Question 1

A company exposes several REST APIs to third-party developers using Azure API Management (APIM).

The backend API is hosted on Azure App Service and is struggling to handle the load. The database queries are slow, but the data only changes once per hour.

You need to optimize the architecture to protect the backend from being overwhelmed and to improve response times for the third-party developers.

Which TWO APIM policies should you implement? (Select TWO)

Accepted Answer

Identify the policy to 'protect the backend' (rate limiting) and the policy to 'improve response times for static data' (caching).

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AZ-305 question?

Accepted Answer

Overlooking caching as a primary performance optimization tool in APIM.

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