Microsoft Azure MCQs with Answers

1 .

In which year was Azure launched?

A)

2010

B)

2011

C)

2012

D)

2013

Correct Answer : 2010

Explanation : Azure, announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October 2008, went by the internal project codename "Project Red Dog", and formally released in 1st February 2010, as Windows Azure before being renamed to Microsoft Azure on March 25, 2014.

2 .

Which service in Azure is used to manage resources in Azure?

A)

Azure Portal

B)

Log Analytics

C)

Application Insights

D)

Azure Resource Manager

Correct Answer : Azure Resource Manager

Explanation : Azure Resource Manager is used to “manage” infrastructures which involve a no. of azure services. It can be used to deploy, manage and delete all the resources together using a simple JSON script.

3 .

Which of the following web applications can be deployed with Azure?

A)

PHP

B)

WCF

C)

ASP.NET

D)

All of the above

Correct Answer : All of the above

Explanation : Microsoft also has released SDKs for both Java and Ruby to allow applications written in those languages to place calls to the Azure Service Platform API to the AppFabric Service.

4 .

A _________ role is a virtual machine instance running Microsoft IIS Web server that can accept and respond to HTTP or HTTPS requests.

A)

Client

B)

Server

C)

Web

D)

Worker

Correct Answer : Web

Explanation :

The answer should be Web Roles, there are no roles such as Server or Client roles. Also, Worker roles can only communicate with Azure Storage or through direct connections to clients.

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5 .

Azure storage is similar to what component of AWS (Amazon Web Services)?

A)

EC2

B)

EC3

C)

S3

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : S3

6 .

Azure storage services and VMs belong to which cloud computing models?

A)

PaaS

B)

IaaS

C)

SaaS

D)

All of the above

Correct Answer : IaaS

7 .

Which Azure service helps to deploy and manage enterprise-level applications with hybrid cloud architecture?

A)

Azure Stack

B)

Azure Pack

C)

Azure Blob

D)

Azure Hybrid

Correct Answer : Azure Stack

8 .

What role does the task of running background tasks and applications that don't need IIS?

A)

VM

B)

Worker

C)

Web

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Worker

9 .

What are the service components of Azure Cognitive Services?

A)

Vision, Speech, Language, Search and Decision

B)

Speech, Language, Search, Video and Translation

C)

Language, Translation, Vision, Knowledge, and Audio

D)

Knowledge, Translation, Audio, Visual, and Speech

Correct Answer : Knowledge, Translation, Audio, Visual, and Speech

10 .

Select the correct roles in Azure.

A)

Admin Role, Web Role, OS Role

B)

Worker Role, Read Role, Write Role

C)

Web Role, Worker Role, VM Role

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Web Role, Worker Role, VM Role

11 .

Which among the following Azure tool is used for enterprise-level key management?

A)

Azure Key Vault

B)

Azure Blob

C)

Azure Guard

D)

Azure Key Sessions

Correct Answer : Azure Key Vault

12 .

I have some private servers on my premises, also I have distributed some of my workload on the public cloud, what is this architecture called?

A)

Private Cloud

B)

Virtual Private Cloud

C)

Hybrid Cloud

D)

Virtual Private Network

Correct Answer : Hybrid Cloud

Explanation : This type of architecture would be a hybrid cloud. Why? Because we are using both, the public cloud, and on premises servers i.e the private cloud. To make this hybrid architecture easy to use, wouldn’t it be better if your private and public cloud were all on the same network (virtually). This is established by including your public cloud servers in a virtual private cloud, and connecting virtual cloud with your on premise servers using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

13 .

Which of the following programming languages is supported By Azure?

A)

C#

B)

PHP

C)

Java

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Azure supports a number of programming languages like Java, C#, PHP etc,.

14 .

Which of the following is the storage services provided by Azure?

A)

Blob

B)

Queue

C)

Both (A) and (B)

D)

Azure does not support storage services at all

Correct Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Explanation :

Azure provides storage services, which can bee as Blob, Queue, file or table.

