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Manage compliance by using Microsoft Purview
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A compliance officer needs to ensure that all documents in a SharePoint Online library are automatically labeled with a 'Confidential' sensitivity label if they contain at least one of a predefined list of sensitive information types such as credit card numbers or social security numbers. Users should be able to override the label with a business justification. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer configure?
Easy2Which THREE components are required to implement Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management for Microsoft 365? (Choose three.)
Hard3A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sharing emails that contain credit card numbers with external recipients. When a user attempts to send such an email, it should be blocked immediately, and a policy tip should notify the user. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Easy4A compliance officer needs to ensure that all documents in a Microsoft Teams channel are automatically retained for 3 years after creation and then permanently deleted. The retention policy should apply only to the specific channel, not the entire team. Which approach should the officer use?
Medium5Which TWO Microsoft Purview solutions are primarily used for data classification?
Easy6A compliance officer needs to automatically retain emails that contain personally identifiable information (PII) for 10 years and then permanently delete them. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?
Medium7A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sending emails that contain credit card numbers to external recipients. When a user attempts to send such an email, the action should be blocked and a policy tip should be displayed in Outlook telling them why the email was blocked. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be configured?
Medium8A compliance officer needs to block users from sharing emails that contain credit card numbers with external recipients. When a user attempts to send such an email, it should be blocked immediately, and a policy tip should notify the user. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Easy9A compliance officer needs to discover and review documents in SharePoint Online that contain driver's license numbers, but the officer does not want to apply any protection actions automatically. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be used?
Medium10Your organization uses Microsoft Purview Information Protection. You need to ensure that when users manually apply a 'Confidential' label to a document in Word, the document is automatically marked with a footer 'CONFIDENTIAL' and encrypted. What must you configure?
Medium11A compliance officer needs to ensure that all emails containing sensitive information (e.g., passport numbers) are automatically encrypted when sent to external recipients. The encryption should be enforced without requiring users to manually select an option. Which Microsoft Purview feature should they configure?
Hard12A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sharing protected health information (PHI) with external users in Microsoft Teams chat messages. When a user attempts to send a message containing a known PHI data type (e.g., medical record numbers), the message should be blocked and the sender should see a policy tip. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Medium13A compliance officer needs to automatically detect documents in SharePoint Online that contain a custom pattern (e.g., employee ID in the format EMP-12345). The pattern will be used to apply a sensitivity label. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer use to define the pattern?
Easy14A compliance administrator needs to ensure that all documents in a SharePoint library are retained for exactly 7 years and then allow users to manually dispose of them sooner after a review. What should they configure in Microsoft Purview?
Medium15You are the Microsoft 365 Administrator for a multinational organization that must comply with various regulatory requirements, including GDPR, SOX, and internal data retention policies. You are deploying Microsoft Purview compliance solutions. Which four of the following actions are valid steps when managing compliance using Microsoft Purview? (Choose all that apply. There are four correct answers.)
Medium16A compliance officer needs to retain all documents in a SharePoint Online site associated with the Finance department for 7 years, and after that automatically delete them. During the retention period, users must not be able to edit or delete the documents. Which solution should they use?
Medium17A global administrator at Fabrikam Inc. plans to implement Microsoft Purview to manage compliance for sensitive information. The solution must include the ability to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across Microsoft 365 services. Which three of the following should the administrator configure? (Choose three.)
Medium18A compliance officer needs to preserve all communications (email and Teams messages) for employees in the legal department for a minimum of 7 years. Additionally, any deletion (by users or system) must be blocked, and after the retention period, the items must be disposed of automatically. The solution must also ensure that the communications are marked as 'records' to prevent tampering. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Hard19A compliance officer needs to ensure that no user can permanently delete a document from a specific SharePoint Online site. The document must be kept for at least 5 years. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Hard20A compliance officer needs to ensure that all outbound emails containing credit card numbers sent to external recipients are automatically encrypted without requiring user intervention. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?
Medium21A compliance officer needs to automatically retain documents in a SharePoint Online document library for 7 years and then automatically delete them. The retention must be applied based on when the document is created. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?
Medium22A compliance officer needs to ensure that all documents containing a custom sensitive info type (Employee ID with pattern EMP-####) are automatically labeled with a retention label that retains the documents for 3 years. Which two Microsoft Purview components must be configured? (Choose two.)
Hard23A company must ensure that all outgoing emails containing credit card numbers are blocked from being sent to external recipients. When a user attempts to send such an email, it should be blocked immediately, and the user should see a policy tip explaining the rule. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the administrator configure?
