Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Why might a Google Cloud customer choose to use Cloud Functions? A. Their application contains event-driven code that they don't want to provision compute resources for. B. Cloud Functions is the primary way to run C++ applications in Google Cloud. C. Cloud Functions is a free service for hosting compute operations. D. Their application has a legacy monolithic structure that they want to separate into microservices.

Their application contains event-driven code that they don't want to provision compute resources for.

Why might a Google Cloud customer use resources in several regions around the world? A. To improve security B. To earn discounts C. To offer localized application versions in different regions D. To bring their applications closer to users around the world, and for improved fault tolerance

To bring their applications closer to users around the world, and for improved fault tolerance

What is the main reason customers choose Preemptible or Spot VMs? A. To improve performance B. To reduce cost C. To use custom machine types D. To reduce cost on premium operating systems

To reduce cost

Why would a customer consider the Coldline storage class? A. To save money on storing infrequently accessed data. B. To save money on storing frequently accessed data. C. To improve security. D. To use the Coldline Storage API.

To save money on storing infrequently accessed data.

What is a Kubernetes pod? A. A group of clusters B. A group of nodes C. A group of VMs D. A group of containers

A group of containers

How does Cloud Load Balancing allow you to balance HTTP-based traffic? A. Across multiple Compute Engine regions. B. Across multiple virtual machine instances in a single Compute Engine region. C. Across multiple Google Cloud Platform services. D. Across multiple physical machines in a single data center.

Across multiple Compute Engine regions.

Order these IAM role types from broadest to finest-grained. A. Custom roles, predefined roles, basic roles B. Predefined roles, custom roles, basic roles C. Basic roles, predefined roles, custom roles

Basic roles, predefined roles, custom roles

Select the managed compute platform that lets you run stateless containers through web requests or Pub/Sub events. A. Cloud Endpoints B. Cloud Run C. Apigee API Management D. Cloud Source Repositories

Cloud Run

What is the correct use case for Cloud Storage? A. Cloud Storage is well suited to providing the root file system of a Linux virtual machine. B. Cloud Storage is well suited to providing durable and highly available object storage. C. Cloud Storage is well suited to providing data warehousing services. D. Cloud Storage is well suited to providing RDBMS services.

Cloud Storage is well suited to providing durable and highly available object storage.

Where do the resources used to build Google Kubernetes Engine clusters come from? A. Compute Engine B. App Engine C. Bare-metal servers D. Cloud Storage

Compute Engine

For which of these interconnect options is a Service Level Agreement available? A. Dedicated Interconnect B. Standard Network Tier C. Direct Peering D. Carrier Peering

Dedicated Interconnect

Cloud Run can only pull images from (Select 2): A. Docker Hub B. Self-hosted registries C. Artifact Registry D. GitHub E. Cloud Storage

Docker Hub Artifact Registry

What is the primary benefit to a Google Cloud customer of using resources in several zones within a region? A. For improved fault tolerance B. For better performance C. For expanding services to customers in new areas D. For getting discounts on other zones

For improved fault tolerance

What type of cloud computing service lets you bind your application code to libraries that give access to the infrastructure your application needs? A. Hybrid Cloud B. Infrastructure as a Service C. Software as a Service D. Platform as a Service E. Virtualized data centers

Platform as a Service

Choose the correct completion: Services and APIs are enabled on a per-__________ basis. A. Folder B. Project C. Organization D. Billing account

Project

In Google Cloud VPCs, what scope do subnets have? A. Zonal B. Regional C. Global D. Multi-regional

Regional

Which SQL database service can be scaled to petabyte database sizes? A. Spanner B. Cloud SQL C. Bigtable D. Firestore

Spanner

Which of these values is globally unique, permanent, and unchangeable, but can be modified by the customer during creation? A. The project name B. The project ID C. The project number D. The project's billing credit-card number

The project ID