AZ-900 MICROSOFT FUNDAMENTALS EXAM 2026 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE

AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals –
Questions 1–50 (2026 Version)

1. What is the primary benefit of cloud computing?

A. Manual scaling
B. On-premises hosting
C. Capital expenditure
D. Elasticity ✓



2. Which cloud model provides the highest level of control?

A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS ✓
D. Serverless



3. What is Azure’s global network of data centers called?

A. Availability Network
B. Azure Domains
C. Regions ✓
D. Clusters



4. Which Azure service allows hosting of virtual machines?

A. Azure VM ✓
B. Azure Functions
C. Azure DevOps
D. Azure SQL



5. Which cloud type combines public and private clouds?

,A. Community
B. Public
C. Private
D. Hybrid ✓



6. Which feature maintains service availability even during failures?

A. Compliance
B. Elasticity
C. Fault tolerance ✓
D. Monitoring



7. Azure Functions is what type of service?

A. SaaS
B. IaaS
C. Serverless / FaaS ✓
D. PaaS only



8. Which tool helps estimate Azure pricing?

A. Azure Monitor
B. Azure Cost Calculator ✓
C. Azure Blueprints
D. Azure Sentinel



9. What does PaaS mainly provide?

A. Hardware only
B. Management of OS
C. Development environment ✓
D. Emails only



10. Which is a platform for big data analytics?

,A. Azure Synapse ✓
B. Azure Files
C. Azure CDN
D. Azure Lab



11. Where are Azure resource groups stored?

A. Globally ✓
B. In a region
C. In private cloud
D. On a VM



12. What is a benefit of using Azure Resource Manager (ARM)?

A. Manual configuration
B. Template-based deployment ✓
C. No automation
D. No tagging support



13. Azure AD provides what?

A. Local authentication
B. Identity and access management ✓
C. Virtual networks
D. Storage accounts



14. MFA improves security by requiring:

A. One login
B. Two or more authentication factors ✓
C. Password-only
D. Anonymous access



15. Azure Virtual Network (VNet) enables:

, A. Resource identity
B. Private network isolation ✓
C. Free storage
D. Email notifications



16. Azure Load Balancer works at which OSI layer?

A. Layer 3 ✓
B. Layer 1
C. Layer 7
D. Layer 2



17. Azure Application Gateway works at:

A. Layer 4
B. Layer 7 ✓
C. Layer 3
D. Layer 2



18. Azure Firewall is a:

A. Local firewall
B. Managed cloud firewall ✓
C. On-premises device
D. Virtual machine



19. What is Azure DevOps used for?

A. Code collaboration ✓
B. VM backup
C. DNS hosting
D. Storage management



20. What does Azure Backup protect?