PCSE Practice Question: Managing Operations in a Cloud Solution Environment
An organization needs to centralize audit logs from multiple Google Cloud projects into a BigQuery dataset for long-term analysis. They also want to retain raw logs in Cloud Storage for archival purposes. What is the most efficient way to accomplish this?
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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Create two log sinks: one exporting to BigQuery, one to Cloud Storage, using an aggregated sink at the organization level.
Log sinks can route logs to multiple destinations by creating separate sinks for each destination. One sink can export logs to BigQuery, and another sink can export logs to Cloud Storage. Aggregated sinks at the organization or folder level allow collecting logs from all projects.
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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Create a single log sink that exports to both BigQuery and Cloud Storage.
Why it's wrong here
A single log sink can only export to one destination. You need separate sinks.
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Enable Data Access logs for all services and configure BigQuery as the default log destination.
Why it's wrong here
There is no 'default' log destination; sinks must be configured.
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Use Cloud Functions to copy logs from Cloud Logging to BigQuery and Cloud Storage.
Why it's wrong here
This is inefficient and not a recommended approach; log sinks are the proper mechanism.
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Create two log sinks: one exporting to BigQuery, one to Cloud Storage, using an aggregated sink at the organization level.
Why this is correct
This allows centralized collection of logs from all projects to both destinations.
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