PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
A developer wants to be notified when a new vulnerability is found in a container image stored in Artifact Registry. Which service should they configure?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Container Analysis
Artifact Registry integrates with Container Analysis to scan images for vulnerabilities. Notifications can be sent via Pub/Sub when new vulnerabilities are discovered.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Container Analysis
Why this is correct
Container Analysis scans images in Artifact Registry and publishes findings to Pub/Sub.
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Cloud Security Scanner
Why it's wrong here
Web Security Scanner is for web apps, not container images.
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Binary Authorization
Why it's wrong here
Binary Authorization enforces deployment policies, not vulnerability scanning.
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VM Manager
Why it's wrong here
VM Manager handles patch management for VMs, not container scanning.
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