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. 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.
An organization wants to enforce MFA only when sign-in risk is medium or high. Which Microsoft Entra capability should be used?
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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Conditional Access with Identity Protection risk signals
Conditional Access policies can integrate with Microsoft Entra Identity Protection risk signals to enforce MFA based on the calculated sign-in risk level (low, medium, high). When the risk is medium or high, the policy triggers MFA, meeting the requirement precisely. This is the only Microsoft Entra capability that directly uses risk-based conditional enforcement.
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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Azure RBAC deny assignments only
Why it's wrong here
Deny assignments affect Azure resource actions, not sign-in risk policy.
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Conditional Access with Identity Protection risk signals
Why this is correct
Conditional Access can use sign-in risk from Identity Protection to require MFA or block access.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Access reviews only
Why it's wrong here
Access reviews are periodic governance controls and do not react to sign-in risk.
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Administrative units only
Why it's wrong here
Administrative units scope administration but do not evaluate risk.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse Azure RBAC (which controls resource access) with Conditional Access (which controls authentication and session conditions), leading them to pick a permission-based option instead of the risk-based policy engine.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Conditional Access policies evaluate signals from Identity Protection, which uses machine learning models to calculate sign-in risk based on indicators like anonymous IP addresses, atypical travel, or leaked credentials. The policy can be configured with a 'Grant' control requiring MFA when the 'Sign-in risk' condition is set to 'Medium and above' or 'High'. This allows granular, risk-adaptive enforcement without requiring MFA for every sign-in, reducing user friction.
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.
Related glossary terms
Concepts from this question explained
These glossary pages explain the core terms tested in this AZ-305 question in full detail.
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: Conditional Access with Identity Protection risk signals — Conditional Access policies can integrate with Microsoft Entra Identity Protection risk signals to enforce MFA based on the calculated sign-in risk level (low, medium, high). When the risk is medium or high, the policy triggers MFA, meeting the requirement precisely. This is the only Microsoft Entra capability that directly uses risk-based conditional enforcement.
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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