Introduction of Microsoft SC-401 Exam!

The SC-401 exam is the current exam for the Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate certification from Microsoft. It validates the knowledge and hands-on skills described in the official Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 syllabus, and it is the version of the exam that succeeds SC-400. Employers use Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate as a hiring signal for associate-level-level roles, because it shows a candidate can do the work the certification describes, not just describe the theory.

What is the Passing Score for Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

Microsoft's standard passing score applies to the SC-401 exam: 700 on a scale of 100 to 1,000. It is a scaled score rather than a percentage, and your score report shows how you performed in each skill area measured.

What is the Competency Level required for Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

SC-401 is a associate-level-level exam. It assumes you are ready to apply the skills of Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 in real working situations — the questions describe scenarios you would meet on the job and ask what you would do, rather than asking for definitions alone.

What is the Question Format of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

The SC-401 exam uses multiple-choice questions alongside scenario-based items — case studies, drag-and-drop ordering, build-a-list and hot-area tasks, depending on the exam.

How Can You Take Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

You book and sit the exam through Pearson VUE — at a test center, or online with Pearson OnVUE proctoring from your own computer. Either way you schedule at a time that suits you, pay with a voucher or card, and receive your score report as soon as you finish.

What Language Microsoft SC-401 Exam is Offered?

English is the primary language of the SC-401 exam. Microsoft publishes the current language list on the exam's booking page — availability varies by region and can change as the exam rolls out worldwide.

What is the Target Audience of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

SC-401 is written for people whose work covers Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate: practitioners formalizing experience they already have, and candidates moving into associate-level-level roles who need a recognized credential behind their skills.

Who are the Testing Providers of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

Microsoft sets the exam content and sells the voucher; delivery is handled by Pearson VUE, which runs the booking, identity checks and the testing environment on the day.

What is the Recommended Experience for Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

Microsoft writes SC-401 for people with hands-on experience in Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 — the exam rewards time spent doing the work over time spent only reading about it.

What are the Prerequisites of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

There are no formal prerequisites enforced at booking; Microsoft publishes recommended skills and experience for the exam instead.

What is the Expected Retirement Date of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

No retirement date has been announced for the SC-401 exam — it is the current version, and its predecessor SC-400 is the version that has been retired. Microsoft role-based certifications are valid for one year and are renewed free of charge with an online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn. Microsoft Office Specialist certificates do not expire.

What is the Difficulty Level of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

Most candidates rate SC-401 as moderately difficult for its level. The questions reward solid fundamentals plus practical judgment: well-practised candidates usually find the exam fair, while candidates who only memorize terms usually do not. Time management matters — practise under timed conditions before the day.

What is the Roadmap / Track of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

SC-401 sits inside the Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate track in Microsoft's certification program. It is the current credential at its level in that family, and holders typically build on it with the higher-tier certifications in the same family or with complementary certifications in adjacent technology areas.

What are the Topics Microsoft SC-401 Exam Covers?

The SC-401 syllabus is published in Microsoft's official exam guide and covers Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 end to end — the same body of work the certification describes. The Study4Pass practice material for SC-401 follows that published scope.

What are the Sample Questions of Microsoft SC-401 Exam?

The fastest way to sample SC-401 questions is the free practice test on this page — real exam-style questions with full explanations, no signup needed. The set on this page currently holds 50 questions; the first 10 are free in the web test engine. Microsoft also publishes the official exam objectives, which are worth reading alongside any question set because they list every topic the exam can draw from.

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Free SC-401 – Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate Practice Test Question

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Question 1 (New Update)

You are creating a custom trainable classifier to identify organizational product codes referenced in Microsoft

365 content.

You identify 300 files to use as seed content.

Where should you store the seed content?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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a Microsoft SharePoint Online folder
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a Microsoft OneDrive for Business folder
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an Azure file share
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Microsoft Exchange Online shared mailbox

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Question 2 (New Update)

Each product group at your company must show a distinct product logo in encrypted emails instead of the

standard Microsoft Office 365 logo.

What should you do to create the branding templates?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Create a Transport rule.
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Create an RMS template.
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Run the Set-IRMConfiguration cmdlet.
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Run the New-OMEConfiguration cmdlet.

