Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution

An engineer is configuring a GKE cluster and wants to enable Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) for a deployment named 'web-frontend'. The deployment currently has 3 replicas. The engineer wants to automatically scale the number of pods based on CPU utilization, targeting 50% average CPU utilization. Which command should the engineer run?

After deploying a Kubernetes Deployment named 'web-app', a developer wants to expose it externally on a static IP address. Which kubectl command should they use?

You have a managed instance group (MIG) with instances that need to run a startup script to configure monitoring agents. You created the instance template without a startup script. Which action should you take to add the startup script?

A company is deploying a new application on Google Cloud. The application consists of a frontend service and a backend API. The security team requires that the backend API be accessible only from the frontend service, not from the public internet. The frontend service runs on Compute Engine instances in a managed instance group. The backend API will be deployed on Cloud Run. Which two steps should the team take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

An engineer needs to migrate a large on-premises database to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. The database is 500 GB and can tolerate a few hours of downtime. The migration must minimize manual intervention. Which approach should the engineer use?

You are managing a Cloud Functions deployment that processes messages from a Pub/Sub topic. You need to ensure the function can read messages from the topic and acknowledge them. Which IAM role should you assign to the function's service account?

An administrator needs to create a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance with 16 vCPUs and 60 GB of memory. Which tier should they specify?

A developer wants to deploy a containerized application on Google Cloud that automatically scales to zero when not in use and charges only for request processing time. The application is stateless and can be triggered by HTTP requests. Which compute option meets these requirements?

A company wants to migrate an on-premises MySQL database to Cloud SQL. They need to import an existing SQL dump file stored in a Cloud Storage bucket. Which command should they use?

A company is deploying a stateful application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that requires each pod to have a stable network identity and its own persistent volume. The application uses a clustered database that relies on consistent DNS names for peer discovery. The operations team wants to use GKE-native features to meet these requirements with minimal custom configuration. What should they do?

A team is using Terraform to manage Google Cloud resources. They want to store the Terraform state file in a Cloud Storage bucket to enable collaboration. Which Terraform backend configuration should be used?

Which gcloud command creates a regional GKE cluster named 'my-cluster' with 3 nodes per zone in the 'us-central1' region?

A company wants to create a Cloud Storage bucket to store archival data that is accessed infrequently (less than once a year). The data must be stored at the lowest possible cost. Which storage class should they choose?

Which kubectl command lists all pods in the current namespace?

A team is using Terraform to deploy infrastructure. They want to ensure that the Terraform state file is encrypted at rest using a customer-managed encryption key (CMEK). What should they configure?

An engineer needs to SSH into a Compute Engine instance using OS Login. What must be enabled first?

An engineer is using Terraform to manage GCP resources. They want to store the Terraform state file remotely so that the team can collaborate. Which backend configuration should they use?

A company wants to run a stateful application on Compute Engine with persistent storage that can be attached to another instance in case of failure. Which storage option should they use?

You deployed a Cloud Run service with gcloud run deploy --image gcr.io/my-project/my-image --platform managed --region us-central1 --allow-unauthenticated. Users report intermittent 503 errors. What is the most likely cause?

A developer wants to deploy a Cloud Function that is triggered by messages in a Pub/Sub topic. Which TWO flags are required in the gcloud functions deploy command?

A developer wants to create a Compute Engine instance with the container-optimized OS image in the default network. Which command should they use?

A company runs a stateless batch processing application on a managed instance group (MIG) of Compute Engine instances. The application reads tasks from a Cloud Pub/Sub subscription and writes results to Cloud Storage. The operations team wants to ensure that when an instance is terminated during scaling down or maintenance, the application finishes its current task before the instance shuts down. The application currently does not handle SIGTERM. What should the operations team do to meet this requirement with minimal changes?

An organization wants to deploy a containerized web application on Google Cloud with minimum operational overhead. The application should scale to zero when not in use and only incur costs when serving requests. Which service should they choose?

You need to deploy an application that requires a regional MySQL database with automated backups, high availability, and failover. You also need to store static assets that are publicly accessible. Which TWO Google Cloud services should you use?

You want to deploy a Cloud Function triggered by HTTP requests. The function is written in Node.js and the entry point function is named 'helloHttp'. Which command should you use?

