SC-900 Practice Test 2 — 30 Questions

Question 1

Refer to the exhibit. A legal team needs to preserve all documents in SharePoint and OneDrive for 5 years. The current policy retains for 1 year. What should the administrator do to meet the requirement?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Change the retention duration to 1825 days.. The policy retains for 365 days (1 year), but the requirement is 5 years. Changing the retention duration to 1825 days (5 years) meets the requirement. Option A is wrong because the policy already includes both locations. Option B is wrong because changing to Delete would delete content. Option D is wrong because changing to KeepAndDelete would still delete after retention, but the duration is the issue.

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Add Exchange Online to the locations.

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Change the retention type to Delete.

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Change the retention action to KeepAndDelete.

Question 2

Your organization is deploying Microsoft Purview. You need to automatically apply a sensitivity label to documents that contain passport numbers. Which TWO components must you configure?

Accepted Answer

Sensitive information type for passport numbers. A sensitive information type (SIT) for passport numbers defines the pattern and validation logic that Microsoft Purview uses to detect passport numbers in content. An auto-labeling policy then applies the specified sensitivity label automatically when the SIT is matched, enabling automated classification and protection without user intervention.

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Retention label

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Data loss prevention (DLP) policy

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Trainable classifier

Question 3

You are evaluating the Conditional Access policy JSON exhibit. The policy includes MFA for Exchange Online but excludes trusted locations. A user reports that they are prompted for MFA when accessing webmail from a trusted IP address. Which is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The location condition is configured to include trusted locations. The policy includes MFA for Exchange Online, but the location condition 'includeLocations' with 'AllTrusted' means it applies to trusted locations, not excludes them. To exclude trusted locations, the policy should use 'excludeLocations'. Therefore, the user is prompted for MFA when accessing from a trusted IP because the policy is incorrectly configured to include trusted locations, making option A the most likely cause.

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The policy targets high sign-in risk

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The policy does not apply to Exchange Online

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The policy requires device compliance

Question 4

Which THREE are features of Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

Accepted Answer

Just-in-time VM access. Just-in-time (JIT) VM access is a feature of Microsoft Defender for Cloud that reduces exposure to brute-force attacks by locking down inbound traffic to VMs. It allows you to control when specific ports (e.g., RDP port 3389 or SSH port 22) are opened on demand, based on role-based access control (RBAC) and approved requests, and automatically closes them after a configured time window.

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Data classification

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Incident investigation

Question 5

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Microsoft Entra ID for identity management?

Accepted Answer

Single sign-on (SSO) to cloud applications. Single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are key benefits of Entra ID. Password hash synchronization is a feature of Entra Connect, not a direct benefit. On-premises Active Directory is a separate service. Security incident detection is more aligned with Microsoft Sentinel or Defender.

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Password hash synchronization

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Automated security incident detection

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Replacement of on-premises Active Directory

Question 6

Which THREE are benefits of using Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

Accepted Answer

View a compliance score that indicates your overall compliance posture.. Compliance Manager provides a compliance score to indicate your overall compliance posture (B), suggests improvement actions to achieve compliance (D), and allows you to assign compliance tasks to other users (C). Option A is incorrect because Data Loss Prevention policies are created in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, not directly in Compliance Manager. Option E is incorrect because automatically applying sensitivity labels is done through auto-labeling policies, not Compliance Manager.

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Create Data Loss Prevention policies.

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Automatically apply sensitivity labels to documents.

Question 7

Which TWO of the following are features of Microsoft Sentinel? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that collects and analyzes security data from across an enterprise. It also provides Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) capabilities through built-in playbooks and automation rules, enabling automated incident response. These two core functions—SIEM and SOAR—are explicitly listed as features of Sentinel.

