Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) Exam & Sample Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass

Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) Exam & Sample Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass *GOOGLE CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER (ACE)* - **PRACTICE EXAM 1** - You need to quickly find a *managed data processing service* that can help you enable fast, simplified streaming *data pipeline* development with *lower data latency*. Which service is your best solution? - *DATAFLOW* Dataflow is a managed data processing service that can help you enable fast, simplified streaming *data pipeline development* with lower data latency. --Serverless stream and batch processing service --cannot handle Apache Spark Which hierarchy level within the GCP Organization provides isolation boundaries between projects and the ability to group projects? - FOLDERS 2100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman All Rights Reserved © 2025 --Folders provide isolation boundaries *between projects and the ability to group projects*. organization folder projects/ group projects datasets tables/views --folders hold projects and group projects You need a managed Spark and Hadoop service that lets you take advantage of open- source data tools for batch processing, querying, streaming, and machine learning. Which service is the best solution? - *Dataproc* Cloud Dataproc is a managed Spark and Hadoop --Manages service for processing large datasets --Services: Hadoop, MapReduce, ApacheSpark, Pig, Hive Your team has designated you to find the best way to *control access to your VMs*. Which methods should you choose? - 1. Create custom *SSH keys* and upload them to the VM you want to maintain a connection to, and routinely rotate those keys. 2. Create a *firewall rule* that will only allow certain IPs to connect. (SSH = Secure Shell = access credentials key) You are setting up a plan to deploy a VPC for your organization. You want to be able to capture traffic in and out of your network. How would you do this? - Deploy the VPC and enable flow logs. 3100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman All Rights Reserved © 2025 *With flow logs, you can capture traffic in and out of your network.* *FLOW LOGS* - *CAPTURE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE NETWORK* --internal and external --*traffic movement* --Cloud Operations is only internal You want to take a look at record admin activity within your account. What should you do? - View the Audit Logs in Cloud Logging --Audit logs helps you view administrative tasks and activities in your environment. (Admin Activity) 4 Different Types of Cloud Audit Logs - 1. Admin Activity 2. Data Access 3. System Event 4. Policy Denied Admin Activity - --record when users create VM instances or change IAM permissions. Data Access - --When you access data --user-driven API calls that create, modify, or read user-provided resource data. System Event - --Generated by google --log entries for Google Cloud actions that modify the configuration of resources 4100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman All Rights Reserved © 2025 Policy Denied - --recorded when a Google Cloud service denies access to a user or service account because of a security policy violation --USED BY THE GCP LOG EXPLORER which views, retrieves, and analyzes data What is known as the root node or the parent resource in the Google Cloud resource hierarchy? - *ORGANIZATION* The organization is the root node or the parent resource in the Google Cloud resource hierarchy. organization Schwab folder sandbox project DEV/QA/PROD resources BigQuery / Cloud Storage You are tasked with assigning a role that has a *Viewer, Editor, or Owner* and allows *read, edit, and full access on GCP resources*. Which type of role would you assign to fit this description? - BASIC ROLES --Basic roles have a Viewer, Editor, or Owner and allow read, edit, and full access on GCP resources. IAM ROLES = a collection of permissions - 1. *BASIC/PRIMITIVE ROLES* --Owner, Editor, and Viewer. 5100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman All Rights Reserved © 2025 2. *PREDEFINED ROLES* --Predefined Roles give *granular access* to specific Google Cloud resources and prevent unwanted access to other resources. --principal of lease privilege (YOU CAN ASSIGN PRIVILLEGES) 3. *CUSTOM ROLES* --Roles that you create to tailor permissions to the needs of your organization What is the correct format of user-managed service account emails? - '' ** is the correct format of user-managed service account emails. ex. Service Account Name = sae-cdwp-cid-tdm-dev ProjectID = cs-sh-gcp-ext-svc-acct-sbx7379 6100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman All Rights Reserved © 2025 You are doing research on how to interact with services using service accounts. Which type of service accounts can interact with GCP services? - 1. *Google-managed service accounts* Google creates and manages these service accounts for many Google Cloud services. 2. *User-managed service accounts* You create user-managed service accounts in your project using the IAM API, the Cloud console, or the Google Cloud CLI. 3. *Default service accounts* When you enable or use Google Cloud services, they create user-managed service accounts (known as default service accounts) that enable the service to deploy jobs that can access other Google Cloud resources. What are the 3 service accounts that can interact with Google? - The three types of service accounts that can interact with GCP services are: