Google ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Google ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Online Questions & Answers

• Question 261:

  You need to deploy an application, which is packaged in a container image, in a new project. The application exposes an HTTP endpoint and receives very few requests per day. You want to minimize costs.

  What should you do?

  A. Deploy the container on Cloud Run.
  B. Deploy the container on Cloud Run on GKE.
  C. Deploy the container on App Engine Flexible.
  D. Deploy the container on GKE with cluster autoscaling and horizontal pod autoscaling enabled.
  A. Deploy the container on Cloud Run.

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  Explanation

  Cloud Run takes any container images and pairs great with the container ecosystem: Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, Docker. ... No infrastructure to manage: once deployed, Cloud Run manages your services so you can sleep well. Fast autoscaling. Cloud Run automatically scales up or down from zero to N depending on traffic. https://cloud.google.com/run

• Question 262:

  You've been running your App Engine app for a few weeks with Autoscaling, and it's been working well. However, your marketing team is planning on a massive campaign, and they expect a lot of burst traffic. How would you go about ensuring there are always 4 idle instances?

  A. Set the min_instances property in the app.yaml,
  B. Switch to manual scaling and use the burst_traffic_protection property to True in the app.yaml.
  C. Set the min_idle_instances property in the app.yaml.
  D. Switch to manual scaling and use the idle_instance_count property in the app.yaml.
  C. Set the min_idle_instances property in the app.yaml.

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  Explanation

• Question 263:

  You are the Organization Administrator for your company's Google Cloud resources. Your company has strict compliance rules that require you to be notified about any modifications to files and documents hosted on Cloud Storage. In a recent incident, one of your team members was able to modify files and you did not receive any notifications, causing other production jobs to fail. You must ensure that you receive notifications for all changes to files and documents in Cloud Storage while minimizing management overhead. What should you do?

  A. View Cloud Audit logs for all Cloud Storage files in Logs Explorer. Filter by Admin Activity logs.
  B. Enable Cloud Storage object versioning on your bucket. Configure Pub/Sub notifications for your Cloud Storage buckets.
  C. Enable versioning on the Cloud Storage bucket. Set up a custom script that scans versions of Cloud Storage objects being modified and alert the admin by using the script.
  D. Configure Object change notifications on the Cloud Storage buckets. Send the events to Pub/Sub.
  D. Configure Object change notifications on the Cloud Storage buckets. Send the events to Pub/Sub.

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  Explanation

  Chosen solution directs you to configure Cloud Storage to send object change notifications to Pub/Sub. This approach ensures that every time an object is created, updated, or deleted, a message is immediately published to a Pub/Sub topic. You can then subscribe to that topic (or have a Cloud Function triggered) to forward an alert (or process the event further). This method is automated, incurs minimal management overhead, and follows Google Cloud's best practices for integrating notifications.

• Question 264:

  You've setup and tested several custom roles in your development project. What is the fastest way to create the same roles for your new production project?

  A. Recreate them in the new project.
  B. Use the gcloud iam copy roles command and set the destination project.
  C. In the UI, select the roles and click the Export button.
  D. Use the gcloud iam roles copy command and set the destination project.
  D. Use the gcloud iam roles copy command and set the destination project.

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  Explanation

• Question 265:

  Your company has developed a n What should you do?

  A. Deploy the application on GKE, and add a HorizontalPodAutoscaler to the deployment.
  B. Deploy the application on GKE, and add a VerticalPodAutoscaler to the deployment.
  C. Create a GKE cluster with autoscaling enabled on the node pool. Set a minimum and maximum for the size of the node pool.
  D. Create a separate node pool for each application, and deploy each application to its dedicated node pool.
  C. Create a GKE cluster with autoscaling enabled on the node pool. Set a minimum and maximum for the size of the node pool.

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  Explanation

  https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/cluster-autoscaler#adding_a_node_pool_with_autoscaling

• Question 266:

  You are developing a new application and are looking for a Jenkins installation to build and deploy your source code. You want to automate the installation as quickly and easily as possible. What should you do?

