Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals is a foundational-level certification, aimed at individuals looking to demonstrate their knowledge of core Azure services, pricing, and support. To help you adequately prepare and test your knowledge, we’ve prepared a set of 25 practice questions, each with detailed explanations and answers.
1. Which Azure service is fully managed and enables the storage, search, and analysis of large amounts of text data?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Cognitive Search is a fully-managed search-as-a-service that provides powerful and sophisticated search capabilities on large content.
2. What is the deployment model that allows deploying apps through the Azure Marketplace?
Answer:
Explanation:
The Azure Resource Manager is the deployment model that supports deploying applications through the Azure Marketplace.
3. Which Azure service would you typically use for hosting a website?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Web Apps, part of Azure App Service, is a fully managed platform for building, deploying, and scaling web apps.
4. Which of the following services supports Azure Load Balancer?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Load Balancer is a Layer 4 (TCP, UDP) load balancer that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers (virtual machines).
5. What is the primary purpose of Azure Virtual Network?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Virtual Network allows users to create isolated, privately connected networks in the Azure cloud.
6. How does Azure pricing vary?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure pricing varies based on the type of resource and its usage, along with other factors like region, reserved instances, etc.
7. What does the Service Level Agreement (SLA) in Azure define?
Answer:
Explanation:
SLAs in Azure define the level of service you can expect from Azure, detailing the promised uptime and connectivity for Azure services.
8. Which of the following factors does NOT affect Azure costs?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure costs are affected by resource type, location, and size, but not by "resource color," which is not a factor in Azure.
9. What is the purpose of the Azure Pricing Calculator?
Answer:
Explanation:
The Azure Pricing Calculator helps users estimate the cost of Azure services based on usage.
10. What is Azure's billing frequency?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure users receive a bill on a monthly basis, detailing the costs incurred during that billing period.
11. Which of the following support plans offer 24/7 access to Cloud Support Engineers?
Answer:
Explanation:
Both the Standard and Professional Direct support plans offer 24/7 access to Cloud Support Engineers.
12. What is the purpose of the Azure Service Health dashboard?
Answer:
Explanation:
The Azure Service Health dashboard provides personalized information about the health of Azure services, offering a comprehensive view of the health status of all Azure services across different regions.
13. Which Azure service provides threat protection for your Azure resources?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Security Center provides unified security management and advanced threat protection across all Azure resources.
14. Which of the following is NOT a category of compliance offerings in Azure?
Answer:
Explanation:
The categories of compliance offerings in Azure are Global, US government, and Industry. "Customizable" is not a category.
15. What is the role of Azure Policy?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Policy helps in enforcing organizational standards and assessing compliance at-scale.
16. Which Azure service is used for managing digital identities?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service.
17. What is the purpose of Azure Management Groups?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Management Groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions to manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions.
18. Which of the following is a benefit of using Azure Blueprints?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Blueprints helps in enforcing organizational standards across your environment by creating, updating, deleting, and assigning blueprints.
19. What is the primary function of Azure Resource Manager?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure that can manage resources, resource groups, and enforce organizational policies.
20. Which Azure service helps you manage and store sensitive information securely?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service that provides a secure storage of secrets, such as keys, passwords, certificates, etc.
21. What is the purpose of an Azure subscription?
Answer:
Explanation:
An Azure subscription provides access to Azure products and services and allows you to specify how the associated costs are reported, billed, and paid.
22. Which Azure service would you use to organize your resources for efficient management and access control?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Resource Groups are containers that hold related resources for an Azure solution, allowing for efficient resource management and access control.
23. What is the purpose of Azure Regions?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Regions are locations around the globe where Azure datacenters are placed, providing a set of resources and services.
24. Which of the following is a valid Azure resource?
Answer:
Explanation:
All of the mentioned options are valid Azure resources.
25. What is the function of Azure Marketplace?
Answer:
Explanation:
Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling finished SaaS applications and premium datasets.
We trust this set of questions has been beneficial in preparing you for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals exam. For each question, we have provided detailed explanations to enhance your understanding of Azure services and concepts. Keep practicing and reviewing the official Azure documentation for comprehensive preparation. Good luck with your certification exam!