Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 40
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformYou are tasked with setting up a new project in Google Cloud Platform for a client. The client requires a separate billing account to manage expenses independently from your other projects. Which steps should you take to create a new billing account and associate it with your project?
- A
Navigate to the Google Cloud Console, go to Billing, and click on 'Add billing account'.
- B
Use the gcloud command-line tool to create a billing account using the command 'gcloud billing accounts create'.
- C
Assign the 'Billing Account Creator' role to yourself if not already assigned.
- D
Go to IAM & Admin in the Google Cloud Console, and assign the new billing account to your project.
- E
Log into the Google Admin Console and create a new billing account from there.
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Correct answers: A, C, D
Explanation
To create and manage billing accounts in Google Cloud Platform, you need to navigate to the Billing section in the Google Cloud Console, ensure you have the necessary permissions such as the 'Billing Account Creator' role, and then associate the newly created billing account with your project through the IAM & Admin settings. The gcloud command-line tool does not provide a command for creating billing accounts, nor is the Google Admin Console used for this purpose.
- A. Correct.
Correct: This is the standard way to create a new billing account in Google Cloud Platform.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect: The gcloud command-line tool does not support creating billing accounts. Billing accounts must be created through the Google Cloud Console.
- C. Correct.
Correct: To create a billing account, you need the 'Billing Account Creator' role.
- D. Correct.
Correct: After creating a billing account, you need to associate it with your project via the IAM & Admin settings.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect: The Google Admin Console is used for managing Google Workspace, not Google Cloud Platform billing accounts.