
Microsoft Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 - SC-401 Exam Questions
QUESTION NO: 1
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You plan to deploy Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI (OSPM for AI) to protect company data that contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from being shared with third-party generative AI tools.
You need to complete the prerequisites for the planned deployment.
Which two Microsoft Purview solutions should you use? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You plan to deploy Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI (OSPM for AI) to protect company data that contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from being shared with third-party generative AI tools.
You need to complete the prerequisites for the planned deployment.
Which two Microsoft Purview solutions should you use? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer: A,B
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QUESTION NO: 2
Drag and Drop Question
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains two users named User1 and User2.
You need to implement insider risk management. The solution must meet the following requirements:
- Ensure that User1 can create insider risk management policies.
- Ensure that User2 can use content captured by using insider risk
management policies.
- Follow the principle of least privilege.
To which role group should you add each user? To answer, drag the appropriate role groups to the correct users. Each role group may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Drag and Drop Question
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains two users named User1 and User2.
You need to implement insider risk management. The solution must meet the following requirements:
- Ensure that User1 can create insider risk management policies.
- Ensure that User2 can use content captured by using insider risk
management policies.
- Follow the principle of least privilege.
To which role group should you add each user? To answer, drag the appropriate role groups to the correct users. Each role group may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: Insider Risk Management Admins
Ensure that User1 can create insider risk management policies.
Use this role group to initially configure insider risk management and later to segregate insider risk administrators into a defined group. Users in this role group can create, read, update, and delete insider risk management policies, global settings, and role group assignments.
Box 2: Insider Risk Management Investigators
Investigators can access & view forensic evidence captures and Content Explorer.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/insider-risk-management-permissions
QUESTION NO: 3
Hotspot Question
You plan to implement Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP).
You need to identify which end user activities can be audited on the endpoints, and which activities can be restricted on the endpoints.
What should you identify for each activity? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Hotspot Question
You plan to implement Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP).
You need to identify which end user activities can be audited on the endpoints, and which activities can be restricted on the endpoints.
What should you identify for each activity? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/endpoint-dlp-learn-about
QUESTION NO: 4
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have a Microsoft 365 tenant and 500 computers that run Windows 11. The computers are onboarded to Microsoft Purview.
You discover that a third-party application named Tailspin_scanner.exe accessed protected sensitive information on multiple computers.
Tailspin_scanner.exe is installed locally on the computers.
You need to block Tailspin_scanner.exe from accessing sensitive documents without preventing the application from accessing other documents.
Solution: From the Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP) settings, you add a folder path to the file path exclusions.
Does this meet the goal?
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have a Microsoft 365 tenant and 500 computers that run Windows 11. The computers are onboarded to Microsoft Purview.
You discover that a third-party application named Tailspin_scanner.exe accessed protected sensitive information on multiple computers.
Tailspin_scanner.exe is installed locally on the computers.
You need to block Tailspin_scanner.exe from accessing sensitive documents without preventing the application from accessing other documents.
Solution: From the Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP) settings, you add a folder path to the file path exclusions.
Does this meet the goal?
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION NO: 5
Case Study 1 - Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office in Montreal and three branch offices in Seattle, Boston, and Johannesburg.
Existing Environment
Microsoft 365 Environment
Contoso has a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant. The tenant contains the administrative user accounts shown in the following table.

Users store data in the following locations:
- SharePoint sites
- OneDrive accounts
- Exchange email
- Exchange public folders
- Teams chats
- Teams channel messages
When users in the research department create documents, they must add a 10-digit project code to each document. Project codes that start with the digits 999 are confidential.
SharePoint Online Environment
Contoso has four Microsoft SharePoint Online sites named Site1, Site2, Site3, and Site4.
Site2 contains the files shown in the following table.

Two users named User1 and User2 are assigned roles for Site2 as shown in the following table.

Site3 stores documents related to the company's projects. The documents are organized in a folder hierarchy based on the project.
Site4 has the following two retention policies applied:
- Name: Site4RetentionPolicy1
Locations to apply the policy: Site4
Delete items older than: 2 years
Delete content based on: When items were created
- Name: Site4RetentionPolicy2
Locations to apply the policy: Site4
Retain items for a specific period: 4 years
Start the retention period based on: When items were created
At the end of the retention period: Do nothing
Problem Statements
Management at Contoso is concerned about data leaks. On several occasions, confidential research department documents were leaked.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to create the following data loss prevention (DLP) policy:
- Name: DLPpolicy1
Locations to apply the policy: Site2
Conditions:
Content contains any of these sensitive info types: SWIFT Code
- Instance count: 2 to any
Actions: Restrict access to the content
Technical Requirements
Contoso must meet the following technical requirements:
- All administrative users must be able to review DLP reports.
- Whenever possible, the principle of least privilege must be used.
- For all users, all Microsoft 365 data must be retained for at least
one year.
- Confidential documents must be detected and protected by using
Microsoft 365.
- Site1 documents that include credit card numbers must be labeled
automatically.
- All administrative users must be able to create Microsoft 365
sensitivity labels.
- After a project is complete, the documents in Site3 that relate to
the project must be retained for 10 years.
You need to meet the technical requirements for the creation of the sensitivity labels. To which user or users must you assign the Sensitivity Label Administrator role?
Case Study 1 - Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office in Montreal and three branch offices in Seattle, Boston, and Johannesburg.
Existing Environment
Microsoft 365 Environment
Contoso has a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant. The tenant contains the administrative user accounts shown in the following table.

