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AZ-304 practice test

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  1. Question 1 · 1

    You need to recommend a solution to generate a monthly report of all the new Azure Resource Manager resource deployments in your subscription. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • the Change Tracking management solution
    • Application Insights
    • Azure Monitor action groups
    • Azure Activity Log
  2. Question 2 · 1

    Your company uses Microsoft System Center Service Manager on its on-premises network. You plan to deploy several services to Azure. You need to recommend a solution to push Azure service health alerts to Service Manager. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • IT Service Management Connector (ITSM)
    • Azure Event Hubs
    • Azure Notification Hubs
    • Application Insights Connector
  3. Question 3 · 1

    You have an Azure SQL database named DB1 that contains multiple tables. You need to improve the performance of DB1. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you use?

    Choose one answer.

    • automatic tuning
    • Azure Advisor
    • Azure Monitor
    • Query Performance Insight
  4. Question 4 · 1

    You need to recommend a solution to generate a monthly report of all the new Azure Resource Manager resource deployments in your subscription. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • Azure Advisor
    • Azure Analysis Services
    • Azure Monitor action groups
    • Azure Log Analytics
  5. Question 5 · 1

    Your company provides customer support for multiple Azure subscriptions and third-party hosting providers. You are designing a centralized monitoring solution. The solution must provide the following services: ✑ Collect log and diagnostic data from all the third-party hosting providers into a centralized repository. ✑ Collect log and diagnostic data from all the subscriptions into a centralized repository. ✑ Automatically analyze log data and detect threats. ✑ Provide automatic responses to known events. Which Azure service should you include in the solution?

    Choose one answer.

    • Azure Sentinel
    • Azure Log Analytics
    • Azure Monitor
    • Azure Application Insights
  6. Question 6 · 1

    You have an Azure subscription that contains an Azure SQL database named DB1. Several queries that query the data in DB1 take a long time to execute. You need to recommend a solution to identify the queries that take the longest to execute. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • SQL Database Advisor
    • Azure Monitor
    • Performance Recommendations
    • Query Performance Insight
  7. Question 7 · 1

    You have an on-premises Hyper-V cluster. The cluster contains Hyper-V hosts that run Windows Server 2016 Datacenter. The hosts are licensed under a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement that has Software Assurance. The Hyper-V cluster contains 30 virtual machines that run Windows Server 2012 R2. Each virtual machine runs a different workload. The workloads have predictable consumption patterns. You plan to replace the virtual machines with Azure virtual machines that run Windows Server 2016. The virtual machines will be sized according to the consumption pattern of each workload. You need to recommend a solution to minimize the compute costs of the Azure virtual machines. Which two recommendations should you include in the solution? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose all answers that apply.

    • Configure a spending limit in the Azure account center.
    • Create a virtual machine scale set that uses autoscaling.
    • Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit for the Azure virtual machines.
    • Purchase Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for the Azure virtual machines.
    • Create a lab in Azure DevTest Labs and place the Azure virtual machines in the lab.
  8. Question 8 · 1

    A company has a hybrid ASP.NET Web API application that is based on a software as a service (SaaS) offering. Users report general issues with the data. You advise the company to implement live monitoring and use ad hoc queries on stored JSON data. You also advise the company to set up smart alerting to detect anomalies in the data. You need to recommend a solution to set up smart alerting. What should you recommend?

    Choose one answer.

    • Azure Site Recovery and Azure Monitor Logs
    • Azure Data Lake Analytics and Azure Monitor Logs
    • Azure Application Insights and Azure Monitor Logs
    • Azure Security Center and Azure Data Lake Store
  9. Question 9 · 1

    You have an Azure subscription that is linked to an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. The subscription contains 10 resource groups, one for each department at your company. Each department has a specific spending limit for its Azure resources. You need to ensure that when a department reaches its spending limit, the compute resources of the department shut down automatically. Which two features should you include in the solution? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose all answers that apply.

    • Azure Logic Apps
    • Azure Monitor alerts
    • the spending limit of an Azure account
    • Cost Management budgets
    • Azure Log Analytics alerts
  10. Question 10 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You deploy several Azure SQL Database instances. You plan to configure the Diagnostics settings on the databases as shown in the following exhibit. Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Hot Area:

    Choose an option for each prompt.

    Question illustration 1
    Question illustration 2

    The amount of time that SQLInsights data will be stored in blob storage is [answer choice].

    • 30 days
    • 90 days
    • 730 days
    • indefinite

    The maximum amount of time that SQLInsights data can be stored in Azure Log Analytics is [answer choice].

    • 30 days
    • 90 days
    • 730 days
    • indefinite
    Read explanation

    In the exhibit, the SQLInsights data is configured to be stored in Azure Log Analytics for 90 days. However, the question is asking for the ג€maximumג€ amount of time that the data can be stored which is 730 days.

  11. Question 11 · 10

    You need to recommend a solution for protecting the content of the payment processing system. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • Always Encrypted with deterministic encryption
    • Always Encrypted with randomized encryption
    • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
    • Azure Storage Service Encryption
  12. Question 12 · 10

    HOTSPOT - You need to recommend a solution for the data store of the historical transaction query system. What should you include in the recommendation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Hot Area:

    Choose an option for each prompt.

    Question illustration 1

    Sizing requirements:

    • A table that has unlimited capacity
    • A table that has a fixed capacity
    • Multiple tables that have unlimited capacity
    • Multiple tables that have fixed capacity

    Resiliency:

    • An additional read region
    • An availability set
    • An availability zone
  13. Question 13 · 11

    You need to recommend a data storage strategy for WebApp1. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • a vCore-based Azure SQL database
    • an Azure virtual machine that runs SQL Server
    • an Azure SQL Database elastic pool
    • a fixed-size DTU Azure SQL database
  14. Question 14 · 12

    You need to recommend a high-availability solution for the middle tier of the payment processing system. What should you include in the recommendation?

    Choose one answer.

    • the Premium App Service plan
    • an availability set
    • availability zones
    • the Isolated App Service plan
  15. Question 15 · 13

    You need to recommend a solution to meet the database retention requirement. What should you recommend?

    Choose one answer.

    • Configure geo-replication of the database.
    • Configure a long-term retention policy for the database.
    • Configure Azure Site Recovery.
    • Use automatic Azure SQL Database backups.

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