Azure-104 Certification Practice sample questions and Answer

The AZ-104 exam validates that a candidate can implement, manage, and monitor Microsoft Azure solutions including core Azure services, governance, and security. The skills measured map to five major domains:DomainWeightKey topics you must masterManage Azure identities & governance15–20%RBAC, Azure AD roles & PIM, management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, Cost Management budgets, blueprint basicsImplement & manage storage15–20%Storage accounts, access tiers, Azure Files & File Sync, blob lifecycle & immutability, import/export, redundancy (LRS/ZRS/GZRS/RA-GZRS), Azure Backup & Data BoxDeploy & manage Azure compute20–25%VMs, scale sets, images & Azure Compute Gallery, Container Apps/ACI/AKS basics, App Service plans & slots, AVD, update and patch management, Azure MigrateConfigure & manage virtual networking20–25%VNets, peering with gateway transit, ExpressRoute vs VPN, Azure Firewall & NAT Gateway, private endpoints, DNS Private Resolver, Front Door/App Gateway basicsMonitor & maintain Azure resources10–15%Azure Monitor metrics & logs, Log Analytics & Kusto, VM Insights, alert rules & suppression, policy-driven diagnostics, Update Management Center, Sentinel basics,Securely control privileged access with PIM, Conditional Access, and least-privilege RBAC.Enforce compliance at scale using Azure Policy (Deny, Append, DeployIfNotExists).Design storage for performance, cost, and regulatory constraints (e.g., LRS for single-region residency, lifecycle policies for archival & purge, immutable backup vaults).Deploy and operate compute workloads—VMs, containerized jobs, App Service, Azure Virtual Desktop—while meeting SLAs (availability zones, proactive warming, autoscale troubleshooting).Implement hybrid networking and zero-trust architectures with VPN/ExpressRoute, gateway-transit peering, private endpoints, Azure