GCP Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Skills 4

Question 1

Which GCP managed service is purpose-built for running Apache Spark and Hadoop workloads?

Accepted Answer

Dataproc

Answer

Cloud Dataproc is a managed service for running Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive, and Pig workloads with fast cluster creation and per-second billing.

Question 2

What is the function of Cloud Armor in GCP?

Accepted Answer

Provides DDoS protection and WAF rules for external HTTP(S) load balancers

Answer

Cloud Armor is GCP's managed DDoS mitigation and Web Application Firewall service that integrates with the external HTTP(S) load balancer.

Question 3

A team wants to enforce that all GCP projects in their organization must have a specific label. Which tool enforces this policy?

Accepted Answer

Organization Policy Service

Answer

The Organization Policy Service lets you set constraints across your entire GCP resource hierarchy, including requiring specific labels on projects.

Question 4

What is 'VPC Service Controls' used for in GCP?

Accepted Answer

Creating a security perimeter around GCP services to prevent data exfiltration

Answer

VPC Service Controls creates a logical perimeter around supported GCP services (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage), blocking access from outside the perimeter even for authorized users.

Question 5

Which Compute Engine feature ensures a VM restarts on a different host if the underlying hardware fails?

Accepted Answer

Automatic restart

Answer

The 'automatic restart' setting causes Compute Engine to restart a VM on another host if the VM terminates due to hardware or system failures.

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GCP Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Skills 4