MD-102 Prepare infrastructure for devices Practice Question
This MD-102 practice question tests your understanding of prepare infrastructure for 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 devices. You need to ensure that devices that are not compliant are blocked from accessing corporate resources. Which configuration should you use?
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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Create a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant devices.
Conditional Access policies in Azure AD are the correct mechanism to enforce access controls based on device compliance status. By creating a policy that requires devices to be marked as compliant, you ensure that only compliant devices can access corporate resources, while non-compliant devices are blocked at the authentication level. This integrates with Intune compliance policies to evaluate device health before granting access.
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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Create a device compliance policy and assign it to users.
Why it's wrong here
Compliance policy alone does not block access.
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Create a device configuration profile that restricts access.
Why it's wrong here
Configuration profiles manage settings, not access.
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Create a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant devices.
Why this is correct
Conditional Access enforces access based on compliance.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Configure enrollment restrictions to block non-compliant devices.
Why it's wrong here
Enrollment restrictions apply before compliance evaluation.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse the role of a compliance policy (which only evaluates and reports) with the enforcement mechanism (Conditional Access), leading them to select Option A as the answer.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Conditional Access policies leverage Azure AD's authentication and authorization framework, evaluating device compliance status (reported by Intune via the Microsoft Graph API) at the time of token issuance. If a device is non-compliant, the policy can block access or require multi-factor authentication, but it does not revoke existing tokens—only new access requests are affected. In a real-world scenario, a user might have a cached token that still works for a short period, so combining Conditional Access with continuous access evaluation (CAE) provides near-real-time enforcement.
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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Prepare infrastructure for devices — This question tests Prepare infrastructure for devices — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create a Conditional Access policy that requires compliant devices. — Conditional Access policies in Azure AD are the correct mechanism to enforce access controls based on device compliance status. By creating a policy that requires devices to be marked as compliant, you ensure that only compliant devices can access corporate resources, while non-compliant devices are blocked at the authentication level. This integrates with Intune compliance policies to evaluate device health before granting access.
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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