. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
You want to send a storage account's platform logs to a workspace so they can be queried with KQL later. Which two items are part of the required configuration? Select two.
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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Diagnostic settings on the storage account
A is correct because diagnostic settings on the storage account are the mechanism that defines which platform logs (e.g., storage read/write/delete operations) are collected and where they are sent. Without configuring diagnostic settings, the storage account does not emit logs to any destination. B is correct because a Log Analytics workspace is the required destination for storing the logs so they can be queried with KQL; it provides the ingestion and retention infrastructure for log analytics.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Diagnostic settings on the storage account
Why this is correct
Diagnostic settings control which logs and metrics are exported from the resource.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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A Log Analytics workspace
Why this is correct
The workspace stores the logs so they can be searched with KQL queries.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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A network security group
Why it's wrong here
NSGs filter network traffic, but they do not collect or store diagnostic logs.
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A Recovery Services vault
Why it's wrong here
Recovery Services vaults are for backup workloads, not for log collection.
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An availability zone assignment
Why it's wrong here
Availability zones improve resilience, but they do not configure telemetry export.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse the destination (Log Analytics workspace) with the source configuration (diagnostic settings), or mistakenly think that network-level components like NSGs or redundancy features like availability zones are involved in log routing.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, diagnostic settings use Azure Monitor's data collection pipeline to stream platform logs from the storage account resource to a Log Analytics workspace via the Azure Monitor REST API. The logs are stored in a dedicated table (e.g., StorageBlobLogs) within the workspace, enabling KQL queries that can filter by operation name, status code, or timestamp. In a real-world scenario, you might configure diagnostic settings to send both audit and resource logs to a central workspace for cross-resource analysis, such as correlating storage access patterns with Azure AD sign-in logs.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources — This question tests Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Diagnostic settings on the storage account — A is correct because diagnostic settings on the storage account are the mechanism that defines which platform logs (e.g., storage read/write/delete operations) are collected and where they are sent. Without configuring diagnostic settings, the storage account does not emit logs to any destination. B is correct because a Log Analytics workspace is the required destination for storing the logs so they can be queried with KQL; it provides the ingestion and retention infrastructure for log analytics.
What should I do if I get this AZ-104 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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