Free Google Associate Cloud Engineer Actual Exam Questions - Question 3 Discussion

Question No. 3
You need to create a new billing account and then link it with an existing Google Cloud Platform
project. What should you do?
Select one option, then reveal solution.
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Mohammad W.
2026-02-20

D imo. Creating a new billing account definitely requires Billing Administrator rights, so that’s a must. Once the new billing account exists, linking it to an existing project usually just needs you to update the project’s billing settings, which Billing Admins can do. The question doesn’t say anything about needing Project Billing Manager specifically for linking, only for managing billing on the project side. So option D covers creating and linking with the right role clearly—better than A or C, and more streamlined than B which mixes roles oddly.

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Mohammad W.
2026-02-20

B/D? I think B fits better since creating a billing account definitely needs Billing Admin, and linking it to a project requires Project Billing Manager rights. D misses the project-side permission.

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Mohammad W.
2026-02-17

Maybe B works because creating a new billing account requires Billing Admin rights, but linking it to a project needs Project Billing Manager permissions. It covers both roles properly.

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Arjun I.
2026-02-15

This one caught me too. You need Billing Admin rights to create a new billing account, so that rules out A. But linking a billing account to a project also requires you to have permission on the project side—usually Project Billing Manager. So B fits best since it covers both creating the billing account and linking it with the right permissions. D sounds close but if you only have Billing Admin and not project-level rights, you can’t link it. So I’d go with B.

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Noah L.
2026-02-14

B. You need to be Project Billing Manager to link billing to the project, and creating a new billing account requires Billing Admin rights, so this option covers both steps correctly.

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James F.
2026-02-13

D makes sense since only Billing Admins can create billing accounts and link them.

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Peter P.
2026-02-09

It’s D because only Billing Admins can create billing accounts and link them.

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Farhan J.
2026-02-01

Option B can’t be right since creating a billing account needs Billing Administrator rights, not just Project Billing Manager. So D makes more sense because it includes Billing Administrator and updating the project.

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Farhan J.
2026-01-30

Maybe B is off because creating a billing account requires Billing Administrator rights, not just Project Billing Manager. So D fits better since it mentions Billing Admin and updating the project to link the account.

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Ryan Z.
2026-01-26

D imo, only Billing Admins can create and link billing accounts, not Project Billing Managers.

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Ryan Z.
2026-01-20

Isn't creating a billing account usually restricted to Billing Administrators, not Project Billing Managers? That would make B less likely because it says to be Project Billing Manager. Could D be closer since it mentions Billing Administrator?

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Ryan Z.
2026-01-15

Option B seems right since you need to create a new billing account and link it to an existing project, so being Project Billing Manager is necessary for the project side.

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