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Google PCA Practice Question: Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
A company needs to retain object versions in Cloud Storage for 90 days to protect against accidental deletion or modification. After 90 days, versions should be deleted. What feature should they enable?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Object lifecycle management with a rule to delete versions after 90 days
Object versioning in Cloud Storage keeps multiple versions of an object. Object lifecycle management can be configured to delete versions older than a specified number of days.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Object versioning only
Why it's wrong here
Object versioning retains versions indefinitely unless lifecycle rules are added.
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Retention policy
Why it's wrong here
Retention policy prevents deletion but does not delete old versions automatically.
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Object holds
Why it's wrong here
Object holds prevent deletion but do not provide automatic cleanup.
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Object lifecycle management with a rule to delete versions after 90 days
Why this is correct
Lifecycle rules can delete old versions based on age. This meets the requirement.
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