Cloud Digital Leader How Google Cloud Resources Are Managed Practice Question

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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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  Preemptible VM discount

  Why it's wrong here

  Preemptible VMs offer lower prices but are ephemeral, with no capacity guarantee; Compute Engine can terminate them at any time within a 24-hour window, making them unsuitable for a 3-year reservation. They do not provide any upfront commitment or discounted pricing over a long term; instead, they are meant for fault-tolerant, interruptible workloads.

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  Sustained use discount

  Why it's wrong here

  Sustained use discounts automatically apply when a VM runs for a significant portion of a billing month, without any upfront payment or long-term commitment. They neither reserve capacity nor lock in a discounted rate over a 3-year term; they are a per-month usage-based discount, not a way to guarantee availability or fixed pricing for reserved resources.

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  Sole-tenant node discount

  Why it's wrong here

  Sole-tenant nodes let you run VMs on dedicated hardware to meet compliance or licensing requirements, but they do not inherently include a 3-year discount. While you can apply Committed Use Discounts to sole-tenant nodes, the option itself is not a discount mechanism; it is a placement/hardware isolation feature, so it doesn't satisfy the requirement to reserve and get a reduced price for a 3-year term.

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  Committed use discount

  Why this is correct

  Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) allow you to commit to a specific amount of vCPUs, memory, or spend for a 1- or 3-year term, in exchange for a substantially reduced price. By purchasing a commitment, you reserve capacity and pay a predictable lower rate for the entire term, making it the appropriate mechanism to reserve Compute Engine resources for a 3-year period.

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