AI-102 Plan and manage an Azure AI solution Practice Question
You need to provide a team of developers with access to manage Azure AI resources in a specific resource group. The developers should be able to create, read, update, and delete AI resources, but not manage access control (IAM). Which built-in role should you assign?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse the Contributor role with the Cognitive Services Contributor role, mistakenly thinking the latter provides broader resource group-level management, when in fact it is limited to Cognitive Services resources only.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Contributor
The Contributor role grants full access to manage all resources within a resource group, including creating, reading, updating, and deleting Azure AI resources, but explicitly denies the ability to manage access control (IAM). This matches the requirement exactly, as developers need full resource management without IAM permissions.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Cognitive Services Contributor
Why it's wrong here
Cognitive Services Contributor is specific but also does not allow IAM; however, Contributor is more general and appropriate for all AI resources.
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Owner
Why it's wrong here
Owner includes IAM permissions.
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Reader
Why it's wrong here
Reader is read-only.
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Contributor
Why this is correct
Contributor allows create/read/update/delete but not IAM.
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2 more ways this is tested on AI-102
These questions test the same concept from different angles. Work through them to make sure you can recognise it however the exam phrases it.
Variation 1. You need to provide a business analyst with access to create and manage Azure AI Language projects without granting them full subscription-level permissions. What role should you assign?
easy- ✓ A.Cognitive Services Language Owner at the resource level
- B.Reader at the resource group level
- C.Contributor at the subscription level
- D.Cognitive Services User at the resource level
Why A: The Cognitive Services Language Owner role at the resource level grants full permissions to create, read, update, and delete Azure AI Language projects and resources, including managing custom models and deployments, without granting any permissions outside that specific resource. This is the least-privilege role that satisfies the business analyst's need to manage Language projects while avoiding subscription-level access.
Variation 2. You need to provide a team of data scientists with access to an Azure Machine Learning workspace. The data scientists should be able to create and run experiments, but they should not be able to delete the workspace or modify its configuration. Which built-in role should you assign?
easy- ✓ A.Contributor
- B.Reader
- C.User Access Administrator
- D.Owner
Why A: The Contributor role allows creating and managing resources within the workspace, including experiments, but not deleting the workspace or modifying its configuration. Option B is wrong because Reader is read-only and cannot create experiments. Option C is wrong because User Access Administrator primarily manages user access and permissions, not resource creation. Option D is wrong because Owner grants full control, including the ability to delete the workspace and modify its configuration.
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