GCP Technology & Digital Tools 5

Question 1

What is the purpose of a VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) in GCP?

Accepted Answer

Creating isolated, private network environments for GCP resources

Answer

A VPC provides a logically isolated section of the Google Cloud network where you can define your own IP address ranges, subnets, and routing.

Question 2

Which GCP service is designed for storing and querying large volumes of semi-structured time-series or IoT data?

Accepted Answer

Bigtable

Answer

Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service designed for high-throughput workloads like time-series, IoT, and analytics data.

Question 3

What is the key difference between Cloud Storage Nearline and Coldline storage classes?

Accepted Answer

Nearline is for data accessed less than once a month; Coldline for less than once a quarter

Answer

Nearline is optimized for data accessed about once a month, while Coldline is for data accessed at most once every 90 days, with lower storage but higher retrieval costs.

Question 4

Which GCP feature allows you to automatically scale Compute Engine instances based on load?

Accepted Answer

Managed Instance Groups with Autoscaling

Answer

Managed Instance Groups (MIGs) with autoscaling automatically add or remove VM instances based on metrics like CPU utilization or request load.

Question 5

What is the purpose of Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) in GCP?

Accepted Answer

Creating and managing cryptographic keys for data encryption

Answer

Cloud KMS is a cloud-hosted key management service that lets you manage cryptographic keys for your cloud services the same way you do on-premises.

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