Google ACE Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment Practice Question
A startup wants to control costs across multiple GCP projects. They want to track spending by department and set budget alerts. Which THREE actions should they take?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Assign labels to resources indicating department
Using labels, budgets, and billing export enables tracking and alerts.
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Assign labels to resources indicating department
Why this is correct
Correct.
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Use Cloud Monitoring to track costs
Why it's wrong here
Monitoring is for resource metrics, not billing.
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Enable billing export to BigQuery
Why this is correct
Correct for detailed analysis.
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Create separate billing accounts for each department
Why it's wrong here
Overly complex; labels suffice.
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Set up a budget with threshold alerts in the billing account
Why this is correct
Correct.
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