SC-401 Exam Preparation Material | Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365

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Question#1

HOTSPOT -
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains two users named User1 and User2.
You create the audit retention policies shown in the following table.



The users perform the following actions:
● User1 renames a Microsoft SharePoint Online site.
● User2 sends an email message.
How long will the audit log records be retained for each action? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area . NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.


A. 

Question#2

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
You need to ensure that you receive an alert when a user uploads a document to a third-party cloud storage service.
What should you use?

A. an insider risk policy
B. a file policy
C. a sensitivity label
D. an activity policy

Question#3

HOTSPOT
You have a Microsoft 365 5 subscription that contains the devices shown in the following table.



You publish Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels.
You plan to deploy the information protection client to the devices. The solution must ensure that the labels can be applied to sensitive images and documents.
On which devices can you install the information protection client, and what should users use to apply labels? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area . NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.


A. 

Question#4

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You need to apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to the following:
• Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes
• Microsoft SharePoint Online sites
• Microsoft Power BI workspaces
• Microsoft OneDrive accounts
• On-premises repositories
What is the minimum number of DLP policies required to achieve the goal?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Question#5

HOTSPOT
You are implementing Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption for a Microsoft 365 tenant named contoso.com.
You need to meet the following requirements:
• All email to a domain named fabrikam.com must be encrypted automatically.
• Encrypted emails must expire seven days after they are sent.
What should you configure for each requirement? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area . NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.


A. 

Exam Code: SC-401
Q & A: 264 Q&As         Updated:  Nov 02,2026

 

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