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Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS responsibilities and examples.

Public, private, hybrid and community cloud deployment models.

On-premises vs cloud trade-offs: cost, control, scalability.

How cloud connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) work.

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Common Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution exam traps

▸IaaS gives you infrastructure control; SaaS gives you only the application.
▸Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud — not two public clouds.
▸Cloud does not automatically mean cheaper or more secure.
▸Management responsibility shifts with each service model (IaaS → PaaS → SaaS).

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Question 1mediummultiple choice

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A company is migrating a legacy monolithic application to Google Cloud. The application has unpredictable traffic patterns and long-running connections. The team wants to minimize operational overhead and only pay for resources when the application is processing requests. Which compute option should they choose?

Trap 1: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot cluster

GKE Autopilot reduces management but still bills for pods instead of requests, and may not scale to zero as efficiently as Cloud Run for HTTP workloads.

Trap 2: Compute Engine with managed instance groups and autoscaling

Compute Engine requires manual instance management and has per-hour billing, which is not cost-effective for unpredictable traffic with idle periods.

Trap 3: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard cluster with node…

GKE Standard requires cluster management and pays for nodes even when idle, increasing overhead and cost.

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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot cluster
Why wrong: GKE Autopilot reduces management but still bills for pods instead of requests, and may not scale to zero as efficiently as Cloud Run for HTTP workloads.
B
Compute Engine with managed instance groups and autoscaling
Why wrong: Compute Engine requires manual instance management and has per-hour billing, which is not cost-effective for unpredictable traffic with idle periods.
C
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard cluster with node autoscaling
Why wrong: GKE Standard requires cluster management and pays for nodes even when idle, increasing overhead and cost.
D
Cloud Run
Cloud Run is serverless, scales to zero, and bills per request, making it ideal for unpredictable traffic patterns with minimal overhead.

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Question 2easymultiple choice

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An engineer needs to create a Cloud Storage bucket for storing archival data that will be accessed less than once a year. The data must be stored durably and cost-effectively. Which storage class should the engineer use?

Trap 1: Coldline

Coldline is for data accessed less than once a quarter, still more frequently than once a year.

Trap 2: Standard

Standard is for frequently accessed data and has higher storage costs.

Trap 3: Nearline

Nearline is for data accessed less than once a month, not once a year.

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Coldline
Why wrong: Coldline is for data accessed less than once a quarter, still more frequently than once a year.
B
Standard
Why wrong: Standard is for frequently accessed data and has higher storage costs.
C
Archive
Archive class is for data accessed less than once a year, with the lowest storage cost.
D
Nearline
Why wrong: Nearline is for data accessed less than once a month, not once a year.

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Question 3mediummultiple choice

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A company plans to run a stateful application on Compute Engine that requires high random I/O performance and the ability to resize the persistent disk without downtime. The application is running on a Linux VM. Which persistent disk type and configuration should the engineer choose?

Trap 1: Balanced persistent disk (pd-balanced)

Balanced disks offer good performance but lower maximum IOPS than Extreme.

Trap 2: SSD persistent disk (pd-ssd)

SSD persistent disks provide high IOPS but have a lower maximum than Extreme and may require snapshot-based resizing.

Trap 3: Standard persistent disk (pd-standard)

Standard disks use HDD and have low IOPS, not suitable for high random I/O.

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Extreme persistent disk (pd-extreme)
Extreme disks provide the highest IOPS and support live resizing without downtime.
B
Balanced persistent disk (pd-balanced)
Why wrong: Balanced disks offer good performance but lower maximum IOPS than Extreme.
C
SSD persistent disk (pd-ssd)
Why wrong: SSD persistent disks provide high IOPS but have a lower maximum than Extreme and may require snapshot-based resizing.
D
Standard persistent disk (pd-standard)
Why wrong: Standard disks use HDD and have low IOPS, not suitable for high random I/O.

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Question 4hardmultiple choice

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A company uses Cloud SQL for MySQL to host a database. The database must be accessible from a Compute Engine VM in the same region but in a different VPC network (VPC-A). The company does not want to use public IP addresses or VPN. What should the engineer do to enable connectivity?

Trap 1: Export the Cloud SQL instance as a dump and recreate it in VPC-A

This is disruptive and not a connectivity solution.

Trap 2: Configure the Cloud SQL instance with a public IP and allow the…

The company does not want to use public IP.

