Exam-style question formats

The AI-200 exam is not only four-option multiple choice. It also uses interactive items — the exam policy page calls these interactive components. These sets drill the three most common shapes so the interaction itself doesn't cost you time on exam day.

All-or-nothing

Like multiple-response items, every format on this page scores all-or-nothing — one wrong step, blank, or pair and the whole item is marked incorrect. Slow down and check the full answer before submitting.

Build-list · put the steps in order

Drag a row or use the ▲ ▼ buttons. The whole sequence must be right — there is no partial credit.

Ordering — AI-200 Question 1 / 43 · Score 0/0

pgvector RAG setup

You are standing up a retrieval-augmented generation store in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server using pgvector. Put the steps in the order you must perform them.

Put the steps in the correct order — drag a row, or use the ▲ ▼ buttons.

1. 1Allowlist and enable the vector extension with CREATE EXTENSION vector⠿
2. 2Create the table with a vector(1536) column alongside the document text and metadata⠿
3. 3Insert the rows, writing each chunk's embedding into the vector column⠿
4. 4Create the IVFFlat index on the vector column once the data is loaded⠿
5. 5Query the nearest neighbours with the <=> cosine distance operator⠿

Hotspot · complete each blank

A short scenario with several dropdowns. Every blank must be correct for the item to score.

Hotspot — AI-200 Question 1 / 43 · Score 0/0

Messaging service choice

A back-end platform has three separate integration requirements. Select the Azure service that fits each one.

Choose the correct value for each blank. All must be right to score.

Ordered, transactional processing of back-end work items, with dead-lettering and sessions— select —Azure Service BusAzure Event GridAzure Event HubsAzure Queue Storage

Reactive routing of discrete state-change notifications to many independent subscribers, with filters and retries— select —Azure Service BusAzure Event GridAzure Event HubsAzure Relay

High-throughput ingestion of a continuous telemetry stream that consumers can replay from an offset— select —Azure Service BusAzure Event GridAzure Event HubsAzure Queue Storage

Matching · pair each item with its target

Match every item on the left to the right option. All pairs must be correct.

Matching — AI-200 Question 1 / 43 · Score 0/0

Container hosting choice

Match each hosting requirement to the most appropriate Azure container service.

Match each item on the left to the correct option. All must be right to score.

Rebuild an image automatically whenever its base image is patched, with no build agent to manage— select —Azure Container Registry TasksAzure App Service for ContainersAzure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service

Host a single long-running web container with deployment slots and built-in auth— select —Azure Container Registry TasksAzure App Service for ContainersAzure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service

Run an HTTP microservice that must scale to zero and scale out on queue depth via KEDA— select —Azure Container Registry TasksAzure App Service for ContainersAzure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service

Run a workload that needs DaemonSets, custom schedulers, and direct control of node pools— select —Azure Container Registry TasksAzure App Service for ContainersAzure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service

Items you miss here land in your weak spots, and a share of them appears in the timed mock exam.