Infrastructure and Application modernization - GC #2

Question 1

Aarav is a Chief Technical Officer and is considering using public cloud services, specifically to modernize their company’s IT infrastructure. Which of the following can Aarav use to build a business case for using an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution? Select the correct answer.

a. Computer hardware shifts from hybrid to on-premises.
b. Maintenance work is outsourced to the cloud provider.
c. IT expenditure shifts from operational to capital.
d. Web application security is managed by the cloud provider.

Answer 1

b. Maintenance work is outsourced to the cloud provider.

Question 2

Which specific cloud computing feature helps businesses serve their customers without service interruption and in a cost-effective way? Select the correct answer.

a. On-demand service
b. Large Network Access
c. Elasticity
d. Agility

Answer 2

c. Elasticity

Question 3

A national hotel chain is using a combination of on-premises data centers and public cloud services for their IT infrastructure. What type of IT infrastructure model is this? Select the correct answer.

a. Colocation
b. Virtualization
c. Hybrid cloud
d. Multi-cloud

Answer 3

c. Hybrid cloud

Question 4

What do containers recreate or virtualize? Select the correct answer.

a. Hypervisor
b. Hardware
c. Virtual machines
d. Operating systems

Answer 4

d. Operating systems

Question 5

App Engine, Cloud Functions and Cloud Run are all what type of Google Cloud compute option? Select the correct answer.

a. Serverless computing
b. Hybrid computing
c. Software computing
d. VM-based computing

Answer 5

a. Serverless computing

Question 6

A financial services firm wants to migrate an existing application to the cloud but doesn’t want to risk service downtime. For this reason, they have chosen to opt for redundancy and build a new application in the cloud while continuing to run their old application on-premises. Which standard pattern of cloud migration describes this scenario? Select the correct answer.

a. Invent in brownfield
b. Move then change
c. Change then move
d. Invent in greenfield

Answer 6

a. Invent in brownfield

Question 7

Sajid is a developer for an online apparel retail company. What kind of architecture should he use for the applications he develops, and why? Select the correct answer.

a. Client-server pattern, because it’s modular and therefore easy to update.
b. API gateway pattern, because it’s modular and therefore easy to update.
c. Microservice pattern, because it’s modular and therefore easy to update.
d. Monolithic pattern, because it’s modular and therefore easy to update.

Answer 7

c. Microservice pattern, because it’s modular and therefore easy to update.

Question 8

What is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)? Select the correct answer.

a. An open-source container-orchestration system.
b. A Google Cloud managed service for container orchestration.
c. An open-source virtual machine (VM) integration system.
d. A Google Cloud managed service for virtual machine (VM) integration.

Answer 8

b. A Google Cloud managed service for container orchestration.

Question 9

What is App Engine? Select the correct answer.

a. An application for visibility and management into backend software platforms.
b. A platform for building scalable web applications and mobile backends.
c. An application for powering the hardware and data services for scalable features.
d. A platform for managing the software and infrastructure required to run your code.

Answer 9

b. A platform for building scalable web applications and mobile backends.

Question 10

The technology team of a pharmaceutical business decides to adopt an automated continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) approach. What is the primary value of using a CI/CD approach for the overall business? Select the correct answer.

a. It prevents infrastructure failures and downtime.
b. It increases application release velocity and reliability.
c. It improves security of services and solutions.
d. It allows developers to build using APIs.

Answer 10

b. It increases application release velocity and reliability.

Question 11

Why do legacy systems struggle to meet modern consumer expectations? Select the correct answer.

a. They rapidly surpass physical capacity.
b. They scale slowly.
c. They only serve real-time data.
d. They ineffectively process batch data.

Answer 11

b. They scale slowly.

Question 12

What is the function of APIs? Select the correct answer.

a. They enable integration between systems.
b. They enable rapid autoscaling of data.
c. They offer hybrid data storage.
d. They provide real-time analytics.

Answer 12

a. They enable integration between systems.

Question 13

How can businesses use APIs to unlock value from their legacy systems? Select the correct answer.

a. By re-architecting their legacy systems.
b. By monitoring cloud resource usage of new applications.
c. By analyzing data from new applications.
d. By gaining access to data stored in legacy systems.

Answer 13

d. By gaining access to data stored in legacy systems.

