Google PCA Designing for Security and Compliance Practice Question
A security engineer wants to ensure that all admin activity in their GCP organization is logged and retained for 3 years. They also need to be alerted if a new firewall rule is created. Which logs should they enable?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Admin Activity audit logs
Admin Activity audit logs record all API calls that modify configuration or metadata, such as creating firewall rules. Data Access audit logs record reads/writes to data, not admin actions. VPC flow logs record network traffic, not admin actions. Cloud DNS logging records DNS queries.
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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Data Access audit logs
Why it's wrong here
Data Access logs capture access to data, not admin actions.
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Admin Activity audit logs
Why this is correct
Admin Activity logs capture all create/modify/delete actions on resources like firewall rules.
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VPC flow logs
Why it's wrong here
VPC flow logs record network flows, not admin activity.
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Cloud DNS logging
Why it's wrong here
Cloud DNS logs record DNS queries, not admin activity.
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Fully Qualified Domain Name
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Organization
An Organization is a top-level container in Google Cloud that represents your company or entities and serves as the root node for all your cloud resources, policies, and access control.
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