MS-102 Practice Test 3 — 25 Questions

Question 1

A security administrator wants to monitor and control user downloads from a third-party SaaS application (e.g., Box) in real time. The administrator needs to apply session-level policies to block downloads based on risk. Which Microsoft 365 Defender feature should be used?

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Accepted Answer

Conditional Access App Control. Conditional Access App Control (CAAC) is the correct feature because it enables real-time session-level monitoring and control of user activities within third-party SaaS applications like Box. By integrating with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, CAAC can apply policies to block downloads based on risk signals such as user location, device compliance, or anomalous behavior, all within the user's active session.

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Cloud Discovery

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App Connectors

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Anomaly Detection Policies

Question 2

A security analyst is investigating a suspected credential theft attack where an attacker attempts to dump credentials from LSASS. Which Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rule should the administrator enable to block this activity from untrusted processes?

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Block credential stealing from the Windows local security authority subsystem (lsass.exe). The ASR rule 'Block credential stealing from the Windows local security authority subsystem (lsass.exe)' (GUID: 9e6c4e1f-7d60-472f-ba1a-a39ef669e4b2) is specifically designed to prevent untrusted processes from accessing LSASS memory and dumping credentials, such as with tools like Mimikatz. This directly addresses the described attack scenario of credential theft from LSASS, making it the correct choice.

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Block Office applications from creating child processes

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Block executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criterion

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Block Adobe Reader from creating child processes

Question 3

A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sharing documents labeled 'Confidential' via email with external recipients. If a user attempts to send such an email, the action should be blocked and a policy tip displayed. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy. A Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy is the correct Microsoft Purview feature because it is specifically designed to inspect email content and attachments for sensitive information, such as documents labeled 'Confidential', and enforce actions like blocking the email and displaying a policy tip to the user. DLP policies can be configured with conditions that detect sensitivity labels and apply protective actions, including blocking external sharing and notifying users via policy tips.

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Retention labels

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Sensitivity labels

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Information barriers

Question 4

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID P1 licenses. They want to allow access to a sensitive cloud application only from the company's trusted office IP ranges (10.0.0.0/24). However, the executive team (group "Execs") must be able to access the app from any location. Which Conditional Access policy configuration should the administrator use?

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B: Include all users, exclude Execs group, and block access with condition 'Location not in trusted locations'.. The requirement is to block access from untrusted locations for all users except the Execs group. By including all users, excluding the Execs group, and setting a block control with the condition 'Location not in trusted locations', the policy ensures that only non-Exec users are blocked when accessing from outside the trusted IP range, while Execs remain unrestricted. This aligns with the principle of explicitly blocking unwanted access rather than granting access with conditions that could be bypassed.

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A: Include all users, exclude Execs group, and grant access with condition 'Location not in trusted locations'.

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C: Include Execs group, exclude all others, and grant access with condition 'Location in trusted locations'.

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D: Include all users, include Execs group as an additional condition, and grant access with condition 'Location in trusted locations'.

Question 5

After adding a custom domain name to a Microsoft 365 tenant, what is the first step the administrator must complete before users can sign in using the custom domain?

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Verify domain ownership by adding a DNS TXT record. Before a custom domain can be used for user sign-ins or email routing in Microsoft 365, the administrator must prove ownership of the domain. This is done by adding a specific DNS TXT record provided by the Microsoft 365 domain setup wizard. Until the TXT record is verified, the domain remains unverified and cannot be used for any Microsoft 365 services.

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Add the domain as an accepted domain in Exchange Online

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Set the custom domain as the default domain for new users

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Create user accounts with usernames ending with the custom domain

Question 6

An organization wants to allow only specific company-approved USB devices (e.g., those with a specific hardware ID) on managed Windows devices. All other USB devices must be blocked. Which Microsoft 365 Defender feature should be configured?

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint device control. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint device control is the correct feature because it provides granular control over peripheral devices, including USB devices, based on hardware IDs. It allows administrators to create allow/block policies that enforce restrictions on managed Windows devices, ensuring only company-approved USB devices can be used.

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Attack surface reduction rules

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps session policy

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Conditional Access device compliance

Question 7

An organization with Microsoft Entra ID P2 licenses needs to enforce that all users accessing the Azure portal must use FIDO2 security keys for multi-factor authentication. Which configuration should be implemented?

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Configure an authentication strength policy that requires FIDO2 and assign it to a Conditional Access policy. In Microsoft Entra ID, authentication strengths allow you to define a specific set of authentication methods (e.g., FIDO2 security keys) and then assign that strength to a Conditional Access policy. This ensures that only FIDO2 security keys are accepted for MFA when accessing the Azure portal, meeting the requirement precisely.

