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SC-401 Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365

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Microsoft SC-401 Actual Exam Questions

Last updated on Oct 31, 2026.

291 Questions & Answers

Continue with free SC-401 practice questions and answers covering Microsoft Purview records, data loss prevention and compliance investigations. Review questions 6–10 and check your understanding. Select Reveal Solution after choosing your answer.

Question #6Topic: Microsoft Purview Compliance

A legal team wants a retention label to mark completed contracts as regulatory records that cannot be edited or deleted by users. Which setting should be enabled?

  • A.Mark the label as a regulatory record
  • B.Apply a retention lock to a DLP rule
  • C.Enable user notifications
  • D.Configure a sensitivity label expiration
Reveal Solution
Correct Answer: A
A regulatory record label applies stronger record controls that restrict changes and deletion for the required record lifecycle.
Question #7Topic: Microsoft Purview Compliance

A DLP policy should detect sensitive data in SharePoint and OneDrive but only for a selected set of users. What should the administrator configure?

  • A.A policy scope using adaptive or included user locations
  • B.A tenant-wide retention label
  • C.A communication compliance policy
  • D.An eDiscovery case
Reveal Solution
Correct Answer: A
Scoping a DLP policy to selected users or groups limits where the policy applies while retaining the chosen locations.
Question #8Topic: Microsoft Purview Compliance

A security team wants to review user activity that might expose confidential data, with cases assigned to investigators. Which solution should they use?

  • A.Insider Risk Management
  • B.Data Lifecycle Management
  • C.Audit Standard
  • D.Information Barriers
Reveal Solution
Correct Answer: A
Insider Risk Management provides risk indicators, policies and cases for authorized investigators to review user activity.
Question #9Topic: Microsoft Purview Compliance

A Purview administrator needs to find emails and documents matching a legal request, then preserve relevant items. Which workflow is best?

  • A.eDiscovery case with a search and hold
  • B.Sensitivity label publishing
  • C.Endpoint DLP alert
  • D.Communication Compliance policy
Reveal Solution
Correct Answer: A
An eDiscovery case supports searches across relevant data sources and can place a hold on responsive content.
Question #10Topic: Microsoft Purview Compliance

An organization wants users to encrypt email with a specific sensitivity label in Outlook and apply the same classification to attachments. What is required?

  • A.Configure the sensitivity label for encryption and publish it to users
  • B.Create an audit retention policy
  • C.Use a retention event
  • D.Assign a compliance boundary
Reveal Solution
Correct Answer: A
A published sensitivity label configured with encryption can be selected in supported Outlook experiences and apply protection to messages and attachments.
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