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Question 1easymultiple choice

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A developer has a Kubernetes Deployment manifest in a file named 'api-deployment.yaml'. Which command creates the Deployment if it doesn't exist, or updates it if it does?

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Question 2mediummultiple choice

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A team wants to deploy a container image at 'gcr.io/myproject/api:v2' as a Cloud Run service named 'api-service' in us-east1, accessible without authentication. Which command is correct?

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A team needs a GKE cluster named 'prod-cluster' in the us-central1 region with cluster autoscaling enabled, scaling between 3 and 10 nodes. Which command achieves this?

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Which command creates a Cloud Storage bucket named 'my-archive-bucket' in the US multi-region using the modern gcloud CLI?

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Question 5mediummultiple choice

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A Cloud Function must execute automatically every time a new object is written to a specific Cloud Storage bucket. Which trigger type should be configured for the function?

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A developer works across five different GCP projects daily and wants to switch their active project in the gcloud CLI without rerunning `gcloud init`. Which command should they use?

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Question 7mediummultiple choice

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A developer has an App Engine Standard application ready to deploy. The app.yaml file is in the current working directory. Which command deploys the application?

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A GKE Deployment must be updated to a new container image version with zero downtime — old Pods should be replaced gradually, not all at once. Which update strategy should be configured?

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Question 9easymultiple choice

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A GCP project has three service accounts. A developer wants to list all service accounts in the project using the gcloud CLI. Which command is correct?

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A team has a Docker container image locally and wants to push it to Google Artifact Registry. They've already authenticated Docker with GCP. The registry host is 'us-central1-docker.pkg.dev'. Which commands correctly tag and push the image?

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Question 11mediummultiple choice

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A team wants to configure a Cloud Scheduler job to invoke a Cloud Run service endpoint every hour using HTTP POST. The Cloud Run service requires authentication. How should the Scheduler job be configured to authenticate?

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A GKE node pool has an autoscaler configured with min=2, max=10 nodes. After a sustained traffic surge, the cluster scaled to 10 nodes. Traffic drops overnight to its normal level, but the cluster remains at 10 nodes after 4 hours. What is the most likely reason?

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Question 13mediummultiple choice

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A developer frequently switches between three GCP projects and accounts throughout the day. They want to avoid rerunning `gcloud init` each time. Which gcloud feature lets them save and switch between pre-configured project/account/region combinations?

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Question 14mediummultiple choice

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A Compute Engine VM with only a private IP address needs to download software updates from the internet (apt-get update). What must be configured in the VPC to enable outbound internet access for private VMs?

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Question 15hardmultiple choice

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An organization policy at the organization level sets `constraints/compute.requireOsLogin` to enforced (true) on all projects. A specific project needs an exception — VMs there should not require OS Login. How can this exception be configured?

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A developer has a Kubernetes Deployment manifest in a file named 'api-deployment.yaml'. Which command creates the Deployment if it doesn't exist, or updates it if it does?

A team wants to deploy a container image at 'gcr.io/myproject/api:v2' as a Cloud Run service named 'api-service' in us-east1, accessible without authentication. Which command is correct?

A team needs a GKE cluster named 'prod-cluster' in the us-central1 region with cluster autoscaling enabled, scaling between 3 and 10 nodes. Which command achieves this?

Which command creates a Cloud Storage bucket named 'my-archive-bucket' in the US multi-region using the modern gcloud CLI?

A Cloud Function must execute automatically every time a new object is written to a specific Cloud Storage bucket. Which trigger type should be configured for the function?

A developer works across five different GCP projects daily and wants to switch their active project in the gcloud CLI without rerunning `gcloud init`. Which command should they use?

A developer has an App Engine Standard application ready to deploy. The app.yaml file is in the current working directory. Which command deploys the application?

A GKE Deployment must be updated to a new container image version with zero downtime — old Pods should be replaced gradually, not all at once. Which update strategy should be configured?

A GCP project has three service accounts. A developer wants to list all service accounts in the project using the gcloud CLI. Which command is correct?

A team has a Docker container image locally and wants to push it to Google Artifact Registry. They've already authenticated Docker with GCP. The registry host is 'us-central1-docker.pkg.dev'. Which commands correctly tag and push the image?

A team wants to configure a Cloud Scheduler job to invoke a Cloud Run service endpoint every hour using HTTP POST. The Cloud Run service requires authentication. How should the Scheduler job be configured to authenticate?

A GKE node pool has an autoscaler configured with min=2, max=10 nodes. After a sustained traffic surge, the cluster scaled to 10 nodes. Traffic drops overnight to its normal level, but the cluster remains at 10 nodes after 4 hours. What is the most likely reason?

A developer frequently switches between three GCP projects and accounts throughout the day. They want to avoid rerunning `gcloud init` each time. Which gcloud feature lets them save and switch between pre-configured project/account/region combinations?

A Compute Engine VM with only a private IP address needs to download software updates from the internet (apt-get update). What must be configured in the VPC to enable outbound internet access for private VMs?

An organization policy at the organization level sets `constraints/compute.requireOsLogin` to enforced (true) on all projects. A specific project needs an exception — VMs there should not require OS Login. How can this exception be configured?