The answer is to configure a selective wipe policy. This is correct because a selective wipe in Microsoft Intune targets only corporate data within managed apps on iOS devices, removing company information automatically upon unenrollment while leaving personal photos, messages, and settings intact. On the MD-102 exam, this concept tests your understanding of the distinction between selective wipe and full wipe—a common trap is confusing the two, as a full wipe would erase the entire device. Remember that selective wipe is app-level, not device-level, and is triggered by unenrollment or compliance failure. A helpful memory tip is to think of it as “corporate data only, personal data stays”—if the question mentions preserving user content, selective wipe is always the answer.
MD-102 Manage and maintain devices Practice Question
This MD-102 practice question tests your understanding of manage and maintain devices. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. 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.
Your organization uses Microsoft Intune to manage iOS devices. You need to ensure that corporate data on these devices is automatically removed when a user is unenrolled from Intune. Which action should you configure?
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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Configure a selective wipe policy.
A selective wipe policy in Microsoft Intune removes only corporate data from an iOS device while leaving personal data intact. When a user is unenrolled from Intune, the selective wipe targets managed apps and their associated data, ensuring that company information is automatically removed without affecting the user's personal content.
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.
✓
Configure a selective wipe policy.
Why this is correct
Selective wipe removes corporate data while leaving personal data intact.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Configure a compliance policy to mark the device as noncompliant.
Why it's wrong here
Compliance policies trigger actions like blocking, not data removal upon unenrollment.
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Configure a remote lock action.
Why it's wrong here
Remote lock only locks the device, it doesn't remove data.
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Configure a full wipe action.
Why it's wrong here
Full wipe removes all data (corporate and personal).
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse selective wipe with full wipe, assuming that any data removal requires a complete device reset, but the exam tests the specific Intune behavior where selective wipe is the correct method for removing only corporate data upon unenrollment.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Intune's selective wipe uses the iOS MDM protocol's Managed Open In and Managed App Configuration frameworks to revoke managed app data and remove company-owned apps. The wipe targets the device's management profile and associated app containers, leveraging Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP) and Managed App Distribution tokens to ensure only corporate data is purged. In a real-world scenario, if a user leaves the organization, the selective wipe preserves their photos, messages, and personal apps while deleting corporate email, documents, and VPN configurations.
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 MD-102 question in full detail.
Manage and maintain devices — This question tests Manage and maintain devices — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Configure a selective wipe policy. — A selective wipe policy in Microsoft Intune removes only corporate data from an iOS device while leaving personal data intact. When a user is unenrolled from Intune, the selective wipe targets managed apps and their associated data, ensuring that company information is automatically removed without affecting the user's personal content.
What should I do if I get this MD-102 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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