Q38 RBAC Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam

Which Azure networking feature inspects and filters traffic between subnets based on source/destination IP and port rules?

  1. A Azure Firewall (L7 FQDN-based)
  2. B Network Security Group (NSG) (correct answer)
  3. C Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  4. D Azure DDoS Protection

Shortcut: NSGs are L3/L4 stateful packet filters applied to subnets or NICs. They contain inbound/outbound security rules based on source/destination IP, port, and protocol. Azure Firewall provides L7 FQDN filtering.