Objective 4.4

ADP

Apply security measures and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations

Objective 4.4 sits in Data Management, which carries 25% of the Associate Data Practitioner exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Google Cloud page it rests on.

Objective title verbatim from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page

A worked example

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By default, how is customer data at rest protected in Google Cloud without any action by the customer?

It is left unencryptedData at rest is not left unencrypted by default.
It is encrypted only on requestDefault encryption is automatic, not only on request.
It is encrypted with AES-256Correct · your answerCorrect.
It is encrypted with ROT13ROT13 is a trivial cipher, not the AES-256 standard used.

Correct.

Concept

Google encrypts stored data by default at the storage layer using a strong algorithm. This baseline protection requires no customer configuration.

Why C

Data stored by Google is encrypted at rest by default using AES-256.

Source

All data that is stored by Google is encrypted at the storage layer using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm, AES-256.

Google Cloud, Default encryption at rest, checked August 2026
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Now you: objective 4.4 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

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A compliance rule requires the customer to create and control the encryption keys for their data while Google manages storage. Which option fits?

Sample question 2 of 3

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You must document which key operations Cloud KMS supports. Which set is accurate?

Sample question 3 of 3

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Google's default encryption at rest wraps data encryption keys with another key using which technique?

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