MICROSOFT AZURE CERTIFICATION
EXAMS 2026–2027 Comprehensive Study
Guide with Practice Questions, Cloud Review
& Success Preparation
SECTION 1: AZ-900 — CLOUD CONCEPTS
32 Questions
1. Which cloud deployment model is used exclusively by a single organization
and hosted on-premises or in a third-party data center?
A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
B. Private cloud
2. Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the
customer always responsible for?
A. Physical security of data centers
B. Patch management of the underlying host infrastructure
C. Data classification and identity management
D. Network infrastructure maintenance
C. Data classification and identity management
3. Which cloud service model provides the customer with the most control over
the underlying hardware?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. Serverless
C. IaaS
,4. A company wants to migrate its legacy applications to the cloud with
minimal changes. Which cloud model should they adopt?
A. Lift and shift to IaaS
B. Refactor for PaaS
C. Rebuild for SaaS
D. Serverless deployment
A. Lift and shift to IaaS
5. Which pricing model charges customers only for the resources they actually
consume?
A. Subscription-based
B. Consumption-based
C. Fixed-price
D. Reserved instance
B. Consumption-based
6. Which of the following is a key benefit of serverless computing?
A. Provisioning and managing servers is required
B. Customers pay only for the compute time used
C. Long-term reserved pricing is required
D. Customers must manage the operating system
B. Customers pay only for the compute time used
7. In the shared responsibility model, who is responsible for securing the
physical hardware in an Azure data center?
A. The customer
B. Microsoft
C. A third-party auditor
D. The customer and Microsoft equally
B. Microsoft
8. Which cloud model combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud
services?
A. Private cloud
B. Public cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
,9. Which of the following is a characteristic of a public cloud?
A. Dedicated hardware for a single organization
B. Resources are shared among multiple tenants
C. Highest level of data privacy and control
D. Requires significant capital expenditure
B. Resources are shared among multiple tenants
10.What is the primary advantage of a consumption-based pricing model?
A. High upfront costs
B. Paying for unused capacity
C. Aligning costs with actual usage
D. Fixed monthly billing
C. Aligning costs with actual usage
11.Which of the following is an example of PaaS?
A. Azure Virtual Machines
B. Azure App Service
C. Azure Storage Accounts
D. Azure SQL Database managed instance
B. Azure App Service
12.In the shared responsibility model, which security aspect is always
Microsoft's responsibility?
A. Customer data
B. Endpoint devices
C. Physical security of data centers
D. Identity management
C. Physical security of data centers
13.Which cloud service model requires the customer to manage the operating
system, runtime, and applications?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. FaaS
C. IaaS
14.A company wants to share cloud resources with multiple partner
organizations that have similar compliance requirements. Which deployment
model should they use?
, A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
D. Community cloud
15.Which of the following best describes serverless computing?
A. The customer provisions and manages servers
B. The cloud provider manages the infrastructure while the customer focuses
on code
C. Servers are not used at all
D. Only virtual machines are available
B. The cloud provider manages the infrastructure while the customer
focuses on code
16.Which of the following is a characteristic of the consumption-based model?
A. Pay-as-you-go pricing
B. Fixed monthly costs
C. Minimum usage commitments
D. Long-term contracts required
A. Pay-as-you-go pricing
17.Which cloud service model provides the least amount of customer control
over the underlying infrastructure?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. Hybrid
C. SaaS
18.The shared responsibility model for IaaS places which responsibility on the
customer?
A. Physical security
B. Hypervisor security
C. Network infrastructure
D. Operating system patching
D. Operating system patching
19.Which of the following is a benefit of hybrid cloud?
A. Complete isolation from public networks
EXAMS 2026–2027 Comprehensive Study
Guide with Practice Questions, Cloud Review
& Success Preparation
SECTION 1: AZ-900 — CLOUD CONCEPTS
32 Questions
1. Which cloud deployment model is used exclusively by a single organization
and hosted on-premises or in a third-party data center?
A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
B. Private cloud
2. Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the
customer always responsible for?
A. Physical security of data centers
B. Patch management of the underlying host infrastructure
C. Data classification and identity management
D. Network infrastructure maintenance
C. Data classification and identity management
3. Which cloud service model provides the customer with the most control over
the underlying hardware?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. Serverless
C. IaaS
,4. A company wants to migrate its legacy applications to the cloud with
minimal changes. Which cloud model should they adopt?
A. Lift and shift to IaaS
B. Refactor for PaaS
C. Rebuild for SaaS
D. Serverless deployment
A. Lift and shift to IaaS
5. Which pricing model charges customers only for the resources they actually
consume?
A. Subscription-based
B. Consumption-based
C. Fixed-price
D. Reserved instance
B. Consumption-based
6. Which of the following is a key benefit of serverless computing?
A. Provisioning and managing servers is required
B. Customers pay only for the compute time used
C. Long-term reserved pricing is required
D. Customers must manage the operating system
B. Customers pay only for the compute time used
7. In the shared responsibility model, who is responsible for securing the
physical hardware in an Azure data center?
A. The customer
B. Microsoft
C. A third-party auditor
D. The customer and Microsoft equally
B. Microsoft
8. Which cloud model combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud
services?
A. Private cloud
B. Public cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
,9. Which of the following is a characteristic of a public cloud?
A. Dedicated hardware for a single organization
B. Resources are shared among multiple tenants
C. Highest level of data privacy and control
D. Requires significant capital expenditure
B. Resources are shared among multiple tenants
10.What is the primary advantage of a consumption-based pricing model?
A. High upfront costs
B. Paying for unused capacity
C. Aligning costs with actual usage
D. Fixed monthly billing
C. Aligning costs with actual usage
11.Which of the following is an example of PaaS?
A. Azure Virtual Machines
B. Azure App Service
C. Azure Storage Accounts
D. Azure SQL Database managed instance
B. Azure App Service
12.In the shared responsibility model, which security aspect is always
Microsoft's responsibility?
A. Customer data
B. Endpoint devices
C. Physical security of data centers
D. Identity management
C. Physical security of data centers
13.Which cloud service model requires the customer to manage the operating
system, runtime, and applications?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. FaaS
C. IaaS
14.A company wants to share cloud resources with multiple partner
organizations that have similar compliance requirements. Which deployment
model should they use?
, A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
D. Community cloud
15.Which of the following best describes serverless computing?
A. The customer provisions and manages servers
B. The cloud provider manages the infrastructure while the customer focuses
on code
C. Servers are not used at all
D. Only virtual machines are available
B. The cloud provider manages the infrastructure while the customer
focuses on code
16.Which of the following is a characteristic of the consumption-based model?
A. Pay-as-you-go pricing
B. Fixed monthly costs
C. Minimum usage commitments
D. Long-term contracts required
A. Pay-as-you-go pricing
17.Which cloud service model provides the least amount of customer control
over the underlying infrastructure?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. Hybrid
C. SaaS
18.The shared responsibility model for IaaS places which responsibility on the
customer?
A. Physical security
B. Hypervisor security
C. Network infrastructure
D. Operating system patching
D. Operating system patching
19.Which of the following is a benefit of hybrid cloud?
A. Complete isolation from public networks
