MS-102 Practice Question: Implement and manage Microsoft Entra identity and access
You are the identity administrator for a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant. The company uses Microsoft Entra ID P2. The security team wants to implement access reviews for privileged roles. They want to ensure that access reviews are conducted quarterly and that reviewers must provide a justification for their decision. You need to configure the access review. Which two actions should you perform? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming that auto-apply or MFA settings within access reviews enforce justification, when actually justification is a separate toggle.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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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Set the recurrence of the access review to quarterly.
To meet the requirements, you need to set the access review recurrence to quarterly and enable the option that requires reviewers to provide a justification when approving. These two settings ensure the review happens every three months and that reviewers must justify their decisions. Other settings like auto-apply or self-review do not address justification.
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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Configure the access review to automatically apply results.
Why it's wrong here
Automatically applying results means that if a reviewer doesn't respond, the system takes action based on the default decision. This does not enforce justification; it only automates the outcome. The requirement is to require justification, not to auto-apply. This setting is separate and does not address the justification requirement.
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Set the recurrence of the access review to quarterly.
Why this is correct
The access review schedule includes recurrence settings. Setting it to quarterly ensures reviews occur every three months, meeting the requirement. Recurrence can be set to weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. This directly addresses the quarterly requirement.
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Enable 'Require justification on approval' in the access review settings.
Why this is correct
In access review settings, there is an option to require reviewers to provide a justification when they approve access. Enabling this ensures reviewers must justify their decision. This meets the requirement for justification. This setting is found under the 'Upon completion' or 'Advanced settings' section of the access review.
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Enable 'Require MFA to approve' in the access review settings.
Why it's wrong here
Access reviews do not have a 'Require MFA to approve' setting. MFA for reviewers is controlled by Conditional Access or authentication policies, not within the access review configuration. This option describes a non-existent setting. The requirement is for justification, not MFA, so this is incorrect.
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Set the reviewers to be the users themselves.
Why it's wrong here
Setting reviewers to be the users themselves (self-review) is an option, but it does not enforce justification. The requirement is about justification, not about who reviews. Self-review might be used for other purposes, but it does not meet the justification requirement. This option is irrelevant to the justification setting.
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Key term
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud-based identity and access management service that lets employees sign in and access resources both inside and outside of your organization.
Key term
Access review
An access review is a periodic audit process where administrators check and confirm which users have permissions to what resources, ensuring only authorized people retain access.
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