SCCM Application Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of 'Global Conditions' in SCCM Application Management?
- To define site-wide configuration settings that apply to all SCCM deployments automatically
- To create reusable requirement rules that can be applied across multiple deployment types and applications (Correct answer)
- To set global administrator permissions controlling who can deploy applications
- To synchronize application catalog entries across multiple SCCM primary sites
Correct answer: To create reusable requirement rules that can be applied across multiple deployment types and applications
Global Conditions are reusable expressions that can be referenced as requirement rules across multiple deployment types in different applications, reducing configuration duplication.
Question 2: Which requirement rule type in a deployment type limits application installation to devices running a specific operating system version?
- File system requirement
- Registry requirement
- Operating system requirement (Correct answer)
- Hardware inventory requirement
Correct answer: Operating system requirement
The Operating System requirement rule filters deployment type installation so it only targets devices running specified OS versions, such as Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Question 3: When configuring supersedence in SCCM, which option triggers removal of the old application before deploying the new version?
- Enable automatic upgrade for all targeted collections
- Uninstall the superseded application (Correct answer)
- Force application removal via software metering
- Set the new deployment purpose to Required
Correct answer: Uninstall the superseded application
Enabling 'Uninstall the superseded application' in the supersedence relationship tells SCCM to remove the older version before installing the newer superseding application.
Question 4: What does the 'Install Behavior' setting in an SCCM deployment type control?
- Whether the installation runs silently or displays a progress UI to the user
- Whether the installation program runs in the System context or the logged-on User context (Correct answer)
- The order in which multiple deployment types are attempted during installation
- The detection method priority evaluated after installation completes
Correct answer: Whether the installation program runs in the System context or the logged-on User context
The Install Behavior setting determines the security context under which the deployment type's installation program executes — either the local System account or the logged-on user's account.
Question 5: In SCCM Application Management, what is a 'Dependency' relationship used for?
- To prevent an application from installing on devices that lack sufficient disk space
- To automatically install prerequisite applications before the main application is deployed (Correct answer)
- To create a supersedence chain linking multiple versions of the same application
- To link user collections to device collections for co-managed deployments
Correct answer: To automatically install prerequisite applications before the main application is deployed
Dependencies define prerequisite applications that SCCM automatically installs on the client before attempting to install the dependent main application if the prerequisites are not already present.
Question 6: Which SCCM component (deprecated in later versions) provided a web-based portal where users could browse and request available software?
- Software Center
- Application Catalog (Correct answer)
- SCCM Web Portal
- Software Library
Correct answer: Application Catalog
The Application Catalog was a web-based portal that allowed users to browse and request available software; it was deprecated and its functionality was absorbed into the modern Software Center.
Question 7: What does a return code of 3010 typically indicate in an SCCM application deployment?
- Installation failed with a fatal error and must be retried
- The application was already installed so no action was taken
- Installation succeeded but a system restart is required to complete setup (Correct answer)
- Installation was cancelled by the end user before completion
Correct answer: Installation succeeded but a system restart is required to complete setup
Return code 3010 is a standard Windows installer exit code indicating successful installation that requires a system reboot before the changes fully take effect.
SCCM Application Management 2
What is the purpose of 'Global Conditions' in SCCM Application Management?