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Governance & Data Retention — CCAR-P Practice Question

A representative Claude Certified Architect - Professional (CCAR-P) exam question on Governance & Data Retention. Work through it below, then read why each option is right or wrong.

Short answer

The correct answer is D. Define purpose-based retention by data class, minimize stored content, support deletion, and document access and legal requirements.

Indefinite collection increases privacy, security, and compliance risk. Retention should be justified, classified, controlled, and enforceable.

The Question

A business wants to retain every agent conversation forever 'in case it becomes useful.' What should the architect recommend?

AStore copies in every region
BLet each engineer decide
CApprove because storage is cheap
DDefine purpose-based retention by data class, minimize stored content, support deletion, and document access and legal requirementsCorrect

Why D is correct

Indefinite collection increases privacy, security, and compliance risk. Retention should be justified, classified, controlled, and enforceable.

Why the other options are wrong

Option A: Store copies in every region

Option A does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (D) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.

Option B: Let each engineer decide

Option B does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (D) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.

Option C: Approve because storage is cheap

Option C does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (D) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.

Key idea: Governance & Data Retention

Indefinite collection increases privacy, security, and compliance risk. Retention should be justified, classified, controlled, and enforceable. On the CCAR-P exam, questions in the "Governance, Safety, and Risk Management" domain test whether you can map a scenario's constraints to the right choice. Read the requirement carefully, eliminate options that violate any single constraint, and pick the one that satisfies all of them with the least operational overhead.

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