Google Cloud Launchpad Quiz QuestionsSelect the two capabilities that form the basis of a transformation cloud? Select two correct answers.

Select the two capabilities that form the basis of a transformation cloud? Select two correct answers. 1. A trusted cloud gives control of all resources to the user to ensure high availability at all times. 2. Sustainable cloud ensures the costs of cloud resources are controlled to prevent budget overrun. 3. Collaboration cloud ensures that the device a user connects with only works on the corporate network. 4. Open infrastructure gives the freedom to innovate by running applications in the place that makes the most sense. 5. Data cloud provides a unified solution to manage data across the entire data lifecycle.

1. Open infrastructure gives the freedom to innovate by running applications in the place that makes the most sense. 2. Data cloud provides a unified solution to manage data across the entire data lifecycle.

What is the cloud? 1. A Google product for computing large amounts of data. 2. A Google product made up of on-premises IT infrastructure. 3. A metaphor for a network of data centers. 4. A metaphor for the networking capability of internet providers

A metaphor for a network of data centers.

Which definition best describes a firewall? 1. A network security device that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predefined security rules 2. A software program that encrypts data to make it unreadable to unauthorized users 3. A security model that assumes no user or device can be trusted by default 4. A set of security measures designed to protect a computer system or network from cyber attacks

A network security device that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predefined security rules

A car insurance company has a large database that stores customer details, including the vehicles they own and past claims. The structure of the database means that information is stored in tables, rows, and columns. What type of database is this? 1. A non-relational database 2. An object database 3. A relational database 4. An XML database

A relational database

Google applies generative AI to products like Google Workspace, but what is generative AI? 1. A type of artificial intelligence that can create and sustain its own consciousness. 2. A type of artificial intelligence that can produce new content, including text, images, audio, and synthetic data. 3. A type of artificial intelligence that can understand and respond to human emotions. 4. A type of artificial intelligence that can make decisions and take actions.

A type of artificial intelligence that can produce new content, including text, images, audio, and synthetic data.

Google's AI principles are a set of guiding values that help develop and use artificial intelligence responsibly. Which of these is one of Google's AI principles? 1. AI should be socially beneficial. 2. AI should be accountable to other machines. 3. AI should create or reinforce unfair bias. 4. AI should be made available for any use.

AI should be socially beneficial.

Which is a powerful encryption algorithm trusted by governments and businesses worldwide? 1. Isomorphic encryption (IE) 2. Lattice-Based Cryptography (LBC) 3. Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) 4. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

New cloud tools make it possible to harness the potential of unstructured data. Which of these use cases best demonstrates this? 1. Using GPS coordinates to power a ride-sharing app 2. Analyzing social media posts to identify sentiment toward a brand 3. Creating visualizations from seasonal weather data 4. Analyzing historical sales figures to predict future trends

Analyzing social media posts to identify sentiment toward a brand

What is the name of Google Cloud's API management service that can operate APIs with enhanced scale, security, and automation? 1. Apigee 2. App Engine 3. AppSheet 4. Cloud API Manager

Apigee

What term describes a set of instructions that lets different software programs communicate with each other? 1. Application programming interface 2. Communication link interface 3. Programming communication link 4. Network programming interface

Application programming interface

Which option refers to the use of technologies to build machines and computers that can mimic cognitive functions associated with human intelligence? 1. Natural language processing 2. Artificial intelligence 3. Machine learning 4. Deep learning

Artificial intelligence

Which network performance metric describes the amount of data a network can transfer in a given amount of time? 1. Fiber optics 2. Bandwidth 3. Domain Name System (DNS) 4. Latency

Bandwidth

Which is a fully managed cloud infrastructure solution that lets organizations run their Oracle workloads on dedicated servers in the cloud? 1. App Engine 2. SQL Server on Google Cloud 3. Bare metal solution 4. Google Cloud VMware Engine

Bare metal solution

What is Google Cloud's modern and serverless data warehousing solution? 1. BigQuery 2. Compute Engine 3. Vertex AI 4. Cloud Storage

BigQuery

Which item describes a goal of an organization seeking digital transformation? 1. Break down data silos and generate real time insights. 2. Ensure better security by decoupling teams and their data. 3. Streamline their hardware procurement process to forecast at least a quarter into the future. 4. Reduce emissions by using faster networks in their on-premises workloads.

Break down data silos and generate real time insights.

