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Data Governance And Compliance

Practise Google Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator (GWS-ADMIN) Data Governance And Compliance practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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  • Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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All Data Governance And Compliance questions (28)

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1

How can you ensure that deleted emails are kept for 3 years even if the user empties their trash?

Easy
2

Which THREE security settings are commonly configured using Context-Aware Access?

Hard
3

You want to prevent sensitive Drive documents from being printed. Which setting is appropriate?

Hard
4

Which TWO actions can you take when a user account is under a Vault hold?

Medium
5

Your legal team requires that all emails from a specific user be preserved for an upcoming audit. Which tool should you use to ensure these messages are not deleted?

Easy
6

You need to ensure that credit card numbers are not sent via Gmail by your employees. Which tool should you configure?

Medium
7

Which TWO actions can you perform in Google Vault?

Medium
8

Which THREE types of data can be managed using Vault retention rules?

Hard
9

You need to verify if an email was sent to an external address. Where can you see this in the Admin Console?

Medium
10

Which THREE features are part of the Security Center?

Hard
11

You have a Data Region policy configured for the US. A user moves from the US to the EU. How do you trigger the migration of their existing data to the EU?

Hard
12

Which Google Workspace service should you use to search and export user data for legal requests?

Easy
13

You need to prevent users from sharing sensitive files outside the organization. Which setting should you modify?

Medium
14

You need to create a report showing which users have been affected by a specific DLP policy violation in the last month. Where can you find this?

Medium
15

Which TWO actions should be taken when offboarding a user to protect organizational data?

Easy
16

You need to ensure that Google Chat messages are retained for 5 years. How do you do this?

Medium
17

Which THREE criteria can you use to build a DLP rule in Google Workspace?

Hard
18

You need to investigate a potential data breach where a user downloaded a large number of sensitive files. Which tool provides the most granular audit logs for Drive file downloads?

Hard
19

An employee is suspected of leaking data. You need to search their past Gmail and Drive files for specific terms. Which tool do you use?

Hard
20

Where do you go in the Admin Console to view the current data region for your organization?

Easy
21

When a user leaves the company, which status should you set their account to if you want to keep their data but stop them from logging in?

Easy
22

Which TWO tools in the Admin Console help you identify potentially compromised accounts?

Medium
23

You have a Data Region policy, but a user is still showing data in the global region. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
24

Which TWO settings in Drive sharing can help prevent data leakage?

Medium
25

A user is leaving the company. You need to keep their data for 7 years. What is the best practice?

Medium
26

You need to restrict access to the Admin Console to only users connecting from your corporate office IP address. Which tool do you use?

Hard
27

Which dashboard provides a summary of security incidents and potential policy violations?

Easy
28

You need to monitor for potentially malicious third-party apps accessing Drive data. Which feature should you use?

Hard

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What does the Data Governance And Compliance domain cover on the GWS-ADMIN exam?
Data Governance And Compliance questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
How many questions are in this domain?
This page lists all 28 Data Governance And Compliance questions in the GWS-ADMIN question bank. The actual exam draws from this domain proportionally to its weighting in the official exam blueprint.
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