Trap 3: Use Cloud VPN to connect VPC-A to the VPC where Cloud SQL is…

The company does not want to use VPN.

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Export the Cloud SQL instance as a dump and recreate it in VPC-A
Why wrong: This is disruptive and not a connectivity solution.
B
Set up VPC Network Peering between VPC-A and the VPC where Cloud SQL is deployed, and configure Cloud SQL with a private IP
VPC Network Peering allows connectivity without VPN, and private IP ensures no public exposure.
C
Configure the Cloud SQL instance with a public IP and allow the VM's IP in authorized networks
Why wrong: The company does not want to use public IP.
D
Use Cloud VPN to connect VPC-A to the VPC where Cloud SQL is deployed
Why wrong: The company does not want to use VPN.

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Question 5easymultiple choice

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An engineer needs to deploy a containerized web application that receives HTTP requests and should scale to zero when not in use. The application is stateless and has a lightweight container image. Which Google Cloud compute service should be used?

Trap 1: Compute Engine with a single VM

A single VM does not scale to zero; you pay for the VM even when idle.

Trap 2: Cloud Functions

Cloud Functions is for event-driven functions, not containerized web applications.

Trap 3: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard cluster

GKE Standard requires managing nodes and does not scale to zero.

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A
Compute Engine with a single VM
Why wrong: A single VM does not scale to zero; you pay for the VM even when idle.
B
Cloud Functions
Why wrong: Cloud Functions is for event-driven functions, not containerized web applications.
C
Cloud Run
Cloud Run scales to zero and is purpose-built for stateless HTTP containers.
D
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard cluster
Why wrong: GKE Standard requires managing nodes and does not scale to zero.

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Question 6mediummultiple choice

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A company wants to set up a hybrid network between their on-premises data center and Google Cloud. They need a highly available VPN connection with 99.99% SLA. Which VPN solution should they choose?

Trap 1: Classic VPN

Classic VPN does not have an SLA and is not recommended for high availability.

Trap 2: Cloud Interconnect

Cloud Interconnect provides dedicated connectivity but is not a VPN solution.

Trap 3: Cloud NAT

Cloud NAT is for outbound internet from private instances, not for hybrid connectivity.

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A
Classic VPN
Why wrong: Classic VPN does not have an SLA and is not recommended for high availability.
B
HA VPN
HA VPN provides 99.99% SLA when properly configured with two external IP addresses on the cloud side and two on-premises gateways.
C
Cloud Interconnect
Why wrong: Cloud Interconnect provides dedicated connectivity but is not a VPN solution.
D
Cloud NAT
Why wrong: Cloud NAT is for outbound internet from private instances, not for hybrid connectivity.

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Question 7mediummultiple choice

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A company runs a batch analytics workload on Compute Engine that runs for 3 hours every night. The workload is fault-tolerant and can be disrupted. Which pricing model should the engineer use to minimize cost?

Trap 1: Committed use discounts

Committed use discounts require a 1-year or 3-year commitment, which is not cost-effective for a nightly 3-hour workload.

Trap 2: Spot VMs

Spot VMs are similar to preemptible but without a maximum runtime; however, preemptible VMs are cheaper and still suitable for a 3-hour job.

Trap 3: Sustained use discounts

Sustained use discounts apply to VMs running for a full month, not a few hours nightly.

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Committed use discounts
Why wrong: Committed use discounts require a 1-year or 3-year commitment, which is not cost-effective for a nightly 3-hour workload.
B
Spot VMs
Why wrong: Spot VMs are similar to preemptible but without a maximum runtime; however, preemptible VMs are cheaper and still suitable for a 3-hour job.
C
Preemptible VMs
Preemptible VMs cost much less and are perfect for fault-tolerant batch jobs that can be interrupted.
D
Sustained use discounts
Why wrong: Sustained use discounts apply to VMs running for a full month, not a few hours nightly.

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Question 8hardmultiple choice

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An engineer is designing a VPC for a multi-tier application. The application has web servers that need direct internet access, and a private database tier that must not have public IP addresses. The database tier needs outbound internet access to download updates. Which network configuration should the engineer implement?

Trap 1: Place web servers in a subnet with Cloud NAT, and database servers…

Both tiers would share the same subnet, which may not be best practice, and the database tier still needs outbound via Cloud NAT, but this works but less secure.

