Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Skills Flashcards

Which GCP service provides a fully managed, serverless data warehouse for analytics at scale?

Answer: BigQuery

BigQuery is GCP's fully managed, serverless data warehouse designed for large-scale analytics with built-in ML capabilities.

What is the default maximum duration for a Cloud Run job before it times out?

Answer: 24 hours

Cloud Run jobs have a maximum timeout of 24 hours, allowing long-running batch workloads to complete.

Which networking feature allows GCP VMs in different regions to communicate using Google's internal network rather than the public internet?

Answer: VPC Global Routing

VPC Global Routing (global mode) allows VM instances in different regions to communicate across Google's private backbone using internal IP addresses.

In Cloud IAM, what is the difference between a 'role' and a 'permission'?

Answer: Roles are collections of permissions; permissions are individual API actions

A role is a named collection of permissions (e.g., roles/storage.objectViewer), while a permission is an individual action like storage.objects.get.

Which GCP tool allows you to define infrastructure as code using declarative configuration files?

Answer: Deployment Manager

Cloud Deployment Manager lets you define, deploy, and manage GCP resources using YAML, Python, or Jinja2 templates in an infrastructure-as-code model.

What does the Cloud Storage 'Nearline' storage class optimize for?

Answer: Data accessed less than once per month with lower storage cost

Nearline storage is designed for infrequently accessed data (about once a month), offering lower storage costs with a minimum 30-day storage duration.

Which GCP service is best suited for running containerized microservices with automatic scaling and no cluster management?

Answer: Cloud Run

Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform that runs containers without requiring cluster management, scaling automatically to zero.