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Start Google Cloud Products and Services PracticeA company stores sensitive data in Cloud Storage. They want to restrict access to only users from the company's corporate network (IP range 203.0.113.0/24) and ensure data is encrypted at rest using a customer-managed key. Which TWO configurations are required? (Select 2)
Explanation: Option C is correct because a Cloud Storage bucket IAM policy can include a condition based on the request's source IP address (for example, using the `request.auth.accessLevels` or an IP-based condition via `resource.name`/`request.remoteIp` style conditions in IAM Conditions), which restricts access to the corporate range 203.0.113.0/24. Option E is correct because customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for Cloud Storage are created and managed in Cloud KMS, then referenced by the bucket's default KMS key so data at rest is encrypted with that customer-managed key. Option A is not correct because Cloud Armor protects HTTP(S) load-balanced applications, not direct Cloud Storage bucket access. Option B is not correct because VPC Service Controls provide a service perimeter against data exfiltration but do not by themselves enforce a specific source IP allowlist for bucket access. Option D is not correct because Cloud NAT provides outbound internet access for private instances and has no role in restricting inbound access to Cloud Storage or in encryption at rest.
A company needs to store petabytes of time-series IoT sensor data and query it with single-digit millisecond latency at millions of reads per second. The data has a simple key-value structure with timestamps. Which Google Cloud database is MOST appropriate?
Explanation: Cloud Bigtable is designed for exactly this use case — petabyte-scale, low-latency (single-digit ms), high-throughput NoSQL storage for time-series, IoT, and financial data. It scales horizontally by adding nodes. BigQuery is optimised for analytics (seconds-to-minutes latency), Cloud Spanner is a globally distributed relational database for OLTP but not optimised for key-value time-series at this scale, and Firestore is for document data with hierarchical structure.
A company is deploying a global web application and needs to serve users with low latency, protect against DDoS attacks, and scale automatically. Which two Google Cloud services should they combine? (Choose exactly 2.)
Explanation: Cloud Armor (A) is correct because it provides edge security at the Google Cloud load balancer, including DDoS protection via Google's global infrastructure and WAF rules to filter malicious traffic. Cloud Load Balancing (D) is correct because it distributes incoming traffic across backend instances or services globally, supports automatic scaling, and provides the global anycast IP front end that Cloud Armor and Cloud CDN attach to for low-latency delivery. Together they meet the requirements of low latency, DDoS mitigation, and autoscaling. Cloud CDN (B) is not selected because, while it improves latency for cacheable content, it does not itself provide DDoS protection or autoscaling. Cloud NAT (C) is for outbound internet access from private instances, not inbound web serving, and Cloud DNS (E) only resolves domain names and does not provide security or scaling.
A company needs to store petabytes of time-series IoT sensor data and query it with single-digit millisecond latency at millions of reads per second. The data has a simple key-value structure with timestamps. Which Google Cloud database is MOST appropriate?
Explanation: Cloud Bigtable is Google's petabyte-scale, low-latency NoSQL wide-column store designed for time-series and IoT workloads, delivering single-digit millisecond latency at millions of reads/writes per second when the row key is designed for time-series access patterns. Its key-value structure with timestamped rows maps directly to the requirement.
A company wants to set up a hybrid cloud network connecting their on-premises data center to Google Cloud with high bandwidth and low latency. They also need to provide DDoS protection for their applications. Which THREE services should they consider? (Choose THREE.)
Explanation: Cloud VPN provides an encrypted tunnel for connectivity, Cloud Interconnect offers dedicated high-bandwidth, low-latency connections, and Cloud Armor protects against DDoS attacks. Together, these services fulfill the hybrid cloud networking and DDoS protection requirements.
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