- A
Create a flat list of projects with naming conventions like `team-project-env`
Why wrong: Naming conventions don't provide policy inheritance.
- B
Create a single folder per team, with projects for each environment inside
Why wrong: This makes it harder to apply org policies per environment.
- C
Create folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev), and within each, folders for teams/products containing projects
This is the Google-recommended structure for environment isolation and policy inheritance.
- D
Create folders per product, and within each, environment folders
Why wrong: Environment folders at the top level are preferred for policy consistency.
Question 687 of 1,000
PCDE Practice Question: Bootstrapping a Google Cloud Organisation for DevOps
This PCDE practice question tests your understanding of bootstrapping a google cloud organisation for devops. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company has multiple teams in a GCP organization. They want to isolate environments (prod, staging, dev) and give each team a separate project for development. Which folder structure is recommended?
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
✓
Create folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev), and within each, folders for teams/products containing projects
Option C is correct because it aligns with Google Cloud's recommended resource hierarchy for multi-team, multi-environment isolation. By creating folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev) and then sub-folders for teams/products, you can apply consistent IAM policies and organization policies at the environment level (e.g., restrict prod access) while delegating project-level control to teams. This structure also supports the principle of least privilege and simplifies auditing.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Create a flat list of projects with naming conventions like `team-project-env`
Why it's wrong here
Naming conventions don't provide policy inheritance.
- ✗
Create a single folder per team, with projects for each environment inside
Why it's wrong here
This makes it harder to apply org policies per environment.
- ✓
Create folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev), and within each, folders for teams/products containing projects
Why this is correct
This is the Google-recommended structure for environment isolation and policy inheritance.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Create folders per product, and within each, environment folders
Why it's wrong here
Environment folders at the top level are preferred for policy consistency.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Cisco often tests the misconception that organizing by team first (Option B) is simpler, but the trap is that this ignores the need for environment-wide policy enforcement, which is a core requirement for compliance and security in multi-environment setups.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, Google Cloud's resource hierarchy (Organization -> Folders -> Projects) allows policy inheritance; a policy set on a folder is inherited by all child folders and projects. By placing environment folders at the top, you can use organization policies (e.g., constraints/compute.vmExternalIpAccess) to enforce environment-specific rules globally. In a real-world scenario, a security team can lock down the prod folder with a VPC Service Controls perimeter, while dev and staging folders remain more permissive, without needing to touch individual team folders.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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Bootstrapping a Google Cloud Organisation for DevOps — This question tests Bootstrapping a Google Cloud Organisation for DevOps — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev), and within each, folders for teams/products containing projects — Option C is correct because it aligns with Google Cloud's recommended resource hierarchy for multi-team, multi-environment isolation. By creating folders for each environment (prod, staging, dev) and then sub-folders for teams/products, you can apply consistent IAM policies and organization policies at the environment level (e.g., restrict prod access) while delegating project-level control to teams. This structure also supports the principle of least privilege and simplifies auditing.
What should I do if I get this PCDE question wrong?
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