15 .

Azure offers how many service Models?

A)

2

B)

3

C)

4

D)

5

Correct Answer : 3

Explanation :

Azure offers 3 service Models :

* Iaas (Infrastruture as a service)

* PaaS (Platform as a service)

* SaaS (Software as a service)

16 .

What is abbreviation of PaaS?

A)

Platform as a Service

B)

Programming as a Service

C)

Platform as azure Service

D)

Programming as azure Service

Correct Answer : Platform as a Service

Explanation : Platform as a Service(PaaS) which gives developers the tools to build and host web applications. PaaS is designed to give users access to the components they require to quickly develop and operate web or mobile applications over the Internet, without worrying about setting up or managing the underlying infrastructure of servers, storage, networks and databases.

17 .

In Azure, Radis Cache is a :

A)

Storage service

B)

Database service

C)

Analytics service

D)

Compute service

Correct Answer : Database service

Explanation : Azure provides database services also, like SQL DB,Cosmos DB, Radis Cache

18 .

Office 365 is a

A)

IaaS

B)

PaaS

C)

OaaS

D)

SaaS

Correct Answer : SaaS

Explanation : Office 365 is a Software as a Service provided by Azure.

19 .

Which of the following standard does Azure use?

A)

XML

B)

HTML

C)

REST

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : The Azure Windows Services Platform API uses the industry standard REST, HTTP, and XML protocols that are part of any Service Oriented Architecture cloud infrastructure to allow applications to talk to Azure.

20 .

Point out the wrong statement in Microsoft Azure.

A)

AWS is a deployment enabler

B)

Google Apps lets you create a scalable cloud-based application

C)

An Amazon Machine Image can be provisioned with an operating system, an enterprise application, or application stack

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : None of the Above

Explanation : Google application can only work within the Google infrastructure, and the application is not easily ported to other environments.

21 .

What does IPsec in the Azure platform refer to?

A)

Internet Standard

B)

Commodity servers

C)

Internet Protocol Security protocol suite

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Internet Protocol Security protocol suite

Explanation : IPsec refers to the Internet Protocol Security Protocol Suite for creating a secure Internet connection between two endpoints.

22 .

A _________ role is a virtual machine instance running the Microsoft IIS Web server that can accept and respond to HTTP or HTTPS requests.

A)

Web

B)

Client

C)

Server

D)

Worker

Correct Answer : Web

Explanation : Worker roles can communicate with Azure Storage or through direct connections to clients.

23 .

Which of the following element allows you to create and manage virtual machines that serve either in a Web role and a Worker role?

A)

Storage

B)

Application

C)

Compute

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Compute

Explanation : Compute is the Load-Balanced Windows server computation and policy engine.

24 .

Which of the following element is a non-relational storage system for large-scale storage?

A)

Compute

B)

Storage

C)

Application

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Storage

Explanation : Azure Storage Service lets you create drives, manage queues, and store BLOBs.

25 .

Which of the following element in Azure stands for management service?

A)

Config

B)

Application

C)

Virtual machines

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Config

Explanation : Virtual Machines are instances of Windows that run the applications and services that are part of a particular deployment.

26 .

Azure Storage plays the same role in Azure that ______ plays in Amazon Web Services.

A)

S3

B)

EC2

C)

EC3

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : S3

Explanation : For relational Database services, SQL Azure may be used.

27 .

Choose the correct option with respect to Cortana Analytics?

A)

It helps to store data

B)

It can visualize the data

C)

It can be used to perform analytics operation

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Cortana analytics besides providing provision for storing and performing analytics, it also helps to visualize the data.

28 .

Which one of the following is real-time analytics service of Cortana Analytics?

A)

Azure Data Lake

B)

Azure HDInsight

C)

Azure Stream Analytics

D)

Azure Event Hub

Correct Answer : Azure Stream Analytics

Explanation : Azure Stream Analytics is one of the services provided by Cortana Analytics which helps to perform real-time analytics.

