This PCDOE practice question tests your understanding of bootstrapping a google cloud organization for devops. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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 DevOps engineer needs to assign IAM roles at the organization level. Which built-in role is specifically designed for managing IAM policies across the organization?
roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin
Why wrong: This role includes IAM management but also other organization-level permissions, broader than needed.
roles/owner
Why wrong: Owner includes full access, not limited to IAM.
roles/editor
Why wrong: Editor does not include IAM management capabilities.
roles/iam.securityAdmin
This role is focused on managing IAM policies only.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
roles/iam.securityAdmin
The role `roles/iam.securityAdmin` is the built-in IAM role specifically designed for managing IAM policies across the organization. It grants permissions to get and set IAM policies at the organization, folder, and project levels, without granting other resource management permissions. This makes it the correct choice for a DevOps engineer who needs to assign IAM roles organization-wide.
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.
roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin
Why it's wrong here
This role includes IAM management but also other organization-level permissions, broader than needed.
roles/owner
Why it's wrong here
Owner includes full access, not limited to IAM.
roles/editor
Why it's wrong here
Editor does not include IAM management capabilities.
roles/iam.securityAdmin
Why this is correct
This role is focused on managing IAM policies only.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse the `roles/iam.securityAdmin` role with the `roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin` role, mistakenly thinking that organization-level resource management includes IAM policy management, but the latter lacks the specific `iam.policies.set` permission.
Detailed technical explanation
Under the hood, `roles/iam.securityAdmin` includes the `iam.roles.get`, `iam.roles.list`, `iam.policies.get`, and `iam.policies.set` permissions at the organization level, allowing full control over IAM bindings. A subtle behavior is that this role does not grant the ability to create or delete custom roles (which requires `iam.roles.create` and `iam.roles.delete`), so it is strictly for policy assignment. In a real-world scenario, a DevOps engineer might use this role to delegate IAM administration to a security team without giving them the ability to modify organizational structure or resources.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
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 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: roles/iam.securityAdmin — The role `roles/iam.securityAdmin` is the built-in IAM role specifically designed for managing IAM policies across the organization. It grants permissions to get and set IAM policies at the organization, folder, and project levels, without granting other resource management permissions. This makes it the correct choice for a DevOps engineer who needs to assign IAM roles organization-wide.
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