Free Microsoft SC-401 Exam Dumps Questions & Answers
| Exam Code/Number: | SC-401Join the discussion |
| Exam Name: | Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 |
| Certification: | Microsoft |
| Free Question Number: | 299 |
| Publish Date: | Sep 30, 2026 |
| # of views: | 4445 |
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Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that uses Microsoft Teams and contains the users shown in the following table.
You have the retention policies shown in the following table.
The users perform the actions shown in the following table.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Hotspot Question
You have a Microsoft 365 ES subscription that uses Microsoft Exchange Online and Teams.
You need to ensure that when a user sends a message containing a cloud attachment, a retention label is applied to the cloud attachment by using an auto-labeling policy.
How should you configure the retention label to start the retention period, and to which locations should you apply the auto-labeling policy? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
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.
Drag and Drop Question
You need to meet the technical requirements for the Site1 documents.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains a Microsoft SharePoint Online site named Site1.
You need to deploy a Microsoft Purview insider risk management solution that will generate an alert when users share sensitive information on Site1 with external recipients.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct answer is worth one point.
You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription.
You plan to implement insider risk management for users that manage sensitive data associated with a project.
You need to create a protection policy for the users. The solution must meet the following requirements:
- Minimize the impact on users who are NOT part of the project.
- Minimize administrative effort.
What should you do first?


