PCSE Organization policy Practice Question
An organization wants to restrict the creation of service accounts to only certain projects. Which two approaches can achieve this? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Be careful: Option A (deny policy) is not directly applicable because deny policies cannot block individual API methods like service account creation. Option C (granting roles/iam.serviceAccountAdmin only to users in allowed projects) does not restrict creation by project; it only limits who can create, not where.
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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Create a custom role with iam.serviceAccounts.create permission and assign it to a group, then use IAM conditions to restrict the resource to specific projects.
Two correct approaches: (B) Create a custom role with the iam.serviceAccounts.create permission and assign it to a group with IAM conditions restricting resource to specific projects, and (D) Use an organization policy with constraint constraints/iam.disableServiceAccountCreation set to True at the org level, then create a folder policy to allow creation in specific folders.
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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Use a deny policy to block service account creation in all projects except the allowed ones.
Why it's wrong here
Deny policies cannot be used to allow exceptions; they only deny.
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Create a custom role with iam.serviceAccounts.create permission and assign it to a group, then use IAM conditions to restrict the resource to specific projects.
Why this is correct
IAM conditions can limit the scope of a role to specific projects.
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Grant the roles/iam.serviceAccountAdmin role only to users in the allowed projects.
Why it's wrong here
IAM roles do not restrict by project; they grant permissions at the project level.
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Use an organization policy with constraint constraints/iam.disableServiceAccountCreation set to True at the org level, and then create a folder policy to allow creation in specific folders.
Why this is correct
Organization policies can be overridden at lower levels.
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Create a separate organization for the allowed projects.
Why it's wrong here
Unnecessary and complex.
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