GCP ACE PS Day 2

Which of the following is a virtual machine instance that can be terminated by Compute Engine without warning?

• A preemptible VM

• A shared-core VM

• A high-cpu VM

• A standard VM

Regarding Compute Engine: What is a managed instance group?

• A managed instance group combines existing instances of different configurations into one manageable group

• A managed instance group uses an instance template to create identical instances

• A managed instance group creates a firewall around instances

• A managed instance group is a set of servers used exclusively for batch processing

You need to verify the assigned permissions in a custom IAM role. What should you do?

• Use the "gcloud init" command to view the information.

• Use the GCP Console, Security section to view the information.

• Use the GCP Console, IAM section to view the information.

• Use the GCP Console, API section to view the information.

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?

• Standard Storage

• Archive Storage

• Coldline Storage

• Nearline Storage

Your application has a large international audience and runs stateless virtual machines within a managed instance group across multiple locations. One feature of the application lets users upload files and share them with other users. Files must be available for 30 days; after that, they are removed from the system entirely. Which storage solution should you choose?

• Persistent SSD on virtual machine instances

• A multi-regional Cloud Storage bucket

• A managed instance group of Filestore servers

• A Cloud Datastore database

You want to optimize the storage costs for long term archival of logs. Logs are accessed frequently in the first 30 days and only retrieved after that if there is any special requirement in the annual audit. The auditors may need to look into log entries of the previous three years. What should you do?

• Store the logs in Nearline Storage Class and set up a lifecycle policy to transition the files older than 30 days to Archive Storage Class.

• Store the logs in Nearline Storage Class and set up lifecycle policies to transition the files older than 30 days to Coldline Storage Class, and files older than 1 year to Archive Storage Class.

• Store the logs in Standard Storage Class and set up a lifecycle policy to transition the files older than 30 days to Archive Storage Class.

• Store the logs in Standard Storage Class and set up lifecycle policies to transition the files older than 30 days to Coldline Storage Class, and files older than 1 year to Archive Storage Class.

You need to set a bucket storage class for data that will be accessed once a month or less. Which type do you select?

• coldline

• multi-regional

• regional

• nearline

The name of the bucket should be globally unique.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a command line utility for cloud storage buckets?

• ssh

• gsutil

• git

• bash