A DevOps engineer is configuring a managed instance group (MIG) for a stateless web application. They want to ensure that when new instances are created via rolling update or autoscaling, a startup script runs to install security patches and deploy the latest application code from a Cloud Storage bucket. What is the BEST way to achieve this?

A developer needs to deploy a new version of a Cloud Run service that uses a custom container image stored in Artifact Registry. The service must be accessible only from within the same Google Cloud project and must not be reachable from the public internet. The developer wants to use the gcloud CLI to deploy. Which command should the developer use?

You need to deploy a Cloud Function that is triggered by HTTP requests. You want to pass configuration parameters to the function at deployment time. Which approach should you use?

A company wants to deploy a microservice on GKE. The deployment requires 3 replicas, and the service must be accessible via a fixed public IP address. Which Kubernetes resource should be used to expose the deployment?

A company wants to store archival data that is accessed less than once a year. The data must be preserved for 10 years. Which Cloud Storage storage class is most cost-effective?

A developer is deploying a new application on GKE and needs to configure a HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA). Which two resources are required for HPA to work correctly?

A team is deploying a web application on Cloud Run. The application needs to be available globally with low latency, and the team wants to use a custom domain with an SSL certificate. Which TWO actions are required to achieve this?

A developer needs to SSH into a Compute Engine instance that has OS Login enabled. The developer's Google account is already granted the roles/compute.osLogin role. Which command should the developer use to connect?

A team is using Terraform to manage Google Cloud resources. They want to store the Terraform state file in a Cloud Storage bucket with versioning enabled. Which backend configuration should they use?

A company wants to deploy a containerized application on Google Cloud that automatically scales to zero when not in use, and they want to minimize operational overhead. They also need to avoid managing any underlying infrastructure such as Kubernetes clusters or VMs. Which service should they use?

Which gcloud command is used to deploy a Cloud Function triggered by HTTP requests?

An engineer needs to create a Cloud SQL MySQL instance with 4 vCPUs, 15 GB of RAM, and a root password. The instance should be in the us-east1 region. Which command should the engineer run?

A developer needs to create a Compute Engine VM with 4 vCPUs, 15 GB of memory, and a Debian 10 boot disk. Which gcloud compute instances create command is correct?

A team is using Terraform to manage infrastructure. They want to store the Terraform state file remotely in a GCS bucket for team collaboration. Which Terraform backend configuration is correct?

Which kubectl command is used to view the logs of a specific pod named 'my-pod'?

A company wants to set up a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance with automated backups and a read replica for disaster recovery. Which THREE features or configurations should be enabled?

A team is using Terraform to manage GCP infrastructure. They want to store the state file in a Cloud Storage bucket with versioning enabled. Which backend configuration is correct?

An organization wants to deploy a containerized web application on GKE. They need the application to be accessible from the internet via a stable IP address. Which service type should they use when exposing the deployment?

A developer needs to create a zonal GKE cluster with 3 nodes of type e2-standard-4 in zone us-central1-a. Which command should they use?

A company wants to migrate an on-premises MySQL database to Cloud SQL with minimal downtime. The database is 500 GB. Which TWO steps should be taken? (Choose 2 correct answers.)

A DevOps engineer is responsible for deploying a new microservice to GKE. They need to expose the service externally on a static IP address and scale based on HTTP request load. Which THREE resources must be created? (Choose 3 correct answers.)

A team is deploying a containerized microservice on GKE. They want to ensure the service is externally accessible via a stable IP address and can automatically scale the number of pods based on CPU utilization. Which TWO actions should they perform?

A Cloud Function needs to be triggered whenever a message is published to a Pub/Sub topic. Which 'gcloud functions deploy' command flag is required to set the trigger?

You are deploying a high-traffic web application on GKE. You need to automatically scale the number of pods based on CPU utilization. Which THREE steps are required to set up Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)?

An organization wants to use Cloud Storage to host a static website. The bucket name must match the domain name. They already own the domain 'example.com' and want to serve the site from 'www.example.com'. Which bucket name should they create?

A data engineering team wants to create a Cloud Storage bucket for storing sensitive analytics data. They require encryption at rest with customer-managed keys (CMEK) and want to restrict access to a specific service account. Which three steps are necessary?

