Correct Answer: Azure Functions
Azure Functions is an event-driven, serverless compute service that enables you to run code on-demand without provisioning or managing infrastructure, paying only for the compute t...
Correct Answer
Azure Functions
Why This Answer Is Correct
Azure Functions is an event-driven, serverless compute service that enables you to run code on-demand without provisioning or managing infrastructure, paying only for the compute time consumed.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Architecture & Services — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900). Understanding Azure Architecture & Services is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
A retail company experiences massive, unpredictable traffic spikes during holiday sales. They want to host their e-commerce web application on Azure and ensure it scales automatically without managing underlying infrastructure. Which service is best suited for this requirement?
Your organization is migrating a massive archive of unformatted, unstructured video and image data to the cloud. You need a highly scalable storage solution that supports exabytes of data and allows access via HTTP/HTTPS. Which Azure service should you use?
An organization wants to host a public website on Azure. They want to ensure the site is highly available across multiple geographical regions and that users are routed to the endpoint with the lowest network latency. Which service is best suited for this?
A global e-commerce company needs a database solution that can replicate data globally in real-time, provide single-digit millisecond read/write latencies at the 99th percentile, and support multiple API models (such as SQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra). Which Azure database service should they choose?
An organization wants to implement an IoT solution to monitor thousands of remote temperature sensors. They need a fully managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that provides built-in dashboards, quick device templates, and requires minimal customization or cloud development expertise. Which service should they choose?