PCNE Practice Question: Managing, Monitoring, and Optimising Network Operations
An engineer needs to monitor Cloud NAT gateway usage for cost allocation and troubleshooting. Which TWO types of logs should they enable? (Choose TWO.)
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Why each option matters
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Translation logs (failures)
Cloud NAT provides two types of logs: NAT logs (connection information) and translation logs (allocation failures). Both are useful for monitoring and troubleshooting.
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Translation logs (failures)
Why this is correct
Logs of allocation failures for troubleshooting.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
Flow Logs capture VM-level traffic, not NAT-specific.
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Load balancer access logs
Why it's wrong here
These are for load balancers.
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NAT logs (connections)
Why this is correct
Logs of NAT connections for cost attribution.
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Firewall rules logs
Why it's wrong here
Firewall logs are separate.
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