AZ-104 Manage Azure Identities and Governance Practice Question
This AZ-104 practice question tests your understanding of manage azure identities and governance. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A team has 20 operators who need the same Reader access to one application resource group. You want to grant access and later revoke it by changing group membership instead of editing each user's permissions. What should you use for the role assignment?
Why wrong: This works, but it creates unnecessary administrative work when users join or leave the team.
B
An Entra ID security group
Assigning the role to an Entra ID security group is the best practice for shared access. You manage access by adding or removing users from the group, which is easier to maintain and less error-prone than changing many separate role assignments. This also supports least privilege and makes future access reviews simpler.
C
A management group
Why wrong: A management group is a scope, not a principal, and it is not where you place team membership for a role assignment.
D
A resource lock
Why wrong: A lock protects resources from changes or deletion and does not grant user access at all.
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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An Entra ID security group
Using an Entra ID security group allows you to assign the Reader role to the group, then add or remove the 20 operators as members. This centralizes permission management: granting or revoking access is done by changing group membership rather than editing individual role assignments, which is more efficient and less error-prone.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Individual user accounts
Why it's wrong here
This works, but it creates unnecessary administrative work when users join or leave the team.
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An Entra ID security group
Why this is correct
Assigning the role to an Entra ID security group is the best practice for shared access. You manage access by adding or removing users from the group, which is easier to maintain and less error-prone than changing many separate role assignments. This also supports least privilege and makes future access reviews simpler.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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A management group
Why it's wrong here
A management group is a scope, not a principal, and it is not where you place team membership for a role assignment.
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A resource lock
Why it's wrong here
A lock protects resources from changes or deletion and does not grant user access at all.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse management groups (which control policy and cost across subscriptions) with security groups (which control RBAC access at a specific scope), leading them to pick Option C incorrectly.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, Azure RBAC evaluates role assignments at the scope of the resource group; when a security group is assigned the Reader role, Azure AD issues an access token that includes the group's object ID as a claim. The Azure Resource Manager then checks group membership via the group's transitive membership list, so adding or removing a user from the group takes effect within minutes (typically 5–10 minutes) due to token caching and replication delays. In a real-world scenario, using groups also enables automated lifecycle management via dynamic membership rules based on user attributes like department or job title.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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Manage Azure Identities and Governance — This question tests Manage Azure Identities and Governance — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: An Entra ID security group — Using an Entra ID security group allows you to assign the Reader role to the group, then add or remove the 20 operators as members. This centralizes permission management: granting or revoking access is done by changing group membership rather than editing individual role assignments, which is more efficient and less error-prone.
What should I do if I get this AZ-104 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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