Try 12 Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) sample questions on identity, governance, data platforms, infrastructure, business continuity, and architecture design decisions.
AZ-305 is Microsoft’s Azure solutions architect design exam for candidates who need to justify service selection under security, governance, resilience, performance, and cost constraints.
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AZ-305 questions usually reward the option that satisfies the stated security, availability, networking, governance, and operational constraints with the simplest workable managed design.
| Domain | Weight |
|---|---|
| Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions | 25-30% |
| Design data storage solutions | 20-25% |
| Design business continuity solutions | 15-20% |
| Design infrastructure solutions | 30-35% |
Try these 12 original sample questions for Microsoft AZ-305. They are designed for self-assessment and are not official exam questions.
Topic: architecture trade-off
A workload requires high availability across datacenters in the same region. Which design should be considered first?
Best answer: A
Explanation: Availability zones protect against datacenter-level failures within supported regions. Architects must match resilience design to the stated failure scope.
What this tests: Designing for Azure availability requirements.
Topic: identity design
A company wants centralized identity, conditional access, and least-privilege access to Azure resources. What should the architect prioritize?
Best answer: B
Explanation: Identity and access architecture should be centralized, policy-driven, and least-privilege. Shared administrator accounts are weak governance.
What this tests: Identity and governance architecture.
Topic: storage selection
An application stores large unstructured documents and rarely changes them after upload. Which storage service is the strongest fit?
Best answer: C
Explanation: Blob Storage fits unstructured object data. Lifecycle and access controls can align cost and governance with usage patterns.
What this tests: Selecting Azure storage services by workload.
Topic: business continuity
A database requires recovery within minutes and minimal data loss. What should drive the design?
Best answer: D
Explanation: Business-continuity design starts with recovery objectives. The chosen service configuration must support and prove those objectives.
What this tests: Mapping RTO and RPO to Azure design.
Topic: governance
A platform team needs to enforce allowed regions and required tags across subscriptions. Which Azure capability is most relevant?
Best answer: A
Explanation: Azure Policy can enforce and audit governance rules such as allowed locations and required tags across scopes.
What this tests: Applying governance controls.
Topic: network architecture
Many application VNets need shared access to firewall, DNS, and connectivity to on-premises systems. Which topology is common?
Best answer: B
Explanation: Hub-and-spoke architecture centralizes shared network services and connectivity while keeping workloads segmented.
What this tests: Choosing Azure network topology.
Topic: monitoring design
An executive wants a reliable operations view across applications, infrastructure, and security. What should the architect design?
Best answer: C
Explanation: Architecture includes observability and operating model. Centralized signals support response and continuous improvement.
What this tests: Designing monitoring and operations.
Topic: cost optimization
A design meets all technical requirements but uses premium services for every tier without justification. What should the architect do?
Best answer: D
Explanation: Architecture balances cost with reliability, security, and performance. Premium choices should be justified by requirements.
What this tests: Cost-aware architecture decisions.
Topic: hybrid connectivity
A workload requires private connectivity between an on-premises datacenter and Azure with predictable bandwidth. What should be evaluated?
Best answer: A
Explanation: Hybrid connectivity decisions involve service choice, bandwidth, routing, resiliency, and security. Predictable private connectivity often points to ExpressRoute evaluation.
What this tests: Designing hybrid Azure connectivity.
Topic: data security
A solution stores regulated data and must limit administrator visibility. Which design area is most relevant?
Best answer: B
Explanation: Regulated data requires layered controls. Key management, auditability, and access boundaries are core architecture concerns.
What this tests: Designing secure data solutions.
Topic: service selection
A team wants to run containers without managing Kubernetes control planes for a simple event-driven API. What should the architect compare?
Best answer: C
Explanation: Architects should choose the simplest service that meets requirements. AKS may be unnecessary for simpler container apps.
What this tests: Selecting managed compute services.
Topic: route fit
A candidate is strong in hands-on Azure administration but weak in design trade-offs. What should they practice for AZ-305?
Best answer: D
Explanation: AZ-305 is design-oriented. Candidates need to justify trade-offs, not only perform administrator tasks.
What this tests: Understanding the architect-level assessment style.
Use this map to connect the sample questions to the decision pattern Microsoft usually tests for this route.
flowchart LR
S1["Business and technical requirements"] --> S2
S2["Design identity and governance"] --> S3
S3["Design network and compute"] --> S4
S4["Design data platform"] --> S5
S5["Apply reliability and security"] --> S6
S6["Balance cost and operations"]
| Cue | What to remember |
|---|---|
| Requirements first | Architecture answers usually depend on constraints, nonfunctional requirements, and tradeoffs. |
| Identity | Use Microsoft Entra ID, roles, policy, and governance boundaries deliberately. |
| Reliability | Consider zones, regions, backup, failover, and tested recovery objectives. |
| Security | Apply defense in depth, least privilege, network controls, and data protection. |
| Cost | Right-size, reserve, autoscale, monitor, and remove unused resources. |
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