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  1. Question 1 · 1

    DRAG DROP - Case Study - Instructions - This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately from other exam sections. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case study. However, there might be additional case studies or other exam sections. Manage your time to ensure that you can complete all the exam sections in the time provided. Pay attention to the Exam Progress at the top of the screen so you have sufficient time to complete any exam sections that follow this case study. To answer the case study questions, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case. Case studies and associated questions might contain exhibits or other resources that provide more information about the scenario described in the case. Information provided in an individual question does not apply to the other questions in the case study. A Review Screen will appear at the end of this case study. From the Review Screen, you can review and change your answers before you move to the next exam section. After you leave this case study, you will NOT be able to return to it. To start the case study - To display the first question in this case study, select the "Next" button. To the left of the question, a menu provides links to information such as business requirements, the existing environment, and problem statements. Please read through all this information before answering any questions. When you are ready to answer a question, select the "Question" button to return to the question. 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 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.

    Arrange the options in the correct order.

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    • Create a sensitivity label.
    • Wait 24 hours and then turn on the policy.
    • Create a sensitive info type.
    • Create a retention label.
    • Create an auto-labeling policy.
  2. Question 2 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You have a file named Customer.csv that contains a list of 1,000 customer names. You plan to use Customer.csv to classify documents stored in a Microsoft SharePoint Online library. What should you create in the Microsoft Purview portal, and which type of element should you select? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    Create

    • A sensitive info type
    • A trainable classifier
    • An adaptive scope

    Element

    • Functions
    • Keyword dictionary
    • Regular expression
  3. Question 3 · 1

    You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to enable support for sensitivity labels in Microsoft SharePoint Online. What should you use?

    Choose one answer.

    • the Microsoft Purview portal
    • the Microsoft Entra admin center
    • the SharePoint admin center
    • the Microsoft 365 admin center
  4. Question 4 · 1

    You have a Microsoft 365 subscription. You need to customize encrypted email for the subscription. The solution must meet the following requirements. Ensure that when an encrypted email is sent, the email includes the company logo. Minimize administrative effort. Which PowerShell cmdlet should you run?

    Choose one answer.

    • Set-IRMConfiguration
    • Set-OMEConfiguration
    • Set-RMSTemplate
    • New-OMEConfiguration
  5. Question 5 · 1

    You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to ensure that encrypted email messages sent to an external recipient can be revoked or will expire within seven days. What should you configure first?

    Choose one answer.

    • a custom branding template
    • a mail flow rule
    • a sensitivity label
    • a Conditional Access policy
  6. Question 6 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to identify documents that contain patent application numbers containing the letters PA followed by eight digits, for example, PA 12345678. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    To identify the documents, use a data classification of

    • Exact data match (EDM)
    • Sensitive info type
    • Trainable classifier

    Configure data classifications by using

    • Keyword dictionary
    • Regular expression
    • Function
  7. Question 7 · 1

    You have a Microsoft SharePoint Online site named Site1 that contains a document library. The library contains more than 1,000 documents. Some of the documents are job applicant resumes. All the documents are in the English language. You plan to apply a sensitivity label automatically to any document identified as a resume. Only documents that contain work experience, education, and accomplishments must be labeled automatically. You need to identify and categorize the resumes. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you include in the solution?

    Choose one answer.

    • a trainable classifier
    • a keyword dictionary
    • a function
    • an exact data match (EDM) classifier
  8. Question 8 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains the groups shown in the following table. The subscription contains the resources shown in the following table. You create a sensitivity label named Label1. You need to publish Label1 and have the label apply automatically. To what can you publish Label1, and to what can Label1 be auto-applied? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    Publish to

    • Site1 only
    • Group1 only
    • Group1 and Group2 only
    • Group1 and Site1 only
    • Site1 and Team1 only
    • Group1, Group2, Site1, and Team1

    Auto-apply to

    • Site1 only
    • Group1 only
    • Group1 and Group2 only
    • Group1 and Site1 only
    • Site1 and Team1 only
    • Group1, Group2, Site1, and Team1
  9. Question 9 · 1

