Serverless Computing CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1application · medium

   A retail company's legacy order-processing system runs on a single VM that the IT team manually patches and scales. The company wants to modernize it to speed up feature releases and reduce time spent on maintenance. The application is a monolithic web service with a REST API. Which serverless approach would most directly accelerate their modernization effort?

   • AContainerize the existing application and deploy it on Cloud Run
   • BMove the application to App Engine and rewrite it in a different programming language
   • CRefactor the monolith into many small functions and deploy them on Cloud Functions
   • DMigrate the application to a larger VM with more CPU and memory
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2. 2expert · hard

   A streaming platform processes video transcoding jobs. Each job is triggered by an upload to Cloud Storage and can take up to 15 minutes. The platform has unpredictable demand: sometimes a few jobs per day, sometimes hundreds per hour. The company wants to minimize cost and avoid managing servers. Which service should they use?

   • AApp Engine with a manual scaling configuration
   • BCompute Engine with a pool of preemptible VMs
   • CCloud Functions with a timeout increased to 15 minutes
   • DCloud Run with a request timeout set to 15 minutes
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Which task is eliminated or greatly reduced for developers when using serverless computing?

   • AWriting unit tests for the application.
   • BManaging operating system patches and server capacity.
   • CDesigning the application's user interface.
   • DWriting application business logic.
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5. 4foundation · easy

   How does serverless computing improve developer productivity?

   • ABy automatically writing application code for developers.
   • BBy providing a graphical interface for infrastructure management.
   • CBy eliminating the need for code reviews.
   • DBy allowing developers to focus on writing code instead of managing infrastructure.
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6. 5foundation · easy

   What is App Engine best suited for?

   • AWeb applications that need automatic scaling and built-in services.
   • BBatch processing jobs that run on a schedule.
   • CEvent-driven functions that execute in response to cloud events.
   • DRunning containerized microservices with full control over the runtime.
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