Question 14

Michelle wants to manage her team’s APIs and provide security policies for identity verification, authentication, and access control. What Google Cloud solution should she choose? Select the correct answer.

a. Google Kubernetes Engine
b. BigQuery
c. Cloud Identity
d. Apigee

Answer 14

d. Apigee

Question 15

What is a critical outcome of API management? Select the correct answer.

a. Distributing and creating regular new business features.
b. Measuring and tracking business performance.
c. Digitizing and modernizing siloed business data.
d. Updating and repairing outdated business components.

Answer 15

b. Measuring and tracking business performance.

Question 16

Google Cloud’s tools offer four key benefits for managing cloud costs. What are they? Select the correct answer.

a. Visibility, accountability, control, intelligent recommendations.
b. Measurability, scalability, accountability, intelligent recommendations.
c. Usability, accountability, control, measurability.
d. Scalability, visibility, control, affordability.

Answer 16

a. Visibility, accountability, control, intelligent recommendations.

Question 17

What primary factors contribute to the complexity of calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) when migrating to the cloud? Select the two correct answers.

a. Cloud architecture (i.e. private, hybrid, and multi-cloud architecture)
b. Product or service features (i.e. the ability to export or visualize data directly in a tool)
c. Qualified personnel (i.e. Financial controller with expertise in cloud)
d. Government regulations (i.e. location of data storage per 3rd part regulations)

Answer 17

a. Cloud architecture (i.e. private, hybrid, and multi-cloud architecture)
c. Qualified personnel (i.e. Financial controller with expertise in cloud)

Question 18

Julia is worried that some of her team members will accidentally overspend on Google Cloud. How would creating a custom dashboard help address her concern? Select the correct answer.

a. It would streamline her budget allocation.
b. It would centralize their spending on cloud resources.
c. It would limit the number of people who could spin up resources.
d. It would give her (and her teammates) greater visibility into costs.

Answer 18

d. It would give her (and her teammates) greater visibility into costs.

Question 19

Fraser has noticed that, in the past few months, several departments have been consistently exceeding their IT budgets. He needs to recommend solutions to control spending for each department. How would sharing cost views with these departments help him achieve his goal? Select the correct answer.

a. It would reduce duplication of cloud resources.
b. It would encourage collaboration between developers.
c. It would simplify assigning permissions for resources.
d. It would promote a culture of accountability.

Answer 19

d. It would promote a culture of accountability.

Question 20

How do cost management operations change when a company starts using a service-based cloud architecture? Select the correct answer.

a. Budget planning needs to incorporate increased capital expenditure.
b. IT costs become less variable and are easier to measure.
c. IT costs become the responsibility of the cloud provider.
d. Budgeting needs to be assessed on a daily, monthly, or weekly basis.

Answer 20

d. Budgeting needs to be assessed on a daily, monthly, or weekly basis.

Question 21

What are the three components of Google Cloud’s defense-in-depth data security design? Select the correct answer.

a. Sharding, biometric authentication, 2-factor authentication
b. Perimeter security, fingerprint authentication, globally distributed data storage
c. Categorized data, data encryption keys, globally distributed encryption keys
d. Sharding, encryption key, key encryption key

Answer 21

d. Sharding, encryption key, key encryption key

Question 22

You have received an email that says the following: “We have identified that your account is vulnerable. Click this link to change your security settings.” What cybersecurity risks do you need to consider before clicking on the link? Select two correct answers.

a. Physical hard disk damage
b. Recruitment of security expertise
c. Phishing for sensitive data
d. Use of secured third-party systems
e. Malware attacks on files

Answer 22

c. Phishing for sensitive data
e. Malware attacks on files

Question 23

What Google Cloud security layer does “strong authentication for data access” relate to? Select the correct answer.

a. Identity
b. Storage
c. Operations
d. Network

Answer 23

a. Identity

Question 24

An Identity Access Management policy, or IAM policy, is made of three parts. What are they? Select the correct answer.

a. “What”, “can be solved”, and “with which software”.
b. “Where”, “can resources be allocated”, and “to verify identity”.
c. “Who”, “can do what”, and “on which resource”.
d. “How”, “can we please our customers”, and “with existing resources”.

Answer 24

c. “Who”, “can do what”, and “on which resource”.

Question 25

What is Google Cloud’s principle for granting access to users? Select the correct answer.

a. “Restricted responsibility”
b. “Least privilege”
c. “Most privilege”
d. “Shared responsibility”

Answer 25

b. “Least privilege”