Objective 4.1

ACE

Managing IAM

Objective 4.1 sits in Configuring access and security, which carries 20% of the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Google Cloud page it rests on.

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A worked example

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4-1Configuring access and security

An engineer reads the permission compute.instances.list and asks how IAM permission names are structured. What is the format?

VERB.SERVICE.RESOURCELeading with the action would group unrelated services.
RESOURCE.SERVICE.VERBReversing the first two breaks prefix matching.
SERVICE.RESOURCE.VERBCorrect · your answerCorrect. Broadest first, action last.
SERVICE.VERB.RESOURCEPlacing the action second separates it from its object.

Correct.

Concept

A permission name reads from the broadest scope inward, which is what lets a whole service or a whole resource type be matched with a prefix. The action comes last because it is the narrowest part.

Why C

IAM permissions take the form service.resource.verb, and they usually correspond one to one with the REST methods of the service that defines them.

#gcp#iam#permissions#naming

Now you: objective 4.1 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

4-1Configuring access and security

A team keeps hitting a ceiling while creating custom roles. How many custom roles does IAM allow in one project?

Sample question 2 of 3

4-1Configuring access and security

An analyst comparing role metadata sees an ETag of AA== on several roles. Which roles always carry that value?

Sample question 3 of 3

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A team creates a custom role in one project and tries to grant it on a second project. What does IAM allow?

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