PCNE Practice Question: Managing, Monitoring, and Optimising Network Operations
A network engineer needs to verify that traffic from a specific Compute Engine instance can reach a Cloud SQL database in a different VPC. Which Google Cloud tool should be used to test this reachability?
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Connectivity Tests
Network Intelligence Center Connectivity Tests allow you to check reachability between source and destination, analyzing firewall rules, routes, and VPC peering. It can pinpoint where traffic is blocked.
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Connectivity Tests
Why this is correct
Connectivity Tests specifically verify reachability and identify blocking rules.
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Cloud Monitoring
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Monitoring is for metrics and alerting, not reachability testing.
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Network Topology
Why it's wrong here
Network Topology visualizes the network but does not test reachability.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
VPC Flow Logs capture network metadata after packets are sent, not proactive testing.
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