Google PCA Practice Question: Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure
An engineer needs to share a VPC network across multiple projects in an organization while maintaining centralized network administration. Which approach should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Shared VPC
Shared VPC allows a host project to share its VPC network with service projects, enabling centralized network administration. VPC peering connects separate VPCs but does not allow centralized administration.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Shared VPC
Why this is correct
Shared VPC allows a host project to share networks with multiple service projects.
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VPC peering between all projects
Why it's wrong here
VPC peering is decentralized and limited to two VPCs per peering.
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Private Google Access
Why it's wrong here
Private Google Access allows VM access to Google APIs without external IPs, not VPC sharing.
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Cloud VPN between projects
Why it's wrong here
Cloud VPN is for hybrid connectivity, not for sharing VPCs.
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Google Cloud Resource Hierarchy and Organization
Key term
VPC network
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network is a logically isolated section of a public cloud provider's infrastructure where you can launch cloud resources in a virtual network that you define and control.
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.
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