BigQuery ML is a machine learning service that lets users: 1. Build and evaluate machine learning models in BigQuery by using SQL. 2. Seamlessly connect with a data science team to create an ML model. 3. Build and evaluate machine learning models in BigQuery by using Python and Java. 4. Export small amounts of data to spreadsheets or other applications.

Build and evaluate machine learning models in BigQuery by using SQL.

What is one way that organizations can create new revenue streams through APIs? 1. By using APIs to track customer shipments 2. By charging developers to access their APIs 3. By allowing developers to access their data for free 4. By developing new products and services internally

By charging developers to access their APIs

An organization wants to ensure they have redundancy of their resources so their application remains available in the event of a disaster. How can they ensure this happens? 1. By putting resources in the Domain Name System (DNS). 2. By assigning a different IP address to each resource. 3. Using the edge network to cache the whole application image in a backup. 4. By putting resources in different zones.

By putting resources in different zones.

What is Google's big data database service that powers many core Google services, including Google Search, Google Analytics, Google Maps Platform, and Gmail? 1. Cloud Bigtable 2. Cloud Spanner 3. Cloud Storage 4. Cloud SQL

Cloud Bigtable

Which is the best SQL-based storage option for a transactional workload that requires local or regional scalability? 1. Cloud Bigtable 2. Cloud Spanner 3. Cloud SQL 4. Cloud Storage

Cloud SQL

Which would be the best SQL-based storage option for a transactional workload that requires global scalability? 1. Firestore 2. Cloud Bigtable 3. Cloud Spanner 4. Cloud SQL

Cloud Spanner

Data in the form of video, pictures, and audio recordings is well suited to object storage. Which product is best for storing this kind of data? 1. BigQuery 2. Firestore 3. Cloud SQL 4. Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage

A data analyst for an online retailer must produce a sales report at the end of each quarter. Which Cloud Storage class should the retailer use for data accessed every 90 days? 1. Coldline 2. Nearline 3. Standard 4. Archive

Coldline

Which cloud security principle ensures that security practices and measures align with established standards and guidelines? 1. Integrity 2. Confidentiality 3. Control 4. Compliance

Compliance

Where can you find details about certifications and compliance standards met by Google Cloud? 1. Cloud Storage client libraries 2. Google Cloud console 3. Marketplace 4. Compliance resource center

Compliance resource center

Which three essential aspects of cloud security form the foundation of the CIA triad? 1. Containers, infrastructure, and architecture 2. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability 3. Certificates, intelligence, and authentication 4. Compliance, identity, and access management

Confidentiality, integrity, and availability

Which cybersecurity threat occurs when errors arise during the setup of resources, inadvertently exposing sensitive data and systems to unauthorized access? 1. Configuration mishaps 2. Malware 3. Phishing 4. Virus

Configuration mishaps

Which Google Cloud AI solution is designed to help businesses improve their customer service? 1. Cloud Talent Solution 2. Document AI 3. Discovery AI for Retail 4. Contact Center AI

Contact Center AI

Google Cloud offers four options for building machine learning models. Which is best when a business wants to code their own machine learning environment, the training, and the deployment? 1. BigQuery ML 2. AutoML 3. Pre-trained APIs 4. Custom training

Custom training

How do data analytics and business intelligence differ from AI and ML? 1. Data analytics and business intelligence are used only in small businesses, whereas AI and ML are used exclusively by large corporations. 2. Data analytics and business intelligence use automated decision-making processes, whereas AI and ML require human intervention and interpretation of data. 3. Data analytics and business intelligence identify trends from historical data, whereas AI and ML use data to make decisions for future business. 4. Data analytics and business intelligence involve advanced algorithms for predicting future trends, whereas AI and ML focus on processing historical data.

Data analytics and business intelligence identify trends from historical data, whereas AI and ML use data to make decisions for future business.

Google Cloud encrypts data at various states. Which state refers to when data is being actively processed by a computer? 1. Data in transit 2. Data at rest 3. Data in use 4. Data lake

Data in use

Which is a repository designed to ingest, store, explore, process, and analyze any type or volume of raw data, regardless of the source? 1. Database 2. Data archive 3. Data warehouse 4. Data lake

Data lake

Which step in the data value chain is where collected raw data is transformed into a form that's ready to derive insights from? 1. Data genesis 2. Data analysis 3. Data storage 4. Data processing

Data processing

Which term describes the concept that data is subject to the laws and regulations of the country where it resides? 1. Data residency 2. Data sovereignty 3. Data consistency 4. Data redundancy

Data sovereignty

BigQuery works in a multicloud environment. How do organizations benefit from this feature? 1. Data teams can eradicate data silos by analyzing data across multiple cloud providers. 2. Multicloud support in BigQuery is only intended for use in disaster recovery scenarios. 3. BigQuery lets organizations save costs by limiting the number of cloud providers they use. 4. Security is more effective when BigQuery is run in on-premises environments.

