CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company uses GCP and wants to implement alerting based on anomaly detection for their Compute Engine instances. Which GCP service should they use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Cloud Monitoring
GCP's Cloud Monitoring (formerly Stackdriver) includes alerting policies that support anomaly detection. Cloud Logging is for logs. Cloud Audit Logs for auditing. Cloud Functions can be triggered but not directly for anomaly detection.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Cloud Logging
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Logging collects logs, not metrics for anomaly detection.
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Cloud Functions
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Functions is serverless compute, not a monitoring service.
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Cloud Audit Logs
Why it's wrong here
Audit Logs record administrative activities, not metrics.
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Cloud Monitoring
Why this is correct
Cloud Monitoring provides alerting policies with anomaly detection capabilities.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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