Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer — Question 243

You just installed the Google Cloud CLI on your new corporate laptop. You need to list the existing instances of your company on Google Cloud. What must you do before you run the gcloud compute instances list command? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Run gcloud auth login, enter your login credentials in the dialog window, and paste the received login token to gcloud CLI.
• B. Create a Google Cloud service account, and download the service account key. Place the key file in a folder on your machine where gcloud CLI can find it.
• C. Download your Cloud Identity user account key. Place the key file in a folder on your machine where gcloud CLI can find it.
• D. Run gcloud config set compute/zone $my_zone to set the default zone for gcloud CLI.
• E. Run gcloud config set project $my_project to set the default project for gcloud CLI.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because you must authenticate your account with gcloud CLI before listing instances. Options B and C involve using service accounts or user account keys, which are not necessary for basic authentication. Options D and E are related to configuration settings but do not address the need for authentication required to run the command.