Google Cloud Module Knowledge Check

computer engine

computer engine

Google Cloud provides a variety of service choices. Which of the following services is infrastructure as a service (IaaS)?

• app engine

• cloud function

• compute engine

• google kubernetes engine

organization

The Google Cloud hierarchy helps you manage resources across multiple departments and multiple teams within an organization. Which of the following is at the top level of this hierarchy?

google cloud resources

Cloud Identity and Access Management (Cloud IAM) allows you to manage privileges. What do these privileges apply to?

all resources must be associated with a project

Projects form part of the Google Cloud resources hierarchy. Which of the following is true concerning projects?

one or more data centers

Google Cloud provides resources in multi-regions, regions, and zones. What best describes a zone?

S3

Regions are independent geographic areas on the same continent. Which of the following is a regional service?

used to organize projects

What is the purpose of a folder?

the system can add and remove resources based on need

What does it mean for a system to be elastic?

you pay for the resources when they are consumed

You are using Google Cloud to provide a platform as a service (PaaS) solution using App Engine. When will you be billed for the resources required?

SaaS

You want to migrate data from your old database to the cloud. You do not want to manage the underlying architecture or the database application. Which cloud service type should you choose?

The project ID and project number are fixed

You have changed the name of your project. You want to change the name of the project ID as well, but are not able to do so. Why is this?

Restore the project from accidental deletion

You need to recover a Compute Engine instance that was in a project that you just accidentally deleted. You do not have a backup or archive copy of the instance. How can you retrieve this instance?

deploy the applications across multiple zone

You need to deploy several applications to the us-central1 region. How should you deploy the applications to enable fault tolerance and high availability?

run the cloud init command

How would you configure the Cloud SDK to work on your laptop?

gsutil

Which command line tool can be used to manage Cloud Storage?

false

True or False. When using Cloud Shell you must also install the Cloud SDK locally to manage your projects and resources.

true

True or False. The Cloud Shell code editor is one of the developer tools built into the Cloud Console.

Projects are the basis for enabling and using Google Cloud services

AND \n Each project is a separate account, and each resource belongs to exactly one.

Every Google Cloud service you use is associated with a project. Which of the following statements regarding projects are correct?

configure budgets and alerts

How would you configure billing notifications in Google Cloud?

Configuration used to prevent billing surprises and over consumption due to malicious attacks

What best describes the purpose of quotas?

use Google APIs Explorer that is part of the Cloud Console

How would you test a Google API and learn how it works?

JSON

In what format will a majority of the APIs return data in?

cloud source repositories

\n You want team members working on separate projects to be able to collaborate on the development of an application. You want to manage all access to the project and development in Google Cloud. Which Google Cloud service will allow your team to store, manage, and track code?

export the information to a BigQuery dataset

You require detailed usage and cost estimation information about a project from your Google Cloud billing data. What action can you take in the Google Cloud Billing console to accomplish this?

create a project that does not link to a billing account

You are onboarding a new co-worker. You want them to familiarize themselves with Google Cloud but not start any resources which could incur a cost. What action can you take?

define an alert at the billing account level

AND

Create a webhook in response to the alert that will trigger a shutdown script

\n

You want to automatically shutdown resources in a project if the budget exceeds a specified amount. What actions can you take to accomplish this?

the cloud shell code editor

You want to edit the code of a sample application from within your Cloud Shell environment. You do not want to launch a text based editor from the Cloud Shell prompt. What tool can you utilize to achieve this?

role/owner

You want to add additional members to your project but are unable to do so. In the Cloud Console in the cloud IAM & admin section you can see that you have the roles/viewer permission. What role do you need in order to add a member to the project?

save the files in your home directory

You want to ensure that files you are working on in the Cloud Shell persist across multiple sessions. What action must you take to ensure this happens?

\n Install the gcloud beta components and enter gcloud interactive mode.

You want to use the auto-prompting feature to help you learn the gcloud command syntax. What actions must you take in the Cloud Shell in order to enable auto prompting for commands and flags with inline help snippets?

Cloud will infer your desired zone based on your default properties

You are using the Cloud Shell to create a virtual machine. You run the gcloud compute command to create a virtual machine but omit the --zone flag. What effect will this have when provisioning the machine?

create a custom virtual machine that fits your needs

None of the pre-defined instance types fit your application. What do you do?

false

\n True or False. Compute Engine pricing is based on a daily rate for the instance.

true

True or False. Cloud Monitoring metrics can be used to trigger an autoscaling event

Local SSD

Which of the following virtual disk types is ephemeral?

App engine

Time-to-market is highly valuable to you and you want to be able to focus on writing code without ever having to touch a server, cluster, or infrastructure. Which service suits your needs?

true

True or False. Python is a runtime option for Cloud Functions.

Webhook

\n Which of the following can trigger Cloud Functions?

An orchestration engine to manage containers.

Google Kubernetes Engine is built on the open-source Kubernetes system. Which of the following statements best describes what Kubernetes is?

docker

Which of the following is the container format used with Google Kubernetes Engine?

