📊 Azure Monitor and Alerts - AZ-104 Practice Questions

Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, metrics, and diagnostic settings.

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  1. 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?

    AA Log Analytics workspace query scheduled every 5 minutes
    BA Metric Alert rule on the VM's 'Percentage CPU' metric with an Action Group containing an email action
    CAzure Advisor recommendation for CPU usage
    DAn Azure Policy with 'AuditIfNotExists' effect for high CPU

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  2. 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?

    AEnable boot diagnostics on each VM
    BInstall the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) on each VM and configure a Data Collection Rule to forward Security event logs to a Log Analytics workspace
    CEnable VM Insights for all 50 VMs
    DConfigure Azure Diagnostics extension to write logs to Azure Table Storage

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  3. Question 3Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is an Azure Monitor alert action group?

    AA group of Azure resources being monitored
    BA collection of notification actions (email, SMS, webhook, ITSM, automation) triggered when an alert fires
    CA set of alert rules grouped for management
    DA pricing tier for Azure Monitor alerts

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  4. Question 4Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the Azure Monitor metrics retention period by default?

    A7 days
    B30 days
    C93 days
    D1 year

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  5. Question 5Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the purpose of Azure Monitor Workbooks?

    AAutomating resource deployments
    BProviding flexible, interactive reports and dashboards combining metrics, logs, and text for custom monitoring views
    CManaging Azure Backup policies
    DCreating alert rules for VMs

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  6. Question 6Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings used for?

    AConfiguring alerts for VM performance
    BRouting resource diagnostic logs and metrics to destinations like Log Analytics, Storage Accounts, or Event Hubs for analysis and retention
    CSetting monitoring thresholds for autoscaling
    DConfiguring health probes for load balancers

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  7. Question 7Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) data retention?

    AData is retained for 30 days only with no extension option
    BDefault retention is 30 days (free tier) to 31 days (standard), configurable up to 730 days in the workspace, with longer archiving possible
    CData is retained forever at no cost
    DRetention is 90 days and cannot be changed

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  8. Question 8Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the 'Azure Monitor workbook' feature used for?

    AAutomated remediation of non-compliant resources
    BCreating interactive, rich analytics reports that combine log queries, metric charts, text, and parameters for custom monitoring dashboards
    CScheduling backup operations
    DManaging resource group deployments

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  9. Question 9Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    Which Azure Monitor feature provides automatic baselining and anomaly detection for metrics without manual threshold configuration?

    AStatic threshold metric alerts
    BAzure Monitor Dynamic Thresholds in metric alerts
    CAzure Advisor performance recommendations
    DApplication Insights Smart Detection

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  10. Question 10Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the purpose of 'Azure Monitor Alerts at scale' using Azure Policy?

    AApplying the same alert rules to new resources automatically as they are created, using DeployIfNotExists policy effect
    BCreating more alerts than the individual service allows
    CAlerting on policy compliance violations
    DCreating alerts that apply to all Azure regions simultaneously

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  11. Question 11Monitor and maintain Azure resources

    What is the 'Azure Monitor Metrics Explorer' used for?

    AWriting KQL queries for log analysis
    BPlotting and analyzing Azure resource metrics over time, creating custom charts, and comparing metrics across resources
    CSetting up alert rules for resource metrics
    DManaging diagnostic settings for resources

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Key Monitor Concepts for AZ-104

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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?

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