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

A team needs somewhere to keep a solution's files, virtual machine disks and backups. Which Azure service family covers that?

1. ACompute
2. BNetworking
3. CStorage
4. DDatabases

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 statement describes the range of environments where Azure can support applications?

1. AAcross cloud, hybrid, and edge environments
2. BOnly at edge locations near the users
3. COnly on customer-owned on-premises servers
4. DOnly inside Microsoft's own datacenter buildings

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 legacy application needs a specific build of the guest operating system, and its team will patch and maintain that operating system. A second team wants the provider to run the operating system under its new web application. Which pair of service models fits?

1. AIaaS for the legacy application and PaaS for the new web application
2. BSaaS for the legacy application and IaaS for the new web application
3. CIaaS for both, because each team deploys its own application code
4. DPaaS for the legacy application and IaaS for the new web application

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 delivers a ready-made application to users over the internet
2. BIaaS, which hands the team the virtual machines to size, patch and maintain itself
3. CHybrid, which places part of the solution on-premises and part in the cloud
4. DPaaS, which runs the application without the team operating what is underneath

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, because the workforce reaches the application from several locations
3. CPaaS, because developers build the requested application on a managed platform
4. DIaaS, because users directly manage the application's infrastructure resources