AZ-900 Cloud Concepts Practice Questions

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · Skill area 1 of 3 · 25–30% of the exam

50 questions in 45 minutes, interactive Yes/No and matching sets included, drawn in the official share for each AZ-900 skill area, with a score for every area and a note on every answer.

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Free sample · Question 1 of 3AZ-900 · Cloud Concepts

A company runs Windows Server on Azure virtual machines. Who is responsible for patching the virtual machines’ operating system?

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Cloud Concepts on the AZ-900 exam

Describe cloud concepts is 25–30% of AZ-900 (about 14 of our 50-question mock). It is vendor-neutral vocabulary with an Azure flavor.

Share of the exam
25–30% of AZ-900; about 14 of the 50 questions on our mock
Our drill
10 questions from 34 Cloud Concepts questions, untimed, a note on every option; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
Line drawing of three stacked layers under a cloud shape, beside an office building and a laptop

What Cloud Concepts questions test

  • Cloud computing, the shared responsibility model and who handles what in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
  • Public, private and hybrid cloud models and their use cases
  • The consumption-based model, cloud pricing models and serverless
  • Benefits: high availability, scalability (vertical and horizontal), elasticity, reliability, predictability, security, governance and manageability
  • IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and the right service type for each scenario

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50 questions in 45 minutes, interactive Yes/No and matching sets included, drawn in the official share for each AZ-900 skill area, with a score for every area and a note on every answer.

Free Cloud Concepts drill

How to study it

  • In the shared responsibility model, the customer always keeps responsibility for its data, devices, accounts and identities
  • Scaling up adds power to one resource; scaling out adds more instances
  • CapEx is buying hardware up front; OpEx is paying as you go

Common questions

What does the customer always own in the shared responsibility model?

Its information and data, the devices that connect to the cloud, and its accounts and identities, whatever the service type.

Is serverless on AZ-900?

Yes. The July 20, 2026 skills measured include "Describe serverless" under cloud computing.

50 questions in 45 minutes, interactive Yes/No and matching sets included, drawn in the official share for each AZ-900 skill area, with a score for every area and a note on every answer.

Free Cloud Concepts drill

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