Linkedin Test Flashcards
Question: What is the main purpose of Cloud Logging?
Options:
A) Preventing unauthorized API calls
B) Visualizing GCP resource hierarchy
C) Storing and analyzing GCP resource logs
D) Monitoring application latency in real-time
E) Provisioning SSL/TLS certificates
F) Scanning for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
Answer: C) Storing and analyzing GCP resource logs
Explanation: Cloud Logging is a service that helps you store, manage, and analyze logs from Google Cloud resources and applications. It provides a centralized location for logs, which can be used for debugging, monitoring, and auditing.
Question: Which Google Cloud service provides a serverless document database?
Options:
A) BigQuery
B) Spanner
C) Firestore
D) Cloud Datastore
E) Dataprep
F) Cloud Storage
Answer: C) Firestore
Explanation: Firestore is a serverless, NoSQL document database that provides real-time synchronization and is designed for building scalable web, mobile, and server applications. It allows you to store and sync data across clients in real time.
Question: A large retail organization uses on-premises technology for their e-commerce website. During traffic peaks, certain data must be stored in specific geographic regions to comply with regulations. Resources are often under or over-provisioned. They decide to migrate to the cloud. What aspect of cloud technology will benefit their business?
Options:
A) Shared responsibility brings visibility during traffic peaks.
B) Agile infrastructure means they only pay for what they need when they need it.
C) Operational expenditure provides more predictable total cost of ownership.
D) Unlimited storage prevents website downtime.
Answer: B) Agile infrastructure means they only pay for what they need when they need it.
Explanation: Cloud technology allows for elastic scaling, meaning resources can be adjusted based on current demand. This agility helps prevent over or under-provisioning and ensures that the organization only pays for the resources they use, which can improve cost efficiency and performance during traffic peaks.
Question: A global organization is developing an application to manage payments and online bank accounts across multiple regions. Transactions must be handled consistently in the database and certain data must be stored in specific geographic areas to comply with regulations. The organization expects unlimited growth in stored data volume. Which Google Cloud product should they use?
Options:
A) Cloud SQL
B) Cloud Spanner
C) BigQuery
D) Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Cloud Spanner
Explanation: Cloud Spanner is a fully managed, scalable, globally distributed database service that supports strong consistency and transactions across regions. It is designed to handle large-scale databases with high availability and global distribution, making it ideal for applications requiring consistent transaction processing and compliance with data residency regulations.
Question: What types of data can be collected by Cloud Error Reporting?
Options:
A) Error counts
B) Error trends
C) Error details
D) All of these answers
Answer: D) All of these answers
Explanation: Cloud Error Reporting collects various types of data including error counts, error trends, and detailed error information to help monitor and manage application errors effectively.
Question: What are the benefits of using Vertex AI for sequence-to-sequence modeling tasks?
Options:
A) Ability to fine-tune models for domain-specific use cases
B) Access to pre-trained translation and summarization models
C) Integration with other Vertex AI services for end-to-end workflows
D) All of these answers
Answer: D) All of these answers
Explanation: Vertex AI offers several benefits for sequence-to-sequence modeling tasks, including the ability to fine-tune models for specific use cases, access to pre-trained models for tasks like translation and summarization, and integration with other Vertex AI services to create comprehensive machine learning workflows.
Question: What are the key features of Google Cloud Confidential Computing?
Options:
A) Integration with Google Cloud services
B) Hardware-based encryption for data in use
C) Secure Enclave technology
D) All of these answers
Answer: D) All of these answers
Explanation: Google Cloud Confidential Computing provides key features including hardware-based encryption to protect data in use, integration with Google Cloud services for seamless security, and Secure Enclave technology to further enhance data protection and privacy.
Question: An employee receives an email from an unknown sender asking for their bank account number and login credentials. Which cybersecurity threat is this?
Options:
A) Ransomware attack
B) Phishing attack
C) Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
D) Spam email
Answer: B) Phishing attack
Explanation: A phishing attack involves fraudulent attempts to obtain sensitive information such as login credentials or financial details by pretending to be a trustworthy entity. This typically occurs through deceptive emails or messages.
Which cloud computing model offers pre-built applications that users can access via the internet, with the provider handling all aspects of the application’s infrastructure and maintenance?
Options:
A) Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS)
B) Container as a Service (CaaS)
C) Function as a Service (FaaS)
D) Software as a Service (SaaS)
E) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
F) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Answer: D) Software as a Service (SaaS)
Explanation: SaaS delivers applications over the internet, where the provider handles all infrastructure, application maintenance, and updates.
Question: Which cloud computing model gives the provider responsibility for everything except the application and data?
Options:
A) Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS)
B) Container as a Service (CaaS)
C) Function as a Service (FaaS)
D) Software as a Service (SaaS)
E) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
F) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Answer: E) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Explanation: In the PaaS model, the cloud provider is responsible for managing the underlying infrastructure, operating systems, and middleware, while the user only manages their application and data. This model offers a platform for developers to build, deploy, and manage applications without worrying about the underlying hardware or software layers.
Which cloud computing model provides a complete infrastructure with virtualized computing resources and allows users to manage operating systems and applications?
Options:
A) Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS)
B) Container as a Service (CaaS)
C) Function as a Service (FaaS)
D) Software as a Service (SaaS)
E) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
F) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Explanation: IaaS provides virtualized computing resources over the internet. Users manage the operating systems and applications while the provider manages the underlying infrastructure.
