1. Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

What is the cloud?

A metaphor for a network of data centers.

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?

By putting resources in different zones.

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?

Flexibility of infrastructure configuration.

Which option best describes a benefit of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?

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

. An organization has shifted from a CapEx to OpEx based spending model. Which of these statements is true?

They will only pay for what they use.

What is the benefit of implementing a transformation cloud that is based on open infrastructure?

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

Which cloud computing service model offers a develop-and-deploy environment to build cloud applications?

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?

Private Cloud

Select the definition of digital transformation?

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

Which network performance metric describes the amount of data a network can transfer in a given amount of time?

Bandwidth

Which item describes a goal of an organization seeking digital transformation?

Break down data silos and generate real time insights.

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?

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

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?

Hybrid Cloud

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?

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

Select the two capabilities that form the basis of a transformation cloud?

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

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?

Software as a Service (SaaS)

In the cloud computing shared responsibility model, what types of content are customers always responsible for, regardless of the computing model chosen?

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?

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