GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM
ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Where can you set budget alerts - ANSWER-Billing account or project
Difference between gcloud, gsutil, bq - ANSWER-gcloud is for gcp, gsutil is command
for cloud storage, and bq is for big query
Use case: App Engine - ANSWER-Serverless, dev focus and no ops overhead -
websites, apps, IOT and gaming backend
Use case: Compute Engine - ANSWER-Complete control, specific OS requirement, and
OS level changes - any workload
Use case: Kubernetes Engine - ANSWER-No OS requirement, distributed systems -
anything containerized
Cloud SQL - ANSWER-Relational database with strong transactional data such as CMS
and e-commerce. Service includes replication and auto-failover and supports TB's of
data.
Cloud Spanner - ANSWER-Globally distributed relational database with good horizontal
scalability and HA for ad, fin and mar tech. Includes encryption at rest and in transit.
Cloud Datastore - ANSWER-NoSQL document, non-relational database good for mobile
and web to store user or gaming profiles and states. Uses Rest API, replication, backup,
and supports TB's of data.
Cloud Bigtable - ANSWER-NoSQL, non-relational database good for heavy reads and
writes and good for ad, fin and IOT tech. Supports Hbase API and PB's of data.
Cloud Storage - ANSWER-Object or blobs storage in buckets with addressable URLs.
No limit on size and stores multiple copies for availability. Binary media like images or
movies.
Cloud BigQuery - ANSWER-Data warehousing that is fully managed with SQL queries
good for data analytics and dashboards
Cloud Memorystore - ANSWER-Managed Redis service for caching frequently used
data in memory. Submillisecond access to data.
, Cloud Firestore - ANSWER-NoSQL managed database service that offers offline
support, syncing and other features for managing data across mobile, IoT and backend
datastores. Includes Datastore mode.
Cloud Storage Classes - ANSWER-multi-regional, regional, nearline and coldline
Nearline Storage Class - ANSWER-Data accessed infrequently, no more than once a
month. Good for backups
Coldline Storage Class - ANSWER-Data accessed very infrequently, once a year. Good
for DR or archiving.
VPC 5 Types of Load Balancers - ANSWER-Global HTTPS, Global SSL Proxy, GLobal
TCP Proxy, Regional, and Regional Internal.
List External Load Balancers - ANSWER-HTTPS, SSL Proxy, TCP Proxy and Regional
Network TCP UDP load balancing
List Internal Load Balancers - ANSWER-Regional Internal TCP UDP load balancing
What is Cloud Armor? - ANSWER-Network security service built into Global HTTP(s)
Load Balancer.
Managed vs Unmanaged Instance Groups - ANSWER-Managed instance group are
VMs that are identical and offer HA and scalability. Unmanaged instance group are VMs
not identical and do not share instance template.
Instance template - ANSWER-Defines the machine type, boot disk image or container
image, labels and other properties. This allows identical VMs to spin up for scalability.
What is a Kubernetes node? - ANSWER-A node in K8S is an instance in compute
engine
What is a Kubernetes pod? - ANSWER-A pod is the smallest unit in k8s that you can
create or deploy. A pod represents a running process as either a component of your
app or the entire app. Generally you have one container per pod.
What is a Kubernetes Deployment? - ANSWER-A group of running identical pods.
What is a Kubernetes replicas? - ANSWER-The identical pods inside a deployment is
known as a replica.
Two types of App Engine Service - ANSWER-App Engine Standard and Flexible
ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Where can you set budget alerts - ANSWER-Billing account or project
Difference between gcloud, gsutil, bq - ANSWER-gcloud is for gcp, gsutil is command
for cloud storage, and bq is for big query
Use case: App Engine - ANSWER-Serverless, dev focus and no ops overhead -
websites, apps, IOT and gaming backend
Use case: Compute Engine - ANSWER-Complete control, specific OS requirement, and
OS level changes - any workload
Use case: Kubernetes Engine - ANSWER-No OS requirement, distributed systems -
anything containerized
Cloud SQL - ANSWER-Relational database with strong transactional data such as CMS
and e-commerce. Service includes replication and auto-failover and supports TB's of
data.
Cloud Spanner - ANSWER-Globally distributed relational database with good horizontal
scalability and HA for ad, fin and mar tech. Includes encryption at rest and in transit.
Cloud Datastore - ANSWER-NoSQL document, non-relational database good for mobile
and web to store user or gaming profiles and states. Uses Rest API, replication, backup,
and supports TB's of data.
Cloud Bigtable - ANSWER-NoSQL, non-relational database good for heavy reads and
writes and good for ad, fin and IOT tech. Supports Hbase API and PB's of data.
Cloud Storage - ANSWER-Object or blobs storage in buckets with addressable URLs.
No limit on size and stores multiple copies for availability. Binary media like images or
movies.
Cloud BigQuery - ANSWER-Data warehousing that is fully managed with SQL queries
good for data analytics and dashboards
Cloud Memorystore - ANSWER-Managed Redis service for caching frequently used
data in memory. Submillisecond access to data.
, Cloud Firestore - ANSWER-NoSQL managed database service that offers offline
support, syncing and other features for managing data across mobile, IoT and backend
datastores. Includes Datastore mode.
Cloud Storage Classes - ANSWER-multi-regional, regional, nearline and coldline
Nearline Storage Class - ANSWER-Data accessed infrequently, no more than once a
month. Good for backups
Coldline Storage Class - ANSWER-Data accessed very infrequently, once a year. Good
for DR or archiving.
VPC 5 Types of Load Balancers - ANSWER-Global HTTPS, Global SSL Proxy, GLobal
TCP Proxy, Regional, and Regional Internal.
List External Load Balancers - ANSWER-HTTPS, SSL Proxy, TCP Proxy and Regional
Network TCP UDP load balancing
List Internal Load Balancers - ANSWER-Regional Internal TCP UDP load balancing
What is Cloud Armor? - ANSWER-Network security service built into Global HTTP(s)
Load Balancer.
Managed vs Unmanaged Instance Groups - ANSWER-Managed instance group are
VMs that are identical and offer HA and scalability. Unmanaged instance group are VMs
not identical and do not share instance template.
Instance template - ANSWER-Defines the machine type, boot disk image or container
image, labels and other properties. This allows identical VMs to spin up for scalability.
What is a Kubernetes node? - ANSWER-A node in K8S is an instance in compute
engine
What is a Kubernetes pod? - ANSWER-A pod is the smallest unit in k8s that you can
create or deploy. A pod represents a running process as either a component of your
app or the entire app. Generally you have one container per pod.
What is a Kubernetes Deployment? - ANSWER-A group of running identical pods.
What is a Kubernetes replicas? - ANSWER-The identical pods inside a deployment is
known as a replica.
Two types of App Engine Service - ANSWER-App Engine Standard and Flexible
