The Google GCP-PGWA exam preparation guide is designed to provide candidates with necessary information about the Professional Google Workspace Administrator exam. It includes exam summary, sample questions, practice test, objectives and ways to interpret the exam objectives to enable candidates to assess the types of questions-answers that may be asked during the Google Cloud Platform - Professional Google Workspace Administrator (GCP-PGWA) exam.
It is recommended for all the candidates to refer the GCP-PGWA objectives and sample questions provided in this preparation guide. The Professional Google Workspace Administrator certification is mainly targeted to the candidates who want to build their career in Professional domain and demonstrate their expertise. We suggest you to use practice exam listed in this cert guide to get used to with exam environment and identify the knowledge areas where you need more work prior to taking the actual Professional Google Workspace Administrator exam.
Google GCP-PGWA Exam Summary:
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Exam Name
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Professional Google Workspace Administrator |
| Exam Code | GCP-PGWA |
| Exam Price | $200 USD |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Number of Questions | 50-60 |
| Passing Score | Pass / Fail (Approx 70%) |
| Recommended Training / Books | Google Cloud training |
| Schedule Exam | Google CertMetrics |
| Sample Questions | Google GCP-PGWA Sample Questions |
| Recommended Practice | Google Cloud Platform - Professional Google Workspace Administrator (GCP-PGWA) Practice Test |
Professional Google Workspace Administrator Syllabus:
| Section | Objectives |
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Managing objects (20% of the exam) |
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| Managing account lifecycles by using provisioning and deprovisioning processes. Considerations include: |
- Transferring ownership data to another account - Provisioning users based on a process determined by an organization’s policy (for example, where to list accounts) - Provisioning and deprovisioning accounts, including:
- Revoking account access outside of a typical organizational policy (for example, security reasons and personnel issues)
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| Configuring Google Drive. Consideration include: |
- Managing the lifecycle of shared drives based on user requests and organizational policies (for example, OU [organizational unit] placements) - Configuring shared drive permissions, given specific requirements or scenarios - Implementing shared drive membership permissions based on organizational policies - Transferring user data from one user’s drive to another drive - Applying security best practices for shared drives based on the business need |
| Managing calendar and calendar resources. Considerations include: |
- Creating and managing calendar resources - Managing and delegating calendar access and resources - Managing the lifecycle of both individual and shared calendars (for example, differentiating between an individual’s calendar and a calendar resource) - Configuring Google video conference room options (for example, Jamboard, Google Meet) - Scheduling Google Meet conferences and livestream meetings or events - Monitoring usage reports and recommending changes - Troubleshooting calendar issues |
| Configuring and managing Groups for business. Considerations include: |
- Configuring memberships and advanced settings, including:
- Using a Google group to apply membership permissions for a shared drive |
Configuring services (18% of the exam) |
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| Implementing and managing Google Workspace configurations based on corporate policies. Considerations include: |
- Assigning and configuring permissions to Google Workspace tools by using organizational units (OUs) and Google groups - Modifying OU policies - Implementing application and security settings according to OU inheritance and override settings in parent OUs - Delegating granular Identify and Access Management (IAM) administrator roles and permissions to users in a domain - Implementing security configuration options for installing or using Google Cloud Marketplace applications or add-ons - Configuring Drive labels for data organization - Configuring a Rapid Release or Scheduled Release for feature releases - Configuring Google Meet to align with corporate policies and requirements - Creating and configuring security and data region settings - Implementing security integration protocols and addressing questions and objections from users - Managing content compliance rules - Investigating and remediating an issue by using Security Health Analytics check results |
| Configuring Gmail. Considerations include: |
- Configuring basic mail routing scenarios for split delivery - Configuring a mail host - Configuring end-user access to Gmail by using Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GWSMO) or email client (for example, POP, IMAP, Thunderbird, Outlook) - Configuring POP and IMAP access to align with corporate policies and requirements - Configuring administrator access for mail forwarding by using advanced Gmail settings (for example, compliance rules, default routing, APIs) - Managing and understanding all available spam controls (for example, allowlist, denylist, inbound gateway, and IP allowlist) - Enabling email delegation for an OU - Managing Gmail archives |
Troubleshooting (24% of the exam) |
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| Troubleshooting mail delivery problems reported by users. Considerations include: |
