Google PCA Practice Question: Analysing and Optimising Technical and Business Processes
Which Google Cloud service automatically computes the optimal size or tier for underutilized Compute Engine instances and generates recommendations to reduce cost?
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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Recommender (Active Assist)
Active Assist includes rightsizing recommendations that analyze VM utilization and suggest appropriate machine types or tiers to reduce cost without sacrificing performance.
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 provides metrics and alerting, not recommendations.
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Cloud Profiler
Why it's wrong here
Profiler provides performance profiling, not cost recommendations.
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Cost Management
Why it's wrong here
Cost Management provides billing dashboards, not automated recommendations.
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Recommender (Active Assist)
Why this is correct
The Recommender service includes rightsizing recommendations for underutilized VMs.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
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
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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