PMLE Monitoring ML Solutions Practice Question
A company wants to implement a retraining trigger for their ML model. They have set up Cloud Monitoring alerts that fire when drift exceeds a threshold. What should be the target of the alert to automatically start a Vertex AI Pipeline for retraining?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Pub/Sub topic
Cloud Monitoring alerts can send notifications to Pub/Sub topics. A Pub/Sub message can then trigger a Cloud Function that starts a Vertex AI Pipeline run.
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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Vertex AI Model Registry
Why it's wrong here
Model Registry stores models, not triggers.
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Cloud Storage bucket
Why it's wrong here
Monitoring alerts cannot directly write to Cloud Storage.
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Cloud Functions HTTP trigger
Why it's wrong here
Direct HTTP trigger from Monitoring is not supported; Pub/Sub is the standard integration.
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Pub/Sub topic
Why this is correct
Correct: Monitoring alert → Pub/Sub → Cloud Function → Vertex AI Pipeline.
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