Trap 2: Place both tiers in the same subnet with no public IPs and use…

Web servers typically need direct internet access from users, not just outbound; Cloud NAT is for outbound only.

Trap 3: Place web servers in a subnet with Cloud NAT, and database servers…

Database servers should not have public IPs for security.

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Place web servers in a subnet with Cloud NAT, and database servers in the same subnet without public IP
Why wrong: Both tiers would share the same subnet, which may not be best practice, and the database tier still needs outbound via Cloud NAT, but this works but less secure.
B
Place web servers in a subnet with public IPs, and database servers in a separate subnet with Cloud NAT and no public IP
This separates tiers, provides outbound for database via Cloud NAT, and keeps database private.
C
Place both tiers in the same subnet with no public IPs and use Cloud NAT for all outbound traffic
Why wrong: Web servers typically need direct internet access from users, not just outbound; Cloud NAT is for outbound only.
D
Place web servers in a subnet with Cloud NAT, and database servers in a subnet with public IPs and firewall rules to restrict inbound
Why wrong: Database servers should not have public IPs for security.

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Question 9mediummultiple choice

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A company needs to run a MongoDB database on Compute Engine. The database requires high-throughput, low-latency storage that can survive VM failures. Which disk type and configuration is most appropriate?

Trap 1: Standard persistent disks with snapshots

Standard disks have low IOPS, not suitable for high-throughput databases.

Trap 2: Extreme persistent disks with snapshots

Extreme disks provide high IOPS but are overkill and more expensive; pd-ssd is sufficient.

Trap 3: Local SSDs

Local SSDs are ephemeral and data is lost if the VM fails.

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A
SSD persistent disks with snapshots
SSD pd provides high performance, and snapshots help recover data after VM failure.
B
Standard persistent disks with snapshots
Why wrong: Standard disks have low IOPS, not suitable for high-throughput databases.
C
Extreme persistent disks with snapshots
Why wrong: Extreme disks provide high IOPS but are overkill and more expensive; pd-ssd is sufficient.
D
Local SSDs
Why wrong: Local SSDs are ephemeral and data is lost if the VM fails.

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Question 10mediummultiple choice

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A company wants to use Cloud Functions to process events from Cloud Storage when new objects are uploaded. They need the function to run in a specific VPC network for tight security. Which Cloud Functions generation supports VPC connectivity?

Trap 1: Cloud Functions (1st gen) with VPC connector

1st gen does not support VPC connectors for egress to VPC; it only supports serverless VPC access for outbound.

Trap 2: Cloud Functions (2nd gen) with Cloud VPN

Cloud VPN is for hybrid connectivity, not for attaching a function to a VPC.

Trap 3: Cloud Functions (1st gen) with Cloud NAT

Cloud NAT is for outbound internet, not for VPC connectivity.

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A
Cloud Functions (2nd gen) with VPC connector
2nd gen supports VPC connectors and can run inside a VPC.
B
Cloud Functions (1st gen) with VPC connector
Why wrong: 1st gen does not support VPC connectors for egress to VPC; it only supports serverless VPC access for outbound.
C
Cloud Functions (2nd gen) with Cloud VPN
Why wrong: Cloud VPN is for hybrid connectivity, not for attaching a function to a VPC.
D
Cloud Functions (1st gen) with Cloud NAT
Why wrong: Cloud NAT is for outbound internet, not for VPC connectivity.

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Question 11easymultiple choice

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An organization needs a NoSQL document database with real-time synchronization across multiple client devices. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

Trap 1: Cloud SQL

Cloud SQL is a relational database, not a document database.

Trap 2: Cloud Bigtable

Bigtable is a wide-column database, not a document database; it does not support real-time sync.

Trap 3: Cloud Datastore

Cloud Datastore is the predecessor of Firestore and does not have real-time sync.

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A
Firestore
Firestore is a document database with real-time synchronization capabilities.
B
Cloud SQL
Why wrong: Cloud SQL is a relational database, not a document database.
C
Cloud Bigtable
Why wrong: Bigtable is a wide-column database, not a document database; it does not support real-time sync.
D
Cloud Datastore
Why wrong: Cloud Datastore is the predecessor of Firestore and does not have real-time sync.

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Question 12hardmultiple choice

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A company is running a stateful application on a Compute Engine instance with a 200 GB persistent disk. They want to reduce costs by moving the disk to a lower-cost storage class, but the disk is currently in use. They plan to take a snapshot of the disk and create a new disk from the snapshot with the new storage class. However, they need minimal downtime. What is the correct approach?

