GCP Certif

Question 1

S: Cloud storage / GCS?

Answer 1

Data lake + A scalable service for storing unstructured data, allowing objects up to 5 TB, designed for availability, durability, and scalability.

Question 2

Name 4 storage classes in Cloud Storage? define each

Answer 2

Standard Storage, Nearline Storage, Coldline Storage, and Archive Storage

Question 3

What is Cloud SQL?

Answer 3

Google Cloud’s managed relational database service

Question 4

What is AlloyDB?

Answer 4

A high-performance, fully managed PostgreSQL database service

Question 5

What is Spanner?

Answer 5

A fully managed relational database service with strong consistency and horizontal scalability.

Question 6

Ingestion: Pub/Sub

Answer 6

Asynchronous messaging system delivering data from external systems

Question 7

S: data sync

Answer 7

A data sync is the final stop in the data journey. It’s where processed and transformed data is stored for future use, analysis, and decision-making. Think of it as the reservoir at the end of the river, where valuable information is collected and readily available.

Question 8

S: BigQuery

Answer 8

a serverless data warehouse;

A fully managed, serverless data warehouse for analytics, suitable for OLAP workloads

Question 9

Name 3 built-in features of BigQuery? and 3 use cases?

Answer 9

=> ML, BI, and geospatial analysis
=> Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) workloads, business reporting, and big data processing

Question 10

S: Bigtable

Answer 10

a no SQL database

A high-performance (highly scalable..) NoSQL database for fast key-value lookups with sub-10 millisecond latency

Question 11

What is IAM in BigQuery?

Answer 11

Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls access at the dataset, table, view, or column level

Question 12

What is the key difference between a data lake and a data warehouse?

Answer 12

Data lakes store raw, unprocessed data, while data warehouses store processed and organized data

Question 15

What is Firestore?

Answer 15

A serverless, NoSQL document database designed for high performance and automatic scaling.

Question 16

Data Gov: 1.What is Dataplex? 2.What are the key benefits of using Dataplex?

Answer 16

1. Dataplex is a comprehensive data management solution that allows organizations to centrally discover, manage, monitor, and govern distributed data.

2.Dataplex helps break down data silos, centralize security and governance, enable distributed ownership, and make data easily searchable by business contexts.