A company stores sensitive documents in Azure Blob Storage. They need to ensure that the data is encrypted at rest and that access is restricted to authorized users only. Which combination of Azure features should the architect recommend?

Azure Sentinel and Azure Policy

Azure Information Protection and Azure Firewall

Azure Key Vault and Azure DDoS Protection

Azure Storage Service Encryption and Azure RBAC

A company stores user profiles as JSON documents. They need to support both point reads by user ID and complex queries on user attributes. The data is updated frequently, and the company wants to minimize latency and cost. Which solution should you recommend?

Azure SQL Database with a JSON column

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL with a composite index

Azure Blob Storage with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Azure Table Storage with a secondary index

A company stores critical business documents in Azure Blob Storage. They want to protect against accidental deletion and ensure that data can be recovered if a user deletes a blob. Which Azure feature should they enable?

Azure Storage Service Encryption

A gaming company stores player-generated screenshots and gameplay recordings in Azure Blob Storage. The files are uploaded frequently and accessed by players for a short period, then rarely accessed. The company wants to minimize costs while ensuring the data is available for at least 90 days and can be recovered if accidentally deleted. Which configuration should the company use?

Cool access tier with no lifecycle management and enable versioning

Hot access tier with lifecycle management to move to cool tier after 30 days, and enable soft delete

Archive access tier immediately with a 90-day retention policy

Premium performance tier with geo-redundant storage

A company stores sensitive documents in Azure Blob Storage. They need to restrict access to a specific set of users and ensure that the data is not accessible from the public internet. They also need to monitor access to the data. Which solution should you recommend?

Private endpoint with Azure AD authentication and Azure Monitor

Private endpoint with storage account keys and Azure Monitor

Public endpoint with a firewall rule and Azure AD authentication

Shared access signature (SAS) with a short expiry and Azure Monitor

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6foundation · easy
A company stores sensitive documents in Azure Blob Storage. They need to ensure that the data is encrypted at rest and that access is restricted to authorized users only. Which combination of Azure features should the architect recommend?
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A company stores user profiles as JSON documents. They need to support both point reads by user ID and complex queries on user attributes. The data is updated frequently, and the company wants to minimize latency and cost. Which solution should you recommend?
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8foundation · easy
A company stores critical business documents in Azure Blob Storage. They want to protect against accidental deletion and ensure that data can be recovered if a user deletes a blob. Which Azure feature should they enable?
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A gaming company stores player-generated screenshots and gameplay recordings in Azure Blob Storage. The files are uploaded frequently and accessed by players for a short period, then rarely accessed. The company wants to minimize costs while ensuring the data is available for at least 90 days and can be recovered if accidentally deleted. Which configuration should the company use?
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A company stores sensitive documents in Azure Blob Storage. They need to restrict access to a specific set of users and ensure that the data is not accessible from the public internet. They also need to monitor access to the data. Which solution should you recommend?
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