Trap 1: Use the 'gcloud compute disks update' command to change the storage…

Persistent disk storage class cannot be changed in-place; you must create a new disk from a snapshot.

Trap 2: Create a new disk with the new storage class and use rsync to copy…

You cannot attach two disks with the same mount point simultaneously without additional configuration, and rsync would cause data inconsistency.

Trap 3: Stop the VM, take a snapshot, create a new disk with the new…

This approach works but causes longer downtime because the VM is stopped during snapshot and disk creation. The correct answer mentions minimal downtime by taking snapshot while VM is running.

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A
Use the 'gcloud compute disks update' command to change the storage class while the disk is attached to a running VM
Why wrong: Persistent disk storage class cannot be changed in-place; you must create a new disk from a snapshot.
B
Create a new disk with the new storage class and use rsync to copy data from the old disk while both are attached to the same VM
Why wrong: You cannot attach two disks with the same mount point simultaneously without additional configuration, and rsync would cause data inconsistency.
C
Take a snapshot of the disk, create a new disk from the snapshot with the new storage class, then detach the old disk and attach the new disk to the same VM
This is the correct method; minimal downtime occurs when detaching/attaching.
D
Stop the VM, take a snapshot, create a new disk with the new storage class, and start the VM with the new disk
Why wrong: This approach works but causes longer downtime because the VM is stopped during snapshot and disk creation. The correct answer mentions minimal downtime by taking snapshot while VM is running.

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Question 13mediummulti select

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A company runs a critical application on Compute Engine that requires static IP addresses and must be highly available across zones. The application uses a stateful backend. Which TWO steps should the engineer take to meet these requirements? (Choose 2)

Trap 1: Assign each VM a static external IP address

Assigning static IPs to individual VMs does not provide a single endpoint and is not recommended for HA.

Trap 2: Use Cloud DNS with geo-routing

Geo-routing is for global load balancing, not necessary for zonal HA.

Trap 3: Use a single-zone managed instance group with a snapshot schedule

Single-zone does not provide cross-zone HA.

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A
Configure an external TCP/UDP load balancer with a static IP address
Load balancer provides a static IP and health checks for high availability.
B
Assign each VM a static external IP address
Why wrong: Assigning static IPs to individual VMs does not provide a single endpoint and is not recommended for HA.
C
Use a managed instance group with multiple zones enabled
Multi-zone MIG distributes instances across zones to survive zone failures.
D
Use Cloud DNS with geo-routing
Why wrong: Geo-routing is for global load balancing, not necessary for zonal HA.
E
Use a single-zone managed instance group with a snapshot schedule
Why wrong: Single-zone does not provide cross-zone HA.

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Question 14hardmulti select

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A company is using Cloud Functions (2nd gen) to process high-volume events from Pub/Sub. The function needs to write results to a Cloud Storage bucket. The security team requires that the function uses a service account with the least privilege. Which THREE roles should the engineer assign to the function's service account? (Choose 3)

Trap 1: roles/iam.serviceAccountUser

This role is to impersonate service accounts, not required for the function's own service account.

Trap 2: roles/pubsub.publisher

Not needed; the function only subscribes, it does not publish.

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roles/cloudfunctions.invoker
Allows the Cloud Function to be invoked by the Pub/Sub push.
B
roles/iam.serviceAccountUser
Why wrong: This role is to impersonate service accounts, not required for the function's own service account.
C
roles/pubsub.publisher
Why wrong: Not needed; the function only subscribes, it does not publish.
D
roles/pubsub.subscriber
Required to pull and acknowledge messages from Pub/Sub.
E
roles/storage.objectCreator
Required to create objects in the bucket.

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Question 15easymulti select

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A company wants to analyze terabytes of structured data using SQL queries. The data is stored in CSV files in Cloud Storage. Which TWO Google Cloud services can be used together to query the data directly without loading it into a database? (Choose 2)

Trap 1: Cloud SQL

Cloud SQL requires importing data into a database; it cannot query external files directly.

Trap 2: Dataproc

Dataproc can process CSV files but requires running a cluster and writing code (Hive, Spark); not direct SQL querying.

Trap 3: Dataflow

Dataflow is for stream/batch processing pipelines, not interactive SQL queries.