Data teams can eradicate data silos by analyzing data across multiple cloud providers.

Which Google Cloud product can be used to synchronize data across databases, storage systems, and applications? 1. Datastream 2. Dataproc 3. Pub/Sub 4. Dataprep

Datastream

Which Google Cloud AI solution is designed to help businesses automate document processing? 1. Contact Center AI 2. Cloud Talent Solution 3. Discovery AI for Retail 4. Document AI

Document AI

What does ETL stand for in the context of data processing? 1. Enrichment, tagging, and labeling 2. Enhanced transaction logic 3. Event-time logic 4. Extract, transform, and load

Extract, transform, and load

Which use case demonstrates ML's ability to process natural language? 1. Segmenting images into different parts or regions to extract information, such as the text on a sign. 2. Identifying the topic and sentiment of customer email messages so that they can be routed to the relevant department. 3. Detecting people and objects in surveillance footage to use as evidence in criminal cases. 4. Identifying the artist, title, or genre of a song to create playlists based on the user's listening habits.

Identifying the topic and sentiment of customer email messages so that they can be routed to the relevant department.

What is Google Cloud's distributed messaging service that can receive messages from various device streams such as gaming events, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and application streams? 1. Looker 2. Pub/Sub 3. Dataproc 4. Dataplex

Pub/Sub

Which cybersecurity threat demands a ransom payment from a victim to regain access to their files and systems. 1. Virus 2. Spyware 3. Trojan 4. Ransomware

Ransomware

Which Google Cloud feature allows users to control their data's physical location? 1. Areas 2. Places 3. Regions 4. Districts

Regions

A manufacturing company is considering shifting their on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, but are concerned that access to their data and applications won't be available when they need them. They want to ensure that if one data center goes down, another will be available to prevent any disruption of service. What does this refer to? 1. Reliability 2. Total cost of ownership 3. Security 4. Flexibility

Reliability

Which practice involves a combination of processes and technologies that help reduce the risk of data breaches, system outages, and other security incidents in the cloud? 1. Security operations (SecOps) 2. Cloud security posture management (CSPM) 3. Site reliability engineering (SRE) 4. Zero trust security

Security operations (SecOps)

What computing option automatically provisions resources, like compute power, in the background as needed? 1. PaaS (platform as a service) 2. IaaS (infrastructure as a service) 3. Serverless computing 4. Traditional on-premises computing

Serverless computing

An organization wants to move their collaboration software to the cloud, but due to limited IT staff one of their main drivers is having low maintenance needs. Which cloud computing model would best suit their requirements? 1. Software as a Service (SaaS) 2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) 3. IT as a service (ITaaS) 4. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

What portion of a machine does a container virtualize? 1. Software layers above the operating system level 2. Hardware layers above the electrical level 3. Software layers above the firmware level 4. The entire machine

Software layers above the operating system level

What are the two services that BigQuery provides? 1. Networking and storage 2. Migration and analytics 3. Compute and analytics 4. Storage and analytics

Storage and analytics

Which data type is highly organized and well-defined? 1. Unstructured data 2. Structured data 3. A hybrid of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data 4. Semi-structured data

Structured data

Streaming analytics is the processing and analyzing of data records continuously instead of in batches. Which option is a source of streaming data? 1. Payroll records 2. Medical test results 3. Customer email addresses 4. Temperature sensors

Temperature sensors

What's the name of Google's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is used to accelerate machine learning workloads? 1. Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) 2. Vertex Processing Unit (VPU) 3. Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) 4. Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)

An online retailer uses a smart analytics tool to ingest real-time customer behavior data to surface the best suggestions for particular users. How can machine learning guide this activity? 1. Machine learning can help identify user behavior in real time, but cannot make personalized suggestions based on the data. 2. Through machine learning, with every click that the user makes, their website experience becomes increasingly personalized. 3. Machine learning can be used to make all users see the same product recommendations, regardless of their preferences or behavior. 4. Through machine learning, a user's credit card transactions can be analyzed to determine regular purchases.

