Google PCA Practice Question: Analysing and Optimising Technical and Business Processes
A company wants to set a monthly spending limit for their Compute Engine usage and receive alerts when spending exceeds a threshold. Which tool 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 Budget alerts
Budget alerts in Cloud Billing allow you to set a spending budget and receive notifications when actual spending exceeds thresholds. They can be scoped to projects or services.
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 Monitoring
Why it's wrong here
Monitoring is for performance and uptime, not budget alerts.
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Cloud Budget alerts
Why this is correct
Budget alerts send notifications when spending reaches a defined threshold.
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Cloud Logging
Why it's wrong here
Logging stores logs, not billing alerts.
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Cloud Armor
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Armor provides security policies, not cost management.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google Cloud's Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering that lets you create and run virtual machines on Google's infrastructure.
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