29 .

Which one of the following services of Cortana Analytics helps to capture streaming data?

A)

Azure HDInsight

B)

Azure Event Hub

C)

Azure Stream Analytics

D)

Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Correct Answer : Azure Event Hub

Explanation : Azure Event Hub is one of the services provided by Cortana Analytics which helps to capture streaming data.

30 .

Which of the following service creates an application hosting environment?

A)

EBS

B)

ESW

C)

Azure AppFabric

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Azure AppFabric

Explanation : AppFabric is a cloud-enabled version of the .NET Framework.

31 .

Which of the following is also known as Compute?

A)

set of virtual machine instances

B)

set of replicas

C)

set of commodity servers

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : set of virtual machine instances

Explanation : Azure and its related services were built to allow developers to extend their applications into the cloud.

32 .

Which of the following is a version of Hyper-V that runs on Windows Server 2008?

A)

Fabric

B)

Application

C)

Virtual Machines

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Fabric

Explanation : The Windows Azure Platform extends applications running on other platforms to the cloud using Microsoft infrastructure and a set of enterprise services.

33 .

Choose the correct option with respect to Azure Stream Analytics?

A)

It is highly reliable as it prevents data loss

B)

It can be integrated with Event Hubs which captures the streaming data and stream analytics perform analytics operation upon them

C)

Both (A) and (B)

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Explanation : Azure Stream Analytics has built in recovery mechanism for preventing data loss and it can be easily integrated with Event HUbs.

34 .

Choose the correct order of steps that pipelines of Azure Data Factory follows?

A)

Connect and collect, publish, transform

B)

Connect and collect, transform, publish

C)

Transfor, publish, connect and collect

D)

Transform, connect and collect, publish

Correct Answer : Connect and collect, transform, publish

Explanation : First it gets connected to source from where data is to be collected, and then the data gets transformed, after which the final step i.e. publish comes.

35 .

Which one of the following can process huge amount of data through parallel processing?

A)

Power BI

B)

Azure Databricks

C)

Azure Cosmos DB

D)

Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Correct Answer : Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Explanation : Azure SQL Data Warehouse is highly scalable and can store huge amount of data, upon which it can perform parallel processing.

36 .

Which one of the following helps to give a single view of extremely critical business data?

A)

Power BI

B)

Azure HDInsight

C)

Azure Databricks

D)

Azure Data Lake

Correct Answer : Power BI

Explanation : Power Business intelligence(BI) is a business analytics tool that gives single view of most critical business data and interactive visualizations.

37 .

Which one of the following component of Azure SQL Data Warehouse helps in co-ordinating data movement and data computation?

A)

Storage

B)

Control node

C)

Compute node

D)

Data Movement Service

Correct Answer : Control node

Explanation : It is the control node who controls the co-ordination of data movement and computations. Compute node after the processing of data sends the result back to the control node.

38 .

Which one of the following is not a operations that can be performed using Azure Databricks?

A)

It is Apache Spark based analytics platform

B)

It helps to extract, transform and load the data

C)

Visualization if data is not possible with it

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Visualization if data is not possible with it

Explanation : Azure Databricks also helps in visualization of data.

39 .

To which one of the following sources do Azure Databricks connect for collecting streaming data?

A)

Kafka

B)

CosmosDB

C)

Azure data lake

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Kafka

Explanation : Azure Databricks can be connected with sources like Kafka, Event Hubs for the purpose of collecting streaming data.

40 .

Database marketplace based on SQL Azure Database is code-named ________

A)

Akamai

B)

Denali

C)

Dallas

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Dallas

Explanation : Azure is a virtualized infrastructure to which a set of additional enterprise services has been layered on top.

41 .

______ Live Services can be used in applications that run in the Azure cloud.

A)

Ruby

B)

Yahoo

C)

Microsoft

D)

Windows

Correct Answer : Windows

Explanation : Windows Live Services is a collection of services that runs on Windows Live.

42 .

Which of the following is a pure infrastructure play?

