PCDOE Implementing service monitoring strategies Practice Question
A service is deployed on Cloud Run. You need to monitor memory usage per revision. How can you create an alert?
⚠ Common exam trap
Google Cloud often tests the misconception that you must manually configure metric export or use sidecars for Cloud Run monitoring, when in fact Cloud Run's native integration with Cloud Monitoring handles this automatically.
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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Configure Cloud Run to send metrics to Cloud Monitoring and create an alert in Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Run automatically exports built-in metrics, including memory usage per revision, to Cloud Monitoring without any additional configuration. By creating an alerting policy in Cloud Monitoring based on the `run.googleapis.com/container/memory/utilizations` metric, you can monitor memory usage per revision directly. Option B correctly identifies this native integration, making it the most efficient and reliable approach.
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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Deploy a sidecar container that collects memory metrics and pushes to Cloud Monitoring
Why it's wrong here
Unnecessary as Cloud Run already exports memory metrics.
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Configure Cloud Run to send metrics to Cloud Monitoring and create an alert in Cloud Monitoring
Why this is correct
Cloud Run metrics are automatically available in Cloud Monitoring.
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Use Cloud Console and navigate to Cloud Run services to set an alert directly
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Console does not allow direct alert creation; you must use Cloud Monitoring.
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Use Cloud Logging to parse container logs for memory usage
Why it's wrong here
Memory usage is not typically logged; metrics are available in Cloud Monitoring.
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