Cosmos DB UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the key features of Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB architecture? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Row-based transactional store, column-based analytical store, fully managed
autosync process, linked service for connection to Azure Synapse Analytics.
What keeps the data stores in sync in Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fully managed autosync process.
What does Azure Synapse Analytics provide in terms of runtimes? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Synapse SQL and Apache Spark runtimes.
What can you do with Synapse SQL and Apache Spark runtimes in Azure Synapse Analytics? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Retrieve, process, and analyze data from the Azure Cosmos DB
analytical store without impacting the transactional data store.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link in Azure Cosmos DB? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Through the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or Azure PowerShell.
Where can you enable Azure Synapse Link in the Azure portal? - CORRECT ANSWER -
On the Azure Synapse Link page in the Integrations section.
What is the first step in using Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Enabling it in an Azure Cosmos DB account.
What is the purpose of Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT ANSWER - To enable
integration between Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Synapse Analytics.
,What is the purpose of the linked service in Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To connect the analytical store enabled container in Azure Cosmos DB to an
Azure Synapse Analytics workspace.
What is the purpose of Synapse SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To run code for retrieving, processing, and analyzing data from the Azure
Cosmos DB analytical store.
What is the purpose of Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To run code for retrieving, processing, and analyzing data from the Azure
Cosmos DB analytical store.
What is the purpose of the row-based transactional store in Azure Cosmos DB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To provide a store optimized for read/write operations.
What is the purpose of the column-based analytical store in Azure Cosmos DB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To provide a store optimized for analytical workloads.
What is the purpose of the fully managed autosync process in Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT
ANSWER - To keep the data stores in Azure Cosmos DB in sync.
What types of Azure Cosmos DB accounts support Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB, Azure
Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin (preview).
What are the options for enabling Azure Synapse Link in Azure Cosmos DB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Azure portal, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell.
What is Azure Cosmos DB? - CORRECT ANSWER - A NoSQL database service provided
by Microsoft.
, How can you enable Azure Synapse Link using the Azure CLI? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Run the 'az cosmosdb create' or 'az cosmosdb update' command with the '--enable-analytical-
storage true' parameter.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link for an Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Gremlin account?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Include the '--capabilities EnableGremlin' parameter in the
command.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link using Azure PowerShell? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Run the 'New-AzCosmosDBAccount' or 'Update-AzCosmosDBAccount'
cmdlet with the '-EnableAnalyticalStorage 1' parameter.
What should you consider when enabling Azure Synapse Link for a Cosmos DB account? -
CORRECT ANSWER - You can't disable it once enabled and you need to create or update
a container with support for an analytical store to start synchronization of operational data.
What is Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT ANSWER - A feature that enables real-time
analytics on Cosmos DB data.
How can you enable Azure Synapse Link for a Cosmos DB NoSQL account? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Using Azure CLI or PowerShell with the appropriate parameters.
What are the two schema types that can be specified for Azure Synapse Link? - CORRECT
ANSWER - WellDefined (default) or FullFidelity.
Can the schema type be changed after it has been assigned? - CORRECT ANSWER - No,
the schema type is immutable once assigned.
What is an analytical store? - CORRECT ANSWER - A column-based store within the
same container as a row-based operational store.