A)

Azure

B)

AWS

C)

Google App Engine

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : AWS

Explanation : Microsoft has a very different vision for cloud services than either Amazon or Google does.

43 .

Which of the following is based on Microsoft Dynamics?

A)

Dynamics CRM

B)

Social CRM

C)

Static CRM

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Dynamics CRM

Explanation : Dynamics CRM is an xRM (Anything Relations Management) service.

44 .

Which of the following is based on Microsoft Sharepoint?

A)

.NET Services

B)

Windows Services

C)

Sharepoint Services

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Sharepoint Services

Explanation : A document and collaboration service based on SharePoint is called SharePoint Service.

45 .

Azure is Microsoft's _____ as a Service Web hosting service.

A)

Platform

B)

Software

C)

Hardware

D)

Infrastructure

Correct Answer : Infrastructure

Explanation : Windows Azure Platform is a competitor to Google’s App Engine.

46 .

Choose the correct option with respect to Azure Data Lake?

A)

It can neither store nor perform analytics on data

B)

It can store as well as perform analytics on data

C)

It can only provide high storage capacity but cannot perform analytics opertaion upon that data

D)

It can perform analytics operation on the datas that are stored in blob storage, but cannot store data

Correct Answer : It can store as well as perform analytics on data

Explanation : Azure Data Lake provides high storage capacity as well as analytics operation can also be performed on the datas.

47 .

What is the storage capacity of Azure Data Lake?

A)

512EB

B)

1024EB

C)

1024TB

D)

Unlimited

Correct Answer : Unlimited

Explanation : Azure Data Lake has unlimited storage capacity.

48 .

What format of data can be stored in Azure Data Lake?

A)

only structured

B)

only unstructured

C)

only unstructured

D)

structured, unstructured and semi structured

Correct Answer : structured, unstructured and semi structured

Explanation : Azure Data Lake has an advantage over traditional analytics method that it helps to store structured,semi structured as well as unstructured data.

49 .

A particular set of endpoints and its associated Access Control rules for an application is referred to as the ___________

A)

service namespace

B)

service rules

C)

service agents

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : service namespace

Explanation : Each namespace is assigned a management key that is part of the security mechanism.

50 .

Which of the following was formerly called Microsoft .NET Services?

A)

PHP

B)

WCF

C)

AppFabric

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : AppFabric

Explanation : AppFabric manages the transaction to ensure that it is completed and that a response is sent to the client.

51 .

The _________ portion of Azure AppFabric is a claims access control system that provides a token-based trust mechanism for identity management.

A)

Web Control

B)

Access Control

C)

Server Control

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Access Control

Explanation : The Access Control examines the request, and if it finds it to be valid, it grants a security token to the client.

52 .

Which of the following is True regarding Azure Cosmos DB?

A)

It supports relational data model.

B)

It can be scaled horizontally.

C)

The data can be distributed to fixed number of Azure regions.

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : It can be scaled horizontally.

Explanation : Azure Cosmos DB supports multiple data models and the data can be distributed to any number of Azure regions.

53 .

Which one of the following is a data model supported by Azure Cosmos DB?

A)

table

B)

graph

C)

key-value

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : As Azure Cosmos DB supports multiple data models, it supports all the three data models.

54 .

Which container is supported in Azure Cosmos DB?

A)

Fixed container

B)

Unlimited Container

C)

Both (A) and (B)

D)

Neither Fixed container nor Unlimited Container

Correct Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Explanation :

Azure Cosmos DB supports both the containers Fixed as well as Unlimited.

55 .

What is the maximum size of graph DB that a Fixed Container in cosmos DB can store?

A)

10GB

B)

15GB

C)

50GB

D)

100GB

Correct Answer : 10GB

Explanation : Fixed container in Cosmos DB can store graph database of maximum size of 10 GB. For storing beyond that size, Unlimited container is used.

56 .

Select the API from the following options that Azure Cosmos DB support?

