Free AZ-304 Sample Questions — Microsoft Azure Architect Design

You have an on-premises application named App1 that uses an Oracle database. You plan to use Azure Databricks to transform and load data from App1 to an Azure Synapse Analytics instance. You need to ensure that the App1 data is available to Databricks. Which two Azure services should you include in the solution? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

• A. Azure Data Box Gateway
• B. Azure Data Lake Storage
• C. Azure Import/Export service
• D. Azure Data Factory
• E. Azure Data Box Edge

You are designing a SQL database solution. The solution will include 20 databases that will be 20 GB each and have varying usage patterns. You need to recommend a database platform to host the databases. The solution must meet the following requirements: ✑ The compute resources allocated to the databases must scale dynamically. ✑ The solution must meet an SLA of 99.99% uptime. ✑ The solution must have reserved capacity. ✑ Compute charges must be minimized. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. 20 databases on a Microsoft SQL server that runs on an Azure virtual machine in an availability set
• B. 20 instances of Azure SQL Database serverless
• C. 20 databases on a Microsoft SQL server that runs on an Azure virtual machine
• D. an elastic pool that contains 20 Azure SQL databases

You are designing a storage solution that will use Azure Blob storage. The data will be stored in a cool access tier or an archive access tier based on the access patterns of the data. You identify the following types of infrequently accessed data: ✑ Telemetry data: Deleted after two years ✑ Promotional material: Deleted after 14 days ✑ Virtual machine audit data: Deleted after 200 days A colleague recommends using the archive access tier to store the data. Which statement accurately describes the recommendation?

• A. Storage costs will be based on a minimum of 30 days
• B. Access to the data is guaranteed within five minutes
• C. Access to the data is guaranteed within 30 minutes
• D. Storage costs will be based on a minimum of 180 days

Your company has 300 virtual machines hosted in a VMware environment. The virtual machines vary in size and have various utilization levels. You plan to move all the virtual machines to Azure. You need to recommend how many and what size Azure virtual machines will be required to move the current workloads to Azure. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you use to make the recommendation?

• A. Azure Pricing calculator
• B. Azure Cost Management
• C. Azure Advisor
• D. Azure Migrate

You are designing an Azure Cosmos DB solution that will host multiple writable replicas in multiple Azure regions. You need to recommend the strongest database consistency level for the design. The solution must meet the following requirements: ✑ Provide a latency-based Service Level Agreement (SLA) for writes. ✑ Support multiple regions. Which consistency level should you recommend?

• A. bounded staleness
• B. strong
• C. session
• D. consistent prefix

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?

• A. IT Service Management Connector (ITSM)
• B. Azure Event Hubs
• C. Azure Notification Hubs
• D. Application Insights Connector

You have an Azure subscription that contains a Windows Virtual Desktop tenant. You need to recommend a solution to meet the following requirements: ✑ Start and stop Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts based on business hours. ✑ Scale out Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts when required. ✑ Minimize compute costs. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. Microsoft Intune
• B. a Windows Virtual Desktop automation task
• C. Azure Automation
• D. Azure Service Health

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

• A. virtual machine scale sets
• B. availability sets
• C. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• D. Function App

You are designing an Azure solution. The network traffic for the solution must be securely distributed by providing the following features: ✑ HTTPS protocol ✑ Round robin routing ✑ SSL offloading You need to recommend a load balancing option. What should you recommend?

• A. Azure Load Balancer
• B. Azure Internal Load Balancer (ILB)
• C. Azure Traffic Manager
• D. Azure Application Gateway

You have 500 Azure web apps in the same Azure region. The apps use a premium Azure key vault for authentication. A developer reports that some authentication requests are being throttled. You need to recommend a solution to increase the available throughput of the key vault. The solution must minimize costs. What should you recommend?

