True or False: Google Cloud Load Balancing allows you to Balance HTTP-based traffic across multiple
Compute Engine regions
TRUE
Which statement is true about Google VPC networks and subnets?
Networks are global; subnets are regional
An application running in a Compute Engine virtual machine needs high-performance scratch space.
Which type of storage meets this need?
Local SSD
Choose an application that would be suitable for running in a Preemptible VM.
A batch job that can be checkpointed and restarted
"A GCP customer wants to load-balance traffic among the back-end VMs that form part of a multi-tier
application.
Which load-balancing option should this customer choose?"
The regional internal load balancer
For which of these interconnect options is a Service Level Agreement available?
Dedicated Interconnect
How do Compute Engine customers choose between big VMs and many VMs?
Use big VMs for in-memory databases and CPU-intensive analytics; use many VMs for fault tolerance
and elasticity
How do VPC routers and firewalls work?
- They are managed by Google as a built-in feature.
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Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
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Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
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Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
Graded Quiz • 30 min
Due Jun 28, 9:59 AM EAT
Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
TOTAL POINTS 8
1.
Question 1
You are developing an application that transcodes large video files. Which storage option is the best
choice for your application?
1 point
Cloud Datastore
Cloud Spanner
Cloud Storage
Google Drive
2.
Question 2
You manufacture devices with sensors and need to stream huge amounts of data from these devices to
a storage option in the cloud. Which Google Cloud Platform storage option is the best choice for your
application?
1 point
Cloud Datastore
Cloud Spanner
Cloud Bigtable
BigQuery
3.
Question 3
Which statement is true about objects in Cloud Storage?
1 point
They are immutable, and new versions overwrite old unless you turn on versioning.
They can be edited in place.
They are immutable, and versioned by default.
They are immutable unless you turn on versioning.
4.
Question 4
You are building a small application. If possible, you'd like this application's data storage to be at no
additional charge. Which service has a free daily quota, separate from any free trials?
1 point
Cloud Spanner
Bigtable
Cloud Datastore
Cloud SQL
5.
Question 5
How do the Nearline and Coldline storage classes differ from Multi-regional and Regional? Choose all
that are correct (2 responses).
1 point
Nearline and Coldline assess lower storage fees.
Nearline and Coldline assess additional retrieval fees.
Nearline and Coldline use a differently-architected API.
Nearline and Coldline have lower durability.
Data in Nearline and Coldline is not retrievable immediately.
6.
Question 6
Your application needs a relational database, and it expects to talk to MySQL. Which storage option is
the best choice for your application?
1 point
Cloud Spanner
Bigtable
Cloud Storage
Cloud SQL
7.
Question 7
Your application needs to store data with strong transactional consistency, and you want seamless
scaling up. Which storage option is the best choice for your application?
1 point
Cloud Spanner
Cloud SQL
Cloud Datastore
Cloud Storage
8.
Question 8
Which GCP storage service is often the ingestion point for data being moved into the cloud, and is
frequently the long-term storage location for data?
1 point
Cloud Datastore
Cloud Spanner
Cloud Storage
Local SSD
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