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Cloud Engineer: Google Associate Flashcards

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  1. You need to route traffic between two VPC networks in different GCP projects without traversing the public internet. What is the recommended solution?

    Answer: Set up VPC Network Peering between the two networks

    VPC Network Peering connects two VPC networks privately so traffic flows through Google's internal network without public internet exposure.

  2. A Dataflow pipeline reading from Cloud Storage is running slowly. The job graph shows one stage with significantly more work than others. What is the likely cause?

    Answer: Data skew causing a hot key in one worker bundle

    Data skew causes one worker to receive a disproportionate share of data, creating a bottleneck visible as an unbalanced stage in the job graph.

  3. Which Cloud Logging export destination allows you to run SQL queries on log data for long-term analysis?

    Answer: BigQuery dataset

    Exporting logs to BigQuery via a log sink enables SQL-based analysis on structured log data for historical trends and compliance.

  4. You are setting up a Cloud Armor security policy. Which rule action blocks requests that match a condition?

    Answer: deny(403)

    The deny(403) action in Cloud Armor returns an HTTP 403 Forbidden response to requests matching the security policy rule.

  5. A Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance is running out of storage. What feature can automatically increase storage capacity without downtime?

    Answer: Automatic storage increase

    Cloud SQL's automatic storage increase feature detects when free space is low and automatically adds storage without requiring manual intervention or downtime.

  6. You need to deploy infrastructure across multiple GCP environments (dev, staging, prod) using code that can be version-controlled and peer-reviewed. Which tool is most aligned with this requirement?

    Answer: Terraform with Google Cloud provider

    Terraform is the industry-standard IaC tool with a mature Google Cloud provider, enabling version-controlled, reviewable, and repeatable infrastructure deployments.

  7. A project has exceeded its Compute Engine quota for CPU cores in a region. Which action can you take to resolve this without changing regions?

    Answer: Submit a quota increase request via the Cloud Console or API

    GCP quotas can be increased by submitting a quota increase request in the Cloud Console under IAM & Admin > Quotas, subject to Google approval.