Users store data in the following locations:
- SharePoint sites
- OneDrive accounts
- Exchange email
- Exchange public folders
- Teams chats
- Teams channel messages
When users in the research department create documents, they must add a 10-digit project code to each document. Project codes that start with the digits 999 are confidential.
SharePoint Online Environment
Contoso has four Microsoft SharePoint Online sites named Site1, Site2, Site3, and Site4.
Site2 contains the files shown in the following table.

Two users named User1 and User2 are assigned roles for Site2 as shown in the following table.

Site3 stores documents related to the company's projects. The documents are organized in a folder hierarchy based on the project.
Site4 has the following two retention policies applied:
- Name: Site4RetentionPolicy1
Locations to apply the policy: Site4
Delete items older than: 2 years
Delete content based on: When items were created
- Name: Site4RetentionPolicy2
Locations to apply the policy: Site4
Retain items for a specific period: 4 years
Start the retention period based on: When items were created
At the end of the retention period: Do nothing
Problem Statements
Management at Contoso is concerned about data leaks. On several occasions, confidential research department documents were leaked.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to create the following data loss prevention (DLP) policy:
- Name: DLPpolicy1
Locations to apply the policy: Site2
Conditions:
Content contains any of these sensitive info types: SWIFT Code
- Instance count: 2 to any
Actions: Restrict access to the content
Technical Requirements
Contoso must meet the following technical requirements:
- All administrative users must be able to review DLP reports.
- Whenever possible, the principle of least privilege must be used.
- For all users, all Microsoft 365 data must be retained for at least
one year.
- Confidential documents must be detected and protected by using
Microsoft 365.
- Site1 documents that include credit card numbers must be labeled
automatically.
- All administrative users must be able to create Microsoft 365
sensitivity labels.
- After a project is complete, the documents in Site3 that relate to
the project must be retained for 10 years.
You need to meet the technical requirements for the creation of the sensitivity labels. To which user or users must you assign the Sensitivity Label Administrator role?
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION NO: 6
You are creating a data loss prevention (DLP) policy that will apply to all available locations except Fabric and Power BI workspaces.
You configure an advanced DLP rule in the policy.
Which type of condition can you use in the rule?
You are creating a data loss prevention (DLP) policy that will apply to all available locations except Fabric and Power BI workspaces.
You configure an advanced DLP rule in the policy.
Which type of condition can you use in the rule?
Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION NO: 7
Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 subscription. Auditing is enabled.
A user named User1 is a member of a dynamic security group named Group1.
You discover that User1 is no longer a member of Group1.
You need to search the audit log to identify why User1 was removed from Group1.
Which two activities should you use in the search? To answer, select the appropriate activities in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 subscription. Auditing is enabled.
A user named User1 is a member of a dynamic security group named Group1.
You discover that User1 is no longer a member of Group1.
You need to search the audit log to identify why User1 was removed from Group1.
Which two activities should you use in the search? To answer, select the appropriate activities in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: Removed member from a group
Audit log activities
Microsoft Entra group administration activities
The following table lists group administration activities that are logged when an admin or a user creates or changes a Microsoft 365 group or when an admin creates a security group by using the Microsoft 365 admin center or the Azure management portal.
* Removed member from group
A member was removed from a group.
* Updated group
A property of a group was changed.
* Etc.
Box 2: Updated group
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/audit-log-activities
QUESTION NO: 8
Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 tenant named contoso.com that contains two users named User1 and User2. The tenant uses Microsoft Purview Message Encryption.
User1 plans to send emails that contain attachments as shown in the following table.

User2 plans to send emails that contain attachments as shown in the following table.

For which emails will the attachments be encrypted? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 tenant named contoso.com that contains two users named User1 and User2. The tenant uses Microsoft Purview Message Encryption.
User1 plans to send emails that contain attachments as shown in the following table.

User2 plans to send emails that contain attachments as shown in the following table.

