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PCSE Practice Question: Configuring Access Within a Cloud Solution Environment

A DevOps engineer needs to create a custom IAM role that allows creating and deleting Compute Engine instances but not stopping or starting them. Which permissions should be included?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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compute.instances.create and compute.instances.delete

To create and delete instances, the permissions compute.instances.create and compute.instances.delete are required. compute.instances.stop and compute.instances.start are separate permissions for stopping/starting. compute.instances.update is for modifying existing instances.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✗

    compute.instances.start and compute.instances.stop

    Why it's wrong here

    These are for start/stop, not create/delete.

  • ✗

    compute.instances.create, compute.instances.delete, and compute.instances.update

    Why it's wrong here

    Includes update, which is not needed.

  • ✓

    compute.instances.create and compute.instances.delete

    Why this is correct

    Correct: these allow create and delete only.

  • ✗

    compute.instances.create

    Why it's wrong here

    Missing delete permission.

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