Cloud Digital Leader Google Cloud Products and Services Practice Question
Which Google Cloud service provides a serverless data warehouse for running SQL queries on petabyte-scale data with no need to manage infrastructure?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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BigQuery
BigQuery is a fully managed, serverless data warehouse that supports SQL queries on massive datasets.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Cloud SQL
Why it's wrong here
Cloud SQL is a managed relational database, not a data warehouse for analytics.
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Dataflow
Why it's wrong here
Dataflow is a stream and batch processing service, not a data warehouse.
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BigQuery
Why this is correct
BigQuery is serverless, scalable, and designed for SQL analytics on large datasets.
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Pub/Sub
Why it's wrong here
Pub/Sub is a messaging and event streaming service.
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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Key term
Service
A service is a software component or system that performs a specific function and is available to be used by other programs or users over a network.
Key term
SQL
SQL is a standard programming language used to manage, query, and manipulate relational databases by issuing commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.
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