Local SSD

You are building a VM for data analysis. You want a disk that will deliver very high Input/Output operations (IOPs) and very low latency. The files will be copied to the VM from Cloud Storage in order to perform the analysis. Which option should you choose?

increase the number of vCPUs

AND

Increase the size of the SSD persistent disks

You created several single vCPU virtual machines with SSD persistent disks attached for an application. The amount of input/output operations per second (IOPs) required by the application have increased and performance is no longer satisfactory. What actions can you take to improve disk I/O?

App Engine Flexible

\n You need to deploy a web application that has been provided by your development team as a Docker container. You do not want to manage any infrastructure for this application. Which Google compute environment should you choose?

create a trigger

AND

bind a function to a trigger

You want to use Cloud Functions to create a response to certain events. \n You also want to capture and act on these events. What must you configure to achieve this?

google kubernetes engine

\n

You want to deploy a web server in a containerized environment. You also want to install the system on local servers in the cloud, manage container networking and data storage, deploy rollouts and rollbacks, and monitor and manage container and host health. Which solution should you choose?

machine type

You want to configure a virtual machine with a large amount of RAM. Which option in the Cloud Console should you modify when creating the virtual machine to select the amount of RAM?

the latest Debian image

You deploy a virtual machine in the Google Cloud Shell using the following command 'gcloud compute instances create gcelab2 --machine-type n1-standard-2 --zone us-central1-a'. What operating system is deployed by default?

boot disk

You want to create a virtual machine running the latest version of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. Which option in the Cloud Console should you modify when creating the virtual machine?

get root access using the sudo command and retry

You have connected to your Linux virtual machine using the SSH Connect button in the Cloud Console. You run the command 'apt-get update' but receive the error 'permission denied.’ What action must you take in order to run the command?

cloud storage

\n Google Cloud has many storage options. Which would be the best option for unstructured storage?

5 TB

What is the largest object that you can store in Cloud Storage?

Nearline

What Cloud Storage storage class would be an inexpensive option for backups that you test once a month?

• Archive

• Coldline

• Nearline

• Standard

cloud spanner

Google Cloud has different options for SQL-based managed services. Which of these options is horizontally scalable and globally available?

MySQL and PostgreSQL

Which of the following database engines does Cloud SQL support?

true

True or False. You can use existing SQL skills to query data in Cloud Spanner.

BigQuery

\n Which of the following storage options is not a database?

• BigQuery

• Cloud Spanner

• Cloud SQL

images and documents

You have analyzed your data and want to transfer relevant files to Cloud Storage. Which data types are most suited for this type of storage?

• images

• documents

• stock information

• billing information

• customer transactions

standard

You require a storage solution that will host videos to be streamed frequently and globally. The solution must be geographically redundant. Which solution should you choose?

• archive

• coldline

• nearline

• standard

object versioning

\n You must support the retrieval of objects that have been overwritten or deleted using Cloud Storage. Which feature should you enable to achieve this?

• archiving

• snapshots

• cloud API

• Object versioning

access control lists

You want to define user access to individual files on a Cloud Storage bucket. You want users to only be able to read from a single object. What type of user permission should you define to achieve this?

• cloud IAM role

• Actions viewer role

• access control lists

• access approval role

you see public link to the image

You have executed the command ‘gsutil acl ch -u AllUsers:R gs://bucket1/ada.jpg’ in Cloud Shell to make the file available to anyone. What visual indicator in the Storage section of the Cloud Console allows you to verify that the permission level has been set?

• you see public link to the image

• you see public under storage class

• you see AllUsers under permissions

• you see a green tick next to the bucket

project.1 is not a valid DNS name

You want to create a bucket with a particular project name. You execute 'gsutil mb gs://project.1' but receive the error message ‘BadRequestException’. Why is this the case?

• the bucket name is already taken

• project. 1 is not a valid DNS name

• Project.1 reveals sensitive information

• the bucket name cannot end with a number

REST

Which of the following is the most common API format in Google Cloud?

APIs simplify the way disparate software resources communicate

\n

What is the purpose of an API?

• APIs replace web pages

• APIs create GUI interfaces

• APIs simplify the way disparate software resources communicate

• APIs are non-HTTPS interfaces used to interface with web interfaces

HTTPS

Which of the following is the protocol used by REST APIs?

Cloud Endpoints

You are looking for a managed API service for your cloud-based services? Which of these services would meet your needs?

pub/sub

You need a simple and reliable staging location for your event data on its journey towards processing, storage, and analysis. Which one of the following services should you consider?

through a publish/subscribe pattern

How does Pub/Sub deliver messages to endpoints?

• through an internal ID

• through a publish/subscribe pattern

• messages have to be pulled by the front end

• by pushing messages to all available endpoints based on an internal list

Pub/Sub

You have to implement a solution that allows the Human Resources (HR) system to reliably notify other departmental services that a new employee has been hired without having to directly connect your application to all of the other services. What Google service should you use?

• Apigee Edge

• Dataflow

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud Connector

ingest

You need to implement a big data analytics platform in the cloud. Into which phase of the common big data processing model would you place Pub/Sub?

• store

• ingest

• process

• analyze