AI-200 Exam Preparation Material | Developing AI Cloud Solutions on Azure

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Question#1

You are implementing an application by using Azure Event Grid to push near-real-time information to customers.
You have the following requirements:
• You must send events to thousands of customers that include hundreds of various event types.
• The events must be filtered by event type before processing.
• Authentication and authorization must be handled by using Microsoft Entra ID.
• The events must be published to a single endpoint
You need to implement Azure Event Grid
Solution: Publish events to a partner topic. Create an event subscription for each customer.
Does the solution meet the goal?

A. Yes

B. No

Explanation:
Detailed Explanation
The proposed partner-topic design does not match the stated need for one publisher endpoint that can fan events into thousands of logically distinct customer topics. Event Grid domains are specifically designed to expose a single publishing endpoint while containing large numbers of topics, with subscriptions and filtering applied at the topic level. Partner topics are intended for partner-published SaaS events and do not substitute for the domain architecture required by this high-scale custom publishing scenario.
Study Guide Alignment: Azure service integration: Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Functions triggers/bindings, and event-driven processing.
Official Microsoft Learn References: AI-200 Study Guide | Azure Event Grid event domains | Authenticate Event Grid publishing with Microsoft Entra ID

Question#2

DRAG DROP
You plan to deploy a web application to AKS.
The solution must:
• Scale out the application by adding more pods during peak CPU usage
• Expose the application internally within the cluster only
You need to configure a Kubernetes resource for each requirement
Which resources should you configure? To answer, move the appropriate resources to the correct requirements You may use each resource once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to move split bar between .. or scroll to view content.

Explanation:
Verified Answer
Scale out the application: HorizontalPodAutoscaler .
Expose internally only:
ClusterIP service.
Detailed Explanation
The Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler increases or decreases pod replicas in response to CPU, memory, or other metrics, so it is the resource that implements CPU-driven pod scale-out. A ClusterIP service creates an internal service IP that is reachable within the Kubernetes cluster and is the normal choice for an internal-only service. A Deployment defines the workload but does not itself implement metric-driven autoscaling, while Ingress is intended to route inbound network traffic.
Study Guide Alignment: Containerized Azure workloads: registry builds, App Service containers, Container Apps revision/scaling behavior, and AKS deployment choices.
Official Microsoft Learn References: AI-200 Study Guide | AKS scaling overview | Kubernetes services in AKS

Question#3

You need to configure a connection string for the partner-facing service according to the technical requirements.
What should you use?

A. Azure Key Vault references in App Service settings

B. GitHub secrets

C. Azure Container Registry Helm chart package

D. Dockerfile ENV instructions

Explanation:
Detailed Explanation
Azure Key Vault references in App Service settings satisfy the requirement to keep secrets out of container images, source control, and directly stored application configuration. App Service resolves the referenced secret at runtime by using the app identity, so the application can consume the value as a normal setting without embedding credentials in the image. GitHub secrets are build/deployment secrets rather than a runtime App Service secret-delivery mechanism. Dockerfile ENV instructions would place secret material in the image configuration and violate the case requirements.
Study Guide Alignment: Security and operations: Key Vault, App Configuration, managed identity, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and KQL-based troubleshooting.
Official Microsoft Learn References: AI-200 Study Guide | Use Key Vault references for App Service and Functions | Managed identities for Azure resources

Question#4

You are implementing an application by using Azure Event Grid to push near-real-time information to customers.
You have the following requirements:
• You must send events to thousands of customers that include hundreds of various event types.
• The events must be filtered by event type before processing.
• Authentication and authorization must be handled by using Microsoft Entra ID.
• The events must be published to a single endpoint
You need to implement Azure Event Grid
Solution: Publish events to a system topic. Create an event subscription for each customer.
Does the solution meet the goal?

A. Yes

B. No

Explanation:
Detailed Explanation
System topics represent events emitted by Azure services and are not the correct resource for an application publishing its own hundreds of event types to thousands of customers through one custom endpoint. Event Grid domains are intended for exactly this type of application-level multi-tenant topic organization and expose one publishing endpoint for many topics. Therefore a system topic with a subscription per customer does not satisfy the stated publishing model, even though Event Grid supports filtering and secure delivery in other contexts. Study Guide Alignment: Azure service integration: Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Functions triggers/bindings, and event-driven processing.
Official Microsoft Learn References: AI-200 Study Guide | Azure Event Grid event domains Verification completed using official Microsoft Learn sources only. Original exhibits have been retained unchanged.

Question#5

HOTSPOT
You provisioned an Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL account named account1 with the default consistency level.
You plan to configure the consistency level on a per request basis. You plan to request Consistent Prefix consistency on a per-request basis.
You need to identify the resulting consistency level for read and write operations.
Which levels result from this configuration? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Explanation:
Verified Answer
Read operations: Consistent Prefix. Write operations: Session (the account default remains effective for writes).
Detailed Explanation
Azure Cosmos DB allows a client or request to override consistency for reads. Microsoft explicitly notes that such an override applies only to reads; it does not change how writes are committed and replicated under the account’s configured consistency. Because a new account uses Session consistency by default, requesting Consistent Prefix affects the reads while the account continues to use its Session consistency behavior for writes. This distinction is the key point tested by the hotspot.
Study Guide Alignment: AI data-management workloads: Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, caching, vector storage, vector retrieval, consistency, and connection optimization.
Official Microsoft Learn References: AI-200 Study Guide | Manage Cosmos DB consistency levels | Cosmos DB consistency level choices

Exam Code: AI-200
Q & A: 142 Q&As Updated: Oct 20,2026

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Exam Code: AI-200
Q & A: 142 Q&As
Updated: Oct 20,2026