Microsoft AZ-305 Practice Test 1
Question 1
A centralized operations platform must ingest security diagnostics from many Azure subscriptions, limit analyst permissions and prove continuous ingestion. Which THREE design actions fulfill the requirements? (Select THREE.)
- Grant all analysts Contributor over every production subscription.
- Generate controlled source events and verify their arrival from each required subscription.
- Assign only appropriately scoped Azure Monitor query or workspace permissions to analysts.
- Route required resource diagnostic categories into a centrally governed Log Analytics workspace.
- Turn off diagnostic settings once the workspace is created.
- Rely on CPU metrics alone to reconstruct individual secret access operations.
Explanation
Correct Answers
B:Ingestion checks prove collection works across the complete scope.
C:Scoped access limits who can view and modify sensitive telemetry.
D:A common workspace makes the security signals available for cross-resource queries.
Incorrect Answers
A:Broad Contributor privileges violate least privilege and are unrelated to log querying.
E:A workspace without data routing cannot receive the required logs.
F:Aggregate metrics cannot replace detailed resource audit events.
Question 2
An architecture proposal for cross-subscription log centralization relies on the following approach: Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics. Which specific failure or mismatch should the design reviewer identify?
- Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
- Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
- Metrics are aggregates and do not replace the resource audit log category.
- A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics. Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
Incorrect Answers
A:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
C:This concern applies to Assume default Metrics collection includes Key Vault audit events. in another design solutions for logging and monitoring design. The current proposal specifically fails because local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
D:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
Question 3
Acceptance testing must establish the following operational result: End-to-end ingestion checks prove every required source routes events to the shared workspace. Which verification action most directly establishes that outcome?
- Test queries with an approved reader and a deliberately unauthorized principal.
- Query the workspace for recent events from representative subscriptions.
- Produce a controlled vault operation and check its diagnostic log entry.
- Inspect workspace role assignments and table-level retention configurations.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:End-to-end ingestion checks prove every required source routes events to the shared workspace.
Incorrect Answers
A:That verification addresses the different requirement: A SaaS platform needs centralized KQL analysis but must prevent every tenant administrator from reading every workspace. It does not directly establish end-to-end ingestion checks prove every required source routes events to the shared workspace.
C:This is a test for A Key Vault's audit events are absent from central security searches though metrics are visible. The requirement here is instead demonstrated by query the workspace for recent events from representative subscriptions.
D:That verification addresses the different requirement: The operations group needs security logs isolated from application troubleshooting data for different retention periods. It does not directly establish end-to-end ingestion checks prove every required source routes events to the shared workspace.
Question 4
The operations group needs security logs isolated from application troubleshooting data for different retention periods. Which Azure architecture choice best meets this requirement?
- Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics.
- Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts.
- Use separate purpose-governed Log Analytics workspaces where isolation and retention require it.
- Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Workspace boundaries can separate access and retention without changing log producers.
Incorrect Answers
A:Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries. In the present requirement, the operations group needs security logs isolated from application troubleshooting data for different retention periods. The needed design instead works because workspace boundaries can separate access and retention without changing log producers.
B:Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting. In the present requirement, the operations group needs security logs isolated from application troubleshooting data for different retention periods. The needed design instead works because workspace boundaries can separate access and retention without changing log producers.
D:A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance. This proposal contradicts the stated architecture constraint.
Question 5
An architecture proposal for cross-subscription log centralization relies on the following approach: Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container. Which specific failure or mismatch should the design reviewer identify?
- Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
- A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
- Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
- Single-instance configuration misses later fleet additions.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container. A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
Incorrect Answers
A:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
C:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
D:This concern applies to Apply the collection rule manually on one old VM and stop. in another design solutions for logging and monitoring design. The current proposal specifically fails because a shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
Question 6
Acceptance testing must establish the following operational result: Those checks establish that sensitive logs are appropriately segregated and retained. Which verification action most directly establishes that outcome?
- Inspect workspace role assignments and table-level retention configurations.
- Test queries with an approved reader and a deliberately unauthorized principal.
- Provision a test VM and check agent and DCR assignment compliance.
- Query the workspace for recent events from representative subscriptions.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Those checks establish that sensitive logs are appropriately segregated and retained.
