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Objective 1.1

AGWA

Managing the user life cycle

Objective 1.1 sits in Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory, which carries 20% of the Google Workspace Admin exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Google Cloud page it rests on.

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A worked example

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1-1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory

You deploy Google Cloud Directory Sync to provision accounts from Active Directory. A colleague worries it will edit AD records. What does GCDS do to your LDAP server?

Deletes stale AD user objectsGCDS can suspend Google accounts, but it never edits AD objects.
Writes group changes back to ADNo data flows back; GCDS never writes to the source directory.
Nothing; sync is one way to GoogleCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Rewrites AD passwords each runPassword sync uses a separate tool and never sets AD passwords.

Correct.

Concept

Directory synchronization to Google moves identity data in a single direction. The on-premises directory stays the authoritative source and is never changed by the sync process.

Why C

GCDS only reads from the LDAP source and applies changes in Google, so Active Directory is never modified.

Source

Performs a one-way synchronization. Data on your LDAP server is never updated or altered.

Google Workspace, About Google Cloud Directory Sync, checked August 2026
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Now you: objective 1.1 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

1-1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory

Before your first production GCDS run, you want to preview which accounts it would add or delete without changing anything. Which GCDS capability provides this?

Sample question 2 of 3

1-1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory

An administrator wants GCDS to skip a specific set of contractor accounts and one organizational unit during synchronization. Which GCDS feature achieves this?

Sample question 3 of 3

1-1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory

Your organization already runs Active Directory on-premises and wants Google accounts kept in step automatically. Which Google first-party tool matches this need?

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