MCQs on Monitoring and Logging in Blob Storage | Azure Storage
Azure Monitor provides comprehensive monitoring for Blob Storage, enabling diagnostic logging and metric analysis. These MCQs will assess your knowledge of monitoring and logging in Azure Blob Storage for auditing and analysis.
Monitoring and Logging
Using Azure Monitor with Blob Storage
- What does Azure Monitor primarily help you track?
- A) Virtual machine performance
- B) Application metrics
- C) Storage account health
- D) All of the above
- Which Azure service is used to collect and analyze performance data in Blob Storage?
- A) Azure Monitor
- B) Azure Blob Analytics
- C) Azure App Insights
- D) Azure Log Analytics
- How can you enable monitoring for an Azure Blob Storage account?
- A) Through the Azure portal under “Monitoring” settings
- B) By configuring Azure Monitor alerts
- C) By enabling diagnostic settings
- D) All of the above
- Which of these Azure Monitor tools allows you to view logs related to Blob Storage operations?
- A) Azure Activity Log
- B) Azure Log Analytics
- C) Azure Metrics Explorer
- D) Azure Storage Explorer
- What kind of data can you collect from Azure Monitor for Blob Storage?
- A) Transactional logs
- B) Performance metrics
- C) Container-level events
- D) All of the above
- Which of the following is required to monitor Azure Blob Storage with Azure Monitor?
- A) A configured resource group
- B) Diagnostic settings enabled
- C) An active subscription
- D) A storage account key
- What type of logs does Azure Monitor provide for Blob Storage operations?
- A) Read/write operations logs
- B) Security-related logs
- C) Request and error logs
- D) All of the above
- Which Azure Monitor feature helps in setting up alerts based on Blob Storage metrics?
- A) Azure Alerts
- B) Azure Activity Logs
- C) Azure Metrics Explorer
- D) Azure Diagnostics
- What is the primary benefit of using Azure Monitor with Blob Storage?
- A) Real-time logging for Blob transactions
- B) Automating blob backups
- C) Reducing storage costs
- D) Managing access control for Blob Storage
- What can Azure Monitor alert you about regarding Blob Storage?
- A) High latency in data access
- B) Storage account health
- C) Usage metrics exceeding limits
- D) All of the above
Enabling Diagnostic Logging for Auditing
- What does enabling diagnostic logging in Azure Blob Storage help with?
- A) Data replication across regions
- B) Auditing and security monitoring
- C) Backup and recovery
- D) Creating custom data pipelines
- How can you enable diagnostic logging for Blob Storage?
- A) By configuring settings in the Azure portal
- B) Using Azure CLI
- C) Using ARM templates
- D) All of the above
- What types of logs are generated when diagnostic logging is enabled for Blob Storage?
- A) Read/write logs
- B) Error and request logs
- C) Success and failure logs
- D) All of the above
- What is the main purpose of auditing logs in Azure Blob Storage?
- A) Monitoring blob upload/download speed
- B) Tracking access and changes for compliance
- C) Setting access controls
- D) Managing storage capacity
- Where are the diagnostic logs for Blob Storage stored by default?
- A) In a separate storage account
- B) In Azure Monitor logs
- C) In the Blob Storage container itself
- D) In Azure Log Analytics
- Which of these can you track with Azure diagnostic logs for Blob Storage?
- A) Who accessed a specific blob
- B) What operation was performed on the blob
- C) When the operation was performed
- D) All of the above
- Which diagnostic log format is supported by Azure Blob Storage?
- A) CSV
- B) JSON
- C) XML
- D) None of the above
- How can you ensure that the diagnostic logs are retained for a specific duration?
- A) By configuring log retention policies in Azure Monitor
- B) By manually backing up logs
- C) By enabling diagnostic log retention in the storage account
- D) None of the above
- How can you access the diagnostic logs for Blob Storage after they are enabled?
- A) Through the Azure portal
- B) Using Azure CLI
- C) Using Log Analytics workspaces
- D) All of the above
- Which compliance requirements can be met using Blob Storage diagnostic logs?
- A) GDPR
- B) HIPAA
- C) ISO/IEC 27001
- D) All of the above
Analyzing Storage Metrics
- What is Azure Storage Metrics used for?
- A) Analyzing the health of storage accounts
- B) Calculating costs for storage usage
- C) Monitoring data access and usage patterns
- D) All of the above
- Which storage metrics can be monitored using Azure Monitor?
- A) Total data ingress/egress
- B) Blob storage capacity
- C) Read/write operations per second
- D) All of the above
- How can you configure storage metrics in Azure?
- A) By using the Azure portal
- B) By using Azure CLI commands
- C) Through Azure Resource Manager templates
- D) All of the above
- What does the “Blob Transactions” metric indicate in Azure Monitor?
- A) The number of blob storage requests
- B) The number of containers in the account
- C) The data ingress/egress rates
- D) The total storage cost for the account
- Which of these metrics helps in understanding the performance of Blob Storage?
- A) Average request duration
- B) Latency for read/write operations
- C) Number of failed requests
- D) All of the above
- How can you visualize Azure storage metrics?
- A) Through Azure Monitor dashboards
- B) Using Power BI integration
- C) Through customized reports in Azure portal
- D) All of the above
- What does the “Egress” metric in Azure Storage indicate?
- A) Amount of data written to Blob Storage
- B) Amount of data downloaded from Blob Storage
- C) Total storage capacity used
- D) Data redundancy rate
- Which Azure service is used to analyze and report on storage metrics?
- A) Azure Log Analytics
- B) Azure SQL Database
- C) Azure Traffic Manager
- D) Azure Application Insights
- How can you set up alerts based on storage metrics?
- A) Using Azure Monitor alerts
- B) Using Power Automate
- C) Using Azure Logic Apps
- D) None of the above
- What can you use Azure storage metrics for in Blob Storage?
- A) Understanding usage patterns
- B) Optimizing storage costs
- C) Troubleshooting performance issues
- D) All of the above
Answer Key
| Qno | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | D) All of the above |
| 2 | A) Azure Monitor |
| 3 | D) All of the above |
| 4 | B) Azure Log Analytics |
| 5 | D) All of the above |
| 6 | B) Diagnostic settings enabled |
| 7 | D) All of the above |
| 8 | A) Azure Alerts |
| 9 | A) Real-time logging for Blob transactions |
| 10 | D) All of the above |
| 11 | B) Auditing and security monitoring |
| 12 | D) All of the above |
| 13 | D) All of the above |
| 14 | B) Tracking access and changes for compliance |
| 15 | B) In Azure Monitor logs |
| 16 | D) All of the above |
| 17 | B) JSON |
| 18 | A) By configuring log retention policies in Azure Monitor |
| 19 | D) All of the above |
| 20 | D) All of the above |
| 21 | D) All of the above |
| 22 | D) All of the above |
| 23 | D) All of the above |
| 24 | A) The number of blob storage requests |
| 25 | D) All of the above |
| 26 | D) All of the above |
| 27 | B) Amount of data downloaded from Blob Storage |
| 28 | A) Azure Log Analytics |
| 29 | A) Using Azure Monitor alerts |
| 30 | D) All of the above |