AZ 305 question with answers
Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure - -Define your strategy.
Make a plan.
Ready your organization.
Adopt the cloud.
Govern and manage your cloud environments.
-How can Tailwind Traders allow some users to control the virtual machines in each
environment but prevent them from modifying networking and other resources in
the same resource group or Azure subscription?
Create a role assignment through Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC).
Create a policy in Azure Policy that audits resource usage.
Split the environment into separate resource groups. - -Create a role assignment
through Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC).
-Which is the best way for Tailwind Traders to ensure that the team deploys only
cost-effective virtual machine SKU sizes?
Create a policy in Azure Policy that specifies the allowed SKU sizes.
Periodically inspect the deployment manually to see which SKU sizes are used.
Create an Azure RBAC role that defines the allowed virtual machine SKU sizes. - -
Create a policy in Azure Policy that specifies the allowed SKU sizes.
-Which is likely the best way for Tailwind Traders to identify which billing
department each Azure resource belongs to?
Track resource usage in a spreadsheet.
Split the deployment into separate Azure subscriptions, where each subscription
belongs to its own billing department.
Apply a tag to each resource that includes the associated billing department. - -
Apply a tag to each resource that includes the associated billing department.
-The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure helps customers make their journey to
the cloud. What are the three main stages of the framework?
Plan, Business Justification, and Implementation.
Migrate, Test, and Optimize.
Plan, Ready, and Adopt. - -Plan, Ready, and Adopt.
-Motivations for cloud adoption include migration and innovation triggers. Migration
triggers include such things as cost saving and operations optimization. Which of
the following is an example of an innovation trigger which drives cloud adoption?
Reduction in IT staff for on-premises hardware.
Transform products or services.
Increase business agility. - -Transform products or services.
,-What are the five disciplines of cloud governance?
Business risk, process, policy and compliance, resource consistency, and
deployment acceleration.
Business risk, policy and compliance, security baseline, process, and operations.
Cost management, security baseline, resource consistency, identity baseline, and
deployment acceleration. - -Cost management, security baseline, resource
consistency, identity baseline, and deployment acceleration.
-The common value drivers that business decision makers can use to justify moving
their business to the cloud are Cost, Scale, Productivity, and Reliability. What is the
specific value of scale in cloud computing?
Scale is the ability to deliver the right amount of IT resources.
Scale eliminates capital expense.
Scale eases the burden of data backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity. -
-Scale is the ability to deliver the right amount of IT resources.
-Financial planning for cloud adoption requires organizations to decide whether to
expand on-premises capabilities or move certain workloads and functions off-
premises to cloud-delivered services. Microsoft has tools that can help. What
Microsoft tool is available for a CFO who's trying to estimate the expected monthly
bill and track actual account usage?
The Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator.
The Azure Pricing Calculator.
Microsoft Cost Management. - -The Azure Pricing Calculator.
-Which of the following actions is an example of waste, resulting in an increased
resource cost?
Archiving infrequently accessed data to an archive storage tier.
Using a service that automatically adjusts resources that are provisioned to match
user load.
Pooling databases to share provisioned capacity.
Running a development environment overnight that is used only during business
hours. - -Running a development environment overnight that is used only during
business hours.
-Which of the following practices is a good way to reduce costs?
Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify abnormal increases in spend.
Letting all IT teams have access to provision virtual machines of any size.
Provisioning the same capacity in development environments as for production,
even though resource requirements are substantially lower in development
environments.
Provisioning virtual machines that include licensing costs rather than using a bring-
your-own-license image. - -Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify
abnormal increases in spend.
, -Suppose you have recently moved your application to the cloud and your monthly
bill seems higher than expected. The utilization level of your VM is high enough that
you're hesitant to downsize. What might be a reasonable next step you can take to
help you find inefficiencies?
Wait a month and recheck your bill.
Increase the amount of application testing you do before each release.
Add monitoring and instrumentation to your application. - -Add monitoring and
instrumentation to your application.
-Which of the following is a good example of using testing in your environment?
Waiting for users to reach out to you with reports of errors in your application.
Performing functionality tests in the development environment that are different
from functionality tests in the production environment.
Omitting infrastructure deployment from test plans.
Performing regular security tests of your application code in development and
production environments. - -Performing regular security tests of your application
code in development and production environments.
-Which of the following examples uses automation to improve operational
excellence?
Manually provisioning development environments every day for your development
teams.
Logging on Linux VMs after deployment and installing the software packages that
are required for the application.
Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each environment.
Manually copying application binaries from your build system to your deployment
infrastructure. - -Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each
environment.
-Which of the following is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)?
Updating your application to use a queuing service.
Adding more web servers into a web farm.
Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster.
Updating a virtual machine to a larger size. - -Updating a virtual machine to a larger
size.
-Which of the following is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)?
Updating a virtual machine to a larger size.
Adding more storage to a virtual machine.
Adding more web servers into a web farm.
Replicating backups to another region - -Adding more web servers into a web farm.
-Suppose you want to increase the availability of your system to provide a better
service-level agreement (SLA) to your customers. Which of the following is a guiding
principle you can use?
Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure - -Define your strategy.
Make a plan.
Ready your organization.
