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Manage Azure identities and governance practice questions

10 free Manage Azure identities and governance questions for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) exam, each with the correct answer and an explanation for every option.

What this domain covers

Managing who can do what in Azure: Microsoft Entra ID users and groups, role-based access control, and governance with policies, tags and management groups.

Exam weight
25%
On a real exam
≈ 13 questions
In our bank
153 questions

Topics that come up most

  • Entra ID users, groups and licences
  • Azure RBAC roles and scope inheritance
  • Azure Policy vs RBAC
  • Management groups, subscriptions and resource groups
  • Resource locks and tags

How to study it

Know the scope hierarchy cold. Many questions give a role assignment at one level and ask what it grants three levels down.

Sample Manage Azure identities and governance questions

Try each one before opening the answer. Original questions written to the official exam objectives.

  1. Question 1

    A company wants a hard cap that stops resources when free credits are used up in a Visual Studio subscription. Which feature provides this?

    • AA spending limit
    • BA budget alert only
    • CAzure Advisor
    • DA management group
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) A spending limit

    • ACertain subscription types have a spending limit that disables resources when credits run out.
    • BBudgets alert on spend but don't stop resources.
    • CAdvisor gives recommendations.
    • DManagement groups organize subscriptions.
  2. Question 2

    A subscription is transferred to a different Microsoft Entra tenant. What happens to its existing Azure RBAC role assignments?

    • AThey're removed and must be recreated
    • BThey're kept exactly as before
    • CThey're converted to Owner for everyone
    • DThey move to a management group automatically
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) They're removed and must be recreated

    • ARole assignments reference identities in the old tenant, so they don't carry over.
    • BIdentities from the old tenant don't exist in the new one.
    • CRole assignments aren't converted.
    • DAssignments don't move automatically.
  3. Question 3

    Compliance requires that every quarter, group owners confirm which members still need access to sensitive security groups, removing anyone who no longer does. Which Entra ID feature automates this?

    • AAccess reviews
    • BDynamic membership rules
    • CConditional Access
    • DA budget alert
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) Access reviews

    • AAccess reviews schedule recurring recertification of group memberships, app assignments, or role assignments; reviewers approve or deny continued access and denied users can be auto-removed.
    • BDynamic rules set membership from attributes automatically; they don't drive a human recertification workflow.
    • CConditional Access evaluates sign-ins; it isn't a periodic membership attestation process.
    • DBudgets track cost, not group membership.
  4. Question 4

    The only user who held the Owner role on several Azure subscriptions has left the company. A Global Administrator in Microsoft Entra ID currently has no Azure role assignments, but must restore access so roles can be reassigned on those subscriptions. What should the Global Administrator do first?

    • ASet 'Access management for Azure resources' to Yes in Microsoft Entra ID properties
    • BOpen each subscription's Access control (IAM) page and assign themselves the Owner role
    • CActivate the Privileged Role Administrator role for themselves through Privileged Identity Management
    • DGrant tenant-wide admin consent to the Azure Service Management API in Enterprise applications
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) Set 'Access management for Azure resources' to Yes in Microsoft Entra ID properties

    Microsoft Entra roles and Azure RBAC are secured independently. A Global Administrator must elevate access, which grants User Access Administrator at root scope, before they can reassign roles on the subscriptions.

    • ACorrect. This elevates the Global Administrator's access by assigning them User Access Administrator at root scope (/). They can then view and assign roles in every subscription and management group in the tenant.
    • BIncorrect. Without an Azure role assignment, the Global Administrator has no permission to create role assignments on the subscriptions. Entra roles don't grant Azure RBAC rights.
    • CIncorrect. Privileged Role Administrator is a Microsoft Entra role. Entra role assignments don't grant access to Azure resources, so this doesn't restore subscription access.
    • DIncorrect. Admin consent gives an application delegated permissions. It doesn't create an Azure RBAC role assignment on any subscription.
  5. Question 5

    Company policy says resources may only be deployed to the East US and West US regions, and you must also flag any existing resources that violate this. Which Azure Policy setup achieves both?

