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This page has 20 Select Two (Multi-Select) Questions scenario questions for the PCD exam, each with detailed explanations and wrong-answer analysis.

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Read the full scenario before looking at the answer options. Identify the constraint or requirement in the scenario, then eliminate options that are generally true but wrong for this specific case. Scenario questions reward careful reading over pattern matching.

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How to approach select two (multi-select) questions

Multi-select questions tell you to 'Choose TWO' or 'Choose THREE'. Getting partial credit is not a thing — you must select all correct answers with no incorrect ones. The stem always states how many to choose, so trust it. These questions require precision, not best-guess elimination.

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An organization is migrating a critical application to Google Cloud and needs to ensure high availability and disaster recovery. The application runs on Compute Engine and uses a stateful database. Which three design choices should they make? (Choose three.)

A
Use managed instance groups distributed across multiple zones.
MIGs across zones provide auto-healing and high availability.
B
Use regional persistent disks for the database.
Regional persistent disks synchronously replicate data across zones.
C
Use a global load balancer to route traffic to the closest healthy region.
Global load balancer provides traffic distribution and failover across regions.
D
Use preemptible VMs to reduce costs for the database layer.
Why wrong: Preemptible VMs can be terminated at any time, not suitable for stateful workloads.
E
Deploy all instances in a single zone and use snapshots for backup.
Why wrong: Single zone is a single point of failure.

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An organization is migrating a critical application to Google Cloud and needs to ensure high availability and disaster recovery. The application runs on Compute Engine and uses a stateful database. Which three design choices should they make? (Choose three.)

A team is designing a globally distributed application on Google Cloud that requires strong consistency for writes but can tolerate eventual consistency for reads. The application expects millions of concurrent users. Which two strategies should they implement? (Choose two.)

A company is designing a highly available application on Google Cloud using multiple regions. Which TWO strategies should they implement to achieve this?

Which TWO statements about building container images for Google Cloud Run are correct? (Choose TWO.)

Which THREE steps are required to set up a CI/CD pipeline for Cloud Run using Cloud Build and GitHub? (Choose THREE.)

Which THREE steps are required to set up end-to-end testing for a Cloud Run service that uses Firestore and Pub/Sub?

Which TWO practices should be followed when integrating Cloud Endpoints with a Cloud Run service to enforce API authentication and rate limiting?

A team is deploying a critical application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and needs to ensure high availability and disaster recovery. Which THREE actions should they take?

Which TWO actions should a developer take to ensure that a Cloud Run service can access a Cloud SQL instance securely?

You are designing a serverless application using Cloud Functions that processes events from Cloud Storage and Cloud Pub/Sub. The function must be idempotent and handle duplicate events. Which three best practices should you implement? (Choose THREE.)

A company is using Cloud Storage to store sensitive customer data. They need to ensure data is encrypted at rest and access is controlled. Which TWO statements are true regarding data protection in Cloud Storage? (Choose two.)

Which THREE components are essential for a complete application performance monitoring (APM) solution on Google Cloud?

Which THREE are valid uses of Cloud Trace? (Choose three.)

Which TWO statements about deploying applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) are correct?

A team is deploying a microservice application on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). They want to ensure high availability and minimize downtime during rolling updates. Which TWO actions should they take? (Choose two.)

Which THREE practices should be followed when deploying a containerized application to Cloud Run?