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Data loss prevention

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Endpoint detection and response

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Identity governance

Question 8

A company runs Windows Server virtual machines (VMs) on-premises and in Azure. The security team wants a unified view of missing security updates and known vulnerabilities (CVEs) across all VMs. They want to enable agentless scanning for Azure VMs and deploy a lightweight agent for on-premises machines. The results should be consolidated in a single dashboard with prioritized remediation recommendations. Which Microsoft security solution should they use?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides unified visibility into security vulnerabilities and missing updates across hybrid workloads, including on-premises and Azure VMs. It supports agentless scanning for Azure VMs (using the cloud-based scanner) and allows deployment of the Azure Monitor Agent (or legacy Log Analytics agent) for on-premises machines, consolidating findings in a single dashboard with prioritized remediation recommendations based on the Secure Score and integrated vulnerability assessment (e.g., Qualys or Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management).

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

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Microsoft Sentinel

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Microsoft Defender for Identity

Question 9

A company uses Azure SQL Database, which is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. The security team is reviewing the shared responsibility model and wants to know who is responsible for applying operating system patches to the underlying infrastructure that hosts the database. Who is responsible for this task?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft is responsible for managing and patching the operating system of the underlying infrastructure for PaaS services.. Azure SQL Database is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering where Microsoft manages the underlying infrastructure, including the operating system. In the shared responsibility model for PaaS, Microsoft is responsible for applying OS patches to the host servers, while the customer manages the database configuration and data. Therefore, option B correctly identifies Microsoft as responsible for OS patching in this context.

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The customer is responsible for patching the OS on virtual machines but not for PaaS; however, the customer must patch the OS for Azure SQL Database.

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Both the customer and Microsoft share equal responsibility for patching the OS in a PaaS model.

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The cloud service provider partner (e.g., a managed service provider) is responsible for OS patches in PaaS.

Question 10

Your company uses Microsoft 365 E5 licenses and wants to prevent sensitive data from being shared externally via email. You need to configure a solution that automatically scans outgoing emails for credit card numbers and blocks them if detected. What should you use?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy for Exchange Online. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy for Exchange Online is the correct solution because it is specifically designed to inspect email content and attachments for sensitive data types, such as credit card numbers, using built-in sensitive info types. When a match is detected, the policy can automatically block the email from being sent externally, enforcing the organization's data protection requirements without manual intervention.

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Safe Attachments policy

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Microsoft Intune App Protection policy

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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policy

Question 11

A company wants to enforce multifactor authentication for all users. Which TWO Microsoft Entra ID features can be used together to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Conditional Access. Conditional Access policies allow you to enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) based on specific conditions such as user, location, or device state. Authentication methods define the MFA verification options (e.g., Microsoft Authenticator, SMS, OATH tokens) that users can register and use. Together, Conditional Access triggers the MFA requirement, while Authentication methods control which verification methods are available.

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Identity Protection

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Security defaults

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Password protection

Question 12

A compliance administrator needs to generate a report showing all user activities related to accessing highly sensitive documents in SharePoint. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?

Accepted Answer

Audit (Standard or Premium). Audit (Standard or Premium) logs and records all user activities, including access to highly sensitive documents in SharePoint. Audit (Premium) provides deeper visibility with events like 'FileAccessed' and 'SensitivityLabelApplied', enabling compliance administrators to generate detailed reports on who accessed sensitive content and when.

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eDiscovery

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Data Loss Prevention

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Communication Compliance

Question 13

Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel as its SIEM. You need to create an analytics rule that detects when a user account is created in Azure AD and then, within 10 minutes, that same account is used to grant admin consent to an application. You have a KQL query that joins AuditLogs and SigninLogs. However, the rule is generating too many false positives. You need to refine the query to reduce false positives. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Add a condition to exclude accounts that are known admin accounts or service accounts.. Known admin or service accounts are often used for legitimate, automated admin consent grants, which can trigger false positives. By excluding these accounts from the detection logic, the rule focuses on anomalous behavior from non-privileged accounts, reducing noise while preserving the core detection of suspicious account creation followed by admin consent grant.

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Change the rule to alert on every admin consent grant event regardless of account creation.

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Remove the join with SigninLogs and only use AuditLogs.

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Increase the time window from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.

Question 14

Your company wants to use Microsoft Purview to classify and protect sensitive data in Microsoft 365. The compliance team needs to automatically detect credit card numbers in emails and apply a label that encrypts the email. What should they configure?

