20+ practice questions focused on Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution — one of the most tested topics on the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution PracticeA company is migrating a legacy monolithic application to Google Cloud. The application has unpredictable traffic patterns and long-running connections. The team wants to minimize operational overhead and only pay for resources when the application is processing requests. Which compute option should they choose?
Explanation: Cloud Run is a serverless compute platform that scales to zero when not in use, has a per-request billing model, and supports HTTP-triggered container workloads. It can handle long-running connections as long as they stay within the request timeout limit. Cloud Run minimizes operational overhead by eliminating server management and scaling automatically.
An engineer needs to create a Cloud Storage bucket for storing archival data that will be accessed less than once a year. The data must be stored durably and cost-effectively. Which storage class should the engineer use?
Explanation: Archive storage class is designed for data accessed less than once a year, with the lowest storage cost but higher retrieval costs and a 365-day minimum storage duration. It is ideal for long-term archival.
A company plans to run a stateful application on Compute Engine that requires high random I/O performance and the ability to resize the persistent disk without downtime. The application is running on a Linux VM. Which persistent disk type and configuration should the engineer choose?
Explanation: Extreme persistent disks are designed for high random I/O workloads, offering up to 120,000 IOPS and the ability to resize without downtime. They are SSD-based and suitable for databases.
A company uses Cloud SQL for MySQL to host a database. The database must be accessible from a Compute Engine VM in the same region but in a different VPC network (VPC-A). The company does not want to use public IP addresses or VPN. What should the engineer do to enable connectivity?
Explanation: Cloud SQL private services access requires the Cloud SQL instance to be in a VPC network. For connectivity across VPCs, VPC Network Peering can be used, as both VPCs are in the same project or across projects. Private services access connects Cloud SQL to a VPC, and peering allows another VPC to access it.
An engineer needs to deploy a containerized web application that receives HTTP requests and should scale to zero when not in use. The application is stateless and has a lightweight container image. Which Google Cloud compute service should be used?
Explanation: Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform that scales to zero when no requests are coming in, and bills per request. It is ideal for stateless HTTP-triggered container workloads.
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