• A. Change the pricing tier
• B. Configure geo-replication
• C. Configure load balancing for the apps
• D. Increase the number of key vaults in the subscription

You have 100 Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages that are configured to use 10 on-premises SQL Server databases as their destinations. You plan to migrate the 10 on-premises databases to Azure SQL Database. You need to recommend a solution to host the SSIS packages in Azure. The solution must ensure that the packages can target the SQL Database instances as their destinations. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)
• B. Data Migration Assistant
• C. Azure Data Catalog
• D. Azure Data Factory

You plan to automate the deployment of resources to Azure subscriptions. What is a difference between using Azure Blueprints and Azure Resource Manager templates?

• A. Azure Resource Manager templates remain connected to the deployed resources
• B. Only Azure Resource Manager templates can contain policy definitions
• C. Azure Blueprints remain connected to the deployed resources
• D. Only Azure Blueprints can contain policy definitions

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

• A. a vCore-based Azure SQL database
• B. an Azure virtual machine that runs SQL Server
• C. an Azure SQL Database elastic pool
• D. a fixed-size DTU Azure SQL database

You are designing a container solution in Azure that will include two containers. One container will host a web API that will be available to the public. The other container will perform health monitoring of the web API and will remain private. The two containers will be deployed together as a group. You need to recommend a compute service for the containers. The solution must minimize costs and maintenance overhead. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. Azure Service Fabric
• B. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• C. Azure Container Instances
• D. Azure Container registries

You plan to deploy an API by using Azure API Management. You need to recommend a solution to protect the API from a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. What should you recommend?

• A. Strip the Powered-By response header
• B. Enable rate limiting
• C. Enable quotas
• D. Create network security groups (NSGs)

You plan to move a web application named App! from an on-premises data center to Azure. App1 depends on a custom COM component that is installed on the host server. You need to recommend a solution to host App1 in Azure. The solution must meet the following requirements: ✑ App1 must be available to users if an Azure data center becomes unavailable. ✑ Costs must be minimized. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. In two Azure regions, deploy a load balancer and a virtual machine scale set
• B. In two Azure regions, deploy a Traffic Manager profile and a web app
• C. In two Azure regions, deploy a load balancer and a web app
• D. Deploy a load balancer and a virtual machine scale set across two availability zones

You plan to migrate App1 to Azure. The solution must meet the authentication and authorization requirements. Which type of endpoint should App1 use to obtain an access token?

• A. Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS)
• B. Azure AD
• C. Azure Service Management
• D. Microsoft identity platform

You have an Azure subscription. Your on-premises network contains a file server named Server1. Server1 stores 5 TB of company files that are accessed rarely. You plan to copy the files to Azure Storage. You need to implement a storage solution for the files that meets the following requirements: ✑ The files must be available within 24 hours of being requested. ✑ Storage costs must be minimized. Which two possible storage solutions achieve this goal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

• A. Create a general-purpose v1 storage account. Create a blob container and copy the files to the blob container
• B. Create a general-purpose v2 storage account that is configured for the Hot default access tier. Create a blob container, copy the files to the blob container, and set each file to the Archive access tier
• C. Create a general-purpose v1 storage account. Create a file share in the storage account and copy the files to the file share
• D. Create a general-purpose v2 storage account that is configured for the Cool default access tier. Create a file share in the storage account and copy the files to the file share
• E. Create an Azure Blob storage account that is configured for the Cool default access tier. Create a blob container, copy the files to the blob container, and set each file to the Archive access tier

You are designing a message application that will run on an on-premises Ubuntu virtual machine. The application will use Azure Storage queues. You need to recommend a processing solution for the application to interact with the storage queues. The solution must meet the following requirements: ✑ Create and delete queues daily. ✑ Be scheduled by using a CRON job. ✑ Upload messages every five minutes. What should developers use to interact with the queues?

• A. Azure CLI
• B. AzCopy
• C. Azure Data Factory
• D. NET Core

You have 100 devices that write performance data to Azure Blob storage. You plan to store and analyze the performance data in an Azure SQL database. You need to recommend a solution to move the performance data to the SQL database. What should you include in the recommendation?

• A. Azure Database Migration Service
• B. Azure Data Factory
• C. Azure Data Box
• D. Data Migration Assistant