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Question 3 (New Update)

You are configuring a data loss prevention (DLP) policy to report when credit card data is found on a Windows

10 device joined to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

You plan to use information from the policy to restrict the ability to copy the sensitive data to the clipboard.

What should you configure in the policy rule?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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the incident report
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an action
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user notifications
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user overrides

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Question 4 (New Update)

You have a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant and the Windows 10 devices shown in the following table.

To which devices can you apply Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP) settings?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Device1, Device3, and Device4 only
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Device1, Device2, Device3, and Device4
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Device1 and Device2 only
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Device1 and Device3 only
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Device1 only

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Question 5 (New Update)

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You implement Microsoft 365 Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP).

You have computers that run Windows 10 and have Microsoft 365 Apps installed. The computers are joined to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

You need to ensure that Endpoint DLP policies can protect content on the computers.

Solution: You onboard the computers to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

Does this meet the goal?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Yes
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No

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Question 6 (New Update)

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 are configuring a file policy in Microsoft Cloud App Security.

You need to configure the policy to apply to all files. Alerts must be sent to every file owner who is affected by the policy. The policy must scan for credit card numbers, and alerts must be sent to the Microsoft Teams site of the affected department.

Solution: You use the Data Classification service inspection method and send alerts as email.

Does this meet the goal?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Yes
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No

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Question 7 (New Update)

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You are configuring a file policy in Microsoft Cloud App Security.

Solution: You use the Data Classification service inspection method and send alerts to Microsoft Power Automate.

Does this meet the goal?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Yes
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No

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Question 8 (New Update)

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You are configuring a file policy in Microsoft Cloud App Security.

Solution: You use the Build-in DLP inspection method and send alerts to Microsoft Power Automate.

Does this meet the goal?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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Yes
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No

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Question 9 (New Update)

In Microsoft Exchange Online, you have a retention policy named Policy1 that applies a retention tag named

Tag1.

You plan to remove Tag1 from Policy1.

What will occur when you remove the tag from Policy1?

Select an option, then click Submit answer.

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The content will remain tagged and the Managed Folder Assistant will process Tag1.
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Tag1 will be removed if Policy1 applied the tag to the content.
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The content will remain tagged, but the Managed Folder Assistant will ignore Tag1.

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Question 10 (New Update)

You have a Microsoft SharePoint Online site that contains employee contracts in a document library named

Contracts.

The contracts must be treated as records in accordance with your company's records management policy.

You need to implement a solution to automatically mark all the contracts as records when they are uploaded to

Contracts.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. (Choose two.)

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Select all that apply, then click Submit answer.

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Create a sensitivity label.
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Create a retention label.
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Configure a default label on the Contracts document library.
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Create a retention policy.
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Create a SharePoint Records Center.
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Create a retention lock.

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About the SC-401 Free Practice Test

This page gives you a working sample of the Study4Pass practice set for Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401). Ten questions are free below, each with the correct answer marked and a full explanation. The complete set currently holds 50 questions: 46 single choices, 4 multiple choices.

The set is a starter bank for SC-401: its questions are carried over from the SC-400 practice set, the exam SC-401 succeeds, mapped to the same subject areas — so you can start drilling now while the full SC-401 bank is built out.

How to use this SC-401 free practice test

Answer each question before you look anything up — guessing honestly is what makes the result useful. Then open the answer: the correct option is marked and a full explanation walks through the reasoning. If a concept still does not click, use the Ask AI panel on the question — Study4Pass is the 1st AI-Enabled exam practice website, and AI here is for understanding the concept, not a replacement for core preparation.

Work in the mode that fits your stage: Easy Practice and Hard Practice for learning, Topic Training to drill one area, Flagged Practice to revisit questions you marked, and Exam Simulation when you want the real timing pressure.

What the SC-401 practice set covers

The questions in this set are organized under the topic areas of the SC-400 syllabus that SC-401 inherits:

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Is this SC-401 practice test really free?

Yes. The 10 questions on this page cost nothing, need no account, and include the answer and explanation for every question.

How many questions are in the complete SC-401 set?

The set currently holds 50 questions. It is a starter bank carried over from the SC-400 set while the full SC-401 bank is built out.

Are these the real SC-401 exam questions?

No — they are practice questions in the style and scope of the real exam, drawn from the SC-400 practice set for the exam SC-401 succeeds. Use them to measure readiness, not as a substitute for the official syllabus.