Through machine learning, a user's credit card transactions can be analyzed to determine regular purchases.

Select the definition of digital transformation. 1. When an organization uses new digital technologies to create or modify on-premises business processes. 2. When an organization uses new digital technologies to create or modify financial models for how a business is run. 3. When an organization uses new digital technologies to create or modify business processes, culture, and customer experiences. 4. When an organization uses new digital technologies to create or modify technology infrastructure to focus on cost saving.

When an organization uses new digital technologies to create or modify business processes, culture, and customer experiences.

What does the consistency dimension refer to when data quality is being measured? 1. Whether a dataset is free from duplicate values that could prevent an ML model from learning accurately. 2. Whether the data is uniform and doesn't contain any contradictory information. 3. Whether all the required information is present. 4. Whether the data is up-to-date and reflects the current state of the phenomenon that is being modeled.

Whether the data is uniform and doesn't contain any contradictory information.

Which cloud computing service model offers a develop-and-deploy environment to build cloud applications? 1. Software as a Service (SaaS) 2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) 3. Function as a Service (FaaS) 4. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

An organization has made significant investments in their own infrastructure and has regulatory requirements for their data to be hosted on-premises. Which cloud implementation would best suit their needs? 1. Platform as a service 2. Software as a service 3. Private Cloud 4. Public Cloud

Private Cloud

What is the benefit of implementing a transformation cloud that is based on open infrastructure? 1. On-premises software isn't open source, so cloud applications are more portable. 2. Open source software makes it easier to patent proprietary software. 3. Open source software reduces the chance of vendor lock-in. 4. Open standards make it easier to hire more developers

Open source software reduces the chance of vendor lock-in.

What metric does Google Cloud use to measure the efficiency of its data centers to achieve cost savings and a reduced carbon footprint? 1. Total cost of ownership (TCO) 2. Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) 3. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 4. Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE)

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

Which aspect of cloud identity management verifies the identity of users or systems? 1. Authentication 2. Accounting 3. Auditing 4. Authorization

Authentication

Which feature of Vertex AI lets users build and train end-to-end machine learning models by using a GUI (graphical user interface), without writing a line of code. 1. Custom training 2. Managed ML environment 3. MLOps 4. AutoML

AutoML

Which represents the proprietary customer datasets that a business collects from customer or audience transactions and interactions? 1. First-party data 2. Third-party data 3. Second-party data

First-party data

A financial services organization has bank branches in a number of countries, and has built an application that needs to run in different configurations based on the local regulations of each country. How can cloud infrastructure help achieve this goal? 1. Reliability of the infrastructure availability. 2. Flexibility of infrastructure configuration. 3. Total cost of ownership of the infrastructure. 4. Scalability of infrastructure to needs.

Flexibility of infrastructure configuration.

As the world and business changes, organizations have to decide between embracing new technology and transforming, or keeping their technology and approaches the same. What risks might an organization face by not transforming as their market evolves? 1. Focusing on 'how' they operate can prevent organizations from seeing transformation opportunities. 2. Organizations risk losing market leadership if they spend too much time on digital transformation. 3. Focusing on 'why' they operate can lead to inefficient use of resources and disruption. 4. Embracing new technology can cause organizations to overspend on innovation.

Focusing on 'how' they operate can prevent organizations from seeing transformation opportunities.

What's the name of Google Cloud's production-ready platform for running Kuberenetes applications across multiple cloud environments? 1. GKE Enterprise 2. Google Kubernetes Engine 3. Container Registry 4. Knative

GKE Enterprise

Which characteristic is true for all Cloud Storage classes? 1. Geo-redundancy if data is stored in a multi-region or dual-region 2. High latency and low durability 3. Maximum storage limits 4. Accessibility only within one region

Geo-redundancy if data is stored in a multi-region or dual-region

What Google Cloud product provides robust protection from harmful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks? 1. Cloud IAM 2. Cloud Load Balancing 3. Cloud Monitoring 4. Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Armor

A solar energy company wants to analyze weather data to better understand the seasonal impact on their business. On which platform could they find free-to-use weather datasets? 1. Google Play 2. Google Cloud console 3. Google Cloud Marketplace 4. App Engine

Google Cloud Marketplace

An organization wants to innovate using the latest technologies, but also has compliance needs that specify data must be stored in specific locations. Which cloud approach would best suit their needs? 1. Hybrid Cloud 2. Public Cloud 3. On-premises infrastructure 4. Multicloud