For which emails will the attachments be encrypted? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: Mail3 only
Box 2: Mail4 and Mail6 only
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/introduction-to-irm-for-email-messages-bb643d33-4a3f-4ac7-9770-fd50d95f58dc?ui=en-us&rs=en-gb&ad=gb#FileTypesforIRM
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/ome?view=o365-worldwide
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-service-description/exchange-online-limits#message-limits-1
QUESTION NO: 9
Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 subscription.
You identify the following data loss prevention (DLP) requirements:
- Send notifications to users if they attempt to send attachments that
contain an EU Social Security Number (SSN) or Equivalent ID.
- Prevent any email messages that contain credit card numbers from
being sent outside your organization.
- Block the external sharing of Microsoft OneDrive content that
contains EU passport numbers.
- Send administrators email alerts if any rule matches occur.
What is the minimum number of DLP policies and rules you must create to meet the requirements? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 subscription.
You identify the following data loss prevention (DLP) requirements:
- Send notifications to users if they attempt to send attachments that
contain an EU Social Security Number (SSN) or Equivalent ID.
- Prevent any email messages that contain credit card numbers from
being sent outside your organization.
- Block the external sharing of Microsoft OneDrive content that
contains EU passport numbers.
- Send administrators email alerts if any rule matches occur.
What is the minimum number of DLP policies and rules you must create to meet the requirements? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

QUESTION NO: 10
Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You have a Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption branding template named OME1.
You need to create a Microsoft Exchange Online mail flow rule to apply OME1 to email.
How should you configure the rule? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You have a Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption branding template named OME1.
You need to create a Microsoft Exchange Online mail flow rule to apply OME1 to email.
How should you configure the rule? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: The Sender
Create an Exchange mail flow rule that applies your custom branding to encrypted emails sent from your online organization to external recipients In Apply this rule if, select the condition The sender is located inside the organization and other conditions you want from the list of available conditions. For example, you might want to apply a particular branding template to:
All encrypted emails sent from members of the finance department
Encrypted emails sent with a certain keyword such as "External" or "Partner" Encrypted emails sent to a particular domain Box 2: Is External/internal Box 3: Modify the message security.
From Do the following, select Modify the message security > Apply custom branding to OME messages. Next, from the drop-down, select a branding template.
Select add action if you want to specify another action, or select Save, and then select OK.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/add-your-organization-brand-to-encrypted-messages
QUESTION NO: 11
Drag and Drop Question
You have a Microsoft 365 5 subscription that uses Microsoft Purview insider risk management and contains three users named User1, User2, and User3.
All insider risk management policies have adaptive protection enabled and the default conditions for insider risk levels configured.
The users perform the following activities, which trigger insider risk policy alerts:
- User1 performs at least one data exfiltration activity that results in a high severity risk score.
- User2 performs at least three risky user activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
- User3 performs at least two data exfiltration activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
Which insider risk level is assigned to each user? To answer, drag the appropriate levels to the correct users. Each level may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Drag and Drop Question
You have a Microsoft 365 5 subscription that uses Microsoft Purview insider risk management and contains three users named User1, User2, and User3.
All insider risk management policies have adaptive protection enabled and the default conditions for insider risk levels configured.
The users perform the following activities, which trigger insider risk policy alerts:
- User1 performs at least one data exfiltration activity that results in a high severity risk score.
- User2 performs at least three risky user activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
- User3 performs at least two data exfiltration activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
Which insider risk level is assigned to each user? To answer, drag the appropriate levels to the correct users. Each level may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: Minor risk level
User1 performs at least one data exfiltration activity that results in a high severity risk score.
Minor:
This is the lowest risk level, assigned to users with low-severity alerts or those with at least one high-severity exfiltration activity.
Box 2: Elevated risk level
User2 performs at least three risky user activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
Elevated:
This is the highest risk level, assigned to users with high-severity alerts, multiple high-severity insights, or confirmed high-severity alerts.
Box 3: Moderate risk level
User3 performs at least two data exfiltration activities within seven days, that each results in a high severity risk score.
Moderate:
This level indicates a medium risk, assigned to users with medium-severity alerts or those with at least two high-severity exfiltration activities.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/insider-risk-management-adaptive-protection
QUESTION NO: 12
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains a Microsoft SharePoint Online site named Site1. Site1 contains the files shown in the following table.

In the Microsoft Purview portal, you create a content search named Content1 and configure the search conditions as shown in the following exhibit.

Which files will be returned by Content1?
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains a Microsoft SharePoint Online site named Site1. Site1 contains the files shown in the following table.

In the Microsoft Purview portal, you create a content search named Content1 and configure the search conditions as shown in the following exhibit.

Which files will be returned by Content1?
Correct Answer: D
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