AZ-104: Azure Storage Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Azure Storage -
correct answer ✅Azure Storage is a service that you can use to
store files, messages, tables, and other types of information. You
can use Azure Storage on its own (for example as a file share), but
developers also often use it as a store for working data. Such stores
can be used by websites, mobile apps, desktop applications, and
many other types of custom solutions. Azure Storage is also used by
IaaS virtual machines, and PaaS cloud services.
AZ Storage is -
correct answer ✅Durable and highly available
Secure
Scalable
Managed
Accessible
Durable and highly available -
correct answer ✅Redundant. Provides the ability to replicate data
across datacenters or geo regions. Data replication is still available
during outages.
,AZ-104: Azure Storage Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Secure -
correct answer ✅All data committed in AZ storage is encrypted.
Scalable -
correct answer ✅Azure Storage is designed to be massively
scalable to meet the data storage and performance needs of
today's applications.
Managed -
correct answer ✅Microsoft Azure handles hardware maintenance,
updates, and critical issues for you.
Accessible -
correct answer ✅Data in Azure Storage is accessible from
anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. Microsoft provides
SDKs for Azure Storage in a various languages .NET, Java, Node.js,
Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, and REST API. Azure Storage supports
scripting in Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI. And the Azure portal and
Azure Storage Explorer offer easy visual solutions for working with
your data.
Storage for virtual machines -
correct answer ✅Virtual machine storage includes disks and files.
, AZ-104: Azure Storage Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Disks are persistent block storage for Azure IaaS virtual machines.
Files are fully managed file shares in the cloud.
Unstructured data -
correct answer ✅Unstructured data includes Blobs and Data Lake
Store. Blobs are highly scalable, REST-based cloud object store. Data
Lake Store is Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as a service.
structured data -
correct answer ✅Structured data includes Tables, Cosmos DB, and
Azure SQL DB. Tables are a key/value, autoscaling NoSQL store.
Cosmos DB is a globally distributed database service. Azure SQL DB
is a fully managed database-as-a-service built on SQL.
standard -
correct answer ✅storage accounts are backed by magnetic drives
(HDD) and provide the lowest cost per GB. Use Standard storage for
applications that require bulk storage or where data is infrequently
accessed.
Premium -
correct answer ✅storage accounts are backed by solid-state drives
(SSD) and offer consistent low-latency performance. Use Premium
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Azure Storage -
correct answer ✅Azure Storage is a service that you can use to
store files, messages, tables, and other types of information. You
can use Azure Storage on its own (for example as a file share), but
developers also often use it as a store for working data. Such stores
can be used by websites, mobile apps, desktop applications, and
many other types of custom solutions. Azure Storage is also used by
IaaS virtual machines, and PaaS cloud services.
AZ Storage is -
correct answer ✅Durable and highly available
Secure
Scalable
Managed
Accessible
Durable and highly available -
correct answer ✅Redundant. Provides the ability to replicate data
across datacenters or geo regions. Data replication is still available
during outages.
,AZ-104: Azure Storage Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Secure -
correct answer ✅All data committed in AZ storage is encrypted.
Scalable -
correct answer ✅Azure Storage is designed to be massively
scalable to meet the data storage and performance needs of
today's applications.
Managed -
correct answer ✅Microsoft Azure handles hardware maintenance,
updates, and critical issues for you.
Accessible -
correct answer ✅Data in Azure Storage is accessible from
anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. Microsoft provides
SDKs for Azure Storage in a various languages .NET, Java, Node.js,
Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, and REST API. Azure Storage supports
scripting in Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI. And the Azure portal and
Azure Storage Explorer offer easy visual solutions for working with
your data.
Storage for virtual machines -
correct answer ✅Virtual machine storage includes disks and files.
, AZ-104: Azure Storage Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Disks are persistent block storage for Azure IaaS virtual machines.
Files are fully managed file shares in the cloud.
Unstructured data -
correct answer ✅Unstructured data includes Blobs and Data Lake
Store. Blobs are highly scalable, REST-based cloud object store. Data
Lake Store is Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as a service.
structured data -
correct answer ✅Structured data includes Tables, Cosmos DB, and
Azure SQL DB. Tables are a key/value, autoscaling NoSQL store.
Cosmos DB is a globally distributed database service. Azure SQL DB
is a fully managed database-as-a-service built on SQL.
standard -
correct answer ✅storage accounts are backed by magnetic drives
(HDD) and provide the lowest cost per GB. Use Standard storage for
applications that require bulk storage or where data is infrequently
accessed.
Premium -
correct answer ✅storage accounts are backed by solid-state drives
(SSD) and offer consistent low-latency performance. Use Premium
