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DP-300 Configure and manage automation of tasks Practice Question

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{
    "properties": {
        "displayName": "DailyBackup",
        "description": "Backup all databases",
        "intervalType": "Recurring",
        "interval": 1440,
        "intervalUnit": "Minutes",
        "schedule": {
            "startTime": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "interval": "P1D"
        }
    }
}

Refer to the exhibit. You are configuring an Azure Automation schedule for a runbook that backs up Azure SQL Databases. The runbook should run daily at midnight. However, the runbook runs twice a day. What is the most likely cause?

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Both interval and schedule.interval are defined, causing two triggers per day

The configuration has both 'interval' (1440 minutes = 1 day) and 'schedule.interval' (P1D = 1 day), causing the runbook to trigger twice daily. Option A is wrong because time zone doesn't cause double firing. Option B is wrong because the start time is set. Option D is wrong because the interval unit is minutes, not days.

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The startTime is set to a past date
Why it's wrong here
A past start time would cause immediate execution, not double daily.
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The schedule does not specify a time zone
Why it's wrong here
Time zone affects the time but not the frequency.
✓
Both interval and schedule.interval are defined, causing two triggers per day
Why this is correct
Duplicate interval definitions cause the schedule to fire twice.
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The intervalUnit is set to Minutes instead of Days
Why it's wrong here
The intervalUnit is correct for the interval value; the issue is the duplicate schedule.

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