SAM License Compliance & Audits 2

Question 1

A software vendor initiates an audit and requests license reconciliation data within 30 days. What is the FIRST step the SAM team should take?

Accepted Answer

Assemble an internal audit response team and gather current license entitlements

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Immediately purchase additional licenses to cover any gaps

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Refuse the audit request until legal counsel reviews the vendor contract

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Notify all employees to uninstall any unlicensed software

Question 2

Which metric is used to measure the difference between the number of licenses owned and the number of licenses deployed?

Accepted Answer

Effective license position (ELP)

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License utilization rate

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Software density ratio

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Deployment coverage index

Question 3

A company discovers mid-audit that 50 copies of a CAD application are installed but only 30 licenses were purchased. The shortfall most likely constitutes:

Accepted Answer

An unlicensed use situation exposing the company to financial and legal liability

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A minor compliance gap that can be remediated after the audit closes

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A usage anomaly that does not require immediate action

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A vendor billing error that should be disputed

Question 4

What is the purpose of a 'true-up' in enterprise software agreements?

Accepted Answer

To periodically reconcile actual usage against contracted quantities and pay for any overages

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To negotiate lower renewal pricing based on usage data

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To uninstall software that exceeds the licensed quantity

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To transfer unused licenses to a different business unit

Question 5

During a software audit, a vendor claims that running virtualized instances of their product requires separate licenses for each VM. Which document should the SAM team consult first?

Accepted Answer

The End User License Agreement (EULA) and any virtualization-specific addenda

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The vendor's published price list

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The company's internal IT asset inventory

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The vendor's public website FAQ

Question 6

An organization wants to reduce audit risk by maintaining continuous compliance rather than reacting to vendor audits. Which practice BEST supports this goal?

Accepted Answer

Implementing ongoing software asset discovery and reconciliation processes

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Conducting a comprehensive internal software audit only before contract renewals

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Blocking all software installations without prior IT approval

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Relying solely on vendor-provided consumption reports

Question 7

A software publisher uses a 'named user' license model. Under this model, which of the following actions would constitute a compliance violation?

Accepted Answer

Two employees sharing a single named user license on alternating shifts

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A named user accessing the software from multiple devices

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A named user accessing the software remotely via VPN

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A named user using both the desktop and mobile version of the application