Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

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We scored 50 real Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

50 questions scored
5 domains
1.9/10 overall complexity

Complexity by exam domain

Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.

Exam complexity score1.9/10Gentle · measured across 50 bank questions
  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources13 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive

  • Implement and manage storage10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

  • Implement and manage virtual networking7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle

    29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive

  • Manage Azure identities and governance13 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive

  • Monitor and maintain Azure resources7 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle

    43% multi-select · 14% scenario · 29% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

DomainBlueprintQuestionsSingleMultiInteractiveComplexity
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources25%135441.8/10Gentle
Implement and manage storage20%104331.8/10Gentle
Implement and manage virtual networking15%73221.7/10Gentle
Manage Azure identities and governance25%135441.8/10Gentle
Monitor and maintain Azure resources15%73222.7/10Gentle

How the score is calculated

The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.

Every question in the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:

  • Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
  • Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
  • Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
  • Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.

The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.

Data set: Certilum Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Foundation question bank, 50 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Microsoft statistic.

Questions analysed
50
Exam domains
5
Hardest domain
Monitor and maintain Azure resources (2.7)
Most approachable domain
Implement and manage virtual networking (1.7)
Question mix
20 single · 15 multi · 15 interactive
Measured on
Foundation

Frequently asked questions

What our Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.