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Practise Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 Cloudfront practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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20 questionsDomain: Cloudfront
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What the exam tests

What to know about Cloudfront

Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS responsibilities and examples.

Public, private, hybrid and community cloud deployment models.

On-premises vs cloud trade-offs: cost, control, scalability.

How cloud connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) work.

Watch out for

Common Cloudfront exam traps

  • ▸IaaS gives you infrastructure control; SaaS gives you only the application.
  • ▸Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud — not two public clouds.
  • ▸Cloud does not automatically mean cheaper or more secure.
  • ▸Management responsibility shifts with each service model (IaaS → PaaS → SaaS).

Practice set

Cloudfront questions

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Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A company wants to cache frequently accessed session state and product data for their e-commerce website. They need the cache to be highly available with a 99.9% SLA and provide fast read and write access. The solution must be fully managed. Which Azure Cache tier should they choose?

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A company has 10 branch offices, each with Windows file servers. They want to centralize file storage in Azure and allow each branch office to cache files locally for fast access. The solution must support cloud tiering so that only frequently accessed files are kept locally. Which Azure service should they implement?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A company is analyzing Azure Storage diagnostic logs using this KQL query. They notice a high number of GetBlob operations on BlockBlobs. The storage account is used for a web application that serves static content. What should they recommend to reduce the number of GetBlob operations?

Exhibit

{
  "query": "AzureDiagnostics | where ResourceProvider == \"MICROSOFT.STORAGE\" | where OperationName == \"GetBlob\" | summarize Count = count() by BlobType, bin(TimeGenerated, 1h) | order by TimeGenerated desc",
  "result": [
    {"BlobType": "BlockBlob", "Count": 1200, "TimeGenerated": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"},
    {"BlobType": "PageBlob", "Count": 50, "TimeGenerated": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"},
    {"BlobType": "AppendBlob", "Count": 200, "TimeGenerated": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z"}
  ]
}
Question 4easymultiple choice
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You need to design a data storage solution for a mobile app that requires low-latency reads and writes globally. The data is JSON documents with varying schemas. Which Azure service should you choose?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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An application requires a highly available key-value store with sub-millisecond read and write latencies across multiple Azure regions. The data model is simple and does not require complex queries. Which Azure data store should they choose?

Question 6hardmulti select
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Which THREE factors should you consider when selecting a partition key for an Azure Cosmos DB container? (Select three.)

Question 7easymultiple choice
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You need to design a storage solution for a large-scale media streaming application. The application serves video files to users worldwide. The solution must minimize latency for end-users and optimize content delivery costs. Which Azure service combination should you use?

Question 8hardmultiple choice
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A company is designing a hybrid storage solution to connect on-premises file shares to Azure. They need to cache frequently accessed files locally for low-latency access while storing all files in Azure. The solution must support SMB protocol and integrate with existing Windows file servers. Which Azure service should they use?

Question 9mediummulti select
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Which TWO Azure services can be used to host a MongoDB-compatible database with global distribution? (Select two.)

Question 10mediummultiple choice
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A multinational corporation is designing a data storage solution for its global customer data. The data must be stored in the Azure region closest to each customer to minimize latency, but all data must be accessible from a central analytics platform for reporting. The solution must also comply with data residency regulations that require customer data to remain in the country of origin. Which Azure storage solution should the company recommend?

Question 11mediummultiple choice
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A company uses Azure Redis Cache to improve the performance of a web application. They need to ensure that cached data survives a failover to a secondary region. Which Azure Redis Cache tier should they choose?

Question 12easymultiple choice
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Your company needs to store configuration data (key-value pairs) for applications in a highly scalable and low-latency manner. The data is accessed frequently. Which Azure service should you choose?

Question 13mediummulti select
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Which TWO Azure services can be used to implement a globally distributed database that supports multi-region writes and provides low-latency access to users worldwide? (Choose two.)

Question 14hardmultiple choice
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You are designing a storage solution for a global e-commerce platform that must serve users from multiple regions with low latency. The data includes product catalog (read-heavy, rarely updated) and user session state (write-heavy, short-lived). Which combination of Azure services meets the requirements?

Question 15mediummulti select
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Which TWO Azure services provide native support for Azure Active Directory (now Entra ID) authentication for accessing data? (Choose two.)

Question 16easymultiple choice
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A company needs to protect an Azure App Service web app from regional outages. The web app uses Azure SQL Database. They need to ensure that users are automatically redirected to a secondary region if the primary region fails. What should you configure?

Question 17hardmultiple choice
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A multinational company runs a mission-critical application on Azure VMs in the West US region. The application uses Azure SQL Database (Business Critical tier) and Azure Cache for Redis. The company needs to ensure the application can fail over to a secondary region within 5 minutes during a regional outage. The design must minimize data loss. Which solution should you recommend?

Question 18hardmultiple choice
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You are designing a business continuity plan for a global e-commerce platform that runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in the West US region. The platform uses Azure SQL Database for transactional data and Azure Cache for Redis for session state. The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for the entire platform is 10 minutes, and the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is 5 minutes. Which combination of technologies would meet these requirements with the least operational overhead?

Question 19mediummulti select
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You are designing a disaster recovery plan for an Azure virtual machine running a critical application. The solution must meet an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 4 hours. Which TWO actions should you take? (Choose TWO.)

Question 20hardmulti select
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You are designing a business continuity solution for a global SaaS application that runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure Cosmos DB as the database. The solution must support multi-region writes and automatic failover with zero data loss. Which THREE components should you include in your design? (Choose three.)

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Frequently asked questions

What does the AZ-305 exam test about Cloudfront?
Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.
How should I use these practice questions?
Select your answer before revealing the explanation. Then read why each option is right or wrong — this active recall approach builds retention far faster than re-reading notes.
Can I practise just Cloudfront questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Cloudfront domain. Use a 10-question session first to gauge your baseline, then move to 20 or 30 once the weak spots are clear.
Where can I practise other AZ-305 topics?
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Are these real exam questions or dumps?
These are original practice questions written to test the same concepts the AZ-305 exam covers. They are not copied from any real exam or dump site.