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ACE Practice Question: Your web application serves users globally
This ACE practice question tests your understanding of your web application serves users globally. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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.
Your web application serves users globally. Static assets (images, JS, CSS) are stored in Cloud Storage. Users in Asia report slow load times for these assets. The application origin is in `us-central1`. What is the most cost-effective way to improve static asset performance for Asian users?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Distractor review
Replicate the Cloud Storage bucket to an Asia region and update DNS to route Asian users to the regional bucket.
Multi-region or dual-region Cloud Storage with geo-routing is operationally complex. Cloud CDN achieves the same performance benefit with simpler configuration — just enable CDN on the Cloud Storage backend.
B
Distractor review
Deploy Cloud Run instances in Asia regions to serve the static assets.
Serving static assets from Cloud Run is expensive (compute cost for every static asset request) and unnecessarily complex when Cloud Storage + CDN is purpose-built for this.
C
Best answer
Enable Cloud CDN on the Cloud Storage bucket's load balancer backend.
Cloud CDN caches static assets at Google's global edge PoPs. Asian users receive cached content from a nearby PoP, reducing round-trip latency to us-central1 dramatically.
D
Distractor review
Increase the Cloud Storage bucket's replication factor to improve throughput.
Cloud Storage does not have a configurable 'replication factor' in the traditional sense. Replication is automatic within the configured storage class region.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
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.
- Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
- Underline the problem statement mentally.
- 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.
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What does this ACE question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Enable Cloud CDN on the Cloud Storage bucket's load balancer backend. — Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) caches content at Google's edge Points of Presence (PoPs) globally, including Asia. Static assets served from Cloud Storage through Cloud CDN are cached at the nearest PoP to each user. This reduces latency by serving cached content from a nearby location rather than routing all requests back to us-central1. CDN is the purpose-built, cost-effective solution for geographically distributed static asset delivery.
What should I do if I get this ACE question wrong?
Identify which ACE exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
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