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Browse all 11 practice questions covering Azure Monitor and Alerts 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
An administrator needs to receive an email notification when the CPU percentage of a production VM exceeds 90% for more than 5 minutes. Which Azure Monitor component should be configured?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 2Monitor and maintain Azure resources
A security team needs to query Windows event logs from 50 Azure VMs centrally to detect failed login attempts. What must be configured to enable this in Azure Monitor?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 3Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is an Azure Monitor alert action group?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 4Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the Azure Monitor metrics retention period by default?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 5Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the purpose of Azure Monitor Workbooks?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 6Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings used for?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 7Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) data retention?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 8Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the 'Azure Monitor workbook' feature used for?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 9Monitor and maintain Azure resources
Which Azure Monitor feature provides automatic baselining and anomaly detection for metrics without manual threshold configuration?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 10Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the purpose of 'Azure Monitor Alerts at scale' using Azure Policy?
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Start AZ-104 Quiz - Question 11Monitor and maintain Azure resources
What is the 'Azure Monitor Metrics Explorer' used for?
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Key Monitor Concepts for AZ-104
AZ-104 Monitor Exam Tips
Azure Monitor and Alerts questions in AZ-104 are typically scenario-based. Focus on day-to-day Azure administration, identity, network, compute, storage, and monitoring. Priority concepts: azure monitor, log analytics, alerts, metrics, diagnostic settings, action group.
What AZ-104 Expects
- Anchor your answer in prioritize operationally practical configurations and least-privilege administration.
- Monitor 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 Monitor 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 Monitor Concepts
- Know the core Monitor building blocks cold: azure monitor, log analytics, alerts, metrics.
- Review the edge-case features and limits for diagnostic settings, action group; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
- Practice service-integration reasoning: how Monitor pairs with Backup & Recovery, Virtual Machines in real deployment patterns.
- For AZ-104, explain why the chosen Monitor 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 Monitor 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 Monitor 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 Monitor without relying on default-open assumptions?
- Can you describe how Monitor integrates with Backup & Recovery and Virtual Machines during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?