Objective 1.2
AGWADesigning and creating organizational units (OUs)
Objective 1.2 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.
Objective title verbatim from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page ↗
A worked example
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
In a brand new Google Workspace tenant, where are all users placed before any organizational units are created?
Correct.
Concept
An organizational structure starts from a single root container that holds every user until subdivisions exist. New accounts land there by default.
Why D
By default all users are placed in the top parent organizational unit until child units are made.
Source
Google Workspace, Add an organizational unit, checked August 2026By default, all users are placed in the top organizational (parent) unit.
Now you: objective 1.2 questions
No account needed. The explanation opens when you answer.
Sample question 1 of 3
You apply a stricter sharing setting to a child organizational unit while the parent keeps a looser one. How does the child unit behave?
Sample question 2 of 3
As the super administrator, you try to place your own account into a new Finance organizational unit and cannot. Why?
Sample question 3 of 3
You need to give the Human Resources team distinct Drive settings without affecting other staff. What structure supports this?
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