An engineer is using gsutil to upload a large number of files to a Cloud Storage bucket. The upload is proceeding very slowly. Which two actions could improve the upload performance? (Choose two.)

A data scientist wants to deploy a Python function that processes messages from a Pub/Sub topic whenever a new message arrives. The function should be stateless and run in a serverless environment. Which deployment command should be used?

An organization needs to deploy a regional Cloud SQL MySQL instance with 4 vCPUs and 15 GB of memory. The instance should be highly available within a single region. Which gcloud command should they use?

A company wants to allow unauthenticated HTTP invocations of a container deployed on Cloud Run. Which flag should be included in the 'gcloud run deploy' command?

A Cloud SQL for MySQL instance needs to be created with the following requirements: MySQL 8.0, db-n1-standard-2 tier, in us-central1, with root password 'secret'. Which command meets these requirements?

A developer wants to deploy a containerized application to Cloud Run that should be publicly accessible over the internet. The container image is stored in Container Registry. Which gcloud command should they use?

A company is deploying a microservice on Cloud Run. They want to ensure that the service can handle high traffic spikes by allowing multiple concurrent requests per container instance. They also want to minimize cold starts. Which two settings should they configure? (Choose two.)

A DevOps engineer is creating a GKE cluster for a production workload that requires high availability and resilience to zone failures. They also need to deploy a stateless application that can scale based on CPU usage. Which two actions should they take? (Choose two.)

You are managing a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. You need to import a SQL dump file stored in a Cloud Storage bucket. The file is 10GB. Which command should you use?

A developer wants to run a one-time query on a large dataset stored in Cloud Storage using BigQuery without loading the data into a table. Which feature should they use?

An engineer needs to create a GKE cluster with 3 nodes of machine type e2-medium in the us-central1 region. Which command should they use?

A company wants to deploy a new application on Google Cloud that requires a regional managed instance group with automatic scaling based on HTTP load. Which two resources must they create? (Choose TWO.)

You need to allow SSH access to a Compute Engine instance. Which method is the recommended way to manage SSH keys for multiple users?

A developer wants to deploy a containerized application on Cloud Run from a source code repository, without building a container image manually. The application is written in Node.js and includes a Dockerfile. Which command should the developer use to deploy directly from source?

A team is creating a managed instance group (MIG) for a stateless web application. They need to ensure that instances are automatically replaced if they become unhealthy and that new instances are rolled out gradually with no downtime during updates. Which set of configurations should they use?

A company wants to deploy a containerized application on Cloud Run that is built from source code in a local directory. They want Cloud Run to automatically build the container image using Cloud Build. Which command should be used?

An engineer needs to view the logs generated by a Cloud Run service to troubleshoot a recent deployment. Which service should they use?

An engineer wants to create a regional GKE cluster with 3 nodes by default. Which command should be used?

A data analyst wants to import a SQL dump file from a Cloud Storage bucket into an existing Cloud SQL database. Which command should they use?

A DevOps engineer needs to deploy a containerized microservice to Cloud Run that processes messages from Pub/Sub. The service must authenticate to Google Cloud APIs using a service account. Which Cloud Run deployment command should they use to ensure the service uses a specific service account?

A company has a Cloud Run service that needs to access a Cloud SQL database. What is the recommended way to connect securely?

A developer is deploying a containerized application on Cloud Run. The application needs to be invoked by external HTTPS requests without requiring authentication. Which flag should be included in the 'gcloud run deploy' command?

An engineer wants to deploy a Python function that processes messages from a Pub/Sub topic. The function should be triggered whenever a message is published to the topic. Which command should the engineer use to deploy the function?

An organization needs to import a SQL dump file from a Cloud Storage bucket into an existing Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. Which command should they use?

A team is deploying a microservice to Cloud Run that needs to process messages from Pub/Sub. The service should only be invocable by Pub/Sub push deliveries, not by unauthenticated HTTP requests. What should the team do?

A company runs a web application on Compute Engine instances behind a load balancer. They want to automatically scale the number of instances based on CPU utilization. Which two resources must they create? (Choose TWO.)

An engineer deployed a new version of their application on GKE using a Deployment. Users report that the new version has a bug. The engineer wants to quickly revert to the previous version. How can they achieve this?