A)

Gremlin API

B)

Mongo DB API

C)

Apache Cassandra API

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Azure Cosmos DB supports a wide range of APIs including these Three.

57 .

Which of the following are a worldwide content caching and delivery system for Windows Azure blob content?

A)

CND

B)

CDN

C)

DNC

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : CDN

Explanation : CDN is an edge network service that lowers latency and maximizes bandwidth by delivering content to users who are nearby.

58 .

Which one of the following logical partitions a single container in cosmos DB cannot have?

A)

HR

B)

PROD

C)

SALES

D)

PHYSICAL

Correct Answer : PHYSICAL

Explanation : Physical partition is a different kind of partition and it does not come under Logical partition.

59 .

Elastically scalable throughput and storage is possible in :

A)

Azure Cosmos DB SQL API

B)

Azure Cosmos DB Graph API

C)

Both (A) and (B)

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Explanation : Both Graph and SQL APIs of Azure Cosmos DB supports elastically scalable throughput and storage.

60 .

In which of the APIs of Azure Cosmos DB, is automatic indexing possible?

A)

Graph API

B)

SQL API, Table API

C)

Graph API, SQL API

D)

Graph API, SQL API, Table API

Correct Answer : Graph API, SQL API, Table API

Explanation : In all three above mentioned APIs, indexing is automatic.

61 .

SQL Azure is a cloud-based relational database service that is based on ________

A)

SQL Server

B)

Oracle

C)

MySQL

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : SQL Server

Explanation : SQL Azure Database supports Transact-SQL statements.

62 .

Which of the following was formerly called SQL Server Data Service?

A)

WCF

B)

SQL Azure

C)

AppFabric

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : SQL Azure

Explanation : An application that uses SQL Azure Database can run locally on a server, PC, or mobile device, in a datacenter, or on Windows Azure.

63 .

SQL Azure Database looks like and behaves like a local database with a few exceptions like _____

A)

CDN

B)

CLR

C)

WCF

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : CLR

Explanation : CLR stands for Common Language Runtime.

64 .

Which of the following Azure edition has storage up to 10GB database?

A)

Web

B)

Standard

C)

Business

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Business

Explanation : Web Edition has storage up to 1GB database.

65 .

Microsoft offers a _______ calculator for the Windows Azure Platform.

A)

TCO

B)

TOC

C)

OCT

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : TCO

66 .

The connection between storage and Microsoft’s Content Delivery Network is stated to be at least _______ percent uptime.

A)

90

B)

95

C)

99.9

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : 99.9

Explanation : In the Windows Azure Service Level Agreement, Microsoft states that it guarantees external connectivity between two or more role instances that are located in different Azure domains of at least 99.95 percent uptime.

67 .

Which one of the following is not correct regarding Azure storage?

A)

Datas are highly available.

B)

Storing datas in Azure Storage is secured.

C)

No redundant data

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : No redundant data

Explanation : Data redundancy is there which makes the data more available.

68 .

Which one of the following is the data service provided by Azure Storage platform?

A)

Azure Blobs

B)

Azure Tables

C)

Azure Queues

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, Azure Disks, Azure Queues, Azure Files are the data services provided by Azure Storage platform.

69 .

Which one of the following provides block level storage volumes for Azure VMs?

A)

Azure Blobs

B)

Azure Tables

C)

Azure Queues

D)

Azure Disks

Correct Answer : Azure Disks

Explanation : Azure disks provide the block level storage volumes. In case of Azure managed disks, users only need to specify the disk size, disk type and the provision of disk while the rest is taken care of by the Azure.

70 .

While creating Azure Storage account, which replication option is the cheapest one?

A)

Geo redundant storage

B)

Locally redundant storage

C)

Zone redundant storage

D)

Read access geo redundant storage

Correct Answer : Locally redundant storage

Explanation : In Locally redundant storage, copy of data is created in the region where the storage account is created and it is the cheapest one among all the redundant options.

71 .

What can be the maximum size of a queue message?

A)

64 KB

B)

128 KB

C)

256 KB

D)

No maximum size is there.

