What is a key difference between GKE Autopilot and GKE Standard clusters?

Autopilot clusters are only available in a single zone

Autopilot manages the underlying nodes, while Standard requires you to manage nodes

Autopilot clusters cannot run containers, while Standard can

Standard clusters are always private

What is a characteristic of a private GKE cluster?

The cluster uses only Spot VMs for nodes

Nodes have only internal IP addresses

The cluster is only available in a single region

The cluster cannot be accessed from the internet at all

A company has a fleet of Compute Engine VMs that need to be patched monthly. They want to automate the process, but they also need to ensure that the VMs are not patched during business hours. What should they do?

Manually patch each VM using SSH.

Use a startup script to patch VMs on boot.

Use VM Manager to create a patch deployment with a maintenance window.

Use Cloud Scheduler to run a script that patches VMs.

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Domain 2Objective 1

2.1 Planning and Implementing Compute Resources ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 3)

Part of the Planning and implementing a cloud solution domain, which accounts for ~30% of the ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER exam.

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12 Concepts in This Objective

Compute options selection
Compute Engine instance provisioning
Compute Engine storage selection
Managed instance group autoscaling
OS Login configuration
VM Manager configuration
Spot VMs and custom machine types
kubectl installation and configuration
GKE cluster deployment configurations
Containerized application deployment to GKE
Serverless application deployment
GPU and TPU selection

Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
What is a key difference between GKE Autopilot and GKE Standard clusters?
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12application · medium
A company has a policy that all SSH access to Compute Engine VMs must be managed through IAM roles, and individual SSH keys must not be stored in project metadata. Which feature should they enable?
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13foundation · easy
Which IAM role is required for a user to SSH into a Compute Engine VM using OS Login?
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14foundation · easy
What is a characteristic of a private GKE cluster?
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15expert · hard
A company has a fleet of Compute Engine VMs that need to be patched monthly. They want to automate the process, but they also need to ensure that the VMs are not patched during business hours. What should they do?
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2.1 Planning and Implementing Compute Resources ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

What is a key difference between GKE Autopilot and GKE Standard clusters?

A company has a policy that all SSH access to Compute Engine VMs must be managed through IAM roles, and individual SSH keys must not be stored in project metadata. Which feature should they enable?

Which IAM role is required for a user to SSH into a Compute Engine VM using OS Login?

What is a characteristic of a private GKE cluster?

A company has a fleet of Compute Engine VMs that need to be patched monthly. They want to automate the process, but they also need to ensure that the VMs are not patched during business hours. What should they do?

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