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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Question #226: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A. Use a Deployment Manager script to automate creating storage buckets in an appropriate region. To automate the creation of storage buckets across multiple environments, the recommended Google Cloud practice is to use infrastructure as code tools like Deployment Manager.

Submitted by hans_de· Mar 30, 2026

Question

You are assisting a new Google Cloud user who just installed the Google Cloud SDK on their VM. The server needs access to Cloud Storage. The user wants your help to create a new storage bucket. You need to make this change in multiple environments. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse a Deployment Manager script to automate creating storage buckets in an appropriate region
  • BUse a local SSD to improve performance of the VM for the targeted workload
  • CUse the gsutii command to create a storage bucket in the same region as the VM
  • DUse a Persistent Disk SSD in the same zone as the VM to improve performance of the VM

Explanation

To automate the creation of storage buckets across multiple environments, the recommended Google Cloud practice is to use infrastructure as code tools like Deployment Manager.

Common mistakes.

  • B. Using a local SSD on the VM is for improving VM disk I/O performance, not for creating or managing Cloud Storage buckets, nor for automating infrastructure deployment.
  • C. While gsutil can create a storage bucket, manually running gsutil commands in multiple environments does not provide the same level of automation, version control, and declarative configuration benefits as an infrastructure as code tool like Deployment Manager.
  • D. Using a Persistent Disk SSD on the VM is for improving VM disk I/O performance and storage persistence, not for creating or managing Cloud Storage buckets, nor for automating infrastructure deployment.

Concept tested. Infrastructure as Code for resource provisioning

Reference. https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/docs/fundamentals

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