MB-820 Practice Test

Sample MB-820 Practice Questions

10 real questions from the free MB-820bank. Pick an answer in your head, then open “Show answer” for the explanation.

1. 1. Which licensing model difference is documented between Business Central on-premises and Business Central online?

   • A. On-premises licenses are ordered per user, while online licenses are ordered per installed object
   • B. Online customers are generally not charged per object, while on-premises historically included per-object licensing considerations
   • C. Online customers cannot use Essentials or Premium license types; those remain limited to on-premises customers
   • D. On-premises requires a Cloud Solution Provider agreement, while online does not
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   Correct answer: B

   Documentation states that in Business Central online customers don't pay for objects, a contrast drawn against the broader on-premises licensing model. Both deployment types use Essentials, Premium, Device, or Team Member license types, and it is the online model, not on-premises, that generally involves the CSP indirect-reseller agreement.

2. 2. In Business Central online's standard update lifecycle, how often are major platform updates typically released?

   • A. Once a month, alongside each minor update
   • B. On a two-year cadence
   • C. When a customer requests one, with no fixed schedule
   • D. Twice a year, generally in April and October
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   Correct answer: D

   Major updates are documented as typically made available twice a year, in April and in October, while minor updates roll out every month. A monthly cadence describes minor updates, not major ones, a two-year cadence is far slower than the documented schedule, and major updates are Microsoft-scheduled service events, not on-demand customer requests.

3. 3. An ISV publishes a Marketplace app for Business Central online. Business Central is about to roll out a major version update, from 24.x to 25.0. The ISV has not released a new version of their app in months. Under the documented upgrade behavior for global apps, what happens to the ISV's app during this specific upgrade?

   • A. The environment automatically updates the app to its latest published version as part of the major version upgrade
   • B. The app is uninstalled automatically because it wasn't updated ahead of the major release
   • C. The app is frozen at its current version indefinitely until the ISV manually republishes it
   • D. The environment silently forks a private copy of the app so the major upgrade doesn't affect it
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   Correct answer: A

   Documented behavior for Marketplace apps is that upgrades update them to the latest version during major version upgrades (for example 19.5 to 20.0), while minor version upgrades preserve the installed version unless the publisher marks it incompatible. Automatic uninstallation, indefinite freezing, and silent forking are not documented upgrade behaviors for global apps.

4. 4. A partner is designing a Business Central deployment and needs a component that stores both application object definitions and business data, and that in a multitenant deployment can be split so a single application database supports multiple separate tenant databases. Which component are they describing?

   • A. Business Central Server
   • B. SQL Database
   • C. Web Server
   • D. Web services
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   Correct answer: B

   SQL Database holds object definitions and business data, and in multitenant deployments the application and business data are separated into an application database associated with one or more tenant databases. Business Central Server and the Web Server are middle-tier and web-hosting components, not the data layer, and web services simply expose functionality rather than storing data.

5. 5. In Business Central online, what is the primary effect of installing an app such as an extension?

   • A. It permanently replaces the affected pages and tables in the base application with new AL source code
   • B. It adds functionality, changes behavior, or gives access to new online services without modifying the base application's source code
   • C. It removes the need for any user permissions to access the new functionality
   • D. It converts the environment from a production environment into a sandbox environment
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   Correct answer: B

   Apps are documented as adding functionality, changing behavior, or giving access to new online services, which is why they are also called extensions rather than modifications. They do not rewrite base application source code, users still need permissions to the objects an app exposes, and installing an app has no effect on the environment type.