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Quiz: Identity and Access Management :Essential Google Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services (Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Architect Professional Certificate) Answers 2025

Question 1

What abstraction is primarily used to administer user access in IAM?

🟩 Roles, an abstraction of job roles.
❌ Leases
❌ Credentials
❌ Privileges

Explanation:

IAM uses roles to grant permissions. Members are assigned roles that define what actions they can perform.


Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a type of IAM role?

❌ Basic
❌ Predefined
❌ Custom
🟩 Advanced

Explanation:

IAM roles come in 3 types only:

  • Basic roles

  • Predefined roles

  • Custom roles
    There is no “advanced” role type.


Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a type of IAM member?

❌ Service Account
🟩 Organization Account
❌ Cloud Identity domain
❌ Google Workspace domain
❌ Google Group
❌ Google Account

Explanation:

IAM members include individuals, groups, service accounts, and domains.
There is no such thing as an β€œOrganization Account.”


🧾 Summary Table

Q# Correct Answer Key Concept
1 Roles IAM uses roles for access control
2 Advanced Only 3 IAM role types exist
3 Organization Account Not an IAM member type