Google ACE Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment Practice Question
An organization has multiple Google Cloud projects and wants to enforce a policy that all Compute Engine instances must use a specific set of approved machine types. Which tool should be used to implement this constraint?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Organization policies
Organization policies are used to enforce constraints across projects, folders, or the entire organization. The constraint 'compute.constraints.allowMachineTypes' can be set to restrict machine types. IAM roles control access, not resource configuration. Cloud Scheduler is for cron jobs. VPC Service Controls is for data exfiltration prevention.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Organization policies
Why this is correct
Organization policies allow hierarchical enforcement of constraints like allowed machine types.
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IAM custom roles
Why it's wrong here
IAM roles control permissions, not resource configuration constraints.
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VPC Service Controls
Why it's wrong here
VPC Service Controls protect data exfiltration, not machine type restrictions.
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Cloud Scheduler
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Scheduler is for scheduled job execution, not policy enforcement.
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Key term
Organization
An Organization is a top-level container in Google Cloud that represents your company or entities and serves as the root node for all your cloud resources, policies, and access control.
Key term
Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure.
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