GCP Professional Cloud
Architect: Google Cloud
Certification 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations
Given
You need to deploy an application on Google Cloud that must run on a
Debian Linux environment. The application requires extensive
configuration in order to operate correctly. You want to ensure that you
can install Debian distribution updates with minimal manual intervention
whenever they become available. What should you do?
,A. Create a Compute Engine instance template using the most recent
Debian image. Create an instance from this template, and install and
configure the application as part of the startup script. Repeat this
process whenever a new Google-managed Debian image becomes
available.
B. Create a Debian-based Compute Engine instance, install and
configure the application, and use OS patch management to install
available updates.
C. Create an instance with the latest available Debian image. Connect to
the instance via SSH, and install and configure the application on the
instance. Repeat this process whene - ANSWER ✔✔B. Create a
Debian-based Compute Engine instance, install and configure the
application, and use OS patch management to install available updates.
(Most Voted)
You have an application that runs in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
Over the last 2 weeks, customers have reported that a specific part of
the application returns errors very frequently. You currently have no
logging or monitoring solution enabled on your GKE cluster. You want to
diagnose the problem, but you have not been able to replicate the issue.
You want to cause minimal disruption to the application. What should
you do?
,A. 1. Update your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE. 2. Use
the GKE Monitoring dashboard to investigate logs from affected Pods.
B. 1. Create a new GKE cluster with Cloud Operations for GKE enabled.
2. Migrate the affected Pods to the new cluster, and redirect traffic for
those Pods to the new cluster. 3. Use the GKE Monitoring dashboard to
investigate logs from affected Pods.
C. 1. Update your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE, and
deploy Prometheus. 2. Set an alert to tr - ANSWER ✔✔A. 1. Update
your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE. 2. Use the GKE
Monitoring dashboard to investigate logs from affected Pods. (Most
Voted)
You need to deploy a stateful workload on Google Cloud. The workload
can scale horizontally, but each instance needs to read and write to the
same POSIX filesystem. At high load, the stateful workload needs to
support up to 100 MB/s of writes. What should you do?
A. Use a persistent disk for each instance.
B. Use a regional persistent disk for each instance.
C. Create a Cloud Filestore instance and mount it in each instance.
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, D. Create a Cloud Storage bucket and mount it in each instance using
gcsfuse. - ANSWER ✔✔C. Create a Cloud Filestore instance and
mount it in each instance. Most Voted
Your company has an application deployed on Anthos clusters (formerly
Anthos GKE) that is running multiple microservices. The cluster has both
Anthos ServiceMesh and Anthos Config Management configured. End
users inform you that the application is responding very slowly. You want
to identify the microservice that is causing the delay. What should you
do?
A. Use the Service Mesh visualization in the Cloud Console to inspect
the telemetry between the microservices.
B. Use Anthos Config Management to create a ClusterSelector selecting
the relevant cluster. On the Google Cloud Console page for Google
Kubernetes Engine, view the Workloads and filter on the cluster. Inspect
the configurations of the filtered workloads.
C. Use Anthos Config Management to create a namespaceSelector
selecting the relevant cluster namespace. On the Google Cloud Console
page for Google Kubernetes Engine, visit the workloads and filter on the
na - ANSWER ✔✔A. Use the Service Mesh visualization in the Cloud
Console to inspect the telemetry between the microservices.
Architect: Google Cloud
Certification 2026 Exam All
Answers and Illustrations
Given
You need to deploy an application on Google Cloud that must run on a
Debian Linux environment. The application requires extensive
configuration in order to operate correctly. You want to ensure that you
can install Debian distribution updates with minimal manual intervention
whenever they become available. What should you do?
,A. Create a Compute Engine instance template using the most recent
Debian image. Create an instance from this template, and install and
configure the application as part of the startup script. Repeat this
process whenever a new Google-managed Debian image becomes
available.
B. Create a Debian-based Compute Engine instance, install and
configure the application, and use OS patch management to install
available updates.
C. Create an instance with the latest available Debian image. Connect to
the instance via SSH, and install and configure the application on the
instance. Repeat this process whene - ANSWER ✔✔B. Create a
Debian-based Compute Engine instance, install and configure the
application, and use OS patch management to install available updates.
(Most Voted)
You have an application that runs in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
Over the last 2 weeks, customers have reported that a specific part of
the application returns errors very frequently. You currently have no
logging or monitoring solution enabled on your GKE cluster. You want to
diagnose the problem, but you have not been able to replicate the issue.
You want to cause minimal disruption to the application. What should
you do?
,A. 1. Update your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE. 2. Use
the GKE Monitoring dashboard to investigate logs from affected Pods.
B. 1. Create a new GKE cluster with Cloud Operations for GKE enabled.
2. Migrate the affected Pods to the new cluster, and redirect traffic for
those Pods to the new cluster. 3. Use the GKE Monitoring dashboard to
investigate logs from affected Pods.
C. 1. Update your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE, and
deploy Prometheus. 2. Set an alert to tr - ANSWER ✔✔A. 1. Update
your GKE cluster to use Cloud Operations for GKE. 2. Use the GKE
Monitoring dashboard to investigate logs from affected Pods. (Most
Voted)
You need to deploy a stateful workload on Google Cloud. The workload
can scale horizontally, but each instance needs to read and write to the
same POSIX filesystem. At high load, the stateful workload needs to
support up to 100 MB/s of writes. What should you do?
A. Use a persistent disk for each instance.
B. Use a regional persistent disk for each instance.
C. Create a Cloud Filestore instance and mount it in each instance.
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, D. Create a Cloud Storage bucket and mount it in each instance using
gcsfuse. - ANSWER ✔✔C. Create a Cloud Filestore instance and
mount it in each instance. Most Voted
Your company has an application deployed on Anthos clusters (formerly
Anthos GKE) that is running multiple microservices. The cluster has both
Anthos ServiceMesh and Anthos Config Management configured. End
users inform you that the application is responding very slowly. You want
to identify the microservice that is causing the delay. What should you
do?
A. Use the Service Mesh visualization in the Cloud Console to inspect
the telemetry between the microservices.
B. Use Anthos Config Management to create a ClusterSelector selecting
the relevant cluster. On the Google Cloud Console page for Google
Kubernetes Engine, view the Workloads and filter on the cluster. Inspect
the configurations of the filtered workloads.
C. Use Anthos Config Management to create a namespaceSelector
selecting the relevant cluster namespace. On the Google Cloud Console
page for Google Kubernetes Engine, visit the workloads and filter on the
na - ANSWER ✔✔A. Use the Service Mesh visualization in the Cloud
Console to inspect the telemetry between the microservices.