Correct Answer : 64 KB

Explanation : Main function of Queue storage is to store and retrieve messages which can be of size upto 64KB.

72 .

What is the maximum latency limit for reads and writes in case of Azure Cosmos DB Table API?

A)

2ms

B)

5ms

C)

10ms

D)

50ms

Correct Answer : 10ms

Explanation : Azure Cosmos DB Table API has latency for reads and writes of less than 10 ms.

73 .

Which one of the following is the feature of Azure Cosmos DB Graph API?

A)

Fully managed

B)

Automatic indexing

C)

Multi-region replication

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Azure Cosmos DB Graph API has automatic indexing,multi-region replication and is fully managed which makes its use quite beneficial.

74 .

Which one of the following is an orchestration software which can be used for scaling containers?

A)

Azure Batch.

B)

Azure key vault.

C)

Azure Kubernetes.

D)

Azure Data Factory.

Correct Answer : Azure Kubernetes.

Explanation : Container packages codes as well as its dependencies which makes the applications more reliable. However scaling of containers is not easy. So, Kubernetes is used for this purpose.

75 .

What is the basic operational unit of Kubernetes?

A)

Pod

B)

Task

C)

Nodes

D)

Container

Correct Answer : Pod

Explanation : Pod is a group of containers, which is the basic operational unit of Kubernetes and it scales according to users requirement.

76 .

Which one of the following can be done for a container based application using Azure Kubernetes?

A)

Make workloads portable.

B)

Build more extensible apps.

C)

Making container scalability easy.

D)

All of the Above.

Correct Answer : All of the Above.

Explanation : Use of Azure Kubernetes makes container based application more scalable, portable and extensible.

77 .

Which one of the following helps to set up cluster autoscaler for adding capacity as per demand?

A)

Container

B)

VM Scale sets

C)

Virtual nodes

D)

None of the Above.

Correct Answer : VM Scale sets

Explanation : VM Scale sets are the standard scaling option for AKS which helps to set up the cluster autoscaler.

78 .

Which of the following is a management utility for a domain using SOAP and RPC?

A)

Admin Centre

B)

Contact

C)

Alerts

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Admin centre

Explanation : Alerts enables Windows Live Alerts from an RSS feed.

79 .

Which of the following was formerly called Windows Live Dev?

A)

Live Services

B)

Windows Control Foundation

C)

Windows Live Messenger Connect

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Windows Live Messenger Connect

Explanation : Developers access the services for Windows Live Services through a collection of APIs and controls called Windows Live Messenger Connect.

80 .

Which of the following synchronizes information obtained from RSS and ATOM sources?

A)

Alerts

B)

Live Framework

C)

FeedSync

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : FeedSync

Explanation : Live Framework includes the Live Mesh tools from Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express Edition 2008.

81 .

Which of the following service use XML-RPC calls to get and send Weblog data?

A)

Spaces

B)

Photo Gallery

C)

Windows Live ID

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Spaces

Explanation : Spaces integrates Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Events, Windows Live Photos, and Windows Live Profile into applications.

82 .

Which of the following service allows applications to incorporate the features of the Windows Live Writer?

A)

Spaces

B)

Writer

C)

Windows Live ID

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Writer

Explanation : Additional capabilities include features for creating and managing blogs, adding more content, and customizing the Windows Live Writer user interface.

83 .

Which of the following Azure services is used for performing high performance parallel computing jobs in the cloud?

A)

Azure Key Vault.

B)

Azure App Services.

C)

Azure Kubernetes Service.

D)

Azure Batch Service

Correct Answer : Azure Batch Service

Explanation : Azure Batch Service is a cloud based platform in Azure that enables high performance parallel computing jobs in the cloud.

84 .

What are compute nodes in Azure Batch?

A)

Task

B)

Job

C)

Applications

D)

Virtual Machines

Correct Answer : Virtual Machines

Explanation : Compute nodes are nothing but Virtual Machines.

85 .