Medium24A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sharing confidential documents with external users outside the organization. The policy should block sharing via email attachments or sharing links from SharePoint Online. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be configured?
Medium25A compliance officer needs to automatically detect and apply a sensitivity label to documents in SharePoint Online that contain a custom sensitive information type (e.g., employee ID pattern). The label must be applied automatically, and users must be prompted to provide a justification when attempting to remove the label. Which combination of configurations should the officer implement?
Hard26Which TWO Microsoft Purview solutions can be used to detect and prevent the unauthorized sharing of sensitive information in Microsoft Teams messages?
Medium27A compliance administrator needs to automatically apply a retention label to all documents in a SharePoint Online site that contain Social Security numbers. The label should retain the documents for 5 years and then automatically delete them. Which feature should they configure?
Medium28A compliance officer needs to prevent external users from printing or copying content from documents stored in a SharePoint Online site. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured to enforce this restriction?
Hard29A compliance officer needs to preserve all mailbox data for a user who is under a legal investigation. The data must be preserved indefinitely, and no deletion (by the user or system) should be possible. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer use?
Easy30A compliance officer needs to retain all documents in a SharePoint Online site for 7 years and then automatically delete them. During the retention period, users must be able to edit the documents but not delete them. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Medium31A compliance officer needs to prevent users from copying sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers) from a finance application into personal email or documents. The solution must inspect the content in real-time and block the action if sensitive data is detected. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer configure?
Medium32A compliance officer needs to automatically apply a retention label to all documents in SharePoint Online that contain the exact phrase 'Contract'. The label must retain the documents for 10 years. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the officer configure?
Easy33A compliance officer needs to automatically detect and apply a sensitivity label to documents in SharePoint Online that contain personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers. The label should be applied automatically, and users must be able to override the label with a justification. Which two Microsoft Purview components must be configured to achieve this?
Medium34Match each Microsoft 365 role to its administrative scope.
Medium35An organization is involved in a legal case and needs to preserve all emails in a user's mailbox, including future emails, without deleting or modifying them. The user must continue to work normally. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be applied to the user's mailbox?
Medium36Which THREE actions can be taken by a Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy in Exchange Online?
Hard37A compliance officer needs to prevent users from accidentally sharing documents containing credit card numbers with external users via email. The block should occur at the time the user attempts to send the email. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?
Medium38A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sharing documents labeled 'Confidential' via email with external recipients. If a user attempts to send such an email, the action should be blocked and a policy tip displayed. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be configured?
Medium39A compliance administrator needs to automatically apply a retention label to documents in a SharePoint Online site that contain the keyword 'Project Alpha'. The label should retain the documents for 5 years and then delete them. Which two Microsoft Purview features must be configured to achieve this? (Choose two.)
Medium40A compliance officer needs to ensure that any email sent from the organization that contains personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers is automatically encrypted when the recipient is outside the organization. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Easy41A legal department needs to preserve all communications related to an ongoing lawsuit. They identify specific users and require that their mailbox items and OneDrive files are not altered or deleted. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be used?
Medium42A compliance officer needs to retain all email messages in a user's Exchange Online mailbox for 7 years after the message is sent or received, and then automatically delete them. The retention must be enforced regardless of user actions. Which Microsoft Purview solution should be used?
Medium43A compliance officer wants to prevent users from sending emails that contain personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers, to external recipients. If a user attempts to send such an email from Outlook, the email should be blocked and a policy tip explaining the block should be displayed. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Easy44A compliance officer needs to prevent users from sending emails that contain sensitive information, such as social security numbers, to external recipients. If a user attempts to send such an email, the action should be blocked and a policy tip should be displayed to the user. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer configure?
Medium45A Microsoft Purview auto-labeling policy for sensitivity labels is matching too many SharePoint documents after simulation. Which two changes would most directly reduce false positives before enabling automatic labeling? (Choose two.)
Hard46A compliance officer needs to automatically identify and label content that is conceptually similar to existing sensitive documents, such as internal strategy memos or proprietary technical specifications, without relying on explicit keywords or recognized sensitive information types. Which Microsoft Purview solution should the officer use to achieve this?
Hard47A legal hold is required for all emails in a user's mailbox related to a litigation case. The administrator needs to ensure that the mailbox content is preserved even if the user tries to delete emails. Which Microsoft Purview feature should be used?
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