Hybrid Cloud

What name is given to an environment that comprises some combination of on-premises or private cloud infrastructure and public cloud services? 1. Smart cloud 2. Secure cloud 3. Hybrid cloud 4. Multicloud

Hybrid cloud

Select the correct statement about Identity and Access Management (IAM). 1. IAM is a system that detects and prevents malicious traffic from entering a cloud network. 2. IAM is a cloud security information and event management solution that collects and analyzes log data from cloud security devices and applications. 3. IAM provides granular control over who has access to Google Cloud resources and what they can do with those resources. 4. IAM is a cloud service that encrypts cloud-based data at rest and in transit.

IAM provides granular control over who has access to Google Cloud resources and what they can do with those resources.

You're watching a video on YouTube and are shown a list of videos that YouTube thinks you are interested in. What ML solution powers this feature? 1. Personalized recommendations 2. Content moderation 3. Clickbait detection 4. Video transcription

Personalized recommendations

Which is a benefit of cloud security over traditional on-premises security? 1. having to install security updates on a weekly basis. 2. Increased scalability. 3. Having physical access to hardware. 4. Large upfront capital investment.

Increased scalability.

Which cloud security principle relates to keeping data accurate and trustworthy? 1. Compliance 2. Integrity 3. Control 4. Confidentiality

Integrity

Which statement is true about Dataflow? 1. It's a messaging service for receiving messages from various device streams. 2. It handles infrastructure setup and maintenance for processing pipelines. 3. It allows easy data cleaning and transformation through visual tools and machine learning-based suggestions. 4. It's a cloud-based data warehouse for storing and analyzing streaming and batch data.

It handles infrastructure setup and maintenance for processing pipelines.

What feature of Looker makes it easy to integrate into existing workflows and share with multiple teams at an organization? 1. It's cost effective. 2. It's 100% web based. 3. It supports over 60 different SQL databases. 4. It creates easy to understand visualizations.

It's 100% web based.

Which option best describes a benefit of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)? 1. It has low management overhead, as all administration and management tasks for data, servers, storage, and updates are handled by the cloud vendor. 2. It's efficient, as IaaS resources are available when needed and resources aren't wasted by overbuilding capacity. 3. It reduces development time, as developers can go straight to coding instead of spending time setting up and maintaining a development environment. 4. It's cost-effective, as all infrastructure costs are handled under a single monthly or annual subscription fee.

It's efficient, as IaaS resources are available when needed and resources aren't wasted by overbuilding capacity.

An organization has a new application, and user subscriptions are growing faster than on-premises infrastructure can handle. What benefit of the cloud might help them in this situation? 1. It's scalable, so the organization could shorten their infrastructure deployment time. 2. It's cost effective, so the organization will no longer have to pay for computing once the app is in the cloud. 3. It provides physical access, so the organization can deploy servers faster. 4. It's secure, so the organization won't have to worry about the new subscribers data.

It's scalable, so the organization could shorten their infrastructure deployment time.

What common cybersecurity threat involves tricking users into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that compromise security? 1. Configuration mishap 2. Phishing 3. Ransomware 4. Malware

Phishing

What open source platform, originally developed by Google, manages containerized workloads and services? 1. Angular 2. TensorFlow 3. Go 4. Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Which security principle advocates granting users only the access they need to perform their job responsibilities? 1. Security by default 2. Zero-trust architecture 3. Least privilege 4. Privileged access

Least privilege

What phrase refers to when a workload is rehosted without changing anything in the workload's code or architecture. 1. Refactor and reshape 2. Lift and shift 3. Reimagine and plan 4. Move and improve

Lift and shift

What term is commonly used to describe a rehost migration strategy for an organization that runs specialized legacy applications that aren't compatible with cloud-native applications? 1. Install and fall 2. Lift and shift 3. Move and improve 4. Build and deploy

Lift and shift

Which strategy describes when databases are migrated from on-premises and private cloud environments to the same type of database hosted by a public cloud provider? 1. Remain on-premises 2. Managed database migration 3. Refactoring 4. Lift and shift

Lift and shift

What Google Cloud business intelligence platform is designed to help individuals and teams analyze, visualize, and share data? 1. Cloud Storage 2. Dataplex 3. Looker 4. Dataflow

Looker

Which technology relies on models to analyze large amounts of data, learn from the insights, and then make predictions and informed decisions? 1. Machine learning 2. Expert systems 3. Robotics 4. Natural language processing

Machine learning

Which is the responsibility of the cloud provider in a cloud security model? 1. Securing the customer's data. 2. Managing the customer's user access. 3. Configuring the customer's applications. 4. Maintaining the customer's infrastructure.

