AZ-305 Practice Question: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
This AZ-305 practice question tests your understanding of design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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 company uses Microsoft Entra ID B2B to collaborate with external vendors. They want to enforce that external users must use multi-factor authentication (MFA) and access company resources only from compliant devices (e.g., managed by Intune). They also want to require a session timeout of 1 hour. Which combination of Microsoft Entra ID features should they use?
Why wrong: Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection provides risk-based policies (e.g., sign-in risk) but does not directly enforce device compliance or session timeout controls.
B
B
Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies can require MFA, require device to be marked as compliant (via Intune), and include session controls to set sign-in frequency (session timeout).
C
C
Why wrong: Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is for managing elevated roles, not for enforcing MFA or device compliance for external B2B users.
D
D
Why wrong: Microsoft Entra ID Access Reviews allow periodic review of access, but they do not enforce real-time conditions like MFA or device compliance during sign-in.
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
B
Option B is correct because it combines Conditional Access policies with session controls to enforce MFA, device compliance (via Intune), and a 1-hour session timeout. Conditional Access policies evaluate sign-in risk and require MFA and compliant devices, while the session control 'Sign-in frequency' can be set to 1 hour to enforce reauthentication. This meets all three requirements without relying on deprecated or separate features.
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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A
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Entra ID Identity Protection provides risk-based policies (e.g., sign-in risk) but does not directly enforce device compliance or session timeout controls.
✓
B
Why this is correct
Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies can require MFA, require device to be marked as compliant (via Intune), and include session controls to set sign-in frequency (session timeout).
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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C
Why it's wrong here
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is for managing elevated roles, not for enforcing MFA or device compliance for external B2B users.
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D
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Entra ID Access Reviews allow periodic review of access, but they do not enforce real-time conditions like MFA or device compliance during sign-in.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse Conditional Access session controls with token lifetime policies or think that Identity Protection alone can enforce device compliance, but only Conditional Access policies can combine MFA, device compliance, and session timeout in a single policy.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID evaluate signals such as user, location, device, and application, and can enforce grant controls like 'Require multi-factor authentication' and 'Require device to be marked as compliant' (via Intune MDM). Session controls, specifically 'Sign-in frequency', allow administrators to set a time interval (e.g., 1 hour) after which the user must reauthenticate, overriding the default token lifetime. This works by issuing a new session token with a reduced lifetime, ensuring that even if a token is stolen, it expires within the configured window.
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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Concepts from this question explained
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Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — This question tests Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: B — Option B is correct because it combines Conditional Access policies with session controls to enforce MFA, device compliance (via Intune), and a 1-hour session timeout. Conditional Access policies evaluate sign-in risk and require MFA and compliant devices, while the session control 'Sign-in frequency' can be set to 1 hour to enforce reauthentication. This meets all three requirements without relying on deprecated or separate features.
What should I do if I get this AZ-305 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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