GCP PROFESSIONAL CLOUD
ARCHITECT: GOOGLE CLOUD
CERTIFICATION - QUIZ 03. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
The development team has provided you with a Kubernetes Deployment file. You have no
infrastructure yet and need to deploy the application. What should you do?
A. Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use Deployment Manager to create the
deployment.
B. Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment.
C. Use kubectl to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use Deployment Manager to create the
deployment.
D. Use kubectl to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment. - ANS B.
Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment.
You need to evaluate your team readiness for a new GCP project. You must perform the
evaluation and create a skills gap plan which incorporates the business goal of cost optimization.
Your team has deployed two GCP projects successfully to date. What should you do?
A. Allocate budget for team training. Set a deadline for the new GCP project.
B. Allocate budget for team training. Create a roadmap for your team to achieve Google Cloud
certification based on job role.
C. Allocate budget to hire skilled external consultants. Set a deadline for the new GCP project.
D. Allocate budget to hire skilled external consultants. Create a roadmap for your team to
achieve Google Cloud certification based on job role. - ANS B. Allocate budget for team
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,training. Create a roadmap for your team to achieve Google Cloud certification based on job
role. (Most Voted)
You are designing an application for use only during business hours. For the minimum viable
product release, you'd like to use a managed product that automatically `scales to zero` so you
don't incur costs when there is no activity.Which primary compute resource should you choose?
A. Cloud Functions
B. Compute Engine
C. Google Kubernetes Engine
D. AppEngine flexible environment - ANS A. Cloud Functions
You are creating an App Engine application that uses Cloud Datastore as its persistence layer.
You need to retrieve several root entities for which you have the identifiers. You want to
minimize the overhead in operations performed by Cloud Datastore. What should you do?
A. Create the Key object for each Entity and run a batch get operation
B. Create the Key object for each Entity and run multiple get operations, one operation for each
entity
C. Use the identifiers to create a query filter and run a batch query operation
D. Use the identifiers to create a query filter and run multiple query operations, one operation
for each entity
Hide Solution - ANS A. Create the Key object for each Entity and run a batch get operation
You need to upload files from your on-premises environment to Cloud Storage. You want the
files to be encrypted on Cloud Storage using customer-supplied encryption keys. What should
you do?
A. Supply the encryption key in a .boto configuration file. Use gsutil to upload the files.
B. Supply the encryption key using gcloud config. Use gsutil to upload the files to that bucket.
C. Use gsutil to upload the files, and use the flag --encryption-key to supply the encryption key.
D. Use gsutil to create a bucket, and use the flag --encryption-key to supply the encryption key.
Use gsutil to upload the files to that bucket. - ANS A. Supply the encryption key in a .boto
configuration file. Use gsutil to upload the files.
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, Your customer wants to capture multiple GBs of aggregate real-time key performance indicators
(KPIs) from their game servers running on Google Cloud Platform and monitor the KPIs with low
latency. How should they capture the KPIs?
A. Store time-series data from the game servers in Google Bigtable, and view it using Google
Data Studio.
B. Output custom metrics to Stackdriver from the game servers, and create a Dashboard in
Stackdriver Monitoring Console to view them.
C. Schedule BigQuery load jobs to ingest analytics files uploaded to Cloud Storage every ten
minutes, and visualize the results in Google Data Studio.
D. Insert the KPIs into Cloud Datastore entities, and run ad hoc analysis and visualizations of
them in Cloud Datalab. - ANS B. Output custom metrics to Stackdriver from the game servers,
and create a Dashboard in Stackdriver Monitoring Console to view them. (Most Voted)
You have a Python web application with many dependencies that requires 0.1 CPU cores and
128 MB of memory to operate in production. You want to monitor and maximize machine
utilization. You also want to reliably deploy new versions of the application. Which set of steps
should you take?
A. Perform the following: 1. Create a managed instance group with f1-micro type machines. 2.
Use a startup script to clone the repository, check out the production branch, install the
dependencies, and start the Python app. 3. Restart the instances to automatically deploy new
production releases.
B. Perform the following: 1. Create a managed instance group with n1-standard-1 type
machines. 2. Build a Compute Engine image from the production branch that contains all of the
dependencies and automatically starts the Python app. 3. Rebuild the Compute Engine image,
and update the instance template to deploy new production releases.
C. Per - ANS C. Perform the following: 1. Create a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster
with n1-standard-1 type machines. 2. Build a Docker image from the production branch with all
of the dependencies, and tag it with the version number. 3. Create a Kubernetes Deployment
with the imagePullPolicy set to 'IfNotPresent' in the staging namespace, and then promote it to
the production namespace after testing. (Most Voted)
Your company wants to start using Google Cloud resources but wants to retain their on-
premises Active Directory domain controller for identity management.What should you do?
A. Use the Admin Directory API to authenticate against the Active Directory domain controller.
B. Use Google Cloud Directory Sync to synchronize Active Directory usernames with cloud
identities and configure SAML SSO.
