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Associate Cloud Engineer • 5 questions • Answers & explanations included

Question 6

Your company uses Cloud Storage to store application backup files for disaster recovery purposes. You want to follow Google's recommended practices. Which storage option should you use?

A. Multi-Regional Storage
B. Regional Storage
C. Nearline Storage
D. Coldline Storage
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Correct Answer: D. Coldline Storage

Coldline Storage Explanation: Backup files for disaster recovery are accessed rarely (less than once per year). Coldline Storage is designed for this use case with the lowest storage cost. Nearline is for data accessed less than once per month. Multi-Regional and Regional are for frequently accessed data and are more expensive. Google recommends Coldline for DR backups specifically.

Question 7

Several employees at your company have been creating projects with Cloud Platform and paying for it with their personal credit cards, which the company reimburses. The company wants to centralize all these projects under a single, new billing account. What should you do?

A. Contact cloud-billing@google.com with your bank account details and request a corporate billing account for your company.
B. Create a ticket with Google Support and wait for their call to share your credit card details over the phone.
C. In the Google Platform Console, go to the Resource Manage and move all projects to the root Organizarion.
D. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, create a new billing account and set up a payment method.
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Correct Answer: D. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, create a new billing account and set up a payment method.

You create a new billing account directly in GCP Console and set a corporate payment method. Then link existing projects to this new billing account. Options A and B are not valid Google support processes — Google doesn't accept billing setup via email or phone call. Option C moves projects under an Organization but doesn't consolidate billing.

Question 8

You have an application that looks for its licensing server on the IP 10.0.3.21. You need to deploy the licensing server on Compute Engine. You do not want to change the configuration of the application and want the application to be able to reach the licensing server. What should you do?

A. Reserve the IP 10.0.3.21 as a static internal IP address using gcloud and assign it to the licensing server.
B. Reserve the IP 10.0.3.21 as a static public IP address using gcloud and assign it to the licensing server.
C. Use the IP 10.0.3.21 as a custom ephemeral IP address and assign it to the licensing server.
D. Start the licensing server with an automatic ephemeral IP address, and then promote it to a static internal IP address.
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Correct Answer: A. Reserve the IP 10.0.3.21 as a static internal IP address using gcloud and assign it to the licensing server.

10.0.3.21 is a private (RFC 1918) IP, so it must be a static internal IP. Using gcloud compute addresses create --addresses 10.0.3.21 --subnet ... reserves it as a static internal IP. Option B is wrong — 10.0.3.21 cannot be a public IP. Option C (custom ephemeral) is not a valid GCP concept. Option D uses an automatic IP which won't guarantee 10.0.3.21.

Question 9

You are deploying an application to App Engine. You want the number of instances to scale based on request rate. You need at least 3 unoccupied instances at all times. Which scaling type should you use?

A. Manual Scaling with 3 instances.
B. Basic Scaling with min_instances set to 3.
C. Basic Scaling with max_instances set to 3.
D. Automatic Scaling with min_idle_instances set to 3.
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Correct Answer: D. Automatic Scaling with min_idle_instances set to 3.

Automatic Scaling in App Engine scales based on request rate and supports min_idle_instances, which keeps at least N instances unoccupied at all times. Basic Scaling (B, C) doesn't support min_idle_instances and scales based on activity but not continuously. Manual Scaling (A) doesn't auto-scale at all. min_idle_instances = 3 directly satisfies "at least 3 unoccupied instances."

Question 10

You have a development project with appropriate IAM roles defined. You are creating a production project and want to have the same IAM roles on the new project, using the fewest possible steps. What should you do?

A. Use gcloud iam roles copy and specify the production project as the destination project.
B. Use gcloud iam roles copy and specify your organization as the destination organization.
C. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, use the 'create role from role' functionality.
D. In the Google Cloud Platform Console, use the 'create role' functionality and select all applicable permissions.
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Correct Answer: A. Use gcloud iam roles copy and specify the production project as the destination project.

gcloud iam roles copy copies a custom role from a source project to a destination project with a single command — fewest steps. Option B copies to the org level, which is broader than needed. Options C and D use the Console and require manual selection of permissions — more steps. This command preserves all permissions and the role definition exactly.

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