Azure architecture & services
79 free practice questions with explanations
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Azure architecture & services: example questions & answers
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What is an Azure region?
- A A single physical datacenter
- B A geographical area containing one or more datacenters ✓
- C A virtual network boundary
- D A billing account grouping
Answer: An Azure region is a set of datacenters deployed within a defined geographic area, connected through a low-latency network.
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What are Availability Zones in Azure?
- A Separate billing accounts within a subscription
- B Physically separate locations within an Azure region ✓
- C Logical groupings of resources for management
- D Network security boundaries
Answer: Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within a region, each with independent power, cooling, and networking, to protect against datacenter-level failures.
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What is the top-level container that holds all your Azure subscriptions and management groups for an organization?
- A Resource group
- B Subscription
- C Management group ✓
- D Azure region
Answer: Management groups sit above subscriptions, allowing you to apply governance and policy across multiple subscriptions in a hierarchy.
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What is a resource group in Azure?
- A A logical container that holds related Azure resources ✓
- B A physical cluster of servers
- C A network firewall rule set
- D A billing invoice for a region
Answer: A resource group is a logical container for resources that are typically managed and deployed together and share the same lifecycle.
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Which Azure compute service lets you run a full virtual machine with complete control over the operating system?
- A Azure Functions
- B Azure Virtual Machines ✓
- C Azure App Service
- D Azure Container Instances
Answer: Azure Virtual Machines is an IaaS offering that provides full control over the OS, ideal for workloads needing custom configuration or legacy applications.
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Which Azure service provides object storage for unstructured data such as images, video, and backups?
- A Azure Files
- B Azure Blob Storage ✓
- C Azure Queue Storage
- D Azure Table Storage
Answer: Azure Blob Storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured object data such as text, images, video, and backups.