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ARCHITECT: GOOGLE CLOUD
CERTIFICATION - QUIZ 03. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
The development team has provided you with a Kubernetes Deployment file. You have no
infrastructure yet and need to deploy the application. What should you do?
A. Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use Deployment Manager to create the
deployment.
B. Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment.
C. Use kubectl to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use Deployment Manager to create the
deployment.
D. Use kubectl to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment. - ANS B.
Use gcloud to create a Kubernetes cluster. Use kubectl to create the deployment.
You need to evaluate your team readiness for a new GCP project. You must perform the
evaluation and create a skills gap plan which incorporates the business goal of cost optimization.
Your team has deployed two GCP projects successfully to date. What should you do?
A. Allocate budget for team training. Set a deadline for the new GCP project.
B. Allocate budget for team training. Create a roadmap for your team to achieve Google Cloud
certification based on job role.
C. Allocate budget to hire skilled external consultants. Set a deadline for the new GCP project.
D. Allocate budget to hire skilled external consultants. Create a roadmap for your team to
achieve Google Cloud certification based on job role. - ANS B. Allocate budget for team
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,training. Create a roadmap for your team to achieve Google Cloud certification based on job
role. (Most Voted)
You are designing an application for use only during business hours. For the minimum viable
product release, you'd like to use a managed product that automatically `scales to zero` so you
don't incur costs when there is no activity.Which primary compute resource should you choose?
A. Cloud Functions
B. Compute Engine
C. Google Kubernetes Engine
D. AppEngine flexible environment - ANS A. Cloud Functions
You are creating an App Engine application that uses Cloud Datastore as its persistence layer.
You need to retrieve several root entities for which you have the identifiers. You want to
minimize the overhead in operations performed by Cloud Datastore. What should you do?
A. Create the Key object for each Entity and run a batch get operation
B. Create the Key object for each Entity and run multiple get operations, one operation for each
entity
C. Use the identifiers to create a query filter and run a batch query operation
D. Use the identifiers to create a query filter and run multiple query operations, one operation
for each entity
Hide Solution - ANS A. Create the Key object for each Entity and run a batch get operation
You need to upload files from your on-premises environment to Cloud Storage. You want the
files to be encrypted on Cloud Storage using customer-supplied encryption keys. What should
you do?
A. Supply the encryption key in a .boto configuration file. Use gsutil to upload the files.
B. Supply the encryption key using gcloud config. Use gsutil to upload the files to that bucket.
C. Use gsutil to upload the files, and use the flag --encryption-key to supply the encryption key.
D. Use gsutil to create a bucket, and use the flag --encryption-key to supply the encryption key.
Use gsutil to upload the files to that bucket. - ANS A. Supply the encryption key in a .boto
configuration file. Use gsutil to upload the files.
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, Your customer wants to capture multiple GBs of aggregate real-time key performance indicators
(KPIs) from their game servers running on Google Cloud Platform and monitor the KPIs with low
latency. How should they capture the KPIs?
A. Store time-series data from the game servers in Google Bigtable, and view it using Google
Data Studio.
B. Output custom metrics to Stackdriver from the game servers, and create a Dashboard in
Stackdriver Monitoring Console to view them.
C. Schedule BigQuery load jobs to ingest analytics files uploaded to Cloud Storage every ten
minutes, and visualize the results in Google Data Studio.
D. Insert the KPIs into Cloud Datastore entities, and run ad hoc analysis and visualizations of
them in Cloud Datalab. - ANS B. Output custom metrics to Stackdriver from the game servers,
and create a Dashboard in Stackdriver Monitoring Console to view them. (Most Voted)
You have a Python web application with many dependencies that requires 0.1 CPU cores and
128 MB of memory to operate in production. You want to monitor and maximize machine
utilization. You also want to reliably deploy new versions of the application. Which set of steps
should you take?
A. Perform the following: 1. Create a managed instance group with f1-micro type machines. 2.
Use a startup script to clone the repository, check out the production branch, install the
dependencies, and start the Python app. 3. Restart the instances to automatically deploy new
production releases.
B. Perform the following: 1. Create a managed instance group with n1-standard-1 type
machines. 2. Build a Compute Engine image from the production branch that contains all of the
dependencies and automatically starts the Python app. 3. Rebuild the Compute Engine image,
and update the instance template to deploy new production releases.
C. Per - ANS C. Perform the following: 1. Create a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster
with n1-standard-1 type machines. 2. Build a Docker image from the production branch with all
of the dependencies, and tag it with the version number. 3. Create a Kubernetes Deployment
with the imagePullPolicy set to 'IfNotPresent' in the staging namespace, and then promote it to
the production namespace after testing. (Most Voted)
Your company wants to start using Google Cloud resources but wants to retain their on-
premises Active Directory domain controller for identity management.What should you do?
A. Use the Admin Directory API to authenticate against the Active Directory domain controller.
B. Use Google Cloud Directory Sync to synchronize Active Directory usernames with cloud
identities and configure SAML SSO.
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