DATA ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL EXAM ACTUAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+

DATA ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL EXAM
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS GRADED A+

◉ Define Ingest. Answer: pull in raw data
- streaming/real-time data from devices
- on premises batch data
- application logs


◉ Define Store. Answer: data needs to be stored in a format and
location


◉ Define Process/Analyze. Answer: transform data from raw format
to usable insights


◉ Define Explore/Visualize. Answer: create visualizations that are
presentable


◉ Ingest applications. Answer: app engine
compute engine
kubernates engine
cloud pub/sub

,stackdriver logging
cloud transfer
transfer appliance


◉ Store applications. Answer: cloud storage
SQL
data store
bigtable
bigquery
cloud spanner


◉ Process/Analyze applications. Answer: dataflow
data proc
dataprep
bigquery
cloud ML
vision api
speech api
translate api
natural language api
video intelligence api

, ◉ Explore/Visualize applications. Answer: datalab
datastudio


◉ Is data life cycle a set order?. Answer: nope


◉ example of batch data. Answer: migrating files onto GCS


◉ example of streaming data. Answer: sensors in transportation
vehicles


◉ name a combo of software to manage streaming data. Answer:
pub/sub and dataflow


◉ Cloud Storage Control Access. Answer: globally available (multi-
region buckets)
control access - project, bucket, or object level


◉ Storage Transfer Service. Answer: corporate data center to GCS


◉ Data Transfer Appliance. Answer: physically ship hard-drive to
put data onto GCP bucket