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Manage user identities and GitHub authentication Questions

Practice questions for Manage user identities and GitHub authentication topic in GitHub Administration. 40 questions covering this domain.

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Q1
medium

A company uses SAML SSO for an organization but has not implemented SCIM. An employee loses access in the IdP. What else must happen to fully remove a...

Q2
easy

An organization wants to enable SAML single sign-on. Which GitHub deployment must the organization use?

Q3
medium

An organization wants to use SCIM with its GitHub organization. What is the recommended way to avoid the integration breaking if a person leaves the c...

Q4
hard

An enterprise uses Enterprise Managed Users and wants team membership updates driven from identity groups. Which statement is correct?

Q5
easy

Which statement about Enterprise Managed Users is correct?

Q6
easy

Which identity provider is listed as compatible with GitHub's SCIM API for organizations?

Q7
medium

An organization owner enables required 2FA for the organization. What happens to people who still do not have 2FA enabled?

Q8
medium

A developer authenticated with SAML SSO can browse the organization in the web UI, but now needs to access protected resources through Git or the API ...

Q9
medium

Which GitHub team cannot be synchronized with an identity provider group?

Q10
hard

An enterprise is planning Enterprise Managed Users and wants the most supportable identity setup. What should the administrator recommend?

Q11
easy

Which statement about SAML single logout in GitHub is correct?

Q12
easy

An organization enables SAML SSO but does not use Enterprise Managed Users. How do members still sign in to GitHub?

Q13
medium

A developer can browse an organization's web pages after SSO, but Git push over HTTPS to a protected repository fails. What must the developer do?

Q14
medium

Which identity provider is officially listed as supported for GitHub SAML SSO?

Q15
medium

An enterprise is adopting Enterprise Managed Users and wants account lifecycle and sign-in controlled from one external system. Which model does EMU u...

Q16
easy

Under SAML SSO enforcement, which action can a signed-out user still perform without IdP authentication?

Q17
hard

A company removes an employee's access in the identity provider, but SCIM is not configured for the GitHub organization. What is the result on GitHub?

Q18
hard

An HR team asks a managed user to update their GitHub profile email directly on GitHub.com. What should the administrator tell them?

Q19
medium

An EMU design proposes Okta for SCIM provisioning and Entra ID for SSO. What is GitHub's support position on that plan?

Q20
medium

Unauthenticated visitors browse to an Enterprise Managed Users enterprise and see a not found response. What does GitHub show by default when automati...

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