    • AA policy with the 'Deny' effect on disallowed locations to block new non-compliant deployments, and run a compliance scan to identify existing violations
    • BA policy with the 'Audit' effect only
    • CAn Azure RBAC role that denies the create action
    • DA CanNotDelete resource lock on the subscription
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) A policy with the 'Deny' effect on disallowed locations to block new non-compliant deployments, and run a compliance scan to identify existing violations

    • AThe Deny effect stops future non-compliant resource creation; Azure Policy then continuously evaluates existing resources and reports them as non-compliant so you can remediate.
    • BAudit reports non-compliance but does not prevent new resources being created in the wrong region.
    • CRBAC has no location awareness; it can't allow creation in some regions and block it in others. Azure Policy is the right tool.
    • DA lock prevents deletion; it does nothing about which regions resources are deployed to.
  6. Question 6

    A user account was deleted by mistake five days ago. How can it be restored with its group memberships?

    • ARestore it from Deleted users
    • BCreate a new user with the same name
    • CRestore the subscription from backup
    • DIt can't be restored at all
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) Restore it from Deleted users

    • ADeleted users can be restored within 30 days, keeping their attributes and memberships.
    • BA new account loses the original object, memberships and history.
    • CSubscription backups don't include Entra users.
    • DDeleted users can be restored within the retention window.
  7. Question 7

    A company bought a VM reservation and wants it applied to matching VMs in several subscriptions under the same billing account. How should the reservation scope be set?

    • AShared
    • BSingle resource group only
    • CSingle VM only
    • DNone, because reservations can't be shared
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) Shared

    • AA shared scope applies the reservation across eligible subscriptions in the billing context.
    • BThat limits the discount to one resource group.
    • CReservations apply to matching usage, not one named VM.
    • DReservations can be shared.
  8. Question 8

    Which Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID) feature lets managers periodically review and confirm whether users still need their group memberships or app access?

    • AAccess reviews
    • BSelf-service password reset
    • CAzure Monitor alerts
    • DResource locks
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) Access reviews

    • AAccess reviews schedule recurring attestation of group, role, or app access so stale access is removed.
    • BSSPR lets users reset their own passwords; it has nothing to do with access recertification.
    • CMonitor alerts on metrics and logs, not access attestation.
    • DLocks protect resources from change, not access recertification.
  9. Question 9

    A Conditional Access policy should grant access only from devices that are marked compliant. What must be in place for the 'Require device to be marked as compliant' control to work?

    • AThe devices must be enrolled in and evaluated by Microsoft Intune (or a supported MDM), which reports compliance state to Entra ID
    • BThe devices only need to be domain-joined to on-premises AD
    • CA resource lock on each device object
    • DThe devices must have public IP addresses
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) The devices must be enrolled in and evaluated by Microsoft Intune (or a supported MDM), which reports compliance state to Entra ID

    • ACompliance state comes from Intune policy evaluation; without MDM enrollment there is no compliance signal for Conditional Access to check, so all sign-ins would be blocked.
    • BOn-premises domain join alone doesn't produce an Intune compliance status (hybrid join + Intune does).
    • CLocks are unrelated to device compliance.
    • DIP addressing has nothing to do with compliance evaluation.
  10. Question 10

    Resources in each resource group should automatically get the group's "costCenter" tag value, without manual tagging. What's the simplest approach?

    • AA policy that inherits the tag from the resource group
    • BTag every resource by hand each week
    • CA resource lock on the resource group
    • DAn action group for each resource
    Show answer and explanation

    Answer: A) A policy that inherits the tag from the resource group

    • ABuilt-in policies can add or replace a tag on resources using the resource group's value.
    • BManual tagging is slow and error-prone.
    • CLocks prevent deletion or changes; they don't apply tags.
    • DAction groups send notifications; they don't tag resources.

Manage Azure identities and governance: FAQs

How much of the AZ-104 exam is Manage Azure identities and governance?

Manage Azure identities and governance is 25% of the AZ-104 exam by the official exam guide's weighting, which on a 50-question form works out to roughly 13 questions. The real exam's exact split varies by form.

What does the Manage Azure identities and governance domain cover?

Managing who can do what in Azure: Microsoft Entra ID users and groups, role-based access control, and governance with policies, tags and management groups.

How should I study Manage Azure identities and governance for AZ-104?

Know the scope hierarchy cold. Many questions give a role assignment at one level and ask what it grants three levels down.

Where can I practise more Manage Azure identities and governance questions?

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