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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 5Question 43
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Subtask 3.1: Security DesignSecurityIAMBest Practices

    GCP PCA · Question 43 · Security Design

    You are designing the IAM hierarchy for a new GCP organization. Following Google's best practices for security and manageability, which THREE principles should you apply? (Select THREE)

    Answer options:

    A.

    Assign roles to Google Groups rather than individual users

    B.

    Apply the principle of least privilege using predefined roles

    C.

    Use Folders to group projects by department or environment

    D.

    Grant the 'Owner' role to all senior developers

    E.

    Use Custom Roles for every single permission to ensure maximum security

    F.

    Apply all IAM policies directly at the resource level (e.g., individual VMs)

    How to approach this question

    Select the standard enterprise IAM best practices recommended by Google Cloud.

    Full Answer

    Google Cloud IAM best practices dictate: 1) Use Groups (so IT just adds/removes users from a group), 2) Use predefined roles for least privilege (avoiding the broad Basic roles like Editor/Owner), and 3) Use the Resource Hierarchy (Organization -> Folders -> Projects) to inherit policies cleanly.

    Common mistakes

    Choosing Custom Roles (E). While useful, they require manual maintenance when Google adds new features, so predefined roles are preferred.
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