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Browse all 4 practice questions covering Azure Backup and Site Recovery for the AZ-104 certification exam. Answers are intentionally hidden on this page so you can self-test first before checking results in quiz mode.
- Question 1Monitor and maintain Azure resources
A company backs up 20 Azure VMs using Azure Backup. An administrator accidentally deletes a VM and needs to restore it. The backup policy uses daily backups with a 30-day retention period. What is the correct restoration process?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 2Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the purpose of Azure Backup's Recovery Services vault?
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What is the maximum number of days that Azure Backup can retain daily backup points in a Recovery Services vault?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 4Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is 'cross-region restore' in Azure Backup?
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Key Backup & Recovery Concepts for AZ-104
AZ-104 Backup & Recovery Exam Tips
Azure Backup and Site Recovery questions in AZ-104 are typically scenario-based. Focus on day-to-day Azure administration, identity, network, compute, storage, and monitoring. Priority concepts: azure backup, recovery services vault, site recovery, disaster recovery, backup policy, restore.
What AZ-104 Expects
- Anchor your answer in prioritize operationally practical configurations and least-privilege administration.
- Backup & Recovery scenarios for AZ-104 are frequently mapped to Domain 5 (10-15%), so read the objective carefully before picking controls or architecture.
- Expect multi-topic scenarios where Backup & Recovery interacts with identity, networking, governance, or monitoring patterns rather than appearing as an isolated question.
- When two options are both technically valid, prefer the choice that best aligns with the exam's operational scope (Associate) and vendor best practices.
High-Value Backup & Recovery Concepts
- Know the core Backup & Recovery building blocks cold: azure backup, recovery services vault, site recovery, disaster recovery.
- Review the edge-case features and limits for backup policy, restore; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
- Practice service-integration reasoning: how Backup & Recovery pairs with Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts in real deployment patterns.
- For AZ-104, explain why the chosen Backup & Recovery design meets reliability, security, and cost expectations better than the alternatives.
Common AZ-104 Traps
- Watch for forgetting scope inheritance and RBAC precedence.
- Questions in Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources often include distractors that look correct for Backup & Recovery but violate least-privilege, compliance, or availability requirements.
- Avoid picking options purely by feature name; validate data path, failure handling, and governance impact before answering.
- If the prompt hints at automation or repeatability, eliminate manual-only operational answers first.
Fast Review Checklist
- Can you compare at least two Backup & Recovery implementation paths and justify which one best fits the scenario?
- Can you map the chosen answer back to Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources (10-15%) outcomes for AZ-104?
- Can you explain security and access boundaries for Backup & Recovery without relying on default-open assumptions?
- Can you describe how Backup & Recovery integrates with Virtual Machines and Storage Accounts during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?