Azure Security Center Recommendations Quiz

1. Azure Security Center recommends enabling diagnostic logging for which resource?

Virtual networks only

Storage accounts and databases

All Azure resources

Load balancers only

2. What is the recommended practice for handling security alerts in Azure Security Center?

Ignore all alerts

Review, investigate, and remediate promptly

Delete alerts without investigation

Archive alerts automatically

3. Azure Security Center recommends monitoring which type of activity for compliance?

Application performance metrics only

Audit logs and security events

Network latency statistics

Storage usage trends

4. Which recommendation helps secure Azure SQL Database instances?

Disable firewall rules

Enable Advanced Data Security and threat detection

Allow public access

Remove authentication requirements

5. Azure Security Center recommends implementing which feature for container security?

Image scanning and vulnerability assessment

Running containers as root

Disabling container logging

Using public container registries only

6. What does Azure Security Center recommend for protecting data in transit?

Disable HTTPS

Use TLS 1.2 or higher

Send data unencrypted

Implement VPN only

7. Azure Security Center recommends using managed identities instead of which authentication method?

Multi-factor authentication

Service principals with stored credentials

RBAC assignments

Azure AD integration

8. Which Azure Security Center recommendation addresses DDoS protection?

Disable all firewalls

Enable Azure DDoS Protection Standard

Limit bandwidth manually

Use basic security groups only

9. Azure Security Center recommends applying the principle of least privilege through which mechanism?

Granting admin access to all users

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Shared access keys

Public IP whitelisting

10. What is the recommended approach for managing API security per Azure Security Center?

Disable API authentication

Implement OAuth 2.0 and API gateways

Use basic authentication only

Allow unrestricted API access

11. What is the primary purpose of Azure Security Center recommendations?

To provide cost optimization suggestions only

To improve security posture and reduce vulnerabilities

To monitor network traffic patterns

To manage user access permissions exclusively

12. Which recommendation helps prevent unauthorized access to Key Vault secrets?

Disable access logging

Enable RBAC and managed identities

Store keys in plaintext

Allow anonymous access

13. What does Azure Security Center recommend for virtual machine patching?

Manual patching quarterly

Automatic OS updates and security patches

Never patch to avoid downtime

Patch only critical vulnerabilities

14. Azure Security Center recommends restricting access to storage accounts using which method?

IP whitelisting only

Service endpoints and firewall rules

Public access keys

DNS filtering

15. Which Azure Security Center recommendation addresses network segmentation?

Enable firewall rules

Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Disable public endpoints

All of the above

16. What is the recommended action for SQL databases without Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)?

Disable all encryption

Enable TDE to protect data at rest

Archive the database

Migrate to NoSQL

17. Azure Security Center recommends implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) as part of which security pillar?

Network Security

Identity and Access Management

Data Classification

Incident Response

18. Which recommendation type focuses on enabling encryption at rest?

Network Security

Data Protection

Identity Management

Application Security

19. What does the Secure Score metric help measure in Azure Security Center?

Network bandwidth consumption

Overall security health and progress

Database query performance

Virtual machine uptime percentage

20. Which Azure Security Center feature categorizes resources by security state?

Threat Detection

Security Posture Management

Compliance Dashboard

Risk Assessment Engine

SC-500 Azure Security Center Recommendations Quiz