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Microsoft DP-201 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Designing an Azure Data Solution |
| Exam Number: | DP-201 |
| Related Certifications: | DP-200: Implementing an Azure Data Solution DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Exam Duration: | 180 minutes |
| Available Languages: | English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Response, Case Studies, Multiple Choice |
| Exam Price: | USD 165 |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Delivered online or at authorized testing centers; retired after August 31, 2021, replaced by DP-203 Microsoft Data Engineering exam. |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites, but familiar Azure fundamentals and data engineering skills recommended. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/exams/dp-201 |
Microsoft DP-201 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Design data processing solutions | 25-30% | - Batch and real-time processing design
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| Topic 2: Design for data security and compliance | 25-30% | - Security and compliance architecture
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| Topic 3: Design Azure data storage solutions | 40-45% | - Data storage architecture and design
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Microsoft Designing an Azure Data Solution (DP-201) — Questions Candidates Actually Ask
The DP-201 exam, officially known as Microsoft Designing an Azure Data Solution, is the Microsoft test that leads to the Azure Data Engineer Associate certification at the Associate level. Passing it validates the skills employers expect from a certified professional. It is also associated with related credentials such as DP-200: Implementing an Azure Data Solution, DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure.
The DP-201 exam contains 40-60 questions, and you have 180 minutes to complete them. Work out your per-question pace before test day, and flag slow items instead of stalling on them — time pressure, not knowledge, sinks many first attempts. Timed mock exams in the Actual4Exams test engines are the most reliable way to build that rhythm.
No mandatory prerequisites, but familiar Azure fundamentals and data engineering skills recommended.
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The official Microsoft Designing an Azure Data Solution outline is organized into 3 domains. The first three are:
- Design for data security and compliance — 25-30% of the exam
- Design Azure data storage solutions — 40-45% of the exam
- Design data processing solutions — 25-30% of the exam
See the complete exam topics section above for the full outline and the weighting of every domain.
Microsoft Designing an Azure Data Solution Sample Questions:
You are designing a streaming solution that must meet the following requirements:
Accept input data from an Azure IoT hub.
Write aggregated data to Azure Cosmos DB.
Calculate minimum, maximum, and average sensor readings every five minutes.
Define calculations by using a SQL query.
Deploy to multiple environments by using Azure Resource Manager templates.
What should you include in the solution?
- A. Azure HDInsight with Spark Streaming
- B. Azure Functions
- C. Azure Stream Analytics
- D. Azure Databricks
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You are designing an Azure Databricks interactive cluster. The cluster will be used infrequently and will be configured for auto-termination.
You need to ensure that the cluster configuration is retained indefinitely after the cluster is terminated. The solution must minimize costs.
What should you do?
- A. Pin the cluster.
- B. Clone the cluster after it is terminated.
- C. Terminate the cluster manually when processing completes.
- D. Create an Azure runbook that starts the cluster every 90 days.
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You have streaming data that is received by Azure Event Hubs and stored in Azure Blob storage. The data contains social media posts that relate to a keyword of Contoso.
You need to count how many times the Contoso keyword and a keyword of Litware appear in the same post every 30 seconds. The data must be available to Microsoft Power BI in near real-time.
Solution: You create an Azure Stream Analytics job that uses an input from Event Hubs to count the posts that have the specified keywords, then and send the data directly to Power BI.
Does the solution meet the goal?
- A. Yes
- B. No
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A company is developing a mission-critical line of business app that uses Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. You must design a disaster recovery strategy for the solution.
You need to ensure that the database automatically recovers when full or partial loss of the Azure SQL Database service occurs in the primary region.
What should you recommend?
- A. Azure SQL Data Sync
- B. SQL Replication
- C. Active geo-replication
- D. Failover-group
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You have an on-premises data warehouse that includes the following fact tables. Both tables have the following columns: DataKey, ProductKey, RegionKey. There are 120 unique product keys and 65 unique region keys.
Queries that use the data warehouse take a long time to complete.
You plan to migrate the solution to use Azure SQL Data Warehouse. You need to ensure that the Azure-based solution optimizes query performance and minimizes processing skew.
What should you recommend? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-distribute
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