About This Flashcard Deck
This flashcard deck contains 5 cards covering key Compute & Containers concepts for the AZ-204 exam. Review App Service, Functions, and container concepts for AZ-204. Use active recall by attempting to answer each question before revealing the answer. Research shows that flashcard-based active recall is one of the most effective study techniques for certification exams.
Question
What are the three Azure Functions hosting plans?
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Answer
Consumption (auto-scale, pay-per-use), Premium (pre-warmed, VNET), and Dedicated (App Service Plan with predictable billing).
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All Compute & Containers Flashcards
Q: What are the three Azure Functions hosting plans?
A: Consumption (auto-scale, pay-per-use), Premium (pre-warmed, VNET), and Dedicated (App Service Plan with predictable billing).
Q: What is a Durable Functions fan-out/fan-in pattern?
A: Start multiple functions in parallel (fan-out), then wait for all to complete before continuing (fan-in).
Q: How do deployment slots work?
A: Separate environments (staging, production) that can be swapped instantly. Slot settings stay with the slot; app settings travel with the code.
Q: What is the difference between ACI and Container Apps?
A: ACI runs single containers or groups on-demand. Container Apps adds Dapr integration, scaling rules, revisions, and ingress for microservices.
Q: When does a function cold start occur?
A: When a function app has been idle and no instances are allocated. The platform must provision an instance and load the function runtime.
Effective Azure Flashcard Study Method
For Azure certifications, we recommend the spaced repetition approach: review these flashcards daily for the first week, then every other day for two weeks, then weekly until your exam date. Focus extra time on cards related to Azure service comparisons — understanding when to choose between similar services (e.g., App Service vs. AKS vs. Container Instances) is a common exam pattern.