    Case Study - Instructions - This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately from other exam sections. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case study. However, there might be additional case studies or other exam sections. Manage your time to ensure that you can complete all the exam sections in the time provided. Pay attention to the Exam Progress at the top of the screen so you have sufficient time to complete any exam sections that follow this case study. To answer the case study questions, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case. Case studies and associated questions might contain exhibits or other resources that provide more information about the scenario described in the case. Information provided in an individual question does not apply to the other questions in the case study. A Review Screen will appear at the end of this case study. From the Review Screen, you can review and change your answers before you move to the next exam section. After you leave this case study, you will NOT be able to return to it. To start the case study - To display the first question in this case study, select the "Next" button. To the left of the question, a menu provides links to information such as business requirements, the existing environment, and problem statements. Please read through all this information before answering any questions. When you are ready to answer a question, select the "Question" button to return to the question. 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?

    Choose one answer.

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    • Admin1 only
    • Admin1 and Admin4 only
    • Admin1 and Admin5 only
    • Admin1, Admin2, and Admin3 only
    • Admin1, Admin2, Admin4, and Admin5 only
  10. Question 10 · 1

    You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains a Microsoft Teams channel named Channel1. Channel1 contains research and development documents. You plan to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot for the subscription. You need to prevent the contents of files stored in Channel1 from being included in answers generated by Copilot and shown to unauthorized users. What should you use?

    Choose one answer.

    • data loss prevention (DLP)
    • Microsoft Purview insider risk management
    • Microsoft Purview Information Barriers (IBs)
    • sensitivity labels
  11. Question 11 · 1

    DRAG DROP - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. You plan to deploy a Defender for Cloud Apps file policy that will be triggered when the following conditions are met: A file is shared externally. A file is labeled as internal only. Which filter should you use for each condition? To answer, drag the appropriate filters to the correct conditions. Each filter 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.

    Match each destination with an option.

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    When a file is shared externally.

    • Access level
    • Collaborators
    • Matched policy
    • Sensitivity label

    When a file is labelled as Internal only.

    • Access level
    • Collaborators
    • Matched policy
    • Sensitivity label
  12. Question 12 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription that contains three DOCX files named File1, File2, and File3. You create the sensitivity labels shown in the following table. You apply the labels to the files as shown in the following table. You ask Microsoft 365 Copilot to summarize the files, and you receive the results 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.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    Summary1 has a sensitivity label applied.

    • Yes
    • No

    Summary2 has a sensitivity label applied.

    • Yes
    • No

    Summary3 has a sensitivity label applied.

    • Yes
    • No
  13. Question 13 · 1

    You have a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. You need to create a sensitivity label named Label1. The solution must ensure that users can use Microsoft 365 Copilot to summarize files that have Label1 applied. Which permission should you select for Label1?

    Choose one answer.

    • Export content(EXPORT)
    • Copy and extract content(EXTRACT)
    • Edit content(DOCEDIT)
    • View rights(VIEW)
  14. Question 14 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 sensitivity label that is published to all the users in your Microsoft Entra tenant as shown in the following exhibit. For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    All the documents stored on each user’s computer will include a watermark automatically.

    • Yes
    • No

    If the sensitivity label is applied to a document, the document will have a header that contains the word "INTERNAL".

    • Yes
    • No

    The sensitivity label can be applied only to documents that contain the word rebranding.

    • Yes
    • No
  15. Question 15 · 1

    HOTSPOT - You have a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant that contains a sensitivity label named label1. You plan to enable co-authoring for encrypted files. You need to ensure that files that have label1 applied support co-authoring. Which two settings should you modify? To answer, select the settings in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

    Choose an option for each prompt.

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    Setting 1

    • Configure access control settings
    • Remove access control settings if already applied to items

    Setting 2

    • Turn on co-authoring for Office desktop apps
    • Do not turn on co-authoring for Office desktop apps

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