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Create a Conditional Access policy that requires MFA and select FIDO2 as the authentication strength in the grant controls

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Create a Conditional Access policy that requires MFA and set the grant control to require a specific device platform

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Configure an authentication methods policy that allows only FIDO2 security keys

Question 8

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID P2 licenses. The security team wants to require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users when accessing any cloud application from networks that are not trusted corporate locations. A group named 'BreakGlass' must be excluded from MFA requirements. Additionally, the company wants to block legacy authentication protocols. Which approach should the administrator use?

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Create one Conditional Access policy for MFA (targeting all users, excluding BreakGlass, with location condition) and another policy to block legacy authentication (targeting all users, with client apps condition). It separates the MFA requirement and legacy authentication block into two distinct Conditional Access policies, which is the recommended approach for granular control. The MFA policy targets all users except the BreakGlass group and uses the location condition to require MFA only from untrusted networks. The second policy blocks legacy authentication by targeting all users with the client apps condition set to 'Exchange ActiveSync clients' and 'Other clients', effectively preventing protocols like POP3, IMAP, and SMTP from bypassing modern authentication.

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Create a single Conditional Access policy that grants access only if MFA is performed and block legacy client apps in the same policy

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Enable Security defaults in Entra ID

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Use baseline Conditional Access policies

Question 9

A compliance officer needs to automatically retain documents in a SharePoint Online document library for 7 years and then automatically delete them. The retention must be applied based on when the document is created. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?

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Data Lifecycle Management. Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) in Microsoft Purview allows you to create retention labels that automatically retain content for a specified period (e.g., 7 years) based on the date the document was created, and then trigger a disposal action such as deletion. This feature is designed specifically for managing the lifecycle of data in SharePoint Online, including automatic retention and deletion based on metadata like creation date.

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Records Management

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eDiscovery

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Communication Compliance

Question 10

A compliance officer needs to prevent users from copying sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers) from a finance application into personal email or documents. The solution must inspect the content in real-time and block the action if sensitive data is detected. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer configure?

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies are designed to inspect content in real-time as users attempt to copy, paste, or share sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers) from applications like finance apps into personal email or documents. DLP uses deep content analysis via sensitive information types and policy tips to block the action before the data leaves the controlled environment, meeting the compliance officer's requirement for real-time blocking.

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Sensitivity labels

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Retention labels

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eDiscovery

Question 11

A compliance officer needs to retain all documents in a SharePoint Online site associated with the Finance department for 7 years, and after that automatically delete them. During the retention period, users must not be able to edit or delete the documents. Which solution should they use?

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Create a retention label with 'Retain as regulatory records' and publish it to the site, then use auto-apply based on site location. A retention label with 'Retain as regulatory records' locks the document against editing or deletion during the retention period, and auto-applying the label based on site location ensures all documents in the Finance site inherit the 7-year retention and automatic deletion. This meets the compliance officer's requirement for immutable retention and automatic disposal without manual user intervention.

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Create a retention policy scoped to the site with 'Retain as records' action

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Create a sensitivity label with 'Retain as records' and apply it manually

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Create a litigation hold for the site

Question 12

A company uses Microsoft Entra ID with password hash synchronization. The security team wants to prevent users from setting passwords that include their username or common terms from a custom dictionary (e.g., company name, product names). Which feature should be configured?

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Configure a custom banned passwords list in Microsoft Entra ID Password Protection.. Microsoft Entra ID Password Protection allows administrators to enforce custom banned password lists that prevent users from including specific terms (e.g., company name, product names) or their username in passwords. This feature works with password hash synchronization to block weak passwords at the cloud level, directly addressing the security team's requirement.

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Enable Azure AD Identity Protection with user risk policies.

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Set a fine-grained password policy in on-premises Active Directory and sync it to Azure AD.

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Enable MFA registration campaign to force users to register for MFA.

Question 13

A company uses Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to manage role activations. They have an Azure AD Premium P2 license. The security team wants to require that any activation of the Exchange Administrator role must be approved by a specific group named 'Exchange Approvers'. Additionally, activations must require a ticket number and expire after 6 hours. Which PIM configuration should the administrator modify?

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Configure the 'Role settings' for the Exchange Administrator role to require approval and set the approvers group. In Microsoft Entra PIM, the 'Role settings' for a specific role (like Exchange Administrator) allow you to configure activation requirements, including requiring approval, specifying approvers (such as the 'Exchange Approvers' group), requiring a ticket number, and setting a maximum activation duration (e.g., 6 hours). This directly meets all the security team's requirements.

