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Scenario practice questions

Use this page to practise MS-102 Scenario practice questions. The goal is not to memorise dumps, but to understand the concept, review the explanation and improve your exam readiness.

9 questionsDomain: Scenario

What the exam tests

What to know about Scenario

Scenario questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

Practice set

Scenario questions

9 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A company uses Azure AD Connect with password hash synchronization. They want to allow users to reset their on-premises Active Directory passwords from the cloud Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) portal. Which additional configuration is required in Azure AD Connect?

Question 2hardmultiple choice
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A company uses Microsoft Entra ID P2 licenses. The security team wants to automatically block sign-ins for users with high sign-in risk, but only when the sign-in originates from outside the corporate network. For sign-ins from the corporate network, they want to require a password change for medium sign-in risk. A group of emergency access accounts (break-glass) must be excluded from all policies. What should the administrator implement?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A development team builds a background service that needs to read all users' calendars via Microsoft Graph without a signed-in user. The service will run on a server with a client secret. Which OAuth 2.0 grant flow should the application use?

Question 4hardmultiple choice
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A security analyst is investigating a potential attack where a user received a malicious email with an HTML attachment. The HTML file, when opened, fetched a JavaScript payload from a remote server that then dropped a binary on the user's machine and executed it. The analyst wants to create a custom detection rule in Microsoft 365 Defender Advanced Hunting that alerts when an email contains an HTML attachment with an external link, and that attachment is opened, causing a process creation. Which two tables should the analyst join in the KQL query to correlate the email attachment with the resulting process?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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A compliance officer needs to implement a policy that automatically marks emails containing a specific custom sensitive information type as a regulatory record upon sending. The regulatory record must be retained for 10 years and cannot be deleted by users. Which two components must be configured to achieve this?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A company with 200 on-premises Exchange mailboxes plans to migrate to Exchange Online. They want to use a Microsoft-provided tool that supports granular control over mailbox migrations, allows batch migrations, and provides detailed reporting. Which migration method should the administrator choose?

Question 7mediummultiple choice
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A user is leaving the organization, and a litigation hold must be placed on their Exchange Online mailbox to preserve all existing and future data indefinitely. The user's mailbox will continue to be monitored for any attempts to delete data. Which Microsoft Purview feature should the compliance officer use?

Question 8mediummultiple choice
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A 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?

Question 9mediummultiple choice
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A 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?

Watch out for

Common Scenario exam traps

  • Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
  • Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
  • Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
  • Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the MS-102 exam test about Scenario?
Scenario questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
How should I use these practice questions?
Select your answer before revealing the explanation. Then read why each option is right or wrong — this active recall approach builds retention far faster than re-reading notes.
Can I practise just Scenario questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Scenario domain. Use a 10-question session first to gauge your baseline, then move to 20 or 30 once the weak spots are clear.
Where can I practise other MS-102 topics?
Use the topic links above to move to related areas, or go back to the MS-102 question bank to see all topics.
Are these real exam questions or dumps?
These are original practice questions written to test the same concepts the MS-102 exam covers. They are not copied from any real exam or dump site.