AZ-305 exam format: domains, weightings and length

4 domains 100 min 50 questions

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 is examined across 4 domains. The weightings below decide how much of the exam each domain is worth — and therefore where preparation time pays off.

Domains and weightings

Domain	Exam weight	Our questions
Design infrastructure solutions	32.5%	614
Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions	27.5%	506
Design data storage solutions	22.5%	367
Design business continuity solutions	17.5%	293

Length and number of questions

Time: 100 minutes
Questions: about 50 according to the vendor — the vendor gives a range rather than a fixed count, so treat this as approximate.
Passing score: 700 on a scale of 1–1000 — what AZ-305 needs to pass →

Question formats in our AZ-305 bank

These are the formats among the 1,780 AZ-305 questions we publish. They describe our bank, not the vendor's blueprint.

single choice: 1,652 questions
multi choice: 128 questions

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The weightings tell you what the exam rewards. A readiness check tells you where you stand in each one.

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More on AZ-305

Domain weightings as published by the exam vendor · Question counts are from the Certsqill AZ-305 bank (1,780 questions).