- A
Record declaration and disposition reviews
Why wrong: Records management handles record declaration.
- B
Compliance score and templates for custom assessments
Compliance Manager provides templates and compliance scores.
- C
Pre-built assessments for common regulations like GDPR
Compliance Manager includes pre-built assessments.
- D
Trainable classifiers to identify sensitive content
Why wrong: Trainable classifiers are part of Information Protection.
- E
Microsoft-managed improvement actions for regulations
Compliance Manager provides improvement actions.
Question 895 of 1,411
Key Features of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
This SC-900 practice question tests your understanding of describe the capabilities of microsoft compliance solutions. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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.
Which THREE of the following are features of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager? (Select THREE.)
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
✓
Compliance score and templates for custom assessments
Compliance Manager provides a compliance score that quantifies an organization's compliance posture, and it includes templates for creating custom assessments tailored to specific regulatory or organizational requirements. This is a core feature of the service, enabling users to build and track assessments beyond the pre-built ones.
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.
- ✗
Record declaration and disposition reviews
Why it's wrong here
Records management handles record declaration.
- ✓
Compliance score and templates for custom assessments
Why this is correct
Compliance Manager provides templates and compliance scores.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✓
Pre-built assessments for common regulations like GDPR
Why this is correct
Compliance Manager includes pre-built assessments.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Trainable classifiers to identify sensitive content
Why it's wrong here
Trainable classifiers are part of Information Protection.
- ✓
Microsoft-managed improvement actions for regulations
Why this is correct
Compliance Manager provides improvement actions.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates confuse Compliance Manager's assessment and scoring features with other Purview capabilities like Records Management (record declaration) or Information Protection (trainable classifiers), leading them to select options that are valid Purview features but not specific to Compliance Manager.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Compliance Manager uses a continuous compliance assessment engine that maps improvement actions to regulatory controls, with each action contributing a weighted score based on its implementation status. The pre-built assessments (Option C) cover major regulations like GDPR, ISO 27001, and NIST, and Microsoft-managed improvement actions (Option E) are actions that Microsoft implements on behalf of the tenant, such as data center security controls, which are automatically reflected in the score.
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 cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
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The correct answer is: Compliance score and templates for custom assessments — Compliance Manager provides a compliance score that quantifies an organization's compliance posture, and it includes templates for creating custom assessments tailored to specific regulatory or organizational requirements. This is a core feature of the service, enabling users to build and track assessments beyond the pre-built ones.
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Variation 1. Which THREE of the following are features of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?
hard- A.Data Loss Prevention policies
- ✓ B.Improvement actions with assigned owners
- C.Audit log search
- ✓ D.Compliance score
- ✓ E.Pre-built assessments for regulations like GDPR
Why B: Option B is correct because Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager uses improvement actions to provide step-by-step guidance for implementing controls that enhance your compliance posture. Each improvement action can be assigned to a specific owner within your organization, enabling accountability and tracking of remediation tasks.
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