4.1 Analyzing and Defining Technical Processes PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16expert · hard

   A company's application is experiencing increased latency in production. The team has gathered metrics and noticed that the latency spikes correlate with high CPU usage on the application servers. They have also noticed that the database connection pool is frequently exhausted. They are unsure whether the root cause is the application code, the database, or the infrastructure. Which troubleshooting approach should they take to isolate the root cause?

   • AScale up the database instance to handle more connections.
   • BRestart the application servers to clear the high CPU usage.
   • CUse distributed tracing to identify which service or query is causing the latency.
   • DIncrease the database connection pool size and see if the latency improves.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What is the first step in a systematic troubleshooting methodology?

   • AImplement a fix immediately
   • BEscalate to a senior engineer
   • CReboot the affected system
   • DIdentify the problem and gather information
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4. 18foundation · easy

   Which testing strategy validates that the entire application, including all integrated components and external dependencies, works together as expected?

   • AUnit testing
   • BEnd-to-end testing
   • CSmoke testing
   • DIntegration testing
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which element is typically included in a service catalog entry?

   • AThe internal IP addresses of all servers
   • BThe source code of the service
   • CThe service name, description, and provisioning steps
   • DThe login credentials for the service
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6. 20expert · hard

   A company uses Cloud Deployment Manager to deploy a set of Google Cloud resources. They want to validate that the deployed resources meet their security and compliance requirements. They have a set of policies that must be enforced, such as encryption at rest and specific firewall rules. Which approach should they use to validate the deployed infrastructure?

   • AUse Cloud Asset Inventory to list all resources and manually check them against the policies.
   • BUse Cloud Audit Logs to review who created the resources.
   • CUse Cloud Monitoring to check the health of the resources.
   • DUse a policy-as-code tool like Forseti Security or Open Policy Agent (OPA) to automatically check the deployed resources against the policies.
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