Google ACE Deploying and implementing a cloud solution Practice Question
This ACE practice question tests your understanding of deploying and implementing 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 startup is building a web application using Cloud Run. They want to deploy multiple independent services that can communicate with each other internally, but each service should be deployed and scaled independently. Which deployment strategy 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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Create multiple Cloud Run services and use internal endpoints for communication
Cloud Run natively supports deploying multiple independent services, each with its own URL and scaling configuration. Internal communication between these services can be achieved using Cloud Run's built-in internal endpoints (e.g., using the `run.app` domain with internal traffic routing), which avoids exposing services to the public internet. This approach allows each service to scale independently based on its own request load, meeting the startup's requirement for independent deployment and scaling.
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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Create multiple Cloud Run services and use internal endpoints for communication
Why this is correct
Each Cloud Run service is independent and can communicate via internal URLs.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Deploy the application to App Engine Standard Environment
Why it's wrong here
App Engine is a different platform, not Cloud Run.
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Use a single GKE cluster with multiple deployments and services
Why it's wrong here
GKE is more complex than needed; Cloud Run is simpler.
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Deploy a single Cloud Run service with multiple containers
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Run supports only one container per service.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Google Cloud often tests the misconception that Cloud Run supports multiple containers per service (like a pod in Kubernetes), but Cloud Run services are single-container per revision, and multiple containers require separate services or a different platform like Cloud Run for Anthos.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Cloud Run services communicate internally via VPC or using the `*.run.app` domain with internal traffic routing enabled, which leverages Google's internal load balancing without traversing the public internet. Each Cloud Run service gets a unique endpoint and can be configured with its own concurrency, CPU, memory, and min/max instances, allowing fine-grained independent scaling. In practice, this pattern is ideal for microservices architectures where each service handles a distinct function (e.g., authentication, data processing, frontend) and needs to scale based on its own traffic patterns.
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
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
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Deploying and implementing a cloud solution — This question tests Deploying and implementing a cloud solution — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create multiple Cloud Run services and use internal endpoints for communication — Cloud Run natively supports deploying multiple independent services, each with its own URL and scaling configuration. Internal communication between these services can be achieved using Cloud Run's built-in internal endpoints (e.g., using the `run.app` domain with internal traffic routing), which avoids exposing services to the public internet. This approach allows each service to scale independently based on its own request load, meeting the startup's requirement for independent deployment and scaling.
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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