3.2 Schedule, Automate, and Monitor Basic Data Processing Tasks ASSOCIATE-DATA-PRACTITIONER Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A Dataflow pipeline is failing with an error that is not visible in the job UI. A data engineer needs to find the root cause. What should they do?

   • ACheck Cloud Monitoring metrics for CPU usage of the Dataflow job.
   • BQuery Cloud Logging for logs from the Dataflow job, filtering by job ID and error severity.
   • CRestart the pipeline with more workers to see if the error disappears.
   • DLook at the Dataflow job UI for the overall job status.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   What is the primary language used to define the steps in a Workflows service workflow?

   • APython
   • BYAML
   • CJSON
   • DSQL
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In Cloud Composer, what is the name of the file that defines the workflow structure, including tasks and their dependencies?

   • AJob script
   • BDAG file
   • CPipeline file
   • DWorkflow config
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5. 14foundation · easy

   A data practitioner needs to run a sequence of Apache Spark and Hadoop jobs on Dataproc in a specific order. Which Dataproc feature should they use to define and manage this sequence?

   • AWorkflow Templates
   • BAutoscaling policies
   • CJob submissions
   • DCluster instances
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6. 15application · medium

   A data team needs to orchestrate a multi-step process that calls a Cloud Run service, then a BigQuery job, and finally sends a notification to a Pub/Sub topic. The process should be serverless and have built-in retry logic. What should they use?

   • AUse Cloud Scheduler to trigger each step sequentially via separate jobs.
   • BWrite a single Cloud Function that calls all services sequentially.
   • CDeploy a Cloud Composer DAG with operators for each service.
   • DCreate a Workflows definition that calls each service and includes retry policies.
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