Microsoft 70-123 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 70-123 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. You are discussing software licensing with the chief financial officer (CFO). You need to inform the CFO about the purpose of a license agreement. Which statement should you use?

  A. When you license software, you own the software. You can use the software on any computer that you own, as long as you follow the provisions of the license agreement.
  B. When you license software, you are granted the right to use the software by the owner of the property under the conditions specified in the license agreement.
  C. When you license software, you own the software. You can give away the software when you are finished using it, as long as you tell the software manufacturer about this transaction.
  D. When you license software, you are authorized to copy the software as often as you need in order to use it on your computers, in accordance with the license agreement.
  A. When you license software, you own the software. You can use the software on any computer that you own, as long as you follow the provisions of the license agreement.

• Question 2:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. Employees are not aware of SAM policies and procedures. You need to recommend a reliable method to ensure that every employee understands and complies with SAM policies and procedures. Which method or methods should you recommend? (Choose all that apply.)

  A. Report violators to the publisher of the software.
  B. Report violators to the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
  C. Request a signed agreement on SAM policies and procedures from every employee.
  D. Set up specialized SAM training for employees.
  A. Report violators to the publisher of the software.
  B. Report violators to the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

• Question 3:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. You are conducting a software inventory and audit. You need to include company servers in the inventory. You need to identify which types of computer are exempt from the automatic scan, but should be included manually in the software inventory. Which types of computer should you identify?

  A. servers that are used for dedicated line-of-business applications
  B. communication servers
  C. e-mail servers, terminal servers, and file servers
  D. network servers
  C. e-mail servers, terminal servers, and file servers

• Question 4:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. The company is divided into five subsidiaries. Each subsidiary purchases software separately. The purchasing process is not well organized. All subsidiaries purchase software on demand. You need to review and centralize the customers software purchasing process. Which action or actions should you perform? (Choose all that apply.)

  A. Obtain an overview of the purchasing behavior of all subsidiaries.
  B. Analyze how demand is assessed.
  C. Revisit the purchasing process regularly.
  D. Identify the dependencies of the purchasing process.
  A. Obtain an overview of the purchasing behavior of all subsidiaries.
  B. Analyze how demand is assessed.
  C. Revisit the purchasing process regularly.
  D. Identify the dependencies of the purchasing process.

• Question 5:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. While you are analyzing installed software, you identify computers on which many extraneous titles are found. You give company managers a list of the computers so that the managers can take appropriate action against employees who routinely abuse the policy. You need to recommend to managers which actions to take. Which action or actions should you recommend? (Choose all that apply.)

  A. Follow the companys human resources (HR) policies and procedures for disciplinary actions.
  B. Audit the identified computers each month, and identify frequent offenders.
  C. Develop a training program to inform employees about the proper use of software.
  D. Publish a list of erring employees on company bulletin boards and on the intranet.
  A. Follow the companys human resources (HR) policies and procedures for disciplinary actions.
  C. Develop a training program to inform employees about the proper use of software.
  D. Publish a list of erring employees on company bulletin boards and on the intranet.

• Question 6:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. The company needs to be able to produce receipts and licenses that show the legal proof of ownership and the right to use the software. You need to ensure that the company maintains effective SAM records. Which method should you use?

  A. Document the purchase information, software title, and license information in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
  B. Lock all license agreements, original media, and manuals in a secure location.
  C. Audit the financial records and the license agreements to find out if there is an audit trail from the original purchase through the upgrades to the present day.
  D. Maintain a library of software titles, media, and manuals.
  A. Document the purchase information, software title, and license information in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

• Question 7:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. The company did not create policies for employee software use. You detect the use of unlicensed software by employees. You need to explain why the customer should establish policies for software use. Which reason or reasons should you use? (Choose all that apply.)

  A. Software use policies make it easier to standardize software.
  B. Software use policies reduce the risk of the illegal use of software.
  C. Software use policies reduce costs by controlling the private use of software.
  D. Software use policies help avoids damage that is due to security issues.
  A. Software use policies make it easier to standardize software.
  B. Software use policies reduce the risk of the illegal use of software.
  C. Software use policies reduce costs by controlling the private use of software.
  D. Software use policies help avoids damage that is due to security issues.

• Question 8:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. You are conducting software and license inventories and are matching the results of each. The customer asks for a justification for creating a license discrepancy report. You need to explain to the customer why it is necessary to create a license discrepancy report that provides surpluses of licenses and shortages of licenses. Which reason should you use?

  A. A license discrepancy report provides a partial accounting for all licenses held by the company.
  B. A license discrepancy report is the standard end product of a SAM process.
  C. Large surpluses of licenses are economically inefficient.
  D. A license discrepancy report enables the company to use surplus licenses to make up for license shortfalls.
  A. A license discrepancy report provides a partial accounting for all licenses held by the company.

• Question 9:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for a large enterprise. You discover several license overages and a 5 percent license shortage. The company currently does not purchase volume licenses. You need to recommend

  the most appropriate action for the customer.

  Which action should you recommend?

  A. Keep the status quo, because a 5 percent license gap is permitted.
  B. Purchase Open License agreements, because the customer needs to close the compliance gap immediately, and a central purchase would take too long.
  C. Purchase System Builder products for future needs, because this alternative is the best for budgeting purposes.
  D. Centrally purchase Select License agreements from the parent company, if the parent company is affiliated and entitled.
  B. Purchase Open License agreements, because the customer needs to close the compliance gap immediately, and a central purchase would take too long.

• Question 10:

  You are a Software Asset Management (SAM) consultant for Company.com. The customer has proof of purchasing licenses through a volume license agreement from the company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. However, the license confirmations cannot be found. You need to recommend the best method for obtaining a complete license inventory in a reasonable amount of time. Which two methods should you recommend? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

  A. Photocopy similar license confirmations, and attach purchase data for authenticity.
  B. Contact the reseller that supplied the original licenses, and request duplicate license confirmations.
  C. Advise the customer to purchase licenses to make up the shortfall.
  D. Call the software publisher and provide all possible doing-business-as names for the company. Ask the publisher to provide a list of all purchased volume licenses.
  E. Use the ERP purchase information, because it is sufficient proof on its own.
  D. Call the software publisher and provide all possible doing-business-as names for the company. Ask the publisher to provide a list of all purchased volume licenses.
  E. Use the ERP purchase information, because it is sufficient proof on its own.