Hybrid and Multi-Cloud CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A company's development team is familiar with Kubernetes but has been managing separate clusters for each environment (on-premises, cloud A, cloud B). This has led to inconsistent configurations and slow deployment cycles. The team wants to standardize operations and speed up application delivery. What is the primary business benefit of adopting GKE for this scenario?

   • AProviding a single tool for managing both virtual machines and containers.
   • BReducing complexity and increasing agility through operational consistency.
   • CGuaranteeing a 50% reduction in cloud spending.
   • DEliminating the need for on-premises infrastructure entirely.
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2. 12application · medium

   A company has Kubernetes clusters running in its on-premises data center and in two different public clouds. The platform team is struggling with inconsistent security policies and version drift across these clusters. The team wants to enforce a single set of security and compliance policies across all clusters. What is the most effective way to achieve this?

   • AUse GKE as a centralized management plane to apply consistent policies across all clusters.
   • BManually apply the same policies to each cluster using different command-line tools.
   • CStandardize on a single cloud provider and migrate all clusters there.
   • DCreate a new Kubernetes cluster that manages all other clusters as a 'super-cluster'.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   A company runs a web application on-premises. During a seasonal sales event, demand spikes dramatically for a few days. Which hybrid cloud use case directly addresses this need?

   • ACloud bursting
   • BWorkload portability
   • CData residency
   • DDisaster recovery
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5. 14expert · hard

   A global manufacturing company has factories in multiple countries. Each factory runs a local application that controls machinery. These applications must respond in under 10 milliseconds to sensor inputs, which is not achievable over the public internet. The company also has a central data center where it aggregates data for long-term analysis. The company wants to modernize the factory applications but cannot move them to a distant cloud region. Which strategy best addresses the latency constraint and the need for central analytics?

   • ADeploy a public cloud region at each factory location.
   • BUse a multi-cloud strategy with two public cloud providers in the same country.
   • CMove all applications to a single public cloud region and accept the latency.
   • DUse a hybrid cloud with on-premises infrastructure at each factory and central analytics in the cloud.
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6. 15application · medium

   A software company has developed a containerized application that it wants to offer to customers. Some customers require the application to run in their own on-premises data centers, while others prefer it in Google Cloud or AWS. The company wants to write the application once and deploy it anywhere without modification. Which approach best supports this requirement?

   • AHost the application only on-premises and provide remote access to customers.
   • BUse a virtual machine image that is specific to each environment.
   • CPackage the application as a set of containers and manage it with GKE.
   • DDevelop the application using proprietary APIs from a single cloud provider.
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