Appendix A – Assessments

Chapter 1, Working with Azure Virtual Machines

The answers to the questions are:

1. Correct answer: Yes: Managed Disks is the default disk type.
2. Correct answer: Yes: They should be added to Availability Sets.
3. Correct answer: No: By default, they are added to two Fault Domains and five Update Domains.

Chapter 2, Configuring Compute-Intensive Applications

The answers to the questions are:

1. Correct answer: No: You should use HPC Pack for this.
2. Correct answer: Yes: They are aimed at High Performance.
3. Correct Answer: No: Azure Batch has its own JSON templates that look like ARM templates.

Chapter 3, Designing Web Applications

The answers to the questions are:

1. Correct answer: Yes: Redis Cache is a on-memory key value data store.
2. Correct answer: 2: The Basic tier is best suited for development environments, not production environments.
3. Correct answer...