AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Test Bank | Topic 2: Implement and Manage Storage
AZ-104 MICROSOFT AZURE ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION TEST BANK
AZ-104 TestBank
Topic 2: Implement and Manage Storage
Updated Actual-Format Questions and Verified Answers with Technical Rationales
No. of Questions: 313 (Overall Test Bank) | Topic 2: 38 Questions (Pg 37 to 69) | Objective: Implement and Manage Storage
Cognitive Levels: 30% Recall | 50% Application | 20% Analysis
Scenario-Based Storage Administration, Replication and Tier Selection, SAS and Security Configuration, Networking,
Lifecycle Management, and Tooling Items with Microsoft Learn-Aligned Rationales
SUBSECTION 2A: STORAGE ACCOUNTS, REPLICATION, PERFORMANCE TIERS, AND ACCESS TIERS
Storage Account Types, LRS/ZRS/GRS/GZRS Replication, Standard vs Premium, Hot/Cool/Cold/Archive Tiers - Questions
1-10 (Pg 37 to 45)
Q1: A media company stores training videos that are downloaded heavily during the first 30 days after
publication and then accessed only a few times per year. Costs must be minimized without making
content unavailable. Which configuration should you implement?
A. A Standard general-purpose v2 account with the Hot default tier and a lifecycle rule that
moves blobs to the Cool tier 30 days after last modification. [CORRECT]
B. A Premium block blob account that keeps every blob in the Hot tier and requires an
administrator to manually rehydrate old content.
C. A Standard general-purpose v2 account that uploads all videos directly to the Archive tier so
rehydration is triggered on first download.
D. A Premium file share account with a lifecycle rule that deletes any video not accessed for 90
days.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: General-purpose v2 supports all access tiers and blob lifecycle management, so the Hot tier serves the
heavy first month while an automated lastModified rule shifts blobs to Cool, cutting capacity cost without manual
work. Uploading directly to Archive would force costly rehydration with hours of latency on first access,
Premium capacity is wasted on infrequently read media, and Premium file shares serve SMB workloads rather
than internet blob delivery. Exam strategy: match tier to access pattern and prefer automated lifecycle rules over
manual tier changes whenever a time pattern is stated.
Q2: A global manufacturer must ensure that its storage data survives both a datacenter rack failure and a
complete regional outage, and that the data remains READABLE in the secondary region while the
primary region is down. Which replication option meets all requirements?
A. Locally redundant storage (LRS)
B. Read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) [CORRECT]
C. Geo-redundant storage (GRS)
D. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)
Correct Answer: B
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Rationale: RA-GZRS synchronously copies data across three availability zones in the primary region and
asynchronously replicates to a secondary region that is always available for reads, covering both zonal and
regional disasters. GRS and ZRS each cover only one of the two failure modes, and GRS cannot be read until you
fail over, while LRS protects against a single rack only. Exam strategy: RA- prefix means readable secondary, Z
means availability-zone protection in the primary region - map each requirement letter by letter.
Q3: Which replication option stores three copies of your data synchronously across three availability
zones in the primary region but provides NO protection against a complete regional outage?
A. Locally redundant storage (LRS)
B. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) [CORRECT]
C. Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS)
D. Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: ZRS keeps three synchronous replicas across availability zones in one region, delivering
availability-zone durability with single-digit-millisecond latency, but it has no secondary region at all. LRS places
three replicas in one datacenter, while GZRS and RA-GRS both add an asynchronous secondary region that ZRS
lacks. Exam strategy: no G in the acronym means no geo (regional) protection.
Q4: You are designing storage for a high-performance analytics workload that performs massive
numbers of parallel operations against large unstructured datasets and requires consistent
single-digit-millisecond latencies for block blob transactions. Which storage account type should you
create?
A. Standard general-purpose v2 with the Hot access tier
B. Premium file shares account
C. Standard general-purpose v2 with zone-redundant storage
D. Premium block blob account [CORRECT]
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Premium block blob accounts store data on solid-state drives and are purpose-built for high
transaction rates and low consistent latency on block blob workloads such as HPC and big-data analytics. Standard
GPv2 tiers cannot guarantee single-digit-millisecond latency under heavy transaction loads, and Premium file
shares target SMB workloads rather than blob APIs. Exam strategy: the phrase high transaction rates plus low
consistent latency for block blobs is the signature of the Premium block blob account.
Q5: A company stores compliance backup archives in Azure. The data must survive a complete regional
outage, but there is no requirement to read the data while the primary region is offline, and storage cost
must be minimized. Which replication option should you choose?
A. Geo-redundant storage (GRS) [CORRECT]
B. Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
C. Read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS)
D. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: GRS asynchronously copies data to a paired secondary region at a lower price than RA-GRS, because
you avoid the always-on read-availability charges on the secondary endpoint. RA-GRS and RA-GZRS both bill
read transactions against the secondary that this workload would never use, and ZRS offers no regional protection
whatsoever. Exam strategy: when no read-during-outage requirement exists, the RA- features are pure cost with
no benefit.
