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.
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
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
medium · AZ900-MCG-003
Which statement best describes high availability and fault tolerance?
A. Deploying resources across zones or redundant components so a workload can continue if part of the platform fails
B. Reducing monthly cost by stopping every resource outside business hours
C. Moving user accounts from Microsoft Entra ID into a storage account
D. Choosing a support plan that guarantees Microsoft will rewrite the application during an outage
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)
medium · AZ900-MCG-016
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) gives customers more control over operating systems, storage, and networking than Software as a Service (SaaS).
Related lesson: AZ-900: What Is Cloud Computing?