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Managing, Monitoring, and Optimising Network Operations questions

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A network engineer needs to verify that traffic from a specific Compute Engine instance can reach a Cloud SQL database in a different VPC. Which Google Cloud tool should be used to test this reachability?

Trap 1: Cloud Monitoring

Cloud Monitoring is for metrics and alerting, not reachability testing.

Trap 2: Network Topology

Network Topology visualizes the network but does not test reachability.

Trap 3: VPC Flow Logs

VPC Flow Logs capture network metadata after packets are sent, not proactive testing.

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A
Connectivity Tests
Connectivity Tests specifically verify reachability and identify blocking rules.
B
Cloud Monitoring
Why wrong: Cloud Monitoring is for metrics and alerting, not reachability testing.
C
Network Topology
Why wrong: Network Topology visualizes the network but does not test reachability.
D
VPC Flow Logs
Why wrong: VPC Flow Logs capture network metadata after packets are sent, not proactive testing.

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Managing, Monitoring, and Optimising Network Operations questions

A network engineer needs to verify that traffic from a specific Compute Engine instance can reach a Cloud SQL database in a different VPC. Which Google Cloud tool should be used to test this reachability?

A company wants to analyze VPC Flow Logs to understand which external IPs are generating the most outbound traffic. What is the most scalable way to store and query these logs?

An engineer notices that VPC Flow Logs are enabling on a subnet but only a fraction of traffic is logged. What is the most likely cause?

Which Network Intelligence Center tool provides a visual representation of your VPC network, including instances, subnets, firewall rules, and routes?

A company has two VPCs connected via VPC Network Peering. Traffic from an instance in VPC A to an instance in VPC B is failing. Connectivity Tests show that the expected route exists and firewall rules allow the traffic. What is a possible cause?

A security team wants to capture all traffic from a Compute Engine instance for intrusion detection. Which service should be used to copy traffic to a third-party IDS appliance running on another instance?

An engineer is troubleshooting high latency between a Compute Engine instance in us-central1 and an instance in europe-west1. Which tool can show per-region latency and packet loss?

A company is using Cloud NAT for outbound traffic. They want to log when a connection fails due to resource exhaustion. Which logging feature should be enabled?

An organization needs to reduce egress costs for a global application serving users worldwide. The application serves static content from Compute Engine instances. Which action is most cost-effective?

What is the default MTU for packets sent between VMs within the same VPC network in Google Cloud?

A network engineer has set up a Cloud Router with BGP for an HA VPN. The BGP session is flapping. Which log should be examined to diagnose the issue?

A company wants to analyze firewall rule effectiveness by identifying rules that are never hit or are shadowed. Which Network Intelligence Center tool should be used?

A security engineer wants to monitor and analyze traffic to a load-balanced web application. Which TWO services can provide detailed logs of HTTP requests and responses?

A company is experiencing a BGP session flap between Cloud Router and an on-premises router. Which THREE actions should the engineer take to diagnose the issue?

A company wants to reduce outbound data transfer costs from Compute Engine to the internet. Which TWO strategies are effective?

A network engineer wants to test reachability between a Compute Engine instance in VPC A and a Cloud SQL instance in VPC B, which are connected via VPC peering. Which Google Cloud tool should be used to check if firewall rules or routes are blocking traffic?

A company has enabled VPC Flow Logs on a subnet with the default sample rate. They notice that only 50% of flows are being logged. What is the most likely reason?

An organization has a VPC with multiple subnets and Cloud NAT configured for outbound internet access. They need to analyze which instances are using the most egress bandwidth to optimize costs. Which approach is most effective?

A network engineer wants to capture all network traffic from a set of Compute Engine instances for security monitoring by an IDS appliance. Which Google Cloud service should be used?

An organization is using Cloud CDN to deliver content globally. Which of the following is a primary benefit of using Cloud CDN?

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