Describe Cost Management in Azure AZ-900 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A company runs a non-production environment that is only used during business hours. The environment consists of several VMs. The company wants to reduce costs by shutting down the VMs outside business hours. What should the company do to automate this process?

   • AUse Azure Policy to shut down VMs outside business hours.
   • BUse Azure Cost Management to manually stop the VMs each evening.
   • CUse Azure Advisor to recommend when to stop the VMs.
   • DUse Azure Automation runbooks with a schedule to start and stop the VMs.
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2. 12application · medium

   A company wants to identify which of its Azure resources are underutilized so it can reduce spending. The company has already tagged all resources with a 'Department' tag. What should the company use to get recommendations for right-sizing or shutting down underutilized VMs?

   • AAzure Cost Management budgets
   • BAzure Advisor cost recommendations
   • CAzure Pricing Calculator
   • DAzure Policy
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4. 13expert · hard

   A company has multiple Azure subscriptions and wants to allocate costs to different business units. The company has a policy that every resource must be tagged with a 'BusinessUnit' tag. However, some resources are missing the tag, and the finance team wants to ensure that all resources are tagged going forward. What should the company do to enforce the tagging policy and also be able to allocate costs accurately?

   • AUse Azure Policy to enforce the 'BusinessUnit' tag on new resources and use Azure Cost Management to group costs by the tag.
   • BUse Azure Advisor to recommend adding tags to existing resources.
   • CUse Azure Cost Management budgets to alert when untagged resources are created.
   • DUse the Azure Pricing Calculator to estimate the cost of untagged resources.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   An organization wants to monitor its Azure spending, set a budget, and receive alerts when costs exceed a threshold. Which Azure service provides these capabilities?

   • AAzure Service Health
   • BAzure Policy
   • CAzure Pricing Calculator
   • DAzure Cost Management
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6. 15expert · hard

   A company has a subscription with a monthly budget of $10,000. The finance team wants to be notified when spending reaches 80% of the budget and again when it reaches 100%. They also want to see a breakdown of costs by department. What should they configure in Azure Cost Management?

   • AUse Azure Advisor to set budget alerts and group costs by department.
   • BCreate a single budget with an alert at 80% and use resource groups to group costs by department.
   • CCreate two budgets with alert thresholds at 80% and 100%, and use tags to group costs by department in cost analysis.
   • DUse the Azure Pricing Calculator to estimate costs and set alerts.
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