Maintaining the customer's infrastructure.

In modern application development, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of cloud-based infrastructure, such as patching, upgrades, and monitoring? 1. Managed services 2. DevOps 3. Cloud security 4. Containers

Managed services

In modern cloud application development, what name is given to independently deployable, scalable, and maintainable components that can be used to build a wide range of applications? 1. Containers 2. Microservices 3. Monoliths 4. DevOps

Microservices

What name is given to an environment where an organization uses more than one public cloud provider as part of its architecture? 1. Multicloud 2. Hybrid cloud 3. Community cloud 4. Edge cloud

Multicloud

A large media company wants to improve how they moderate online content. Currently, they have a team of human moderators that review content for appropriateness, but are looking to leverage artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. Which of Google's pre-trained APIs could they use to identify and remove inappropriate content from the media company's website and social media platforms. 1. Speech-to-Text API 2. Video Intelligence API 3. Natural Language API 4. Vision API

Natural Language API

In the cloud computing shared responsibility model, what types of content are customers always responsible for, regardless of the computing model chosen? 1. The customer is responsible for security of the operating system, software stack required to run their applications and any hardware, networks, and physical security. 2. The customer is responsible for securing anything that they create within the cloud, such as the configurations, access policies, and user data. 3. The customer is not responsible for any of the data in the cloud, as data management is the responsibility of the cloud provider who is hosting the data. 4. The customer is responsible for all infrastructure decisions, server configurations and database monitoring.

The customer is responsible for securing anything that they create within the cloud, such as the configurations, access policies, and user data.

What is seen as a limitation of on-premises infrastructure, when compared to cloud infrastructure? 1. The on-premises hardware procurement process can take a long time. 2. Scaling processing is too difficult due to power consumption. 3. The on-premises networking is more complicated. 4. Maintenance workers do not have physical access to the servers.

The on-premises hardware procurement process can take a long time.

What is data governance? 1. The process of setting internal data policies and ensuring compliance with external standards 2. The process of analyzing data to gain insights and make informed decisions 3. The process of deleting unnecessary data to save storage space 4. The process of collecting and storing data for future use

The process of setting internal data policies and ensuring compliance with external standards

An organization has shifted from a CapEx to OpEx based spending model. Which of these statements is true? 1. They will only pay for what they use. 2. Hardware procurement is done by a centralized team. 3. They will only pay for what they forecast. 4. Budgeting will only happen on an annual basis.

They will only pay for what they use.

Artificial intelligence is best suited for replacing or simplifying rule-based systems. Which is an example of this in action? 1. Training a machine learning model to predict a search result ranking. 2. Implementing AI to develop a new product or service that has never been seen before. 3. Using AI to replace a human decision-maker in complex situations, such as those involving life-or-death choices. 4. Using a reinforcement learning algorithm to train autonomous drones for package delivery.

Training a machine learning model to predict a search result ranking.

Which report provides a way for Google Cloud to share data about how the policies and actions of governments and corporations affect privacy, security, and access to information? 1. Transparency reports 2. Compliance reports 3. Billing reports 4. Security reports

Transparency reports

What security feature adds an extra layer of protection to cloud-based systems? 1. Security information and event management (SIEM) 2. Firewall as a service (FaaS) 3. Two-step verification (2SV) 4. Data loss prevention (DLP)

Two-step verification (2SV)

Which dimension for measuring data quality means that the data conforms to a set of predefined standards and definitions such as type and format? 1. Uniqueness 2. Accuracy 3. Validity 4. Consistency

Validity

A travel company is in the early stages of developing a new application and wants to test it on a variety of configurations: different operating systems, processors, and storage options. What cloud computing option should they use? 1. Containers 2. Virtual machine instances 3. Colocation 4. A local development environment

Virtual machine instances

An online retailer wants to help users find specific products faster on their website. One idea is to allow shoppers to upload an image of the product they're looking to purchase. Which of Google's pre-trained APIs could the retailer use to expand this functionality? 1. Natural Language API 2. Video Intelligence API 3. Vision API 4. Speech-to-Text API

Vision API