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Add the Exchange Administrator role to the 'Exchange Approvers' group's eligible assignments

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Create a PIM alert for activations without a ticket number and set a 6-hour alert threshold

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Define an access review for the Exchange Administrator role with a 6-hour review duration

Question 14

A security administrator notices that users are receiving phishing emails that evade built-in anti-spam filters. The administrator wants to enable users to report these suspicious emails from Outlook and have them automatically trigger an investigation and block the sender. Which feature should be configured in Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

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User reported settings in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. User reported settings in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal allow administrators to configure how user-reported messages are handled. When enabled, users can report suspicious emails directly from Outlook, and these reports can automatically trigger an investigation and block the sender via automated investigation and response (AIR) policies. This directly addresses the requirement to have user-reported emails initiate security actions.

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Attack simulation training

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Threat Explorer

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Safe Links

Question 15

A company uses Azure AD Connect with password hash synchronization. They want to enable Azure AD Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) for users accessing Microsoft 365 from domain-joined devices on the corporate network. Which configuration is required on the on-premises Active Directory?

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Create a computer account named AZUREADSSOACC in each AD forest. Microsoft Entra ID Seamless SSO requires a computer account named AZUREADSSOACC to be created in each on-premises AD forest. This account is used by Microsoft Entra ID to sign Kerberos tickets for users accessing Microsoft 365 resources, enabling automatic sign-in without password prompts. The account must be created in the root domain of each forest and its password is managed automatically by Microsoft Entra Connect.

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Install Azure AD Connect on a separate server

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Enable Passthrough Authentication

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Set the service connection point in Active Directory

Question 16

An organization has just purchased Microsoft 365 Business Standard licenses and has added the custom domain 'contoso.com' to the tenant. The administrator wants all new user email addresses to use '@contoso.com' instead of the default '@contoso.onmicrosoft.com'. How can this be achieved?

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Set the default domain in the Microsoft 365 admin center to contoso.com. Setting the default domain to 'contoso.com' in the Microsoft 365 admin center ensures that all newly created users automatically receive an email address with the custom domain as their primary SMTP address. This is the standard method because the default domain setting controls the domain appended to new user accounts during creation, eliminating the need for manual changes.

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Change the primary SMTP address for each user manually after creation

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Remove the onmicrosoft.com domain from the tenant

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Edit the user creation PowerShell script to specify the domain

Question 17

Your company uses Microsoft 365 and has recently deployed Microsoft Intune for mobile device management. You need to ensure that corporate data on iOS devices is protected by preventing users from copying data from managed apps to unmanaged apps. What should you configure?

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App protection policies.. App protection policies (APP) are the correct choice because they provide mobile application management (MAM) controls that specifically prevent data transfer between managed and unmanaged apps on iOS devices. Unlike device-level policies, APP operates at the application layer, allowing you to restrict copy/paste, cut, and data sharing actions without requiring device enrollment. This directly addresses the requirement to protect corporate data on iOS devices by blocking data leakage to unmanaged apps.

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Mobile application management (MAM) without enrollment.

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Device compliance policies.

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Conditional Access policies.

Question 18

A security administrator wants to configure Automated Investigation and Response (AIR) in Microsoft 365 Defender to automatically isolate a device when a high-severity alert for malware is detected. Which step is required?

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C: Configure the device to be part of a device group and enable automation level.. To enable Automated Investigation and Response (AIR) in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the device must be added to a device group, and the automation level for that group must be set to 'Full – remediate threats automatically' or a similar level. This configuration allows Defender to automatically isolate a device when a high-severity malware alert is triggered, as part of the built-in AIR playbooks.

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A: Create an automation rule in Microsoft Sentinel.

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B: Create a custom detection rule in advanced hunting.

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D: Enable auto-removal of malware from devices.

Question 19

An administrator needs to configure email notifications for Exchange Online service health incidents to be sent to a specific IT support mailbox. Where should the administrator configure these notifications in the Microsoft 365 admin center?

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Health > Service health > Customize notifications. The 'Customize notifications' link under Health > Service health in the Microsoft 365 admin center is the dedicated interface for configuring email notifications for service health incidents, including Exchange Online. This allows administrators to specify which email addresses (such as an IT support mailbox) receive alerts for service incidents, advisories, and other health events, with granular control over which services and severity levels trigger notifications.

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Organization profile > Notifications > Service health

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Mail flow connectors

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Settings > Service settings

Question 20

A legal department needs to preserve all communications related to an ongoing lawsuit. They identify specific users and require that their mailbox items and OneDrive files are not altered or deleted. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be used?

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Litigation Hold. Litigation Hold is the correct feature because it preserves all mailbox items and OneDrive files for specific users in their current state, preventing any alteration or deletion by users or automated processes. This is essential for legal holds where data must be immutable for eDiscovery purposes, and it applies at the user level rather than broadly across the organization.

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Retention Policy

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

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eDiscovery