Google Exam Associate-Cloud-Engineer Topic 9 Question 72 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam

Question #: 72
Topic #: 9

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You just installed the Google Cloud CLI on your new corporate laptop. You need to list the existing instances of your company on Google Cloud. What must you do before you run the gcloud compute instances list command?

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ARun gcloud auth login, enter your login credentials in the dialog window, and paste the received login token to gcloud CLI.

BCreate a Google Cloud service account, and download the service account key. Place the key file in a folder on your machine where gcloud CLI can find it.

CDownload your Cloud Identity user account key. Place the key file in a folder on your machine where gcloud CLI can find it.

DRun gcloud config set compute/zone $my_zone to set the default zone for gcloud CLI.

ERun gcloud config set project $my_project to set the default project for gcloud CLI.

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Suggested Answer: A, E

Before you run the gcloud compute instances list command, you need to do two things: authenticate with your user account and set the default project for gcloud CLI.

To authenticate with your user account, you need to run gcloud auth login, enter your login credentials in the dialog window, and paste the received login token to gcloud CLI.This will authorize the gcloud CLI to access Google Cloud resources on your behalf1.

To set the default project for gcloud CLI, you need to run gcloud config set project $my_project, where $my_project is the ID of the project that contains the instances you want to list.This will save you from having to specify the project flag for every gcloud command2.

Option B is not recommended, because using a service account key increases the risk of credential leakage and misuse.It is also not necessary, because you can use your user account to authenticate to the gcloud CLI3. Option C is not correct, because there is no such thing as a Cloud Identity user account key.Cloud Identity is a service that provides identity and access management for Google Cloud users and groups4. Option D is not required, because the gcloud compute instances list command does not depend on the default zone. You can list instances from all zones or filter by a specific zone using the --filter flag.

1: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing

2: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/config/set

3: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/best-practices-for-managing-service-account-keys

4: https://cloud.google.com/identity/docs/overview

: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/instances/list

by Angella at Nov 22, 2023, 03:15 PM

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Larae

10 days ago

Exactly! I was just about to say that. The auth login is the critical first step, and then we can configure the gcloud CLI to point to the right project and zone. I'd go with A, D, and E for this one.

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Marge

11 days ago

Hmm, good point. I was thinking the same thing. We should probably do the auth login first, and then set the project and zone. Can't really do much without being authenticated, right?

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Sue

12 days ago

I agree, those options make the most sense. But I'm a little unsure about the auth part - don't we need to authenticate with Google Cloud before we can list the instances? Maybe option A is also required.

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Louvenia

13 days ago

This seems like a pretty straightforward question. I think the key things we need to do are set the default project and zone for the gcloud CLI, so I'd go with options D and E.

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