Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops Practice Test
MD-101 practice focuses on managing Windows desktops across enrollment, configuration, application control, updates, security, and troubleshooting. The available questions use workplace scenarios such as freeing disk space, restricting unapproved applications, checking network connectivity, and diagnosing startup or performance problems. These tasks connect endpoint settings with practical decisions about device access, user impact, and centralized management.
Exam overview
About the Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops Exam
Desktop administrators need to enroll devices for cloud management, apply settings to device groups, and respond when a configuration must be delivered before the next routine check-in. Update management involves identifying devices on older Windows feature releases and tracking staged deployment progress. Endpoint protection decisions include limiting application execution and reducing data-loss exposure on managed devices. Troubleshooting requires selecting tools that match the symptom: Performance Monitor or Task Manager for resource activity, ping for basic host reachability and response time, and Windows recovery options for startup failures. Administrators also need to balance operational controls with usability—for example, managing notifications during presentations or freeing storage without removing needed cloud-backed files. The practice scenarios emphasize recognizing a suitable Windows feature, Intune action, report, or diagnostic tool for a stated desktop-management need.
Sample Practice Questions
Review a selection from this exam's published US Practice Tests practice bank.
An administrator wants Windows to display notifications and prevent most applications from interrupting a user during a scheduled presentation. Which feature should the user configure?
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Correct answer: AFocus assist can suppress or limit notifications according to configured rules, including during specified times or activities. The other features have different purposes.
A user needs to access a work document from a Windows device, but the organization wants to reduce the risk of accidental data loss if the device is lost. Which action is an appropriate first response for a managed device?
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Correct answer: AFor a lost managed device, administrators can use available remote actions such as locking or wiping it, following the organization's response policy and considering the impact on personal data. The other actions do not protect organizational data.
A company wants to prevent standard users from installing unapproved desktop applications while still allowing applications selected by administrators. Which Windows security approach is designed to control which applications can run?
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Correct answer: AWindows application control policies can restrict which applications are allowed to run, based on rules such as publisher or file characteristics. The other features manage storage, credentials, and search rather than application execution.
A user reports that a Windows device has no free space for an update. Which built-in feature can automatically remove temporary files and manage locally available cloud-backed content to free space?
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Correct answer: AStorage Sense can automatically free disk space by removing eligible temporary files and managing content such as locally available cloud-backed files, depending on its settings. BitLocker, Windows Hello, and Windows Sandbox address other needs.
An administrator wants to identify which Windows devices have an older feature release and coordinate a gradual move to a newer release through Intune. Which reporting view is designed to summarize Windows feature update status across devices?
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Correct answer: AWindows feature update reporting in Intune provides deployment and device status information for feature update policies, helping administrators monitor rollout progress and identify devices that have not reached the targeted release.
A company wants to enroll Windows devices so they can be managed from the cloud using Microsoft Intune. Which service should administrators configure to support automatic enrollment for users with eligible licenses?
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Correct answer: BMicrosoft Entra ID includes MDM and MAM enrollment settings that let administrators define the scope for automatic Intune enrollment. WSUS, Remote Desktop licensing, and Windows Deployment Services do not configure cloud MDM enrollment.
A technician wants to check whether a Windows computer can communicate with another host over the network and measure approximate response time. Which command-line tool is commonly used for this basic connectivity test?
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Correct answer: AThe ping command sends echo requests and reports responses and round-trip timing when the destination and network permit them. A failed response does not always prove the host is unreachable because firewalls may block echo requests.
How to use this practice test
Access is free. A practice session draws up to 20 random questions from the 50-question bank and displays results afterward. Use the scenarios to check whether you can match Windows and Intune features to endpoint tasks; revisit any missed concepts, such as enrollment, update reporting, application control, or troubleshooting tools.
Preparation tips
- Review how Windows devices enroll in Intune, including the role of automatic enrollment and eligible user licensing.
- Compare Windows application-control approaches and identify how they restrict execution to administrator-approved software.
- Practice interpreting Windows feature-update status reports and planning phased deployments for devices on older releases.
- Match common symptoms to diagnostic tools: ping for reachability, resource-monitoring tools for performance, and recovery options for startup failures.
- Review storage and user-experience controls, including temporary-file cleanup, cloud-backed content availability, and presentation notification settings.