The skill “3.1. Describe Cost Management in Azure” focuses on the Azure services related to managing and optimizing costs in the cloud. Cost management is an essential aspect of Azure governance, enabling users to monitor and control their spending, and optimize their use of Azure resources.
Understanding Azure Cost Management is essential for anyone working with Azure infrastructure and services. These services provide a range of tools and capabilities that enable users to manage and optimize their Azure spending, ensuring that they are using their resources efficiently and cost-effectively. By monitoring and optimizing their Azure spending, users can ensure that they are getting the most value from their Azure investments.
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For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
If you create two Azure virtual machines that use the b2s size, each virtual machine will always generate the same monthly costs.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure service in public preview is released to all Azure customers.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
All Azure services in private preview must be accessed by using a separate Azure portal.
A support plan solution that gives you best practice information, health status and notifications, and 24/7 access to billing information at the lowest possible cost is a Standard support plan.
Review the text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed”. If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
When an Azure virtual machine is stopped, you continue to pay storage costs associated to the virtual machine.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure service is general availability is released to a subset of Azure customers.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Azure services in public preview can be used in production environments.
In which Azure support plans can you open a new support request?
You have 1,000 virtual machines hosted on the Hyper-V hosts in a data center. You plan to migrate all the virtual machines to an Azure pay-as-you-go subscription. You need to identify which expenditure model to use for the planned Azure solution.
Which expenditure model should you identify?
To complete the sentence, select the appropriate option in the answer area.
You have an application that is comprised of an Azure web app that has a SLA of 99,95 percent and an Azure SQL database that has an SLA of 99.99 percent.
The composite SLA for the application is xxxxxxx
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Azure services in public preview are subject to a Service Level Agreement (SLA).
You can create an Azure support request from support.microsoft.com.
Review the text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed.” If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Azure pau-as-you-go pricing is an example of CapEx.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Storing 1 TB of data in Azure blob storage will always cost the same, regardless of the Azure region in which the data is located.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
A user who is assigned the owner role can transfer ownership of an Azure subscription.
Your company has an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources:
– 20 user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Five groups in Azure AD
– 10 public IP addresses
– 10 network interfaces You need to reduce the Azure costs for the company.
Solution: You remove the unused groups.
Does this meet the goal?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Azure Reserved VM instances are an example of OpEx.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
When you use a general-purpose v2 Azure storage account, you are only charged for the amount of data that is stored. All read and write operations are free.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
You can convert the Azure subscription of your company from Free Trial to PAYG.
The Azure Standard support plan is the lowest-cost option to receive 24×7 access to support engineers by phone.
Review the text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed”. If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Deploying your own datacenter is an example of CapEx.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Transferring data between Azure storage accounts in different Azure regions is free.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
The Azure spending limit is fixed and cannot be increased to Decreased.
To complete the sentence, select the appropriate option in the answer area.
All Azure services that are in public preview are. Xxxxx
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Building a data center infrastructure is an example of operational Expenditure costs.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
In Azure AD premium p2, at least 99.9 percent availability is guaranteed.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
With Azure reservations, you pay less for virtual machines that with pay-as-you-go pricing.
What is guaranteed in an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA) for virtual machines?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Leasing software is an example of operational costs.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
The SLA for Azure AD premium p2 is the same as the SLA for AAD free.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
If you create two Azure virtual machines that use the B2S size, each virtual machine will always generate the same monthly costs.
What can you use to identify underutilized or unused Azure virtual machines?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Data transfers between Azur services located in different Azure regions are always free.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
All paying Azure customers receive a credit if their monthly uptime percentage is below the guaranteed amount in the SLA.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
When an Azure VM is stopped, you continue to pay storage costs associated to the VM.
Your company has a Software Assurance agreement that includes Microsoft SQL Server licenses. You plan to deploy SQL Server on Azure virtual machines.
What should you do to minimize licensing costs for the deployment?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Monthly salaries for technical personnel are an example of operational costs.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Adding resource groups in an Azure subscription generates additional costs.
Your company has an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources:
– 20 user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
– Five groups in Azure AD – 10 public IP addresses
– 10 network interfaces You need to reduce the Azure costs for the company.
Solution: You remove the unused network interfaces.
Does this meet the goal?
Who can use the Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator?
What is required to use Azure Cost Management?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Copying 10 GB of data to Azure from an On-premises network over a VPN generates additional Azure data transfer costs.
Your company has an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources: –
20 user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
– Five groups in Azure AD – 10 public IP addresses
– 10 network interfaces You need to reduce the Azure costs for the company.
Solution: You remove the unused public IP addresses.
Does this meet the goal?
When planning to migrate a public website to Azure, you must plan to pay monthly usage costs.
Instructions: Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed”. If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.
Your company has 10 departments. The company plans to implement an Azure environment. You need to ensure that each department can use a different payment option for the Azure services it consumes.
What should you create for each department?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Copying 10 GB of data from Azure to An on-premises network over a VPN generates additional Azure data transfer costs.
Your company has an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources:
– 20 user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
– Five groups in Azure AD – 10 public IP addresses
– 10 network interfaces You need to reduce the Azure costs for the company.
Solution: You remove the unused user accounts.
Does this meet the goal?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure free account has a spending limit.
To complete the sentence, select the appropriate option in the answer area. You deploy an Azure resource.
The resource becomes unavailable for an extended period due to a service outage.
Microsoft will xxxxxxx
How should you calculate the monthly uptime percentage? (To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.)
You have an Azure virtual machine that is accessed only between 9:00 and 17:00 each day.
What should you do to minimize costs but preserve the associated hard disks and data?
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure free account has a limit of 2TB of data that can be uploaded to Azure.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
If your company uses an Azure free account, you will only be able to use a subset of Azure services.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
By creating additional resource groups in an Azure subscription, additional costs are incurred.
Match the services on the left to the correct descriptions on the right.
Pricing calculator
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TCO calculator
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Cost management
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For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure free account can contain an unlimited number of web apps.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
All Azure free accounts expire after a specific period.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
By copying several GBs of data to Azure from an on-premises network over a VPN, additional data transfer costs are incurred.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
Azure provides Flexibility between capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational expenditure (OpEx).
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
An Azure service in private preview is released to all Azure customers.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
You can create up to 10 Azure free accounts by using the same Microsoft Account.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
By copying several GB of data from Azure to an on-premises network over a VPN, additional data transfer costs are incurred.