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Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

The Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) validates your expertise in designing, implementing, and managing Azure networking solutions. It is a highly technical associate-level credential focused on connectivity, security, and routing within the Microsoft Cloud



---------- Question 1
A security engineer is configuring an Azure Firewall to protect an environment with multiple VNets. The requirement is to implement threat intelligence-based filtering in Alert and Deny mode. Additionally, the engineer needs to centrally manage these rules across three different Azure Firewalls deployed in different regions. Which Azure management resource should be used to achieve this centralized rule management?
  1. Network Security Groups (NSGs)
  2. Azure Firewall Policy
  3. Application Security Groups (ASGs)
  4. Azure Network Watcher

---------- Question 2
A developer is configuring an Azure Application Gateway (v2) to handle traffic for a microservices-based application. Each microservice is mapped to a different backend pool based on the URL path (e.g., /images/* or /video/*). During testing, it is noted that while the images pool works, the video pool always returns a 502 Bad Gateway error. Which of the following is the most likely cause related to the Application Gateway configuration?
  1. The health probe for the video pool is failing due to an incorrect path or host header
  2. The listener is configured for Basic routing instead of Path-based routing
  3. The frontend IP configuration is set to Private only while the client is on the internet
  4. The backend servers in the video pool are using a different VNet than the gateway

---------- Question 3
An architect is designing a multi-tier application where the web tier is globally distributed. The company wants to use Azure Front Door for global load balancing and security. They need to ensure that the backend application servers, which are hosted in an Azure VNet, are not accessible via the public internet and can only receive traffic originating from the Azure Front Door instance. What is the most secure way to implement this origin protection?
  1. Configure an NSG to allow traffic only from the FrontDoor.Backend service tag
  2. Use Azure Private Link to secure the origin with an Azure Front Door Premium SKU
  3. Enable IP Whitelisting on the backend servers for the Front Door edge IPs
  4. Deploy an Azure Bastion host to manage all incoming traffic to the backend VMs

---------- Question 4
Your company needs to allow an on-premises application to securely access an Azure SQL Database. For security reasons, the traffic must not travel over the public internet, and the database should not have a public IP address. You decide to use Azure Private Link. What is the key component that must be created within the Azure Virtual Network to provide the on-premises application with a private entry point?
  1. Service Endpoint
  2. Private Endpoint
  3. Virtual Network Gateway
  4. Application Security Group

---------- Question 5
A web application requires a load balancing solution that supports SSL termination, cookie-based session affinity, and path-based routing to different backend pools (e.g., images sent to one pool and videos to another). The application is regional and does not require global distribution. Which Azure load balancing service best aligns with these specific Layer 7 requirements?
  1. Azure Front Door
  2. Azure Traffic Manager
  3. Azure Application Gateway
  4. Azure Load Balancer Standard

---------- Question 6
A financial institution requires a high-performance, resilient connection between their on-premises environment and Azure. They have chosen Azure ExpressRoute with a 10 Gbps ExpressRoute Direct deployment. To meet strict regulatory requirements, they must ensure that all traffic is encrypted while in transit over the ExpressRoute circuit. Which configuration should you implement to provide end-to-end encryption at the network layer for this circuit?
  1. MACsec encryption on the ExpressRoute Direct ports
  2. IPsec VPN over ExpressRoute Microsoft Peering
  3. Application Gateway with TLS termination
  4. Standard ExpressRoute Private Peering without additional overhead

---------- Question 7
Your organization has a hybrid environment with multiple virtual networks in Azure and an on-premises data center. You need to implement a name resolution solution that allows Azure resources to resolve on-premises DNS names and allows on-premises clients to resolve names in Azure Private DNS zones. You want to minimize the management of virtual machine-based DNS servers. Which solution should you implement?
  1. Configure the virtual network to use the default Azure-provided DNS service and create a Public DNS zone for internal resource names.
  2. Deploy an Azure DNS Private Resolver with an inbound endpoint for on-premises queries and an outbound endpoint with forwarding rules for the on-premises domain.
  3. Implement a split-horizon DNS by creating duplicate records in both the Azure Private DNS zones and the on-premises Windows Server DNS.
  4. Link the on-premises DNS server to the Azure Virtual Network using a Service Endpoint and configure the firewall to allow port 53 traffic.

---------- Question 8
You are designing an application delivery strategy for a web application that must be available globally with low latency. The application consists of multiple web servers in the East US and North Europe regions. You need a service that provides SSL offloading, path-based routing, and can automatically redirect traffic to the closest healthy regional endpoint. Which Azure service is best suited for this global Layer 7 load balancing scenario?
  1. Azure Load Balancer
  2. Azure Application Gateway
  3. Azure Front Door
  4. Azure Traffic Manager

---------- Question 9
A large enterprise is migrating their infrastructure to Azure and requires a hub-and-spoke network topology. You are tasked with designing the IP addressing and routing strategy. The requirement is to ensure that all traffic from the spoke virtual networks (VNets) destined for the internet must be inspected by a central Azure Firewall located in the hub VNet. Additionally, you must ensure that traffic between spokes is also routed through this firewall. Which combination of components and configurations is necessary to implement this service chaining correctly while avoiding asymmetrical routing?
  1. Configure VNet peering between all spokes and create a Default Gateway in each spoke pointing to the hub IP address.
  2. Deploy an Azure Firewall in the hub VNet and create a User-Defined Route (UDR) in each spoke subnet with a 0.0.0.0/0 route pointing to the firewall internal IP.
  3. Enable Gateway Transit on the hub VNet peering and use Azure ExpressRoute to advertise a default route to the spoke VNets.
  4. Use Azure Virtual Network Manager to create a mesh topology and apply a security admin rule to redirect traffic to the hub.

---------- Question 10
An Azure Network Engineer needs to implement a routing solution where all outbound internet traffic from several spoke virtual networks must be funneled through a central firewall located in a Hub virtual network for deep packet inspection. You have established virtual network peering between the spokes and the hub. What is the most critical configuration step required on the spoke subnets to ensure the traffic follows this specific path?
  1. Enable Gateway Transit on the Hub peering and Use Remote Gateway on the Spoke peering
  2. Configure an Azure Virtual Network Manager to automate the creation of a mesh network topology
  3. Create a User-Defined Route with a 0.0.0.0/0 prefix and set the next hop to the firewall internal IP
  4. Deploy an Azure NAT Gateway and associate it with all subnets across the Hub and Spoke networks

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