Accepted Answer

A sensitivity label with auto-labeling for sensitive information types. Sensitivity labels with auto-labeling can automatically detect sensitive information types (such as credit card numbers) in emails and apply a label that enforces encryption. This meets the requirement to both classify and protect the data in transit.

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A trainable classifier for credit card numbers

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A retention label for credit card information

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A data loss prevention (DLP) policy

Question 15

Which TWO capabilities are part of Microsoft Entra ID Protection? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Risk-based conditional access policies. Risk-based conditional access policies (B) are a core capability of Microsoft Entra ID Protection, allowing organizations to automatically enforce access controls based on detected risk levels from user and sign-in activities. Reports on risky users and sign-ins (D) provide the foundational telemetry that Entra ID Protection uses to identify and investigate potential identity compromises, making both integral to the service.

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Passwordless authentication

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Just-in-time privileged access

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Conditional access policies for device compliance

Question 16

Refer to the exhibit. The JSON shows a Microsoft Purview DLP policy. A user sends an email with a credit card number to an external recipient. What will happen?

Accepted Answer

The email is blocked and the user receives a notification.. The DLP policy in the exhibit has a condition that detects credit card numbers and an action set to 'BlockMessage' with 'NotifyUser' enabled. Since the policy is configured for Exchange (email) and the action blocks the message, the email is blocked and the user receives a notification. The 'TeamsChatAndChannel' property being false is irrelevant because the policy is applied to Exchange, not Teams.

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The email is delivered normally because TeamsChatAndChannel is false.

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The email is delivered but an alert is generated.

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The email is encrypted before delivery.

Question 17

A company has a Microsoft Entra ID tenant with thousands of users. They need to ensure that only users with a 'Manager' attribute populated can access a sensitive app. Which approach should they use?

Accepted Answer

Create a dynamic group rule that includes users with a non-empty Manager attribute, then target the group in a Conditional Access policy. A dynamic group rule can evaluate the 'Manager' attribute and include only users where it is populated. This group can then be assigned to a Conditional Access policy that requires the group membership for access to the sensitive app, ensuring only users with a manager can authenticate.

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Use HR-driven provisioning to populate an on-premises attribute and sync it

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Create an access package in Entitlement Management that requires manager approval

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Create an Administrative Unit for users with managers and assign the app to that unit

Question 18

Which TWO of the following are Microsoft Purview solutions that help protect sensitive data?

Accepted Answer

Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a Microsoft Purview solution that helps protect sensitive data by identifying, monitoring, and automatically enforcing policies to prevent accidental or unauthorized sharing of sensitive information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, or health records across services like Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Sensitivity labels are another Purview solution that protect sensitive data by allowing administrators to classify and apply protection (encryption, visual markings) to documents and emails, and enforce controls like 'Do Not Forward' or 'Encrypt-Only' based on the label's configuration.

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Communication Compliance

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eDiscovery

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Insider Risk Management

Question 19

Refer to the exhibit. You are creating a custom analytics rule in Microsoft Sentinel. What does this rule detect?

Accepted Answer

Sign-ins with medium or high risk from outside the US. The rule is configured with 'Risk level: Medium, High' and 'Location: Outside US'. This means it triggers only when both conditions are met: the sign-in risk is medium or high, and the location is outside the US. Option D correctly matches this combination, detecting sign-ins with medium or high risk from outside the US.

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Sign-ins with high sign-in risk from any location

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Sign-ins with medium or high risk from the US

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Sign-ins from users with high user risk outside the US

Question 20

An organization wants to allow users to classify documents as 'Public', 'Internal', 'Confidential', or 'Highly Confidential' with different levels of protection. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they use?

Accepted Answer

Sensitivity labels. Sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview Information Protection allow organizations to classify and protect documents and emails by applying labels such as 'Public', 'Internal', 'Confidential', or 'Highly Confidential'. These labels can enforce encryption, visual markings (headers/footers/watermarks), and access restrictions based on the classification level, directly meeting the requirement for different levels of protection.

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

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Communication compliance

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Retention policies