Google ACE Practice Question: Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution
This ACE practice question tests your understanding of ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is using Cloud Storage to store sensitive data. They want to enforce that objects are automatically deleted after 90 days. Which configuration should they use?
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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Configure Object Lifecycle Management with a Delete action after 90 days.
Object Lifecycle Management allows you to set rules that automatically perform actions on objects after a specified number of days. By configuring a rule with a Delete action set to trigger after 90 days, objects in the bucket will be automatically removed, meeting the requirement without manual intervention.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Configure Object Lifecycle Management with a Delete action after 90 days.
Why this is correct
Lifecycle rules can be set to delete objects when they reach a certain age.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Set a retention policy on the bucket for 90 days.
Why it's wrong here
Retention policies prevent object deletion, they do not trigger automatic deletion.
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Enable bucket locking with a retention period of 90 days.
Why it's wrong here
Bucket locking makes retention policies immutable, it does not automatically delete objects.
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Enable object versioning and set a lifecycle rule to delete noncurrent versions.
Why it's wrong here
Versioning alone does not delete objects; a lifecycle rule is needed but the age condition applies to current versions as well.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Google Cloud often tests the distinction between retention policies (which protect data from deletion) and lifecycle rules (which automate deletion), leading candidates to confuse a retention policy with a deletion policy.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Object Lifecycle Management rules are evaluated daily based on the object's age (time since creation) or the number of days since a specified date. The Delete action permanently removes the object, and for versioned buckets, you can also target noncurrent versions or delete markers. In a real-world scenario, you might combine lifecycle rules with object versioning to manage both current and archived versions, ensuring compliance with data retention policies while minimizing storage costs.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution — This question tests Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Configure Object Lifecycle Management with a Delete action after 90 days. — Object Lifecycle Management allows you to set rules that automatically perform actions on objects after a specified number of days. By configuring a rule with a Delete action set to trigger after 90 days, objects in the bucket will be automatically removed, meeting the requirement without manual intervention.
What should I do if I get this ACE question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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