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GCP-ACE English PDF practice questions: 375 questions in source order, with options supported by the source format, answers and available explanations. Access covers this exam only. One-time payment; no automatic renewal.

Exam overview

For cloud engineers configuring Google Cloud environments, deploying workloads, operating services and managing access.

Exam code
GCP-ACE
Official exam / credential
Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Exam format
50–60 single-answer and multiple-select questions (standard exam)
Exam duration
120 minutes
Official exam languages
English, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese

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First 20 practice questions

375 total questions

Questions follow the source order. Expand each answer to see its explanation.

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Question 6

Question#6Topic1

Your company uses Cloud Storage to store application backup files for disaster recovery purposes. You want to follow Google's recommended practices. Which storage option should you use?

  1. A. Multi-Regional Storage
  2. B. Regional Storage
  3. C. Nearline Storage
  4. D. Coldline Storage
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Answer

D

Explanation

Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/storage-classes#nearline

Question 7

Question#7Topic1

Several employees at your company have been creating projects with Cloud Platform and paying for it with their personal credit cards, which the company reimburses. The company wants to centralize all these projects under a single, new billing account. What should you do?

  1. A. Contact [email protected] with your bank account details and request a corporate billing account for your company.
  2. B. Create a ticket with Google Support and wait for their call to share your credit card details over the phone.
  3. C. In the Google Platform Console, go to the Resource Manage and move all projects to the root Organizarion.
  4. D. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, create a new billing account and set up a payment method.
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Answer

C

Explanation

there will be 1 billing account for the organization and all projects under that organization are linked to single billing account.

Question 8

Question#8Topic1

You have an application that looks for its licensing server on the IP 10.0.3.21. You need to deploy the licensing server on Compute Engine. You do not want to change the configuration of the application and want the application to be able to reach the licensing server. What should you do?

  1. A. Reserve the IP 10.0.3.21 as a static internal IP address using gcloud and assign it to the licensing server.
  2. B. Reserve the IP 10.0.3.21 as a static public IP address using gcloud and assign it to the licensing server.
  3. C. Use the IP 10.0.3.21 as a custom ephemeral IP address and assign it to the licensing server.
  4. D. Start the licensing server with an automatic ephemeral IP address, and then promote it to a static internal IP address.
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Answer

A

Question 9

Question#9Topic1

You are deploying an application to App Engine. You want the number of instances to scale based on request rate. You need at least 3 unoccupied instances at all times. Which scaling type should you use?

  1. A. Manual Scaling with 3 instances.
  2. B. Basic Scaling with min_instances set to 3.
  3. C. Basic Scaling with max_instances set to 3.
  4. D. Automatic Scaling with min_idle_instances set to 3.
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Answer

D

Explanation

Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/how-instances-are-managed

Question 10

Question#10Topic1

You have a development project with appropriate IAM roles defined. You are creating a production project and want to have the same IAM roles on the new project, using the fewest possible steps. What should you do?

  1. A. Use gcloud iam roles copy and specify the production project as the destination project.
  2. B. Use gcloud iam roles copy and specify your organization as the destination organization.
  3. C. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, use the 'create role from role' functionality.
  4. D. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, use the 'create role' functionality and select all applicable permissions.
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Answer

A

Explanation

A is correct because the gcloud iam roles copy command is used to copy IAM roles from one project to another. B is incorrect because the requirement here is to copy roles to another project and not the whole organization.

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