Adopt the cloud.
Govern and manage your cloud environments.
-How can Tailwind Traders allow some users to control the virtual machines in each
environment but prevent them from modifying networking and other resources in
the same resource group or Azure subscription?
Create a role assignment through Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC).
Create a policy in Azure Policy that audits resource usage.
Split the environment into separate resource groups. - -Create a role assignment
through Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC).
-Which is the best way for Tailwind Traders to ensure that the team deploys only
cost-effective virtual machine SKU sizes?
Create a policy in Azure Policy that specifies the allowed SKU sizes.
Periodically inspect the deployment manually to see which SKU sizes are used.
Create an Azure RBAC role that defines the allowed virtual machine SKU sizes. - -
Create a policy in Azure Policy that specifies the allowed SKU sizes.
-Which is likely the best way for Tailwind Traders to identify which billing
department each Azure resource belongs to?
Track resource usage in a spreadsheet.
Split the deployment into separate Azure subscriptions, where each subscription
belongs to its own billing department.
Apply a tag to each resource that includes the associated billing department. - -
Apply a tag to each resource that includes the associated billing department.
-The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure helps customers make their journey to
the cloud. What are the three main stages of the framework?
Plan, Business Justification, and Implementation.
Migrate, Test, and Optimize.
Plan, Ready, and Adopt. - -Plan, Ready, and Adopt.
-Motivations for cloud adoption include migration and innovation triggers. Migration
triggers include such things as cost saving and operations optimization. Which of
the following is an example of an innovation trigger which drives cloud adoption?
Reduction in IT staff for on-premises hardware.
Transform products or services.
Increase business agility. - -Transform products or services.
,-What are the five disciplines of cloud governance?
Business risk, process, policy and compliance, resource consistency, and
deployment acceleration.
Business risk, policy and compliance, security baseline, process, and operations.
Cost management, security baseline, resource consistency, identity baseline, and
deployment acceleration. - -Cost management, security baseline, resource
consistency, identity baseline, and deployment acceleration.
-The common value drivers that business decision makers can use to justify moving
their business to the cloud are Cost, Scale, Productivity, and Reliability. What is the
specific value of scale in cloud computing?
Scale is the ability to deliver the right amount of IT resources.
Scale eliminates capital expense.
Scale eases the burden of data backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity. -
-Scale is the ability to deliver the right amount of IT resources.
-Financial planning for cloud adoption requires organizations to decide whether to
expand on-premises capabilities or move certain workloads and functions off-
premises to cloud-delivered services. Microsoft has tools that can help. What
Microsoft tool is available for a CFO who's trying to estimate the expected monthly
bill and track actual account usage?
The Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator.
The Azure Pricing Calculator.
Microsoft Cost Management. - -The Azure Pricing Calculator.
-Which of the following actions is an example of waste, resulting in an increased
resource cost?
Archiving infrequently accessed data to an archive storage tier.
Using a service that automatically adjusts resources that are provisioned to match
user load.
Pooling databases to share provisioned capacity.
Running a development environment overnight that is used only during business
hours. - -Running a development environment overnight that is used only during
business hours.
-Which of the following practices is a good way to reduce costs?
Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify abnormal increases in spend.
Letting all IT teams have access to provision virtual machines of any size.
Provisioning the same capacity in development environments as for production,
even though resource requirements are substantially lower in development
environments.
Provisioning virtual machines that include licensing costs rather than using a bring-
your-own-license image. - -Conducting regular reviews of cloud bills to identify
abnormal increases in spend.
, -Suppose you have recently moved your application to the cloud and your monthly
bill seems higher than expected. The utilization level of your VM is high enough that
you're hesitant to downsize. What might be a reasonable next step you can take to
help you find inefficiencies?
Wait a month and recheck your bill.
Increase the amount of application testing you do before each release.
Add monitoring and instrumentation to your application. - -Add monitoring and
instrumentation to your application.
-Which of the following is a good example of using testing in your environment?
Waiting for users to reach out to you with reports of errors in your application.
Performing functionality tests in the development environment that are different
from functionality tests in the production environment.
Omitting infrastructure deployment from test plans.
Performing regular security tests of your application code in development and
production environments. - -Performing regular security tests of your application
code in development and production environments.
-Which of the following examples uses automation to improve operational
excellence?
Manually provisioning development environments every day for your development
teams.
Logging on Linux VMs after deployment and installing the software packages that
are required for the application.
Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each environment.
Manually copying application binaries from your build system to your deployment
infrastructure. - -Using a configuration template to deploy infrastructure in each
environment.
-Which of the following is an example of scaling up (vertical scaling)?
Updating your application to use a queuing service.
Adding more web servers into a web farm.
Adding another virtual machine into a database cluster.
Updating a virtual machine to a larger size. - -Updating a virtual machine to a larger
size.
-Which of the following is an example of scaling out (horizontal scaling)?
Updating a virtual machine to a larger size.
Adding more storage to a virtual machine.
Adding more web servers into a web farm.
Replicating backups to another region - -Adding more web servers into a web farm.
-Suppose you want to increase the availability of your system to provide a better
service-level agreement (SLA) to your customers. Which of the following is a guiding
principle you can use?
