Serverless Computing CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A nonprofit runs a donation portal that is only heavily used during year-end campaigns. For the rest of the year, traffic is near zero. The current solution uses two always-on VMs. The nonprofit wants to reduce cloud spending without sacrificing the ability to handle campaign traffic spikes. Which approach is most cost-effective?

   • AKeep the two VMs but downgrade them to smaller machine types
   • BMove the portal to a serverless platform that scales to zero when idle
   • CPurchase a committed use discount for the two VMs
   • DTurn off the VMs manually during off-peak months
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2. 7application · medium

   A mobile app company has a team of developers who are experts in writing application code but have no experience with infrastructure. They need to add a feature that sends a notification whenever a user completes a purchase. The team wants to implement this quickly without learning about servers or containers. What should they do?

   • ABuild a separate web application on App Engine to handle notifications
   • BCreate a container image and deploy it on Cloud Run
   • CSet up a Compute Engine VM and install a notification service
   • DWrite a Cloud Function that is triggered by the purchase event
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4. 8foundation · easy

   What is a common business value of using serverless Google Cloud products like Cloud Run, App Engine, and Cloud Functions?

   • AThey eliminate the need for application security testing.
   • BThey reduce time-to-market by simplifying deployment and scaling.
   • CThey lock you into a single cloud provider.
   • DThey require a larger IT operations team to manage infrastructure.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which Google Cloud service is best described as an event-driven serverless compute service?

   • AApp Engine
   • BKubernetes Engine
   • CCompute Engine
   • DCloud Functions
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6. 10expert · hard

   A government agency has a legacy web application written in Python that runs on a single VM. The agency wants to modernize it to reduce maintenance, but it has strict compliance requirements that mandate the application run in a specific region. The team has no container experience and wants the simplest migration. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • AMigrate the application to App Engine in the required region
   • BRewrite the application as a set of Cloud Functions
   • CContainerize the application and deploy it on Cloud Run in the required region
   • DKeep the application on the VM but move it to a different region
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