What Is Microsoft Azure?: 10 practice questions

Question 1 of 10

Which description best defines Microsoft Azure?

1. AA cloud computing platform for building, deploying, and managing solutions
2. BAn umbrella name that refers to every Microsoft cloud product
3. CA single Microsoft datacenter dedicated to hosting virtual machines
4. DA locally installed office application for managing business documents

Question 2 of 10

Which set contains service families that Azure provides?

1. APhysical offices, shipping, manufacturing, retail, and payroll
2. BCompute, storage, networking, databases, analytics, and AI
3. CDatacenters, buildings, generators, cooling, and security guards
4. DEmail, calendars, documents, meetings, and desktop publishing

Question 3 of 10

What does SaaS deliver to a customer?

1. AEssential infrastructure resources that the customer creates and manages
2. BA physical datacenter that the customer operates for Microsoft
3. CAn application platform with customer-managed underlying infrastructure
4. DA software application accessed over the internet without local installation

Question 4 of 10

How can Azure address a seasonal increase in application demand?

1. ARequire ownership of peak-capacity hardware before deployment begins
2. BMove the application to a locally installed SaaS environment
3. CKeep capacity permanently fixed at the application's lowest demand
4. DAdjust cloud resources with demand and charge for what is used

Question 5 of 10

Which statement correctly distinguishes Azure from Microsoft Cloud?

1. AAzure is the umbrella portfolio, while Microsoft Cloud is one infrastructure service
2. BAzure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform within the broader Microsoft Cloud portfolio
3. CAzure and Microsoft Cloud both refer only to Microsoft 365 applications
4. DAzure is a datacenter, while Microsoft Cloud is its local operating system

Question 6 of 10

Which workload placement is supported by Azure's platform approach?

1. AApplications limited to a single Microsoft datacenter building
2. BApplications restricted to one customer-owned on-premises server
3. CApplications managed across cloud, hybrid, and edge environments
4. DApplications that run only as locally installed office software

Question 7 of 10

Which application strategy is supported by Azure?

1. ARun existing applications only if customers manage Microsoft datacenters
2. BDevelop new cloud applications after first retiring every existing business application
3. CDevelop new applications or run and scale existing applications in the cloud
4. DScale applications only by purchasing fixed on-premises capacity

Question 8 of 10

A team is moving servers to the cloud. It wants to create and manage infrastructure resources directly, but it does not want to own the physical datacenter. Which service model fits?

1. APaaS, because it delivers a finished software application over the internet with no local installation
2. BSaaS, because it exposes infrastructure resources for customer control
3. CIaaS, because it provides essential IT infrastructure the customer can manage
4. DMicrosoft Cloud, because it is a service model for virtual servers

Question 9 of 10

Developers must build and run an application globally. They want to focus on the application and avoid handling the lower infrastructure layers. Which service model should they choose?

1. ASaaS, which supplies infrastructure resources for the developers to manage
2. BIaaS, which supplies a finished internet application to global users without requiring any local installation
3. CMicrosoft Cloud, which replaces every application development framework
4. DPaaS, which supplies an application platform without underlying infrastructure management

Question 10 of 10

A workforce needs to use a finished business application through the internet. The company does not want local installation or an application platform to develop the product. Which service model fits?

1. ASaaS, because users consume the software application over the internet
2. BHybrid cloud, because it is the service model for installed desktop software
3. CPaaS, because developers build the requested application on a managed platform
4. DIaaS, because users directly manage the application's infrastructure resources