  A. Deploy Jenkins through the Google Cloud Marketplace.
  B. Create a new Compute Engine instance. Run the Jenkins executable.
  C. Create a new Kubernetes Engine cluster. Create a deployment for the Jenkins image.
  D. Create an instance template with the Jenkins executable. Create a managed instance group with this template.
  A. Deploy Jenkins through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

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  Explanation

  https://cloud.google.com/solutions/jenkins-on-kubernetes-engine

• Question 267:

  You recently received a new Google Cloud project with an attached billing account where you will work. You need to create instances, set firewalls, and store data in Cloud Storage. You want to follow Google-recommended practices. What should you do?

  A. Use the gcloud CLI services enable cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com command to enable all resources.
  B. Use the gcloud services enable compute.googleapis.com command to enable Compute Engine and the gcloud services enable storage-api.googleapis.com command to enable the Cloud Storage APIs.
  C. Open the Google Cloud console and enable all Google Cloud APIs from the API dashboard.
  D. Open the Google Cloud console and run gcloud init --project in a Cloud Shell.
  B. Use the gcloud services enable compute.googleapis.com command to enable Compute Engine and the gcloud services enable storage-api.googleapis.com command to enable the Cloud Storage APIs.

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  Explanation

  At first you need to enable API

• Question 268:

  You have been asked to set up Object Lifecycle Management for objects stored in storage buckets. The objects are written once and accessed frequently for 30 days. After 30 days, the objects are not read again unless there is a special need. The object should be kept for three years, and you need to minimize cost. What should you do?

  A. Set up a policy that uses Nearline storage for 30 days and then moves to Archive storage for three years.
  B. Set up a policy that uses Standard storage for 30 days and then moves to Archive storage for three years.
  C. Set up a policy that uses Nearline storage for 30 days, then moves the Coldline for one year, and then moves to Archive storage for two years.
  D. Set up a policy that uses Standard storage for 30 days, then moves to Coldline for one year, and then moves to Archive storage for two years.
  B. Set up a policy that uses Standard storage for 30 days and then moves to Archive storage for three years.

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  Explanation

  Correct Answer is (B):

  The key to understand the requirement is : "The objects are written once and accessed frequently for 30 days"

  Standard Storage

  Standard Storage is best for data that is frequently accessed ("hot" data) and/or stored for only brief periods of time.

  Archive Storage

  Archive Storage is the lowest-cost, highly durable storage service for data archiving, online backup, and disaster recovery. Unlike the "coldest" storage services offered by other Cloud providers, your data is available within milliseconds, not

  hours or days. Archive Storage is the best choice for data that you plan to access less than once a year.

  https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/storage-classes#standard

• Question 269:

  You are assisting a new Google Cloud user who just installed the Google Cloud SDK on their VM. The server needs access to Cloud Storage. The user wants your help to create a new storage bucket. You need to make this change in multiple environments. What should you do?

  A. Use a Deployment Manager script to automate creating storage buckets in an appropriate region
  B. Use a local SSD to improve performance of the VM for the targeted workload
  C. Use the gsutii command to create a storage bucket in the same region as the VM
  D. Use a Persistent Disk SSD in the same zone as the VM to improve performance of the VM
  A. Use a Deployment Manager script to automate creating storage buckets in an appropriate region

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  Explanation

• Question 270:

  You are running multiple VPC-native Google Kubernetes Engine clusters in the same subnet. The IPs available for the nodes are exhausted, and you want to ensure that the clusters can grow in nodes when needed. What should you do?

  A. Create a new subnet in the same region as the subnet being used.
  B. Add an alias IP range to the subnet used by the GKE clusters.
  C. Create a new VPC, and set up VPC peering with the existing VPC.
  D. Expand the CIDR range of the relevant subnet for the cluster.
  D. Expand the CIDR range of the relevant subnet for the cluster.

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  Explanation

  Correct Answer is (D):

  gcloud compute networks subnets expand-ip-range NAME gcloud compute networks subnets expand-ip-range - expand the IP range of a Compute Engine subnetwork

  https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/networks/subnets/expand-ip-range