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Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer practice questions

8 sample questions from our 500-question Associate Cloud Engineer bank, one from each official domain. The answer and a full explanation sit under each one. Every question is original, written against the published exam objectives, and quality-checked before it reaches you.

Question 1 · Access and Security

Which Google Cloud IAM role would you assign to a user who needs to deploy applications and manage resources in a Google Cloud project?

  1. A.Custom Role
  2. B.Owner
  3. C.Viewer
  4. D.Editor
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Answer: D

The Editor role allows users to deploy applications and manage resources. Viewer is read-only, Owner includes billing permissions, and Custom Role is defined by specific permissions.

Question 2 · Networking

What is the primary purpose of Google Cloud's Load Balancing?

  1. A.To monitor network performance
  2. B.To store large volumes of data
  3. C.To distribute incoming network traffic across multiple instances
  4. D.To encrypt data at rest
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Answer: C

Load balancing distributes incoming network traffic across multiple backends to ensure no single instance is overwhelmed. It is not related to data storage, encryption, or monitoring.

Question 3 · Compute Services

Which command would you use to deploy a new version of your app to Google App Engine?

  1. A.gcloud app instance create
  2. B.gcloud app update
  3. C.gcloud compute create
  4. D.gcloud app deploy
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Answer: D

The 'gcloud app deploy' command is used to deploy applications to App Engine. Other options are incorrect because they either relate to compute or are not valid commands.

Question 4 · Billing and Cost Management

How can you reduce the cost of your Google Cloud resources without affecting performance?

  1. A.Disable Cloud Monitoring
  2. B.Use larger virtual machines
  3. C.Use sustained use discounts
  4. D.Disable Cloud Logging
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Answer: C

Sustained use discounts automatically apply when you use VMs for a significant portion of the month, reducing costs without impacting performance. Larger VMs may increase costs, and disabling monitoring or logging can impact operational insights.

Question 5 · Monitoring and Logging

In Google Cloud, what is the primary use of Stackdriver?

  1. A.Application monitoring
  2. B.Network configuration
  3. C.Data storage
  4. D.Machine learning
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Answer: A

Stackdriver is primarily used for monitoring applications and infrastructure. It is not used for data storage, machine learning, or network configuration.

Question 6 · Managed Services

Which of the following is a benefit of using Google Cloud's Managed Services?

  1. A.Manual scaling
  2. B.Increased operational overhead
  3. C.Automatic updates and patching
  4. D.Lack of support
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Answer: C

Managed Services provide automatic updates and patching, reducing operational overhead. Manual scaling and lack of support are not benefits.

Question 7 · Storage and Databases

Which storage option is best suited for hosting a website with static content in Google Cloud?

  1. A.Cloud SQL
  2. B.BigQuery
  3. C.Cloud Storage
  4. D.Cloud Spanner
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Answer: C

Cloud Storage is ideal for hosting static content such as websites. Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner are databases, and BigQuery is for data analytics.

Question 8 · Kubernetes

Which feature of Google Kubernetes Engine helps to automatically scale applications based on traffic?

  1. A.Vertical Pod Autoscaler
  2. B.Pod Autoscaler
  3. C.Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
  4. D.Load Balancer
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Answer: C

The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler automatically scales the number of pods in a cluster based on observed CPU utilization or other select metrics. Pod Autoscaler is not a valid feature name, and Vertical Pod Autoscaler adjusts resource requests.

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