How data files stored in Azure blob storage are being accessed by Azure Batch?

A)

With the help of Compute nodes.

B)

Azure Batch cannot access those files.

C)

Azure Batch already has built in support for accessing those files.

D)

Separate software needs to be installed.

Correct Answer : Azure Batch already has built in support for accessing those files.

Explanation :

Azure Batch has a built in support for accessing data files which are then further converted to compute nodes.

86 .

What does Azure Batch provide by default for parallelization?

A)

cluster

B)

multiple nodes

C)

container

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : multiple nodes

Explanation : Cluster is used by Azure HDInsight.

87 .

Which one of the following can be considered as the primary data store of Kubernetes?

A)

etcd

B)

pod

C)

node

D)

VM scale sets.

Correct Answer : etcd

Explanation : etcd can be considered as the primary datastore of Kubernetes, which besides atoring also replicates Kubernetes cluster state.

88 .

With which of the following can Azure Batch integrate for fetching data?

A)

Azure Blob Storage only

B)

Azure Data Lake storage only

C)

Both Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage.

D)

Neither Azure Blob Storage nor Azure Data Lake Storage.

Correct Answer : Both Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage.

Explanation : In order to fetch data for each task, Azure Batch can integrate with Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake

89 .

Which type of node is not supported by Azure Batch?

A)

Dockers

B)

Linux nodes

C)

Windows nodes

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : None of the Above

Explanation : Azure Batch has an advantage that it allows to run any type of nodes.

90 .

What does REST in REST API stand for?

A)

Reference State Tool

B)

Reference State Transfer

C)

Representational State Tool

D)

Representational State Transfer

Correct Answer : Representational State Transfer

Explanation : REST API stands for Representational State Tansfer which determines the look of an API.

91 .

Which request URI component of REST API gives domain name or IP address of the server where REST service endpoint is hosted?

A)

URI scheme

B)

URI host

C)

Query string

D)

Resource path

Correct Answer : URI host

Explanation : Main function of URI is to identify a resource unambiguously, where domain name or IP address is specified by URI host.

92 .

Which HTTP method is supported by Azure REST API?

A)

PUT

B)

GET

C)

POST

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : Azure REST API supports GET, POST, HEAD, PUT and PATCH Hmethods.

93 .

Which of the following generates alerts sent to email, mobile device, or Windows Messenger?

A)

Windows Live Alerts

B)

Windows Live Calendar

C)

Windows Live Admin Center

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Windows Live Alerts

Explanation : Windows Live Admin Center is used to provide email hosting for website owners.

94 .

Which of the following is used for synchronization and remote access service for files stored on PCs and mobile devices?

A)

Windows Live Devices

B)

Windows Live Essentials

C)

Windows Live Family Safety

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : Windows Live Devices

Explanation : Windows Live Family Safety allows you to manage and monitor your children’s Internet activity so they can surf the Web more safely.

95 .

Which of the following has address book service with a synchronization feature?

A)

Windows Live Alerts

B)

Windows Live Contacts

C)

Windows Live Calendar

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Windows Live Contacts

Explanation : Windows Live Calendar contains calendar service with appointments, meetings, and events shared with others.

96 .

_______ is a personalization Web page and tool for Windows Live with status information and navigation features.

A)

Windows Live Groups

B)

Windows Live Gallery

C)

Windows Live Home

D)

Windows Live Hotmail

Correct Answer : Windows Live Home

Explanation : Windows Live Groups is a group discussion, collaboration, sharing, and coordination tool.

97 .

Which of the following ensures data reliability even after termination of cluster in Azure Databricks?

A)

Workspace

B)

Dashboards

C)

Databricks Runtime

D)

Databricks File System

Correct Answer : Databricks File System

Explanation :

DataBricks File System is a distributed file system available on DataBricks clusters.

98 .

Choose the correct option with respect to ETL operations of data in Azure Databricks?

