49 Questions
Which of the following is a key principle of a cloud service?
Agility
Which type of cloud is typically externally hosted and multi tenant?
Public cloud
What is the term used to describe the ability to handle fluctuations in service usage and pay for what is actually being used?
Scalability
What is the purpose of distributing services over different data centers with hundreds of miles between them?
To ensure high availability
Which of the following services have the ability to span multiple availability zones?
Virtual machines
What is the main difference between using availability zones and using multiple regions for data center failure protection?
Availability zones and multiple regions have different architectures
When should you choose to deploy a service in a specific availability zone?
When you want to be zone redundant
Which of the following best describes the concept of a cloud?
A set of APIs and interfaces to consume capacity
Which type of cloud allows for both private and public cloud usage?
Hybrid cloud
Which type of expenditure is typically associated with on-premises infrastructure?
Capital expenditure (CapEx)
Which type of expenditure is typically associated with the public cloud?
Operational expenditure (OpEx)
Which Azure environment is operated by a Chinese company?
China cloud
What is the purpose of having multiple Azure regions?
All of the above
Which Azure environment is specifically designed to meet regulatory standards for government entities?
Azure U.S. government cloud
What defines a region in Azure?
Physical buildings close together
Which of the following statements about Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is most accurate?
IaaS shifts the responsibility of managing the operating system to the customer.
Which of the following services is an example of Platform as a Service (PaaS)?
App services
What is the main difference between Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)?
PaaS provides a business function, while SaaS does not.
What is the role of regions in Azure?
Regions define the physical locations where Azure services are hosted.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of availability zones in Azure?
To provide resiliency within a region by distributing services over multiple buildings
What is the reason for creating zonal VMs in Azure?
To ensure a VM can exist in multiple buildings
Which of the following is true about availability zones in Azure?
Different subscriptions may have different mapping of availability zones to buildings within a region
What is the purpose of pairing regions in Azure?
To replicate data across different regions
Which of the following is the purpose of the Azure 900 study cram mentioned in the text?
To offer a complete Azure 900 study course
What is the recommended approach for using the Azure 900 study cram in conjunction with the complete course?
Watch the cram a few hours before the course
What is the purpose of the Azure fundamentals certification mentioned in the text?
To assess the skills measured in the Azure 900 exam
Which of the following is a key principle of a cloud service?
Agility
What is the purpose of distributing services over different data centers with hundreds of miles between them?
To ensure high availability
Which type of cloud is typically externally hosted and multi-tenant?
Public cloud
What is the main difference between Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)?
PaaS provides a platform for developing and deploying applications, while SaaS provides ready-to-use software applications
Which of the following is responsible for managing the operating system, patching, backup, and antivirus in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
The customer
What is the main difference between Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
PaaS provides the business function, while IaaS provides the virtual machine
Which type of cloud service is responsible for managing the platform, runtimes, and infrastructure, while the customer is only responsible for their app and data?
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
What is the main purpose of Software as a Service (SaaS)?
To provide the business function
Which of the following is the purpose of having multiple regions in Azure?
To ensure high availability and disaster recovery
What defines a region in Azure?
The physical buildings within a certain area
Which Azure environment is specifically designed to meet regulatory standards for government entities?
Azure US Gov
What is the purpose of pairing regions in Azure?
To provide high availability and disaster recovery
Which of the following is NOT a type of cloud mentioned in the text?
On-premises cloud
What is the main difference between operational expenditure (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx)?
OpEx is based on consumption, while CapEx is a fixed cost
Which of the following is NOT a layer in a complete cloud solution, according to the text?
Database
Which of the following is a key benefit of using the public cloud, according to the text?
Ability to pay for what is used
Which type of cloud allows for both private and public cloud usage?
Hybrid cloud
What is the main difference between Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)?
PaaS provides a platform for developing and deploying applications, while SaaS provides ready-to-use software applications.
What is the purpose of having multiple Azure regions?
To provide high availability and disaster recovery
Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between availability zones and regions in Azure?
Regions are physical locations where Azure data centers are located, while availability zones are logical groupings of resources within a region.
Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of pairing regions in Azure?
Pairing regions allows for seamless failover and disaster recovery between different regions.
Which of the following accurately describes the concept of availability zones in Azure?
Availability zones are logical groupings of resources within a region that provide redundancy and fault tolerance.
Which of the following accurately describes the purpose of availability zones in Azure?
Availability zones are logical groupings of resources within a region that provide redundancy and fault tolerance.
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