Incorrect Answers
B:That verification addresses the different requirement: A SaaS platform needs centralized KQL analysis but must prevent every tenant administrator from reading every workspace. It does not directly establish those checks establish that sensitive logs are appropriately segregated and retained.
C:This is a test for The same monitoring policy must apply to newly created Linux VMs across subscriptions. The requirement here is instead demonstrated by inspect workspace role assignments and table-level retention configurations.
D:That verification addresses the different requirement: A regulated company needs searchable resource events from 80 subscriptions under one security operations team. It does not directly establish those checks establish that sensitive logs are appropriately segregated and retained.
Question 7
A SaaS platform needs centralized KQL analysis but must prevent every tenant administrator from reading every workspace. Which Azure architecture choice best meets this requirement?
- Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts.
- Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics.
- Scope Azure Monitor log access with Azure RBAC and workspace or resource-context permissions.
- Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Authorization boundaries limit queries while logs remain available to approved analysts.
Incorrect Answers
A:Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting. This proposal contradicts the stated architecture constraint.
B:Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries. In the present requirement, a SaaS platform needs centralized KQL analysis but must prevent every tenant administrator from reading every workspace. The needed design instead works because authorization boundaries limit queries while logs remain available to approved analysts.
D:A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance. In the present requirement, a SaaS platform needs centralized KQL analysis but must prevent every tenant administrator from reading every workspace. The needed design instead works because authorization boundaries limit queries while logs remain available to approved analysts.
Question 8
An architecture proposal for cross-subscription log centralization relies on the following approach: Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts. Which specific failure or mismatch should the design reviewer identify?
- Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
- Local blades and metrics cannot provide complete cross-resource historical audit queries.
- A shared blob container does not enforce workspace-specific query access or retention governance.
- Storage connection strings do not provide alert delivery or severity handling.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Grant unrestricted workspace Contributor to all tenant support accounts. Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
Incorrect Answers
B:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Retain logs only in local resource blades and rely on platform metrics.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
C:That assessment refers to the separate proposal 'Put sensitive and operational events in one publicly shared storage container.' not to the recommendation under review. Here, Contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
D:This concern applies to Store the pager email in an unrelated storage account connection string. in another design solutions for logging and monitoring design. The current proposal specifically fails because contributor permissions provide broad configuration power beyond read-only troubleshooting.
Question 9
Acceptance testing must establish the following operational result: Positive and negative access tests verify the least-privilege logging design. Which verification action most directly establishes that outcome?
- Inspect workspace role assignments and table-level retention configurations.
- Query the workspace for recent events from representative subscriptions.
- Test queries with an approved reader and a deliberately unauthorized principal.
- Invoke the action group test and verify each intended recipient.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Positive and negative access tests verify the least-privilege logging design.
Incorrect Answers
A:That verification addresses the different requirement: The operations group needs security logs isolated from application troubleshooting data for different retention periods. It does not directly establish positive and negative access tests verify the least-privilege logging design.
B:That verification addresses the different requirement: A regulated company needs searchable resource events from 80 subscriptions under one security operations team. It does not directly establish positive and negative access tests verify the least-privilege logging design.
D:This is a test for An outage must notify different teams based on severity without changing every alert rule. The requirement here is instead demonstrated by test queries with an approved reader and a deliberately unauthorized principal.
Question 10
A security engineer must send Key Vault audit events to a third-party SIEM and retain searchable Azure-native copies. Which TWO integrations are appropriate? (Select TWO.)
- Set Blob Archive access tier and assume it pushes events to the SIEM.
- Disable all Key Vault audit categories to reduce ingest cost.
- Configure Key Vault diagnostic logs to a Log Analytics workspace.
- Stream eligible diagnostic events to Event Hubs for the external consumer.
- Configure only the VM CPU metric from an unrelated resource.
Explanation
Correct Answers
C:Azure-native searches require the supported audit category in Log Analytics.
D:Event Hubs is an event-stream handoff to a third-party SIEM.
Incorrect Answers
A:Blob tier selection does not deliver live event streams.
B:Suppressing the required category removes the evidence being collected.
E:Host CPU telemetry does not contain the required vault audits.