20+ practice questions focused on Ensure solution and operations reliability — one of the most tested topics on the Google Professional Cloud Architect exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start Ensure solution and operations reliability PracticeMatch each GCP networking concept to its definition.
Explanation: The correct matches are A, B, C, and F. Option A correctly defines VPC as a global isolated virtual network. Option B correctly defines Subnet as a regional subnet within a VPC. Option C correctly defines Firewall Rules as traffic control rules. Option F correctly defines VPC Peering as a direct private connection. Options D and E are incorrect because their definitions are swapped: Cloud Router uses BGP for dynamic routing (not NAT), and Cloud NAT provides outbound internet access via NAT (not BGP). Therefore, D and E are wrong.
A company uses Cloud Armor to protect their HTTP Load Balancer from DDoS attacks. During a traffic spike from a legitimate source, legitimate requests are being blocked. How should they tune the security policy to minimize false positives?
Explanation: Enabling adaptive protection with machine learning allows Cloud Armor to analyze traffic patterns and distinguish between legitimate and malicious requests, dynamically adjusting the security policy to reduce false positives during legitimate traffic spikes. Option B (increasing rate limiting threshold) is a static measure that may not adapt to changing traffic patterns. Option C (disabling WAF rules) removes protection entirely and is not a targeted solution. Option D (JWT authentication) is for validating token-based authentication, not for tuning DDoS protection to avoid false positives.
An organization deploys a microservices application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with multiple Deployments. They want to ensure that the application remains available during a cluster-wide upgrade. Which three best practices should they follow? (Choose three.)
Explanation: To maintain availability during a GKE cluster upgrade, three best practices are: (1) Configure PodDisruptionBudgets (PDBs) for each deployment to limit the number of pods that can be disrupted simultaneously during voluntary disruptions like node upgrades. (2) Use multiple node pools across different zones to allow GKE to upgrade nodes one zone at a time, ensuring that replicas in other zones remain available. (3) Set up a load balancer with health checks so that traffic is only directed to healthy pods, automatically routing away from pods being terminated during the upgrade.
A company uses Cloud Storage to store user-uploaded content. They want to ensure that the data is highly durable and protected against accidental deletion. Which two features should they enable? (Choose two.)
Explanation: Object versioning (C) preserves multiple versions of objects, allowing recovery if an object is accidentally deleted or overwritten. Bucket retention policy (D) enforces a minimum retention period, preventing deletion or modification of objects until the period ends. Lifecycle management (B) automates deletion or transition, which could cause accidental data loss rather than prevent it. Requester pays (A) is a billing feature, and uniform bucket-level access (E) controls access permissions—none of these protect against accidental deletion.
A developer ran the above command to create a health check for a backend service. Which of the following should they do to resolve the error?
Explanation: The error indicates that a health check with the same name already exists. In Google Cloud, health check names must be unique within a project (or within a region for regional health checks). By using a different name, the developer can create a new health check without conflicting with the existing one.
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