3.1 Managing Compute Resources ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   An engineer wants to automatically create daily snapshots of a persistent disk. Which feature should they use?

   • ACloud Scheduler with Pub/Sub
   • BSnapshot schedules
   • CManaged instance groups
   • DInstance templates
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2. 2foundation · easy

   A Windows Compute Engine instance does not have a public IP address. Which method allows an engineer to connect to the instance using RDP?

   • AUse the Cloud Console's SSH button, which also works for Windows.
   • BAttach a static external IP address to the instance and connect directly.
   • CUse gcloud compute rdp INSTANCE_NAME to connect directly.
   • DUse IAP Desktop to create an RDP tunnel through Identity-Aware Proxy.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   A GKE cluster needs to pull container images from Artifact Registry. What must be configured to allow the cluster to authenticate to Artifact Registry?

   • AA Kubernetes Secret containing the registry password
   • BWorkload Identity or a service account with Artifact Registry Reader role
   • CA firewall rule allowing traffic to port 443
   • DA Cloud Router with a NAT gateway
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5. 4foundation · easy

   When attaching a GPU to a GKE node, what must be installed on the node to use the GPU?

   • AA custom Kubernetes scheduler
   • BA sidecar container for GPU management
   • CNVIDIA device drivers
   • DA GPU operator
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6. 5expert · medium

   A company runs a microservices application in GKE. They want to perform a blue/green deployment where the 'green' version is fully deployed and tested before any traffic is sent to it. They also need to be able to roll back instantly. What is the most appropriate approach?

   • AUse a single Deployment and update the image, relying on rolling update.
   • BCreate two Deployments (blue and green) and switch the Service's selector to point to the green Deployment.
   • CUse an Ingress with a canary annotation to split traffic 50/50.
   • DCreate a single Service and use kubectl scale to change replica counts.
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