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Browse all 2 practice questions covering Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution for the ACE certification exam. Each question includes the full answer and a detailed explanation to help you understand the concepts.
- Question 1Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution
How do you create a custom VPC network with a specific subnet?
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Correct Answer: BExplanation:Custom VPC: 1) gcloud compute networks create NAME --subnet-mode=custom (manual subnet control). 2) gcloud compute networks subnets create SUBNET --network=VPC --region=REGION --range=CIDR. Custom mode gives full control over IP ranges and regions. Auto mode creates subnets in all regions automatically.
- Question 2Configuring Access and Security
A Compute Engine VM needs to access Cloud Storage but should not have access to BigQuery. How do you configure this?
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Correct Answer: BExplanation:Best practice: create dedicated service account per workload. Grant minimum required roles (roles/storage.objectViewer for read, objectAdmin for read+write). Attach to VM: --service-account=SA_EMAIL. Never use default service account in production (has Editor role). Avoid user-managed keys.
Key Planning & Configuring Concepts for ACE
ACE Planning & Configuring Exam Tips
Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution questions in ACE are typically scenario-based. Focus on service-level decision making aligned to official exam objectives. Priority concepts: pricing calculator, compute engine, gke, cloud run, cloud storage, vpc.
What ACE Expects
- Anchor your answer in select the most practical, secure, and scalable answer for the stated scenario.
- Planning & Configuring scenarios for ACE are frequently mapped to Domain 2 (~20%), so read the objective carefully before picking controls or architecture.
- Expect multi-service scenarios where Planning & Configuring interacts with IAM, networking, storage, or observability patterns rather than appearing as an isolated service question.
- When two options are both technically valid, prefer the choice that best aligns with the exam's operational scope (Associate) and managed-service best practices.
High-Value Planning & Configuring Concepts
- Know the core Planning & Configuring building blocks cold: pricing calculator, compute engine, gke, cloud run.
- Review the edge-case features and limits for cloud storage, vpc; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
- Practice service-integration reasoning: how Planning & Configuring pairs with Deploying & Implementing, Cloud Environment in real deployment patterns.
- For ACE, explain why the chosen Planning & Configuring design meets reliability, security, and cost expectations better than the alternatives.
Common ACE Traps
- Watch for answers that partially solve the requirement but miss operational constraints.
- Questions in Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution often include distractors that look correct for Planning & Configuring but violate least-privilege, durability, or availability requirements.
- Avoid picking options purely by feature name; validate data path, failure handling, and governance impact before answering.
- If the prompt hints at automation or repeatability, eliminate manual-only operational answers first.
Fast Review Checklist
- Can you compare at least two Planning & Configuring implementation paths and justify which one best fits the scenario?
- Can you map the chosen answer back to Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution (~20%) outcomes for ACE?
- Can you explain security and access boundaries for Planning & Configuring without relying on default-open assumptions?
- Can you describe how Planning & Configuring integrates with Deploying & Implementing and Cloud Environment during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?