AZ-900 Objective

Cloud concepts

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easy · AZ900-PUBLIC-001

Which statement best describes cloud computing?

A. Buying physical servers and installing them in your own office.
B. Accessing computing services like servers, storage, and software over the internet.
C. Using only free software tools to manage business data.
D. Moving every security responsibility from the customer to Microsoft.
Related lesson: AZ-900: What Is Cloud Computing?

easy · AZ900-PUBLIC-002

A company wants to avoid buying servers upfront and pay only when compute resources are used. Which cloud concept is most directly described?

A. Consumption-based pricing
B. High availability
C. Fault tolerance
D. Private cloud
Related lesson: AZ-900 Study Guide

medium · AZ900-MCG-002

A retail company runs an online store that receives normal traffic most of the year but experiences a large increase in visitors during holiday sales. The IT team wants the platform to automatically add computing resources during peak demand and reduce resources afterward to control costs. The company also wants to avoid purchasing additional physical servers for short-term use. The team should prioritize a cloud solution that provides what capability?

A. Elasticity
B. Fault tolerance
C. Disaster recovery
D. Low latency
Related lesson: AZ-900: What Is Cloud Computing?

medium · AZ900-MCG-003

Which statement best describes high availability and fault tolerance?

A. A guarantee that no application ever needs backups
B. A requirement to use only on-premises hardware
C. A pricing method for purchasing physical servers
D. Design approaches that help workloads stay available during failures
Related lesson: AZ-900: What Is Cloud Computing?

medium · AZ900-MCG-008

Which of the following cloud service models provides the most control over the underlying infrastructure?

A. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Software as a Service (SaaS)
D. Function as a Service (FaaS)
Related lesson: AZ-900: What Is Cloud Computing?