Microsoft Certified:Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty
Domain 2Objective 1
Design and Implement a Replication Strategy for Azure Cosmos DB DP-420 Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Design and implement data distribution domain, which makes up ~11% of our current practice bank. Microsoft does not publish an official question count, but from its 100-minute exam (~40–65 total, ~4–7 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 1–5
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You are comparing consistency levels for an Azure Cosmos DB account. Which consistency level generally provides the highest availability for write operations?
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An application uses the Azure Cosmos DB SDK to connect to a multi-region account. Which SDK feature allows the application to specify the order of regions for read and write operations?
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A social media company runs a Cosmos DB account with multiple write regions. The application displays a user's posts and likes. The product team wants to ensure that a user always sees their own recent posts immediately after posting, but other users' posts can be slightly stale. The company wants to minimize RU consumption and latency. Which consistency level should the application use?
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A company runs an analytics dashboard on Azure Cosmos DB. The dashboard reads data from multiple regions and requires that all reads return the same data at the same time, but the team is concerned about the RU cost of Strong consistency. Which consistency level provides the strongest guarantee while allowing a bounded lag?
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A company runs a Cosmos DB account with a single write region in East US and a read region in West US. The application is a chat application that requires users to see their own messages immediately after sending. The company wants to minimize write latency for users in East US. Which consistency level should the application use?
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