This PCDOE practice question tests your understanding of bootstrapping a google cloud organization for devops. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. 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 wants to ensure that all projects in the organization have Cloud Resource Manager API enabled. What is the most efficient method?
Use a Cloud Scheduler job to enable the API in new projects.
Why wrong: Not an automatic enforcement.
Enable the API manually in each project.
Why wrong: Manual and error-prone.
Use a Terraform script that iterates over all projects.
Why wrong: Less efficient than an organization policy.
Set an organization policy to require the API.
Automatically enforced for all projects.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Set an organization policy to require the API.
Option D is correct because organization policies allow you to enforce constraints across all projects in the organization, ensuring the Cloud Resource Manager API is enabled automatically and cannot be disabled. This is the most efficient method as it requires no manual intervention or scripting, and it leverages the native Google Cloud policy framework to enforce compliance at scale.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Use a Cloud Scheduler job to enable the API in new projects.
Why it's wrong here
Not an automatic enforcement.
Enable the API manually in each project.
Why it's wrong here
Manual and error-prone.
Use a Terraform script that iterates over all projects.
Why it's wrong here
Less efficient than an organization policy.
Set an organization policy to require the API.
Why this is correct
Automatically enforced for all projects.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often choose a reactive automation solution like Terraform or Cloud Scheduler, missing that organization policies provide proactive, declarative enforcement that works at the infrastructure layer without requiring custom code or periodic runs.
Detailed technical explanation
Organization policies in Google Cloud use constraints defined in the `constraints/compute.requireOsLogin` or custom constraints via the `orgpolicy.googleapis.com` API. For requiring an API, you would use a custom constraint with a boolean condition that checks if the `cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com` service is enabled, and set the enforcement action to `DENY` for any project that does not have it enabled. This policy is evaluated at project creation and during API enablement, ensuring compliance without manual oversight.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
What to study next
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps — study guide chapter
Learn the concepts, then practise the questions
Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps practice questions
Targeted practice on this topic area only
All PCDOE questions
500 questions across all exam domains
Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer study guide
Full concept coverage aligned to exam objectives
PCDOE practice test guide
How to use practice tests most effectively before exam day
Related practice questions
Use these pages to review the topic behind this question. This is how one missed question becomes focused revision.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Managing service incidents.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Managing Google Cloud costs.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Implementing service monitoring strategies.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to Optimizing service performance.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to PCDOE fundamentals.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to PCDOE scenario.
Practise PCDOE questions linked to PCDOE troubleshooting.
Practice this exam
Short sessions build daily habit. Longer sessions build exam-day stamina. Try a timed session to simulate real conditions.
FAQ
Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps — This question tests Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Set an organization policy to require the API. — Option D is correct because organization policies allow you to enforce constraints across all projects in the organization, ensuring the Cloud Resource Manager API is enabled automatically and cannot be disabled. This is the most efficient method as it requires no manual intervention or scripting, and it leverages the native Google Cloud policy framework to enforce compliance at scale.
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
About these practice questions
Courseiva creates original exam-style practice questions with explanations and wrong-answer analysis. It does not publish real exam questions, exam dumps, or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
Last reviewed: Jun 25, 2026
This PCDOE practice question is part of Courseiva's free Google Cloud certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the PCDOE exam.
Question Discussion
Share a tip, memory trick, or ask about the reasoning behind this question. Do not post real exam questions, leaked content, braindumps, or copyrighted exam material. Comments are moderated and may be removed without notice.
Sign in to join the discussion.