- Determining whether user behavior or a broader issue (for example, rules, or Cloud Data Loss Prevention [DLP]) is causing an error - Determining whether an issue is an expected behavior (for example, a missing attachment, or an attachment filter issue) - Auditing and reviewing mail flow structure and end-user actions to determine the root cause of delivery issues - Analyzing message headers or email audit logs by using Google Workspace tools or security investigation tools - Recommending and/or implementing an appropriate course of action related to mail delivery issues (for example, implementing mail policy changes) |
| Troubleshooting and collecting logs and reports needed to engage with the support team. Considerations include: |
- Documenting steps taken by end user to reproduce an issue - Collecting appropriate log file types - Searching for known issues and application status - Generating HAR files |
| Identifying, classifying, troubleshooting, and mitigating basic email attacks. Considerations Include: |
- Configuring:
- Implementing Sender Policy Framework (SPF); Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC); Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS); and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) to secure email transmission |
| Troubleshooting Google Workspace access and performance issues. Considerations include: |
- Identifying why a user is having an issue when they access a single Google application (for example, Drive) - Identifying the root cause of a performance issue when accessing a Google Workspace application (for example, a known issue, an outage, a network, or a device) - Analyzing, evaluating, and modifying settings to ensure delivery of critical emails (for example, specific IP ranges, X-headers) - Troubleshooting authentication issues that users reported - Troubleshooting issues that users reported when they set up Google Workspace on a mobile device - Troubleshooting Google Meet video call issues from the administrator console - Troubleshooting Google Meet device issues by using the administrator console - Troubleshooting network configuration issues to ensure high-quality meetings by using Google Meet - Troubleshooting Jamboards - Troubleshooting access to Google Workspace services (for example, Gmail and Drive) - Troubleshooting data visibility issues by enabling/disabling licenses or services - Investigating access issues in applications for OUs - Interpreting and responding to alerts in the Alert Center API |
Data access and authentication (24% of the exam) |
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| Configuring policies for all devices (for example, mobile device, desktop, Chrome OS, Google Meet Hardware, Jamboard, Google Voice, and browser). Considerations include: |
- Configuring:
- Enabling Endpoint Verification security by using BeyondCorp |
| Configuring and implementing Gmail DLP and sharing access control lists (ACLs) based on governance policies. Considerations include: |
- Identifying areas of improvement for secure collaboration based on data exfiltration reports - Scanning emails by using Gmail DLP - Implementing Gmail DLP policies to prevent the over-sharing of sensitive data - Configuring and implementing Gmail DLP options for data classification - Configuring and implementing data classification settings on Drive - Implementing context-aware access policies based on data governance policies - Configuring settings to limit external sharing on Drive based on organizational policies - Configuring settings to limit email delivery based on organizational policies - Configuring and implementing client-side encryption services for Drive |
| Managing third-party applications. Considerations include: |
- Implementing automatic releases of a browser extension to OUs within the domain - Implementing security configuration options for installing or using Google Cloud Marketplace applications or add-ons - Reviewing and authorizing user requests for a new Google Workspace Marketplace application, Google Play, or a Chrome extension - Pushing an application to a user’s phone by using Google’s mobile device management (MDM) - Configuring Google as a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) provider for a third-party application - Deploying password-vaulted apps - Deploying and restricting Google Workspace Marketplace and Google Play Store applications - Granting API access to applications - Integrating third-party user provisions - Integrating third-party marketplace applications to specific OUs in Google Workspace - Managing access to additional Google services (for example, AdSense and YouTube) for a specific set of users - Revoking third-party author access - Removing connected applications and sites |
| Configuring user authentication. Considerations include: |
- Configuring:
- Implementing basic user security controls (for example, password length enforcement) |
Supporting business initiatives (14% of the exam) |
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| Using Vault to support legal initiatives. Considerations Include: |
- Configuring retention rules based legal security policies (for example, setting retention rules, placing legal holds, exporting data for additional processing and review, auditing reports, and searching a domain's data by user account, OU, date, or keyword) - Assisting with or creating:
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| Creating and interpreting reports for the business. Considerations include: |
- Generating and interpreting user adoption reports (for example, Work Insights) - Investigating issues by using the Alert Center - Investigating and monitoring a service outage for a specific Google Workspace application - Investigating issues by using data objects and metrics available within activity reports - Configuring group alerts triggered by a specific event - Creating and reviewing audit logs - Using BigQuery to combine multiple Google Workspace logs and usage reports to provide actionable insights |
| Supporting data import and export. Considerations include: |
- Assisting with off-boarding employees and transferring data (for example, Drive, Calendar, and Google Data Studio) - Migrating Gmail data between Google Workspace accounts - Exporting data from Google Workspace offline or to other platforms |