Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Developer Associate — Question 104

Which statement is true about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) object storage support for server-side encryption?

Answer options

• A. You must manually enable server-side encryption for each object as you upload to OCI object storage
• B. Objects are automatically encrypted as they are uploaded to object storage and decrypted upon retrieval
• C. You must manually decrypt the data when retrieving from OCI object storage
• D. Only the object data is encrypted and the user-defined metadata that is associated with the object is not encrypted

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because in OCI object storage, only the object data is encrypted, leaving any user-defined metadata unencrypted. Options A and C are incorrect as encryption and decryption processes are handled automatically by OCI. Option B is also incorrect because it implies that both data and metadata are treated the same way, which is not true.