Cloud Operations and Monitoring Flashcards
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A company needs to export all GCP logs to a centralized BigQuery dataset for long-term analysis. What is the best approach?
Answer: Configure a Log Sink to route logs to BigQuery
Log Sinks in Cloud Logging automatically route log entries to destinations like BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or Pub/Sub for archival and analysis.
What is the default log retention period for audit logs in Cloud Logging?
Answer: 400 days
By default, Cloud Audit Logs (Admin Activity and System Event) are retained for 400 days in Cloud Logging.
Which GCP monitoring concept defines a target level of service that is measured against an error budget?
Answer: SLO (Service Level Objective)
An SLO defines the target reliability level (e.g., 99.9% availability) and is used to calculate the error budget for the service.
A team wants to debug a production Cloud Run service without redeploying or adding log statements. Which GCP tool allows setting breakpoints and inspecting state?
Answer: Cloud Debugger (Snapshot Debugger)
Cloud Debugger (now Snapshot Debugger) allows inspecting application state at specific code locations in running apps without stopping or redeploying.
Which Cloud Monitoring chart type is most appropriate for visualizing the distribution of request latencies over time?
Answer: Heatmap
Heatmaps display the distribution of values across time, making them ideal for visualizing latency percentiles and outliers.
What does the Cloud Profiler service do in Google Cloud?
Answer: Continuously collects CPU and memory usage data from running applications
Cloud Profiler collects CPU and memory profiling data from production applications with minimal performance impact, helping identify bottlenecks.
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