Microsoft Azure Fundamentals & Administration Actual Exam 2026/2027 –
Comprehensive Practice Exam with Detailed Rationales | 100% Verified | Pass
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SECTION 1: Azure Virtual Machines & High Availability (Q1–Q15)
Q1: You plan to deploy three Azure virtual machines named VM1, VM2, and VM3. The
virtual machines will host a web app named App1. You need to ensure that at least two
virtual machines are available if a single Azure datacenter becomes unavailable. What
should you deploy?
A. all three virtual machines in a single Availability Zone
B. all virtual machines in a single Availability Set
C. each virtual machine in a separate Availability Zone [CORRECT]
D. each virtual machine in a separate Availability Set
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region.
Deploying each VM in a separate Availability Zone protects against an entire datacenter
failure. Option A places all VMs in one zone, failing if that zone fails. Option B protects
against rack/maintenance failures within one datacenter only. Option D provides fault
domain separation but within a single datacenter. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q2: You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 that runs Windows Server 2019. You
save VM1 as a template named Template1 to the Azure Resource Manager library. You
plan to deploy a virtual machine named VM2 from Template1. What can you configure
during the deployment of VM2?
,A. operating system
B. administrator username [CORRECT]
C. virtual machine size
D. resource group
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: When deploying from an Azure Resource Manager template, you can specify
parameters such as administrator username during deployment. The operating system,
VM size, and resource group are typically defined within the template itself. [100%
VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q3: You have an Azure subscription that contains a Recovery Services vault named
Vault1. The subscription contains virtual machines running Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows Server 2016, Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS, and Windows 10. You plan to schedule
backups to occur every night at 23:00. Which virtual machines can you back up by using
Azure Backup?
A. VM1 and VM3 only
B. VM1, VM2, VM3 and VM4 [CORRECT]
C. VM1 and VM2 only
D. VM1 only
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: Azure Backup supports backing up Azure VMs running Windows Server,
Windows 10, and Linux distributions including Ubuntu Server. All listed VMs are eligible
for backup. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q4: You have an Azure subscription that contains a policy-based virtual network
gateway named GW1 and a virtual network named VNet1. You need to ensure that you
can configure a point-to-site connection from an on-premises computer to VNet1.
Which two actions should you perform?
A. Add a service endpoint to VNet1
B. Reset GW1
C. Create a route-based virtual network gateway [CORRECT]
D. Add a connection to GW1
E. Delete GW1 [CORRECT]
F. Add a public IP address space to VNet1
Correct Answer: C, E
Rationale: Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN connections require a route-based VPN gateway.
Since GW1 is policy-based, it must be deleted and replaced with a route-based virtual
network gateway. A new gateway can then be created with the appropriate
configuration. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q5: You need to deploy a highly available web application across multiple Azure
datacenters in the same region. The solution must provide 99.99% SLA for the compute
layer. What should you use?
, A. Availability Set with 2 fault domains and 5 update domains
B. Availability Zones with zone-redundant load balancer [CORRECT]
C. Single VM with premium SSD
D. Proximity placement group
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Availability Zones with a zone-redundant load balancer provide 99.99% SLA
for VMs by distributing them across physically separate datacenters. Option A provides
99.95% SLA. Option C provides 99.9% SLA. Option D optimizes latency but does not
provide high availability. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q6: You have an Azure VM that experiences a planned maintenance event. The VM
reboots unexpectedly during the maintenance window. What Azure feature would have
prevented this unexpected reboot?
A. Availability Set with update domains [CORRECT]
B. Availability Zone
C. Proximity placement group
D. Virtual machine scale set
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Availability Sets use update domains to ensure that not all VMs in the set are
updated at the same time during planned maintenance, preventing simultaneous
reboots. Option B protects against datacenter failures, not planned maintenance
Comprehensive Practice Exam with Detailed Rationales | 100% Verified | Pass
Guaranteed – A+ Graded
SECTION 1: Azure Virtual Machines & High Availability (Q1–Q15)
Q1: You plan to deploy three Azure virtual machines named VM1, VM2, and VM3. The
virtual machines will host a web app named App1. You need to ensure that at least two
virtual machines are available if a single Azure datacenter becomes unavailable. What
should you deploy?
A. all three virtual machines in a single Availability Zone
B. all virtual machines in a single Availability Set
C. each virtual machine in a separate Availability Zone [CORRECT]
D. each virtual machine in a separate Availability Set
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region.
Deploying each VM in a separate Availability Zone protects against an entire datacenter
failure. Option A places all VMs in one zone, failing if that zone fails. Option B protects
against rack/maintenance failures within one datacenter only. Option D provides fault
domain separation but within a single datacenter. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q2: You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 that runs Windows Server 2019. You
save VM1 as a template named Template1 to the Azure Resource Manager library. You
plan to deploy a virtual machine named VM2 from Template1. What can you configure
during the deployment of VM2?
,A. operating system
B. administrator username [CORRECT]
C. virtual machine size
D. resource group
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: When deploying from an Azure Resource Manager template, you can specify
parameters such as administrator username during deployment. The operating system,
VM size, and resource group are typically defined within the template itself. [100%
VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q3: You have an Azure subscription that contains a Recovery Services vault named
Vault1. The subscription contains virtual machines running Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows Server 2016, Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS, and Windows 10. You plan to schedule
backups to occur every night at 23:00. Which virtual machines can you back up by using
Azure Backup?
A. VM1 and VM3 only
B. VM1, VM2, VM3 and VM4 [CORRECT]
C. VM1 and VM2 only
D. VM1 only
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: Azure Backup supports backing up Azure VMs running Windows Server,
Windows 10, and Linux distributions including Ubuntu Server. All listed VMs are eligible
for backup. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q4: You have an Azure subscription that contains a policy-based virtual network
gateway named GW1 and a virtual network named VNet1. You need to ensure that you
can configure a point-to-site connection from an on-premises computer to VNet1.
Which two actions should you perform?
A. Add a service endpoint to VNet1
B. Reset GW1
C. Create a route-based virtual network gateway [CORRECT]
D. Add a connection to GW1
E. Delete GW1 [CORRECT]
F. Add a public IP address space to VNet1
Correct Answer: C, E
Rationale: Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN connections require a route-based VPN gateway.
Since GW1 is policy-based, it must be deleted and replaced with a route-based virtual
network gateway. A new gateway can then be created with the appropriate
configuration. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q5: You need to deploy a highly available web application across multiple Azure
datacenters in the same region. The solution must provide 99.99% SLA for the compute
layer. What should you use?
, A. Availability Set with 2 fault domains and 5 update domains
B. Availability Zones with zone-redundant load balancer [CORRECT]
C. Single VM with premium SSD
D. Proximity placement group
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Availability Zones with a zone-redundant load balancer provide 99.99% SLA
for VMs by distributing them across physically separate datacenters. Option A provides
99.95% SLA. Option C provides 99.9% SLA. Option D optimizes latency but does not
provide high availability. [100% VERIFIED – Azure 2026]
Q6: You have an Azure VM that experiences a planned maintenance event. The VM
reboots unexpectedly during the maintenance window. What Azure feature would have
prevented this unexpected reboot?
A. Availability Set with update domains [CORRECT]
B. Availability Zone
C. Proximity placement group
D. Virtual machine scale set
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Availability Sets use update domains to ensure that not all VMs in the set are
updated at the same time during planned maintenance, preventing simultaneous
reboots. Option B protects against datacenter failures, not planned maintenance
