Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 38
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformYou are a Google Cloud Engineer responsible for managing your company's cloud resources and billing. Your company has multiple departments, each requiring separate billing accounts to track expenses independently. Which of the following steps should you take to create and manage separate billing accounts for each department on Google Cloud Platform? Choose all that apply.
- A
Navigate to the Billing page in the Google Cloud Console and select 'Manage billing accounts'.
- B
Create a new project for each department and associate a new billing account with each project.
- C
Ensure you have the 'Billing Account Administrator' role to create and manage billing accounts.
- D
Use the 'Billing Export' feature to separate billing data by department.
- E
Invite department heads to each billing account as users with the 'Billing Account Viewer' role.
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
To create and manage separate billing accounts for different departments, you need to navigate to the billing section in Google Cloud Console, ensure you have the correct permissions, and set up access for department heads to view their respective accounts. This approach allows each department to track its spending independently, while maintaining centralized control over the billing setup.
- A. Correct.
This is a necessary step to manage billing accounts, allowing you to create and view existing accounts.
- B. Incorrect.
Creating separate projects is not required for billing accounts, although it can be useful for organizing resources.
- C. Correct.
The 'Billing Account Administrator' role is required to create and manage billing accounts, ensuring proper permissions.
- D. Incorrect.
Billing Export is for exporting data and does not help in creating or managing billing accounts.
- E. Correct.
Inviting department heads to view billing accounts ensures transparency and accountability for each department's expenses.