AZ-900 sample questions with answers
The other 176 questions are in the practice tool, with answers revealed as you go.
Start 20 questionsDescribe cloud concepts
- Which cloud computing characteristic describes the ability to increase or decrease resources quickly in line with demand?
- An organization requires that its application remain available even if an entire Azure region suffers a complete outage. Which cloud benefit directly addresses this?
- In the shared responsibility model, who is responsible for physical security inside Azure datacenters?
- Which statement best describes the consumption-based pricing model used in the cloud?
- Which cloud characteristic lets multiple customers share the same physical infrastructure while their data and applications remain logically isolated?
- Under which cloud service model does the provider manage the MOST of the environment, leaving the customer responsible for the fewest elements?
- Which task best demonstrates manageability in the cloud?
- What is the primary difference between high availability and disaster recovery in cloud architecture?
- Which pricing approach offers maximum flexibility — no upfront cost and no minimum commitment — at the highest per-unit price?
- In the public cloud model, which party owns the physical infrastructure?
- Which example best illustrates manageability as a cloud benefit?
Describe Azure architecture and services
- Which Azure networking service creates a private, isolated network where resources can communicate securely with each other and with on-premises environments?
- A workload requires a custom guest operating system, kernel-level configuration, and arbitrary server software. Which Azure compute option provides that level of control?
- Which security principle does Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) follow?
- Which Azure networking service acts as a cloud-native firewall inspecting and filtering traffic flowing through your hub VNet, including spoke-to-spoke traffic?
- Which option is an example of passwordless authentication supported by Microsoft Entra ID?
Describe Azure management and governance
- For each of the following statements about Azure governance, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
- Which Azure capability lets an organization manage resources across multiple clouds and on-premises environments from a single control plane?
- What do Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates provide?
- Which Azure feature prevents accidental deletion of a resource while still allowing read and modify operations?
- What is Azure Hybrid Benefit, and which licensing situation does it apply to?
- Which statement correctly distinguishes Azure Policy from Azure RBAC?
- An organization wants developers to be unable to deploy Azure resources unless those resources include a “ProjectCode” tag. Which Azure Policy effect fits?