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Microsoft AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect Expert practice test

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Question 1 Design Azure identity solutions

Question 1: Design Azure identity solutions

Which Microsoft Entra ID feature requires users to complete an approval and review process to gain temporary elevated access to privileged roles?

Question 2 Design governance solutions

Question 2: Design governance solutions

An architect must ensure that all resources created in a subscription are tagged with a cost center. Which Azure feature enforces this?

Question 3 Design data storage solutions

Question 3: Design data storage solutions

An architect needs a globally distributed database with single-digit millisecond latency and multiple consistency levels. Which Azure service fits?

Question 4 Design business continuity solutions

Question 4: Design business continuity solutions

Which Azure service replicates virtual machines to a secondary region to enable failover during a regional outage?

Question 5 Design network infrastructure

Question 5: Design network infrastructure

An architect needs to connect multiple Azure virtual networks and on-premises networks through a central managed hub. Which service should be used?

Question 6 Design authentication solutions

Question 6: Design authentication solutions

Which approach lets an Azure virtual machine authenticate to Azure Key Vault without storing any credentials?

Question 7 Design compute solutions

Question 7: Design compute solutions

An architect wants to run containerized microservices with automated orchestration, scaling, and self-healing. Which Azure service should be selected?

Question 8 Design cost optimization

Question 8: Design cost optimization

Which Azure tool provides recommendations to reduce cost, improve security, and increase reliability across resources?

Question 9 Design data integration solutions

Question 9: Design data integration solutions

Which Azure service is designed to orchestrate and automate the movement and transformation of data in pipelines?

Question 10 Design relational data solutions

Question 10: Design relational data solutions

An architect wants a fully managed relational database that automatically patches, backs up, and scales without managing servers. Which option fits best?

Question 11 Design monitoring solutions

Question 11: Design monitoring solutions

Which Azure service collects and analyzes log and metric data from applications and infrastructure for querying and alerting?

Question 12 Design secure network access

Question 12: Design secure network access

An architect wants to provide secure RDP and SSH access to virtual machines without exposing public IP addresses on them. Which service should be used?

Question 13 Design messaging architecture

Question 13: Design messaging architecture

Which Azure service is best suited for decoupling application components with reliable asynchronous message queues and topics?

Question 14 Design storage redundancy

Question 14: Design storage redundancy

Which Azure Storage redundancy option replicates data to a secondary region to protect against a regional outage?

Question 15 Design Conditional Access policies

Question 15: Design Conditional Access policies

An architect wants to require multifactor authentication when users sign in from outside the corporate network. Which feature enforces this?

Question 16 Design application hosting

Question 16: Design application hosting

An architect needs a fully managed platform to host web applications and REST APIs with built-in scaling and deployment slots. Which service is appropriate?

Question 17 Design hybrid identity

Question 17: Design hybrid identity

Which component synchronizes user accounts from an on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID?

Question 18 Design caching for performance

Question 18: Design caching for performance

Which Azure service provides an in-memory data cache to reduce latency and database load for high-traffic applications?

Question 19 Design global load balancing

Question 19: Design global load balancing

Which Azure service provides global HTTP load balancing with web application firewall capabilities and content acceleration at the edge?

Question 20 Design resource organization

Question 20: Design resource organization

How can an architect group multiple Azure subscriptions to apply policy and access control consistently across them?

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