A)

for loading of data, blob storage is used

B)

Blob storage serves as a temporary storage

C)

For loading of data, data is moved from databricks to data warehouse

D)

All of the Above

Correct Answer : All of the Above

Explanation : All the above statements are true. Loading is basically to load the data to SQL Datawarehouse.

99 .

Which one of the following is incorrect regarding Workspace of Azure Databricks concept?

A)

It manages ETL operations of data

B)

It is the root folder of Azure Databricks

C)

It can store notebooks, libraries and dashboards

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : It manages ETL operations of data

Explanation : ETL i.e Extract, Transform and Load operations come under computational management.

100 .

Authentication and authorization in databricks can be managed for :

A)

User, Group

B)

User, Group, Access Control List

C)

Access Control List

D)

Group, Access Control List

Correct Answer : User, Group, Access Control List

Explanation : Azure DataBricks has a benefit that authentication and authorization can be managed for user, group as well as Access Control List.

101 .

Which one of the following is a set of components that run on clusters of Azure Databricks?

A)

CosmosDB

B)

Azure Data Lake

C)

Databricks Runtime

D)

DataBricks File System

Correct Answer : Databricks Runtime

Explanation : Databricks Runtime is built on Apache Spark which is a set of components that be used to run in databricks.

102 .

What does U in U-SQL stand for?

A)

unified

B)

unique

C)

under

D)

unlimited

Correct Answer : unified

Explanation : U in U-SQL stands for Unified and it is a query language that is a combination of decalarative SQL and C# programming.

103 .

Which of the following is not among the major steps of U-SQL for processing data?

A)

Output

B)

Extract

C)

Transform

D)

Eliminate

Correct Answer : Eliminate

Explanation : There are 3 major steps for data processing in U-SQL which are Extract, Transform and Output.

104 .

What does ACL stand for?

A)

Access Control Lake

B)

Azure Control Lake

C)

Access Control List

D)

Azure Control List

Correct Answer : Access Control List

Explanation : ACL stands for Access Control List which helps ADL to manage read,write and execute permissions to users or security groups.

105 .

Which of the following can be used to create distributed systems based on SOA?

A)

Passive Directory Federation Services

B)

Active Directory Federation Services

C)

Application Directory Federation Services

D)

None of the Above

Correct Answer : Active Directory Federation Services

Explanation : Access Control allows one application to trust the identity of another application.

106 .

Which component is used for specifying the protocol used for transmitting the request?

A)

GET

B)

URI host

C)

Resource path

D)

URI scheme

Correct Answer : URI scheme

Explanation : URI scheme of request URI determines the protocol used for transmitting the request.

107 .

Which REST Operation Group lists the operations for API Management provider?

A)

API schema

B)

API operation

C)

API Management service

D)

API Management operations

Correct Answer : API Management operations

Explanation : API Management operations list the operations for the API Management provider while API Management service provides operations for managing Azure API Management service instances.

108 .

Which consistency level in Azure Cosmos DB provides the strongest consistency?

A)

Strong

B)

Eventual

C)

Session

D)

Bounded Staleness

Correct Answer : Strong

Explanation : Among the five consistency levels in Azure Cosmos DB, strong is the strongest one. It guarantees to provide the most recent committed write.

109 .

Which one of the following is arranged from strongest to weakest consistency level?

A)

Strong, Session, Consistent Prefix, Eventual, Bounded Staleness

B)

Strong, Session, Bounded Staleness, Consistent Prefix, Eventual.

C)

Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, Consistent Prefix, Eventual

D)

Strong, Bounded Staleness, Consistent Prefix, Session, Eventual.

Correct Answer : Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, Consistent Prefix, Eventual

Explanation : The correct order of consitency level is Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, Consistent Prefix, Eventual, where Strong is the strongest and Eventusl is the weakest consistency level.

110 .

Which among the following Consistency levels provides the highest availability?

A)

Session

B)

Consistent Prefix

C)

Strong

D)

Bounded Staleness

Correct Answer : Consistent Prefix

Explanation : As we move from Strong to Eventual in consistency spectrum, consistency decreases while availability increases.

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