About This Flashcard Deck
This flashcard deck contains 10 cards covering key Workspace Admin concepts for the PGWA exam. Test your Google Workspace administration knowledge. Use active recall by attempting to answer each question before revealing the answer.
Question
What is an Organizational Unit (OU)?
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Answer
A hierarchical structure to group users/devices and apply policies. Policies inherit from parent OU.
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All Workspace Admin Flashcards
Q: What is an Organizational Unit (OU)?
A: A hierarchical structure to group users/devices and apply policies. Policies inherit from parent OU.
Q: What is DKIM?
A: DomainKeys Identified Mail — adds a digital signature to outgoing emails to verify they haven't been altered.
Q: What is DMARC?
A: Domain-based Message Authentication — policy that tells receivers what to do with emails failing SPF/DKIM (none, quarantine, reject).
Q: How do you provision users in bulk?
A: CSV upload, Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS), Admin SDK API, or third-party tools.
Q: What is the Alert Center?
A: Centralized view of security alerts, suspicious activity, and system notifications in the Admin console.
Q: What admin roles exist?
A: Super Admin (full access), delegated admin roles (Groups, User Management, Help Desk), and custom admin roles.
Q: What is Google Vault?
A: eDiscovery and archiving tool for Google Workspace — search, hold, and export data for legal and compliance needs.
Q: What is endpoint verification?
A: Chrome extension that reports device details (OS, encryption, password status) for context-aware access policies.
Q: What is context-aware access?
A: Access policies based on user identity + device security status + IP/location. Enforced via Access Levels in BeyondCorp.
Q: What does SPF do?
A: Sender Policy Framework — TXT record that lists IP addresses authorized to send email for your domain.
GCP Flashcard Study Approach
Google Cloud exams emphasise service selection and architecture decisions. Use these flashcards to build instant recall of GCP service capabilities, then apply that knowledge to scenario-based practice questions. Pay special attention to cards about managed vs. unmanaged services and serverless options — GCP strongly favours managed and serverless architectures in their exam scenarios.