ICC1 Week 1 Thursday Quizziz

What is a data center in the context of Azure? (Or any other cloud provider!)

• A cloud service

• A software application

• A physical facility hosting servers

• A virtual machine

What is a region in Azure?

• A single data center

• A geographical area with one or more data centers

• A virtual network

• A cloud service

What is an availability zone in Azure?

• A single data center

• A virtual machine

• A grouping of physically separate facilities within a region

• A cloud service

What is a region pair in Azure?

• Two regions located within the same data center

• Two cloud services

• Two regions at least 300 miles apart

• 
  Two virtual machines

What is the purpose of geographies in Azure?

• To ensure data residency, sovereignty, resiliency, and compliance

• 
  To limit service availability

• 
  To reduce latency

• 
  To increase costs

How are services like SQL databases and Virtual Machines represented in Azure?

• As resources

• 
  As subscriptions

• As virtual machines

• 
  As JSON objects

What is a resource group in Azure?

• 
  A billing unit for Azure services

• 
  A type of virtual machine

• 
  A logical container for resources

• A physical server in a data center

How can you create resources in Azure besides using the portal?

• 
  Using only the Azure portal

• Using email requests

• Using REST API, PowerShell, CLI/BASH, or SDKs

Which Azure service is best suited for custom software requiring custom system configuration?

• Container Instances

• Azure Functions

• App Services

• Virtual Machines

What is a key feature of virtual machine scale sets?

• They allow for auto-scaling based on application demand.

• They eliminate the need for an operating system.

• They provide a sandbox environment for each application.

• They are designed for small and simple web applications.