Show you can work with data on Google Cloud, from ingesting and analyzing it with BigQuery and Looker to managing access, and track your readiness for the Associate Data Practitioner exam.

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Object Versioning

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Object Versioning is a Cloud Storage feature that maintains multiple versions of an object in a bucket by archiving overwritten or deleted live objects as noncurrent versions. On Associate Data Practitioner it comes up as a bucket recovery and data protection capability within the Data Management domain, where you evaluate disaster recovery options alongside features like soft delete and database backups.

What you can expect on the exam

Archiving overwritten and deleted objects. Expect to understand how Object Versioning automatically preserves overwritten or deleted live objects as noncurrent versions that remain accessible in the bucket until explicitly removed.
Lifecycle management integration. You may need to know how Object Versioning integrates with Object Lifecycle Management to manage and delete older object versions.
Interaction with soft delete. Expect to recognize how Object Versioning integrates with soft delete when noncurrent objects are deleted from a bucket.

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Section 4
Data Management
1. 4.2Configure lifecycle management
  - Configure rules to delete objects after a specified period to automatically remove unnecessary data and reduce storage expenses (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage)
2. 4.3Identify high availability and disaster recovery strategies for data in Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
  - Compare backup and recovery solutions offered as Google-managed services

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Last updated November 2, 2026

Associate Data Practitioner

Show you can work with data on Google Cloud, from ingesting and analyzing it with BigQuery and Looker to managing access, and track your readiness for the Associate Data Practitioner exam.

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

Object Versioning

Topic in 4 exam domains

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Object Versioning · Feature
object versioning · Feature

What you can expect on the exam

Archiving overwritten and deleted objects. Expect to understand how Object Versioning automatically preserves overwritten or deleted live objects as noncurrent versions that remain accessible in the bucket until explicitly removed.
Lifecycle management integration. You may need to know how Object Versioning integrates with Object Lifecycle Management to manage and delete older object versions.
Interaction with soft delete. Expect to recognize how Object Versioning integrates with soft delete when noncurrent objects are deleted from a bucket.

Where this appears on the exam

2 subdomains in 1 of 4 domains

Section 4
Data Management
1. 4.2Configure lifecycle management
  - Configure rules to delete objects after a specified period to automatically remove unnecessary data and reduce storage expenses (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage)
2. 4.3Identify high availability and disaster recovery strategies for data in Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
  - Compare backup and recovery solutions offered as Google-managed services

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

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