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    PracticeGCP Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE)GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 3Question 19
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 3.1: Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resourcesDomain 3.1Compute EnginegcloudVM Creation

    GCP ACE · Question 19 · Domain 3.1: Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resources

    You need to quickly launch a new Compute Engine virtual machine named 'web-server-01' in the us-central1-a zone using the e2-medium machine type.

    Which gcloud command should you use?

    Answer options:

    A.

    gcloud compute create instance web-server-01 --zone=us-central1-a --type=e2-medium

    B.

    gcloud compute instances start web-server-01 --zone=us-central1-a --machine-type=e2-medium

    C.

    gcloud compute instances create web-server-01 --zone=us-central1-a --machine-type=e2-medium

    D.

    gcloud instances create web-server-01 --zone=us-central1-a --machine-type=e2-medium

    How to approach this question

    Remember the standard gcloud structure: gcloud [service] [resource] [action].

    Full Answer

    C.gcloud compute instances create web-server-01 --zone=us-central1-a --machine-type=e2-medium✓ Correct
    The correct command to create a VM is `gcloud compute instances create [INSTANCE_NAME]`. You append flags like `--zone` and `--machine-type` to specify configuration details.

    Common mistakes

    Forgetting the 'compute' keyword or confusing 'create' with 'start'.
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