Serverless Computing CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   What type of application is Cloud Run designed to run?

   • AEvent-driven functions that respond to cloud events.
   • BLegacy applications that require dedicated hardware.
   • CContainerized applications that scale automatically.
   • DVirtual machines with custom operating systems.
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2. 17application · medium

   An e-commerce company runs a promotional pricing service that is called by the main web application. During flash sales, the service receives 100 times its normal traffic for a few minutes. The company has no operations team and wants to ensure the service remains available during these spikes without any manual scaling. Which approach meets this requirement?

   • ASet up a GKE cluster with a fixed number of nodes
   • BUse a load balancer with a pool of pre-provisioned VMs
   • CDeploy the service on a serverless platform that scales automatically with demand
   • DProvision a large Compute Engine VM with high CPU and memory
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4. 18foundation · easy

   How do serverless Google Cloud products contribute to operational efficiency?

   • ABy requiring specialized hardware for each application.
   • BBy requiring manual capacity planning for each application.
   • CBy reducing the amount of infrastructure management your team must perform.
   • DBy increasing the number of servers your team must patch.
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5. 19application · medium

   A logistics company has a containerized web application that was originally built for on-premises Kubernetes. They want to move it to Google Cloud with minimal changes, avoid managing servers, and pay only for the compute resources actually used during request processing. Which service should they choose?

   • ACloud Run
   • BCompute Engine with a container-optimized OS
   • CGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
   • DCloud Functions
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6. 20application · medium

   A small business wants to launch a public-facing web application. The team has no experience with containers or Kubernetes and wants the simplest possible deployment. They expect traffic to grow steadily over time and want automatic scaling without any infrastructure configuration. Which Google Cloud service is most appropriate?

   • ACompute Engine with a preconfigured web server image
   • BApp Engine
   • CCloud Run
   • DCloud Functions
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