Google PCA Practice Question: Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure
A company wants to automate the creation and management of Google Cloud resources using an infrastructure-as-code tool that supports configuration drift detection and is Google Cloud-native. Which tool should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Cloud Deployment Manager
Cloud Deployment Manager is Google Cloud's native infrastructure-as-code service that supports YAML, Python, and Jinja templates and can detect configuration drift.
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Cloud Deployment Manager
Why this is correct
Cloud Deployment Manager is the native IaC tool for Google Cloud.
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Terraform
Why it's wrong here
Terraform is a third-party tool; it is not Google Cloud-native.
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Cloud SDK
Why it's wrong here
Cloud SDK is a command-line tool, not an IaC service.
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Cloud Build
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Build is a CI/CD platform, not an IaC tool.
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A service is a software component or system that performs a specific function and is available to be used by other programs or users over a network.
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Deployment Manager
Deployment Manager is a Google Cloud service that lets you define and manage your cloud resources using declarative templates, so you can create, update, and delete infrastructure as a single unit.
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