Google Professional Cloud Architect BOARD
EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED PASS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Format for exporting billing info to Cloud Storage Answer: CSV,
JSON
● SQL database options Answer: Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner
● SDLC method of two alerting live production teams. Answer: Blue-
green model.
● What is service used to view and export access/audit log data?
Answer: Stackdriver logging.
● SDLC process of continually adding to code and automating
deployments. Answer: Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment
(delivery) CI/CD
● What is a blue-green deployment model? Answer: Two parallel
production teams taking turns deploying a 'live' application while the
other goes through SDLC.
, ● Breaking large file into chunks for simultaneous transfer Answer:
Parallel uploads
● Cloud storage class for once per 30 days access Answer: Nearline
● Service for analyzing up to petabytes of data analytics using SQL
queries Answer: BigQuery
● gcloud command to resize GKE container cluster to a different
number of nodes. Answer: gcloud container clusters resize [cluster
name] --node pool [pool name] --size [new size number]
● Method to slowly rollout new versions of an app on App Engine
Answer: Versions with Traffic Splitting
● Service for storing and analyzing 100GB+ on NoSQL data Answer:
Bigtable
● What works with Storage Transfer Service? Answer: AWS S3 bucket,
Google Cloud Storage bucket, HTTP/HTTPS location
● Traits of committed use discounts. Answer: - Buy 'pool' of
CPU's/RAM - billed whether you use them or not.
- Pay monthly, no upfront payment required.
EVALUATION 2026 GUARANTEED PASS
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Format for exporting billing info to Cloud Storage Answer: CSV,
JSON
● SQL database options Answer: Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner
● SDLC method of two alerting live production teams. Answer: Blue-
green model.
● What is service used to view and export access/audit log data?
Answer: Stackdriver logging.
● SDLC process of continually adding to code and automating
deployments. Answer: Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment
(delivery) CI/CD
● What is a blue-green deployment model? Answer: Two parallel
production teams taking turns deploying a 'live' application while the
other goes through SDLC.
, ● Breaking large file into chunks for simultaneous transfer Answer:
Parallel uploads
● Cloud storage class for once per 30 days access Answer: Nearline
● Service for analyzing up to petabytes of data analytics using SQL
queries Answer: BigQuery
● gcloud command to resize GKE container cluster to a different
number of nodes. Answer: gcloud container clusters resize [cluster
name] --node pool [pool name] --size [new size number]
● Method to slowly rollout new versions of an app on App Engine
Answer: Versions with Traffic Splitting
● Service for storing and analyzing 100GB+ on NoSQL data Answer:
Bigtable
● What works with Storage Transfer Service? Answer: AWS S3 bucket,
Google Cloud Storage bucket, HTTP/HTTPS location
● Traits of committed use discounts. Answer: - Buy 'pool' of
CPU's/RAM - billed whether you use them or not.
- Pay monthly, no upfront payment required.
