Q47 Cosmos DB Domain 2 · 25–30% of exam

How is throughput provisioned in Cosmos DB?

  1. A By VM SKU selected at account creation
  2. B In Request Units per second (RU/s) (correct answer)
  3. C By storage tier (Standard/Premium)
  4. D By connection pool size

Shortcut: Cosmos DB throughput is measured in Request Units per second (RU/s). Each operation (read, write, query) consumes a number of RUs. You provision RU/s at the database or container level.