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A
BigQuery
BigQuery can query external data in Cloud Storage directly.
B
Cloud SQL
Why wrong: Cloud SQL requires importing data into a database; it cannot query external files directly.
C
Dataproc
Why wrong: Dataproc can process CSV files but requires running a cluster and writing code (Hive, Spark); not direct SQL querying.
D
Dataflow
Why wrong: Dataflow is for stream/batch processing pipelines, not interactive SQL queries.
E
Cloud Storage
CSV files are stored in Cloud Storage.

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Question 16easymultiple choice

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A company wants to run a stateless containerized web application that scales to zero when not in use. The application receives HTTP requests and must be billed only for the resources consumed during request processing. Which Google Cloud compute service is most appropriate?

Question 17easymultiple choice

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A developer needs to creare a Cloud Storage bucket with the storage class that automatically moves objects to a lower-cost storage class after 30 days. Which storage class should be used?

Question 18mediummultiple choice

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Question 19mediummultiple choice

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A company runs a batch job every night that processes data from a Cloud Storage bucket and writes results to BigQuery. The job runs on a Compute Engine VM. To minimize costs, what is the best practice for the VM?

Question 20mediummultiple choice

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A developer is using Cloud Functions (Gen 2) which is based on Cloud Run. They need to handle events from Cloud Storage when a new object is uploaded. Which event type should they use?

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▸IaaS gives you infrastructure control; SaaS gives you only the application.
▸Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud — not two public clouds.
▸Cloud does not automatically mean cheaper or more secure.
▸Management responsibility shifts with each service model (IaaS → PaaS → SaaS).

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An engineer needs to create a Cloud Storage bucket for storing archival data that will be accessed less than once a year. The data must be stored durably and cost-effectively. Which storage class should the engineer use?

A company plans to run a stateful application on Compute Engine that requires high random I/O performance and the ability to resize the persistent disk without downtime. The application is running on a Linux VM. Which persistent disk type and configuration should the engineer choose?

A company uses Cloud SQL for MySQL to host a database. The database must be accessible from a Compute Engine VM in the same region but in a different VPC network (VPC-A). The company does not want to use public IP addresses or VPN. What should the engineer do to enable connectivity?

An engineer needs to deploy a containerized web application that receives HTTP requests and should scale to zero when not in use. The application is stateless and has a lightweight container image. Which Google Cloud compute service should be used?

A company wants to set up a hybrid network between their on-premises data center and Google Cloud. They need a highly available VPN connection with 99.99% SLA. Which VPN solution should they choose?

A company runs a batch analytics workload on Compute Engine that runs for 3 hours every night. The workload is fault-tolerant and can be disrupted. Which pricing model should the engineer use to minimize cost?

A company needs to run a MongoDB database on Compute Engine. The database requires high-throughput, low-latency storage that can survive VM failures. Which disk type and configuration is most appropriate?

A company wants to use Cloud Functions to process events from Cloud Storage when new objects are uploaded. They need the function to run in a specific VPC network for tight security. Which Cloud Functions generation supports VPC connectivity?

An organization needs a NoSQL document database with real-time synchronization across multiple client devices. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

A company runs a critical application on Compute Engine that requires static IP addresses and must be highly available across zones. The application uses a stateful backend. Which TWO steps should the engineer take to meet these requirements? (Choose 2)

A company wants to analyze terabytes of structured data using SQL queries. The data is stored in CSV files in Cloud Storage. Which TWO Google Cloud services can be used together to query the data directly without loading it into a database? (Choose 2)

A company wants to run a stateless containerized web application that scales to zero when not in use. The application receives HTTP requests and must be billed only for the resources consumed during request processing. Which Google Cloud compute service is most appropriate?

A developer needs to creare a Cloud Storage bucket with the storage class that automatically moves objects to a lower-cost storage class after 30 days. Which storage class should be used?

An organization has a VPC with instances in two subnets: subnet-a (10.0.1.0/24) and subnet-b (10.0.2.0/24). They want to allow HTTP traffic from any instance in subnet-a to any instance in subnet-b. What firewall rule should be created?

A company runs a batch job every night that processes data from a Cloud Storage bucket and writes results to BigQuery. The job runs on a Compute Engine VM. To minimize costs, what is the best practice for the VM?

A developer is using Cloud Functions (Gen 2) which is based on Cloud Run. They need to handle events from Cloud Storage when a new object is uploaded. Which event type should they use?

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