diff --git a/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/testing/RemoteComputeHelperTest.java b/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/testing/RemoteComputeHelperTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.gcloud.compute.testing;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.google.gcloud.compute.ComputeOptions;
+import com.google.gcloud.compute.testing.RemoteComputeHelper.ComputeHelperException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class RemoteComputeHelperTest {
+
+  private static final String PROJECT_ID = "project-id";
+  private static final String JSON_KEY = "{\n"
+      + "  \"private_key_id\": \"somekeyid\",\n"
+      + "  \"private_key\": \"-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\\nMIIEvgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKgwggS"
+      + "kAgEAAoIBAQC+K2hSuFpAdrJI\\nnCgcDz2M7t7bjdlsadsasad+fvRSW6TjNQZ3p5LLQY1kSZRqBqylRkzteMOyHg"
+      + "aR\\n0Pmxh3ILCND5men43j3h4eDbrhQBuxfEMalkG92sL+PNQSETY2tnvXryOvmBRwa/\\nQP/9dJfIkIDJ9Fw9N4"
+      + "Bhhhp6mCcRpdQjV38H7JsyJ7lih/oNjECgYAt\\nknddadwkwewcVxHFhcZJO+XWf6ofLUXpRwiTZakGMn8EE1uVa2"
+      + "LgczOjwWHGi99MFjxSer5m9\\n1tCa3/KEGKiS/YL71JvjwX3mb+cewlkcmweBKZHM2JPTk0ZednFSpVZMtycjkbLa"
+      + "\\ndYOS8V85AgMBewECggEBAKksaldajfDZDV6nGqbFjMiizAKJolr/M3OQw16K6o3/\\n0S31xIe3sSlgW0+UbYlF"
+      + "4U8KifhManD1apVSC3csafaspP4RZUHFhtBywLO9pR5c\\nr6S5aLp+gPWFyIp1pfXbWGvc5VY/v9x7ya1VEa6rXvL"
+      + "sKupSeWAW4tMj3eo/64ge\\nsdaceaLYw52KeBYiT6+vpsnYrEkAHO1fF/LavbLLOFJmFTMxmsNaG0tuiJHgjshB\\"
+      + "n82DpMCbXG9YcCgI/DbzuIjsdj2JC1cascSP//3PmefWysucBQe7Jryb6NQtASmnv\\nCdDw/0jmZTEjpe4S1lxfHp"
+      + "lAhHFtdgYTvyYtaLZiVVkCgYEA8eVpof2rceecw/I6\\n5ng1q3Hl2usdWV/4mZMvR0fOemacLLfocX6IYxT1zA1FF"
+      + "JlbXSRsJMf/Qq39mOR2\\nSpW+hr4jCoHeRVYLgsbggtrevGmILAlNoqCMpGZ6vDmJpq6ECV9olliDvpPgWOP+\\nm"
+      + "YPDreFBGxWvQrADNbRt2dmGsrsCgYEAyUHqB2wvJHFqdmeBsaacewzV8x9WgmeX\\ngUIi9REwXlGDW0Mz50dxpxcK"
+      + "CAYn65+7TCnY5O/jmL0VRxU1J2mSWyWTo1C+17L0\\n3fUqjxL1pkefwecxwecvC+gFFYdJ4CQ/MHHXU81Lwl1iWdF"
+      + "Cd2UoGddYaOF+KNeM\\nHC7cmqra+JsCgYEAlUNywzq8nUg7282E+uICfCB0LfwejuymR93CtsFgb7cRd6ak\\nECR"
+      + "8FGfCpH8ruWJINllbQfcHVCX47ndLZwqv3oVFKh6pAS/vVI4dpOepP8++7y1u\\ncoOvtreXCX6XqfrWDtKIvv0vjl"
+      + "HBhhhp6mCcRpdQjV38H7JsyJ7lih/oNjECgYAt\\nkndj5uNl5SiuVxHFhcZJO+XWf6ofLUregtevZakGMn8EE1uVa"
+      + "2AY7eafmoU/nZPT\\n00YB0TBATdCbn/nBSuKDESkhSg9s2GEKQZG5hBmL5uCMfo09z3SfxZIhJdlerreP\\nJ7gSi"
+      + "dI12N+EZxYd4xIJh/HFDgp7RRO87f+WJkofMQKBgGTnClK1VMaCRbJZPriw\\nEfeFCoOX75MxKwXs6xgrw4W//AYG"
+      + "GUjDt83lD6AZP6tws7gJ2IwY/qP7+lyhjEqN\\nHtfPZRGFkGZsdaksdlaksd323423d+15/UvrlRSFPNj1tWQmNKk"
+      + "XyRDW4IG1Oa2p\\nrALStNBx5Y9t0/LQnFI4w3aG\\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n\",\n"
+      + "  \"client_email\": \"someclientid@developer.gserviceaccount.com\",\n"
+      + "  \"client_id\": \"someclientid.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\n"
+      + "  \"type\": \"service_account\"\n"
+      + "}";
+  private static final InputStream JSON_KEY_STREAM = new ByteArrayInputStream(JSON_KEY.getBytes());
+  private static final String BASE_RESOURCE_NAME_REGEX = "test-[0-9a-f]{24}-";
+  private static final Pattern BASE_RESOURCE_NAME_PATTERN =
+      Pattern.compile(BASE_RESOURCE_NAME_REGEX);
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBaseResourceName() {
+    String baseResourceName = RemoteComputeHelper.baseResourceName();
+    assertTrue(BASE_RESOURCE_NAME_PATTERN.matcher(baseResourceName).matches());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateFromStream() {
+    RemoteComputeHelper helper = RemoteComputeHelper.create(PROJECT_ID, JSON_KEY_STREAM);
+    ComputeOptions options = helper.options();
+    assertEquals(PROJECT_ID, options.projectId());
+    assertEquals(60000, options.connectTimeout());
+    assertEquals(60000, options.readTimeout());
+    assertEquals(10, options.retryParams().retryMaxAttempts());
+    assertEquals(6, options.retryParams().retryMinAttempts());
+    assertEquals(30000, options.retryParams().maxRetryDelayMillis());
+    assertEquals(120000, options.retryParams().totalRetryPeriodMillis());
+    assertEquals(250, options.retryParams().initialRetryDelayMillis());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testComputeHelperException() {
+    ComputeHelperException exception = new ComputeHelperException("message", null);
+    assertEquals("message", exception.getMessage());
+    assertNull(exception.getCause());
+    IOException cause = new IOException("message");
+    exception = ComputeHelperException.translate(cause);
+    assertEquals("message", exception.getMessage());
+    assertSame(cause, exception.getCause());
+  }
+}