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SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst SC-200 practice test

Use this page to practise SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst SC-200 practice test. The goal is not to memorise dumps, but to understand the concept, review the explanation and improve your exam readiness. Microsoft certification exams often test whether you can choose the right Azure, Microsoft 365, identity, security or monitoring action for a realistic administrative scenario. Courseiva helps you practise with structured questions and explanations.

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Last reviewed: May 2026 · aligned to official blueprint

Exam guide

How to use this SC-200 practice test

Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.

Quick answer

Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS responsibilities and examples.

Public, private, hybrid and community cloud deployment models.

On-premises vs cloud trade-offs: cost, control, scalability.

How cloud connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) work.

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Sample questions from this exam

Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A company uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud to protect an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster. The security team wants to receive security alerts about suspicious activities within the cluster, such as a container running with root privileges or attempts to read sensitive host paths. Which Defender for Cloud plan must be enabled to generate these alerts?

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A security analyst in Microsoft Defender for Cloud receives an alert that an Azure VM has a vulnerability with a high severity. The analyst wants to see the detailed finding, including the steps to remediate. Which blade or page should the analyst open?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A security analyst is configuring Microsoft Sentinel scheduled analytics rules to detect brute-force attacks on Microsoft Entra ID. Arrange the steps in the correct order from first to last.

Question 4easymultiple choice
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An organization uses Microsoft 365 Defender. A security analyst is investigating a malware incident on a user's device. The automated investigation and response (AIR) has already isolated the device from the network. The analyst now needs to collect a copy of a specific suspicious file from the device for further analysis. Which action should the analyst initiate from the device's entity page?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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An organization uses Microsoft 365 Defender. An automated investigation on a device has determined that a file is malicious and has been blocked. The analyst wants to verify that the file was blocked and see the action taken (e.g., block, allow). Which entity page provides this information?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A security analyst receives an alert in Microsoft Defender for Cloud about a suspicious process on an Azure VM. The alert indicates a potential credential dumping tool. The analyst needs to see the full command line and parent process of the suspicious process. Which Defender for Cloud feature should the analyst use?

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