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GCP-ACE Exam Practice Questions

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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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Information checked: 2026-10-20

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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 11

Question#11Topic1

You need a dynamic way of provisioning VMs on Compute Engine. The exact specifications will be in a dedicated configuration file. You want to follow Google's recommended practices. Which method should you use?

  1. A. Deployment Manager
  2. B. Cloud Composer
  3. C. Managed Instance Group
  4. D. Unmanaged Instance Group
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Answer

A

Explanation

A is correct because the deployment manager is the Infrastructure as code tool for GCP. Google Cloud Deployment Manager allows you to specify all the resources needed for your application using yaml syntax.

Question 12

Question#12Topic1

You have a Dockerfile that you need to deploy on Kubernetes Engine. What should you do?

  1. A. Use kubectl app deploy <dockerfilename>.
  2. B. Use gcloud app deploy <dockerfilename>.
  3. C. Create a docker image from the Dockerfile and upload it to Container Registry. Create a Deployment YAML file to point to that image. Use kubectl to create the deployment with that file.
  4. D. Create a docker image from the Dockerfile and upload it to Cloud Storage. Create a Deployment YAML file to point to that image. Use kubectl to create the deployment with that file.
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Answer

C

Explanation

Reference -
https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/tutorials/hello-app

Question 13

Question#13Topic1

Your development team needs a new Jenkins server for their project. You need to deploy the server using the fewest steps possible. What should you do?

  1. A. Download and deploy the Jenkins Java WAR to App Engine Standard.
  2. B. Create a new Compute Engine instance and install Jenkins through the command line interface.
  3. C. Create a Kubernetes cluster on Compute Engine and create a deployment with the Jenkins Docker image.
  4. D. Use GCP Marketplace to launch the Jenkins solution.
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Answer

D

Explanation

Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/solutions/using-jenkins-for-distributed-builds-on-compute-engine

Question 14

Question#14Topic1

You need to update a deployment in Deployment Manager without any resource downtime in the deployment. Which command should you use?

  1. A. gcloud deployment-manager deployments create --config <deployment-config-path>
  2. B. gcloud deployment-manager deployments update --config <deployment-config-path>
  3. C. gcloud deployment-manager resources create --config <deployment-config-path>
  4. D. gcloud deployment-manager resources update --config <deployment-config-path>
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Answer

B

Explanation

Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/deployment-manager/deployments/update

Question 15

Question#15Topic1

You need to run an important query in BigQuery but expect it to return a lot of records. You want to find out how much it will cost to run the query. You are using on-demand pricing. What should you do?

  1. A. Arrange to switch to Flat-Rate pricing for this query, then move back to on-demand.
  2. B. Use the command line to run a dry run query to estimate the number of bytes read. Then convert that bytes estimate to dollars using the Pricing Calculator.
  3. C. Use the command line to run a dry run query to estimate the number of bytes returned. Then convert that bytes estimate to dollars using the Pricing Calculator.
  4. D. Run a select count (*) to get an idea of how many records your query will look through. Then convert that number of rows to dollars using the Pricing Calculator.
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Answer

B

Explanation

Reference:
https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/estimate-costs

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