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PCD Integrating Google Cloud services Practice Question

You need to monitor the CPU usage of a Compute Engine instance and trigger an alert when it exceeds 80% for 5 minutes. Which Google Cloud service should you use?

⚠ Common exam trap

It's easy for candidates to confuse Cloud Logging with Cloud Monitoring because both are part of the Google Cloud operations suite, but Logging handles logs while Monitoring handles metrics and alerts.

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 Monitoring

Cloud Monitoring (formerly Stackdriver Monitoring) is the correct service because it provides metrics, dashboards, and alerting policies for Compute Engine instances. You can create a metric-based alert condition that triggers when the CPU utilization metric exceeds 80% for a duration of 5 minutes, using the MQL or policy builder.

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 Debugger

    Why it's wrong here

    Cloud Debugger is for inspecting code.

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    Cloud Monitoring

    Why this is correct

    Cloud Monitoring provides metrics and alerting.

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    Cloud Logging

    Why it's wrong here

    Cloud Logging is for logs.

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    Error Reporting

    Why it's wrong here

    Error Reporting is for application errors.

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