Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) ACTUAL
PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 | Verified Questions
and Answers | Hands-On, gcloud & Console Focus |
Exam Pass Target - A+ Graded
SECTION 1: SETTING UP A CLOUD SOLUTION ENVIRONMENT (10 Questions)
Q1: You need to create a new GCP project named "production-app" using the gcloud CLI.
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud projects new production-app
B. gcloud projects create production-app [CORRECT]
C. gcloud resource-manager projects create production-app
D. gcloud init project production-app
Correct Answer: B
Q2: Your organization requires all Compute Engine instances to be created in the us-west1
region by default. Which configuration file should you modify to set this default?
A. ~/.gcloud/config.json
B. ~/.config/gcloud/configurations/config_default [CORRECT]
C. /etc/gcloud/defaults.conf
D. ~/.gcloud/defaults.yaml
Correct Answer: B
Q3: You need to enable the Kubernetes Engine API for your project using the gcloud CLI.
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud services enable container.googleapis.com [CORRECT]
B. gcloud apis enable kubernetes
C. gcloud components install gke
D. gcloud projects services add container.googleapis.com
Correct Answer: A
, Q4: You are configuring IAM for a new team member who needs to deploy applications to App
Engine but should not be able to delete projects. Which predefined role is MOST appropriate?
A. roles/owner
B. roles/editor
C. roles/appengine.deployer [CORRECT]
D. roles/viewer
Correct Answer: C
Q5: Your organization needs to set up billing alerts to notify administrators when monthly
spending exceeds $5,000. Where in the Cloud Console should you configure this?
A. IAM & Admin > Manage Resources
B. Billing > Budgets & alerts [CORRECT]
C. Monitoring > Alerting
D. Cloud Logging > Logs Explorer
Correct Answer: B
Q6: You need to grant a service account the ability to read objects from Cloud Storage buckets
across your organization. Which IAM role should you assign at the organization level?
A. roles/storage.objectAdmin
B. roles/storage.objectViewer [CORRECT]
C. roles/storage.admin
D. roles/storage.legacyBucketReader
Correct Answer: B
Q7: You are setting up the Cloud SDK on a new workstation. Which command authenticates
your gcloud CLI with your Google account?
A. gcloud login
B. gcloud auth login [CORRECT]
C. gcloud config set account
D. gcloud init auth
Correct Answer: B
PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 | Verified Questions
and Answers | Hands-On, gcloud & Console Focus |
Exam Pass Target - A+ Graded
SECTION 1: SETTING UP A CLOUD SOLUTION ENVIRONMENT (10 Questions)
Q1: You need to create a new GCP project named "production-app" using the gcloud CLI.
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud projects new production-app
B. gcloud projects create production-app [CORRECT]
C. gcloud resource-manager projects create production-app
D. gcloud init project production-app
Correct Answer: B
Q2: Your organization requires all Compute Engine instances to be created in the us-west1
region by default. Which configuration file should you modify to set this default?
A. ~/.gcloud/config.json
B. ~/.config/gcloud/configurations/config_default [CORRECT]
C. /etc/gcloud/defaults.conf
D. ~/.gcloud/defaults.yaml
Correct Answer: B
Q3: You need to enable the Kubernetes Engine API for your project using the gcloud CLI.
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud services enable container.googleapis.com [CORRECT]
B. gcloud apis enable kubernetes
C. gcloud components install gke
D. gcloud projects services add container.googleapis.com
Correct Answer: A
, Q4: You are configuring IAM for a new team member who needs to deploy applications to App
Engine but should not be able to delete projects. Which predefined role is MOST appropriate?
A. roles/owner
B. roles/editor
C. roles/appengine.deployer [CORRECT]
D. roles/viewer
Correct Answer: C
Q5: Your organization needs to set up billing alerts to notify administrators when monthly
spending exceeds $5,000. Where in the Cloud Console should you configure this?
A. IAM & Admin > Manage Resources
B. Billing > Budgets & alerts [CORRECT]
C. Monitoring > Alerting
D. Cloud Logging > Logs Explorer
Correct Answer: B
Q6: You need to grant a service account the ability to read objects from Cloud Storage buckets
across your organization. Which IAM role should you assign at the organization level?
A. roles/storage.objectAdmin
B. roles/storage.objectViewer [CORRECT]
C. roles/storage.admin
D. roles/storage.legacyBucketReader
Correct Answer: B
Q7: You are setting up the Cloud SDK on a new workstation. Which command authenticates
your gcloud CLI with your Google account?
A. gcloud login
B. gcloud auth login [CORRECT]
C. gcloud config set account
D. gcloud init auth
Correct Answer: B
