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" with project ID "prod-app-
2024" using the gcloud CLI. Which command is correct?
A. gcloud projects create production-app --id=prod-app-2024 B. gcloud projects create prod-app-
2024 --name="production-app" [CORRECT] C. gcloud resource-manager projects create prod-
app-2024 --display-name=production-app D. gcloud init project prod-app-2024 production-app
Correct Answer: B
Q2: You need to grant a new team member the ability to create and manage Compute Engine
instances but prevent them from deleting projects or managing billing. Which IAM role should
you assign?
A. roles/owner B. roles/compute.admin [CORRECT] C. roles/editor D. roles/viewer
Correct Answer: B
Q3: You need to enable the Cloud SQL Admin API for your project using gcloud. Which
command is correct?
A. gcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.com [CORRECT] B. gcloud api enable
cloudsql.googleapis.com C. gcloud components install cloud-sql D. gcloud services activate
sql.googleapis.com
Correct Answer: A
Q4: You are configuring billing alerts for a project. You want to receive a notification when the
monthly bill exceeds $500. Which steps are required in the Cloud Console? (Select the correct
sequence)
, A. Go to Billing → Budgets & alerts → Create budget → Set amount to $500 → Configure alert
threshold [CORRECT] B. Go to IAM & Admin → Billing alerts → Set threshold to $500 C. Go
to Monitoring → Alerting → Create policy → Set billing metric D. Use gcloud billing budgets
create --amount=500
Correct Answer: A
Q5: You need to configure the gcloud CLI to use a specific service account key file for
authentication. Which command is correct?
A. gcloud auth login --key-file=service-account.json B. gcloud auth activate-service-account --
key-file=service-account.json [CORRECT] C. gcloud config set account --key-file=service-
account.json D. gcloud iam service-accounts activate --key-file=service-account.json
Correct Answer: B
Q6: You are setting up a resource hierarchy for your organization. You need to create a folder
named "Finance" under the organization and a project named "budget-analysis" inside that
folder. Which gcloud commands are required? (Select the correct sequence)
A. gcloud resource-manager folders create --display-name=Finance --organization=[ORG_ID]
then gcloud projects create budget-analysis --folder=[FOLDER_ID] [CORRECT] B. gcloud
folders create Finance --organization=[ORG_ID] then gcloud projects create budget-analysis --
parent=Finance C. gcloud resource-manager folders create Finance then gcloud projects create
budget-analysis --folder=Finance D. gcloud organizations folders create --name=Finance then
gcloud projects create budget-analysis --organization=[ORG_ID]
Correct Answer: A
Q7: You need to set the default project for your gcloud CLI configuration to "my-project-123".
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud config set project my-project-123 [CORRECT] B. gcloud projects set-default my-
project-123 C. gcloud config set-value project=my-project-123 D. gcloud init --project=my-
project-123
Correct Answer: A
Q8: You are configuring IAM for a new team. You need to grant a user permission to view but
not modify Cloud Storage buckets. Which predefined role should you assign?
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" with project ID "prod-app-
2024" using the gcloud CLI. Which command is correct?
A. gcloud projects create production-app --id=prod-app-2024 B. gcloud projects create prod-app-
2024 --name="production-app" [CORRECT] C. gcloud resource-manager projects create prod-
app-2024 --display-name=production-app D. gcloud init project prod-app-2024 production-app
Correct Answer: B
Q2: You need to grant a new team member the ability to create and manage Compute Engine
instances but prevent them from deleting projects or managing billing. Which IAM role should
you assign?
A. roles/owner B. roles/compute.admin [CORRECT] C. roles/editor D. roles/viewer
Correct Answer: B
Q3: You need to enable the Cloud SQL Admin API for your project using gcloud. Which
command is correct?
A. gcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.com [CORRECT] B. gcloud api enable
cloudsql.googleapis.com C. gcloud components install cloud-sql D. gcloud services activate
sql.googleapis.com
Correct Answer: A
Q4: You are configuring billing alerts for a project. You want to receive a notification when the
monthly bill exceeds $500. Which steps are required in the Cloud Console? (Select the correct
sequence)
, A. Go to Billing → Budgets & alerts → Create budget → Set amount to $500 → Configure alert
threshold [CORRECT] B. Go to IAM & Admin → Billing alerts → Set threshold to $500 C. Go
to Monitoring → Alerting → Create policy → Set billing metric D. Use gcloud billing budgets
create --amount=500
Correct Answer: A
Q5: You need to configure the gcloud CLI to use a specific service account key file for
authentication. Which command is correct?
A. gcloud auth login --key-file=service-account.json B. gcloud auth activate-service-account --
key-file=service-account.json [CORRECT] C. gcloud config set account --key-file=service-
account.json D. gcloud iam service-accounts activate --key-file=service-account.json
Correct Answer: B
Q6: You are setting up a resource hierarchy for your organization. You need to create a folder
named "Finance" under the organization and a project named "budget-analysis" inside that
folder. Which gcloud commands are required? (Select the correct sequence)
A. gcloud resource-manager folders create --display-name=Finance --organization=[ORG_ID]
then gcloud projects create budget-analysis --folder=[FOLDER_ID] [CORRECT] B. gcloud
folders create Finance --organization=[ORG_ID] then gcloud projects create budget-analysis --
parent=Finance C. gcloud resource-manager folders create Finance then gcloud projects create
budget-analysis --folder=Finance D. gcloud organizations folders create --name=Finance then
gcloud projects create budget-analysis --organization=[ORG_ID]
Correct Answer: A
Q7: You need to set the default project for your gcloud CLI configuration to "my-project-123".
Which command is correct?
A. gcloud config set project my-project-123 [CORRECT] B. gcloud projects set-default my-
project-123 C. gcloud config set-value project=my-project-123 D. gcloud init --project=my-
project-123
Correct Answer: A
Q8: You are configuring IAM for a new team. You need to grant a user permission to view but
not modify Cloud Storage buckets. Which predefined role should you assign?
