Software Asset Management (SAM) Core 70-713 exam questions online

1. An organization is creating a central repository to support all software license and reporting needs. You manage all Microsoft applications by using System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2012.
The reporting solution must meet the following requirements:
• Retrieve data directly from Oracle databases.
• Reporting must be automated.
• Manage reports by using a web portal that is integrated into the current ConfigMgr environment.
You need to implement a solution.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

2. You need to monitor infrastructure and manage software deployments for an organization. You must uninstall unlicensed software from all devices.
Which tool should you use?

3. Your customer does not track any software licenses. You confirm that the customer is out of compliance with several vendor agreements.
You need to implement a SAM program for the customer.
What should you do first?

4. You maintain a SAM program for a customer. The customer experiences the following recent developments:
A new SAM tool is purchased.
The SAM program design is complete.
The assigned SAM manager leaves the company.
The SAM program budget is approved and allocated.
You need to maintain the SAM program.
What should you do first?

5. You are designing a SAM improvement program. The focus of the program is to address deficiencies in the software purchasing process.
Stakeholders report that managers are purchasing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) app subscriptions on their corporate credit cards and submitting the costs on monthly expense reports.
You have the following requirements:
Improve governance of the purchasing process.
Reduce recurrence of the problems reported.
Minimize impact to other business activities.
You need to recommend steps to improve the organization’s purchasing process.
Which three actions should you recommend? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
Note: Each correct selection is worth one point.

6. Your customer has a SAM program. The customer installs SAM tools that monitor approved software installations.
You need to monitor whether the customer adheres to approved software installation policies.
What should you do?

7. Your customer plans to improve the application recognition of a software inventory tool.
You need to measure the performance of the application recognition function.
Which metric should you use?

8. You work as a consultant for an organization that has 500 devices. The organization’s environment consists of different departments that run different versions of Microsoft applications. The organization purchases licenses on an as needed basis, without coordination. Some support agreements are no longer valid.
The organization must centralize management of software licenses. All machines must run the same versions of applications. You must also ensure that the organization’s support agreements are up to date.
You need to recommend changes to the organization’s software management policies.
What should you recommend?

9. You are leading a SAM improvement program for an organization that does not heave a dedicated purchasing department.
Departments are experiencing delays in software orders. You must recommend improvements for purchasing processes. The solution has the following requirements:
Reduce delays in ordering new software licenses.
Ensure that the organization receives volume discounts.
Minimize overhead required for generating purchase orders.
Which two actions should you recommend? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

10. This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct.
Your customer needs to reclaim unused software licenses.
You recommend Microsoft Intune as a tool to identify and report unused software licenses on Windows desktop computers.
Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed.” If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.

11. You manage the hardware and software retirement process for a customer.
The customer plans to donate several computers to a charitable organization. The computers have Windows 8 purchased as a fully-packaged product (FPP) from a local retailer. The computers also have Microsoft Office 2013 licenses that were purchased under a volume license agreement.
You have the following requirements:
Maximize license reuse.
Ensure that license agreement are not violated.
You need to recommend a course of action for reusing Windows and Office licensing.
Which two actions should you recommend? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

12. Your customer’s Acquisition Process key competency has Basic maturity level.
You need to recommend a process to improve the Acquisition Process maturity level.
Which process should you recommend?

13. Your customer has the following key performance indicators:
The SAM plan is defined and approved.
Sign-off on SAM reports is performed annually.
Direct SAM responsibility is identified throughout the organization.
You need to identify the minimum Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) maturity level represented by all of these indicators.
Which maturity level should you identify?

14. This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct.
An organization that achieves the Dynamic Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) level has SAM data available but typically does not use it for decision marking.
Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed.” If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.

15. You are conducting a SAM assessment survey for a customer. The customer does not have documented SAM processes or a dedicated SAM team.
You need to capture the details of the customer’s undocumented SAM processes.
What should you do?

16. You complete an assessment to evaluate an organization’s current Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) level. You identify the key competencies of the model.
You need to present to management a benefit of using SAM.
Which benefit should you present?

17. This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct.
An organization’s Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) maturity level is Basic. The organization accounts for 20 percent of assets in a centralized repository. To reach the SOM Rationalized maturity level, the organization must have 50 percent of the assets in a centralized inventory.
Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed.” If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.

18. You plan to assess your customer’s Microsoft SQL Server deployment for license compliance. The customer licenses SQL Server by using per-processor licenses.
You need to define the scope of the SAM assessment.
What should you do?