2.4 Planning and Implementing Resources Using Tooling ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   An organization runs a large number of workloads on GKE and wants to manage their GCP resources (like Cloud SQL instances and Pub/Sub topics) using the same Kubernetes-native workflow and GitOps practices they already use for their applications. They want to avoid introducing a separate IaC tool. What should they use?

   • ADeploy Config Connector and create custom resources like `SQLInstance` and `PubSubTopic` in the cluster.
   • BUse Helm charts to define Cloud SQL and Pub/Sub resources alongside application manifests.
   • CWrite a Terraform configuration and run it from a pod inside the cluster.
   • DUse `kubectl apply` with standard Kubernetes Service and Deployment manifests that create GCP resources.
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2. 22foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of Fabric FAST in a Google Cloud organization?

   • ATo provide a graphical dashboard for monitoring all GCP resources.
   • BTo automatically migrate on-premises workloads to GCP.
   • CTo provide a set of Terraform modules for bootstrapping a landing zone and organizational policies.
   • DTo replace the need for any IAM policies in the organization.
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4. 23expert · hard

   A company is adopting Fabric FAST to manage their GCP landing zone. They have multiple teams that need to create their own projects and resources. They want to ensure that teams can only manage resources within their own projects and cannot modify the organization-level policies set up by the central platform team. What is the best way to achieve this with FAST?

   • AHave each team create their own Terraform configuration from scratch, ignoring FAST.
   • BUse Config Connector to manage all projects from a central GKE cluster.
   • CGive all teams `owner` access to the organization so they can manage their own resources.
   • DUse FAST's stage-based approach, where the central team runs the bootstrap and org policy stages, and then grants teams access to their own project stages.
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5. 24expert · hard

   A company uses Helm to deploy a stateful application to GKE. They need to update the application to a new version, but they want to ensure that if the update fails, they can quickly roll back to the previous version. They also want to keep the previous version's configuration. What is the best way to achieve this?

   • AUse `kubectl apply` with the new YAML files and keep a copy of the old YAML files.
   • BUse `helm upgrade` and then `helm rollback` if the upgrade fails.
   • CUse Config Connector to update the deployment and rely on GKE's built-in rollback.
   • DUse Terraform to manage the Kubernetes deployment and use `terraform apply` to update it.
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6. 25foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of Config Connector in GKE?

   • ATo provide a graphical interface for managing GKE clusters.
   • BTo monitor container logs and metrics in GKE.
   • CTo automate the scaling of GKE node pools.
   • DTo manage GCP resources using Kubernetes custom resources.
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