What is the purpose of Cloud IAM in GCP?

  1. Manage database backups
  2. Monitor application performance
  3. Control access to resources ✓
  4. Store configuration files

Correct answer: Control access to resources

Option C is correct because Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Google Cloud Platform is the service responsible for defining who (identity) has what access (role/permission) to which GCP resources, enforcing the principle of least privilege across the entire platform. Option A is wrong because managing database backups is handled by service-specific features such as Cloud SQL automated backups or Filestore snapshots, not IAM. Option B is wrong because application performance monitoring is the function of Google Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Trace, not IAM. Option D is wrong because storing configuration files is handled by services such as Cloud Storage or Secret Manager, not IAM.

Topic: · cloud iam, access control, gcp security, identity management

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