A company is deploying a global application using Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API. They have configured multiple read regions and a single write region. They need to ensure that if the write region becomes unavailable, the application can continue to accept writes. What should they do?

Use the change feed to replicate writes

Configure a failover priority for the write region

Increase the consistency level to strong

A retail company is building a global e-commerce platform that must serve product catalogs and shopping carts to users across multiple continents with low latency. Which scenario best fits the use of Azure Cosmos DB?

Storing large binary files such as images and videos for a content delivery network

Storing time-series sensor data that requires append-only writes and complex analytics

Storing globally distributed JSON documents that need low-latency access from multiple regions

Storing relational data that requires complex joins and ACID transactions across multiple tables

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11application · medium
A team is building a new application and wants to store data in a column-family format, similar to Apache Cassandra. They also want to use the same Azure service for a separate module that requires a document database. Which Azure Cosmos DB API should they use for the column-family module?
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12expert · hard
A company is deploying a global application using Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API. They have configured multiple read regions and a single write region. They need to ensure that if the write region becomes unavailable, the application can continue to accept writes. What should they do?
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13application · medium
A multinational corporation is deploying an Azure Cosmos DB database with multiple write regions. They need to ensure that a user's writes are immediately readable by that same user from any region, but other users may see slightly stale data. Which consistency level should they use?
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14foundation · easy
A retail company is building a global e-commerce platform that must serve product catalogs and shopping carts to users across multiple continents with low latency. Which scenario best fits the use of Azure Cosmos DB?
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15expert · hard
A news website uses Azure Cosmos DB to serve articles to readers worldwide. They have a single write region and multiple read regions. The content is updated frequently, and they want to ensure that readers always see the latest articles, but they are concerned about the cost of strong consistency. Which consistency level should they choose to balance cost and freshness?
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A team is building a new application and wants to store data in a column-family format, similar to Apache Cassandra. They also want to use the same Azure service for a separate module that requires a document database. Which Azure Cosmos DB API should they use for the column-family module?

A company is deploying a global application using Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API. They have configured multiple read regions and a single write region. They need to ensure that if the write region becomes unavailable, the application can continue to accept writes. What should they do?

A multinational corporation is deploying an Azure Cosmos DB database with multiple write regions. They need to ensure that a user's writes are immediately readable by that same user from any region, but other users may see slightly stale data. Which consistency level should they use?

A retail company is building a global e-commerce platform that must serve product catalogs and shopping carts to users across multiple continents with low latency. Which scenario best fits the use of Azure Cosmos DB?

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