An organization needs to store data based on regulatory requirements and access patterns. Data that needs frequent access should be served worldwide quickly. Data that needs infrequent access can be stored more economically. Some data must be stored in a specific geographic region according to regulations. What Google Cloud storage option meets these requirements?
A) Data Catalog
B) Cloud Storage with multi-regional and regional buckets
C) Cloud Spanner
D) Filestore
Cloud Storage with multi-regional and regional buckets
Explanation:
Multi-regional Buckets: These are ideal for data that requires frequent access and needs to be served quickly across the globe. They store data in multiple locations, ensuring high availability and low latency.
Regional Buckets: These are suitable for storing data that must remain in a specific geographic region to comply with regulatory requirements. They offer a more cost-effective solution for infrequent access data while ensuring that the data stays within the designated region.
Why not the other options:
Data Catalog: This is a metadata management service and does not provide storage capabilities.
Cloud Spanner: This is a globally distributed database service designed for high-performance transactions and does not fit the specific need for regulatory compliance and infrequent access storage.
Filestore: This is a managed file storage service for applications that require a file system interface and is not designed for the type of geographic and access pattern-based storage described.
How does Vertex AI enable the development of recommendation systems?
Options:
A) By integrating with BigQuery for data storage and processing
B) By providing pre-trained recommendation models
C) All of these answers
D) By enabling the use of custom user-item interaction data
C) All of these answers
Explanation:
Vertex AI supports the development of recommendation systems in several ways:
Integration with BigQuery: Allows for efficient data storage and processing, which is essential for building and training recommendation models.
Pre-trained Models: Provides access to pre-trained models that can be fine-tuned for specific recommendation tasks.
Custom User-Item Interaction Data: Enables the use of custom data to build personalized recommendation systems tailored to specific needs.
Which of the following are characteristics of a data lake? (Select two choices)
Options:
A) Requires data to be transformed before loading
B) Stores data in its original or raw format
C) Provides SQL-based querying of structured data
D) Typically built on object storage like Cloud Storage
Answer:
B) Stores data in its original or raw format
D) Typically built on object storage like Cloud Storage
Explanation:
Stores data in its original or raw format: A data lake is designed to store large volumes of raw, unprocessed data.
Typically built on object storage like Cloud Storage: Data lakes are commonly implemented using object storage solutions, which can handle large amounts of unstructured data efficiently.
Note: Data in a data lake is typically not transformed before loading, and while data lakes can support SQL-based querying, it’s not a defining characteristic compared to the use of object storage and handling raw data.
What does Cloud Composer provide?
Options:
A) Log ingestion and analysis (Fluentd based)
B) Load balancing for containerized apps (Envoy based)
C) NoSQL database storage (MongoDB compatible)
D) Secrets management (Hashicorp Vault API compatible)
E) Data quality checks during ETL (Great Expectations)
F) Managed workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow)
Answer:
F) Managed workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow)
You are migrating workloads to a public cloud provider that can store data in a specific geographic region to comply with regulations. You need to design an architecture that serves customers worldwide with the lowest possible latency. What should you do?
Options:
A) Select a private cloud provider that replicates data globally for faster access.
B) Select a public cloud provider that guarantees data location compliance in required regions.
C) Select a private cloud provider that guarantees data location compliance in required regions.
D) Select a public cloud provider that replicates data globally for faster access.
Answer:
D) Select a public cloud provider that replicates data globally for faster access.
What are the common challenges organizations face with traditional data warehouses?
Options:
A) Lack of scalability for growing data volumes
B) High infrastructure and maintenance costs
C) Difficulty in handling unstructured and semi-structured data
D) All of these answers
Answer:
D) All of these answers
You are migrating workloads to Google Cloud to serve customers worldwide with minimum latency. According to local regulations, some data must be stored in a specific geographic region. What should you do to meet these requirements?
Options:
A) Select a public cloud provider that replicates data globally for faster access.
B) Select a private cloud provider that globally replicates data storage.
C) Select a private cloud provider that is only active in the required geographic region.
D) Select a public cloud provider that guarantees data location in the required geographic region.
Answer:
D) Select a public cloud provider that guarantees data location in the required geographic region.
Explanation:
To meet regulatory requirements for data storage and simultaneously provide low latency for global access, you should choose a public cloud provider that can ensure data is stored in specific geographic regions as required by regulations, while also offering global replication capabilities for low-latency access.
What are the benefits of using BigQuery for data warehousing?
Options:
A) Serverless auto-scaling architecture
B) Support for real-time streaming ingestion
C) Built-in machine learning capabilities
D) All of these answers
Answer:
D) All of these answers
Explanation:
BigQuery provides several benefits for data warehousing, including a serverless auto-scaling architecture that simplifies management, support for real-time streaming ingestion to handle continuous data flows, and built-in machine learning capabilities that enable advanced analytics directly within the platform.
A travel agency wants to seamlessly share their social media content with partners. What technology should the organization use?
Options:
A) An application programming interface (API)
B) Anthos Config Management
C) A NoSQL database
D) The App Engine standard environment
Answer:
A) An application programming interface (API)
Explanation:
An application programming interface (API) is a technology that allows different software systems to communicate and interact with each other. It is ideal for seamlessly sharing social media content with partners, as it facilitates the integration and exchange of data between systems.