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AZ-104 MICROSOFT AZURE ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION TEST BANK
AZ-104 TestBank
Topic 2: Implement and Manage Storage
Updated Actual-Format Questions and Verified Answers with Technical Rationales
No. of Questions: 313 (Overall Test Bank) | Topic 2: 38 Questions (Pg 37 to 69) | Objective: Implement and Manage Storage
Cognitive Levels: 30% Recall | 50% Application | 20% Analysis
Scenario-Based Storage Administration, Replication and Tier Selection, SAS and Security Configuration, Networking,
Lifecycle Management, and Tooling Items with Microsoft Learn-Aligned Rationales
SUBSECTION 2A: STORAGE ACCOUNTS, REPLICATION, PERFORMANCE TIERS, AND ACCESS TIERS
Storage Account Types, LRS/ZRS/GRS/GZRS Replication, Standard vs Premium, Hot/Cool/Cold/Archive Tiers - Questions
1-10 (Pg 37 to 45)
Q1: A media company stores training videos that are downloaded heavily during the first 30 days after
publication and then accessed only a few times per year. Costs must be minimized without making
content unavailable. Which configuration should you implement?
A. A Standard general-purpose v2 account with the Hot default tier and a lifecycle rule that
moves blobs to the Cool tier 30 days after last modification. [CORRECT]
B. A Premium block blob account that keeps every blob in the Hot tier and requires an
administrator to manually rehydrate old content.
C. A Standard general-purpose v2 account that uploads all videos directly to the Archive tier so
rehydration is triggered on first download.
D. A Premium file share account with a lifecycle rule that deletes any video not accessed for 90
days.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: General-purpose v2 supports all access tiers and blob lifecycle management, so the Hot tier serves the
heavy first month while an automated lastModified rule shifts blobs to Cool, cutting capacity cost without manual
work. Uploading directly to Archive would force costly rehydration with hours of latency on first access,
Premium capacity is wasted on infrequently read media, and Premium file shares serve SMB workloads rather
than internet blob delivery. Exam strategy: match tier to access pattern and prefer automated lifecycle rules over
manual tier changes whenever a time pattern is stated.
Q2: A global manufacturer must ensure that its storage data survives both a datacenter rack failure and a
complete regional outage, and that the data remains READABLE in the secondary region while the
primary region is down. Which replication option meets all requirements?
A. Locally redundant storage (LRS)
B. Read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) [CORRECT]
C. Geo-redundant storage (GRS)
D. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)
Correct Answer: B
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Rationale: RA-GZRS synchronously copies data across three availability zones in the primary region and
asynchronously replicates to a secondary region that is always available for reads, covering both zonal and
regional disasters. GRS and ZRS each cover only one of the two failure modes, and GRS cannot be read until you
fail over, while LRS protects against a single rack only. Exam strategy: RA- prefix means readable secondary, Z
means availability-zone protection in the primary region - map each requirement letter by letter.
Q3: Which replication option stores three copies of your data synchronously across three availability
zones in the primary region but provides NO protection against a complete regional outage?
A. Locally redundant storage (LRS)
B. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) [CORRECT]
C. Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS)
D. Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: ZRS keeps three synchronous replicas across availability zones in one region, delivering
availability-zone durability with single-digit-millisecond latency, but it has no secondary region at all. LRS places
three replicas in one datacenter, while GZRS and RA-GRS both add an asynchronous secondary region that ZRS
lacks. Exam strategy: no G in the acronym means no geo (regional) protection.
Q4: You are designing storage for a high-performance analytics workload that performs massive
numbers of parallel operations against large unstructured datasets and requires consistent
single-digit-millisecond latencies for block blob transactions. Which storage account type should you
create?
A. Standard general-purpose v2 with the Hot access tier
B. Premium file shares account
C. Standard general-purpose v2 with zone-redundant storage
D. Premium block blob account [CORRECT]
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Premium block blob accounts store data on solid-state drives and are purpose-built for high
transaction rates and low consistent latency on block blob workloads such as HPC and big-data analytics. Standard
GPv2 tiers cannot guarantee single-digit-millisecond latency under heavy transaction loads, and Premium file
shares target SMB workloads rather than blob APIs. Exam strategy: the phrase high transaction rates plus low
consistent latency for block blobs is the signature of the Premium block blob account.
Q5: A company stores compliance backup archives in Azure. The data must survive a complete regional
outage, but there is no requirement to read the data while the primary region is offline, and storage cost
must be minimized. Which replication option should you choose?
A. Geo-redundant storage (GRS) [CORRECT]
B. Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS)
C. Read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS)
D. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS)
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: GRS asynchronously copies data to a paired secondary region at a lower price than RA-GRS, because
you avoid the always-on read-availability charges on the secondary endpoint. RA-GRS and RA-GZRS both bill
read transactions against the secondary that this workload would never use, and ZRS offers no regional protection
whatsoever. Exam strategy: when no read-during-outage requirement exists, the RA- features are pure cost with
no benefit.
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