Exam AZ-102: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition Practice Test
AZ-102 practice addresses Azure administration tasks for professionals transitioning to the Azure Administrator certification. The available questions sample decisions involving compute, networking, storage, monitoring, governance, and access to Azure resources. They connect service selection with operational needs such as scaling application workloads, protecting virtual machines, reviewing resource compliance, and collecting diagnostic data.
Exam overview
About the Exam AZ-102: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition Exam
The practice material explores how administrators match Azure services to workload requirements and maintain resources through routine changes. Examples include selecting a platform for HTTP traffic distribution, scaling identical virtual machines with Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and hosting application code without managing the underlying operating system. Storage scenarios cover blob versioning and secure access to accounts; recovery scenarios address point-in-time VM disk copies. Other questions involve assigning static public IP addresses, querying Azure Monitor Logs, checking Azure Policy compliance, and testing endpoint availability from multiple locations. Working through these decisions reinforces the distinctions among Azure service capabilities and the configuration choices that support reliability, security, and operational visibility. The question bank provides examples of these concepts, not confirmation of official exam domains or weighting.
Sample Practice Questions
Review a selection from this exam's published US Practice Tests practice bank.
A company needs a managed platform that distributes incoming HTTP requests across multiple backend web servers and supports path-based routing. Which service is a suitable choice?
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Correct answer: AAzure Application Gateway is a layer 7 web traffic load balancer and supports URL path-based routing. Azure Load Balancer primarily handles layer 4 TCP and UDP traffic.
An administrator wants to make a recovery point for an Azure virtual machine before applying a risky change. Which action creates a point-in-time copy of the VM's disks?
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Correct answer: AA managed disk snapshot captures a point-in-time copy of a disk and can be used as a basis for recovery or a new disk. Network rules, DNS records, and zone placement do not capture disk contents.
A team needs to create and manage a group of identical virtual machines that can scale out as demand increases. Which Azure compute feature is designed for this purpose?
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Correct answer: BVirtual machine scale sets manage groups of load-balanced, autoscalable virtual machines. Availability sets improve availability across fault and update domains, while Bastion and proximity placement groups serve different purposes.
A storage application needs to preserve prior versions of blobs so users can restore an earlier version after an overwrite. Which Blob Storage feature should be enabled?
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Correct answer: ABlob versioning automatically maintains previous versions of a blob when it is modified or deleted, enabling applications or users to access and restore earlier content.
An administrator wants to see whether a resource is currently compliant with an assigned Azure Policy definition and inspect any evaluation details. Which service area provides this information?
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Correct answer: AAzure Policy compliance reporting shows how resources evaluate against assigned policy definitions and initiatives, including compliance state and related details.
A team wants to deploy a web application without managing the operating system or web server infrastructure, while retaining control of application code and configuration. Which Azure service is a suitable platform?
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Correct answer: AAzure App Service is a managed platform for hosting web applications, with Azure handling much of the underlying infrastructure and operating-system maintenance. Virtual Machines require more infrastructure management.
A virtual machine must use a predictable public IPv4 address that remains associated with its network interface across VM restarts. What should the administrator assign?
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Correct answer: BA static public IP address is allocated to the resource and remains the same until it is released or changed. A DNS name alone does not ensure a fixed IP address.
How to use this practice test
Access is free. A practice session presents up to 20 random questions from the 50-question bank and shows results after the session. Use the questions to check whether you can distinguish services with similar roles, such as Azure Monitor Logs for querying collected resource data and availability tests for HTTP endpoint checks. Review any missed choices against the scenario’s stated requirement.
Preparation tips
- For each compute scenario, distinguish Virtual Machine Scale Sets from Azure App Service by identifying whether the task requires managing VM instances or deploying application code without OS administration.
- Compare Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway requirements in HTTP routing scenarios; note when path-based routing is specified.
- Practice matching recovery needs to VM snapshots and data-history needs to Blob Storage versioning.
- For access questions, identify when a VM should use a managed identity to reach Storage without embedded account keys.
- Separate Azure Policy compliance evaluation from Azure Monitor log collection and endpoint availability monitoring when interpreting operational scenarios.