A company runs a critical application on Compute Engine with data stored on a persistent disk. They need to protect against accidental deletion of data and be able to restore it to a specific point in time. What should they do?

Copy the disk to another region using a cron job.

Enable versioning on the persistent disk.

Use a regional persistent disk to protect against zone failure.

Create a snapshot schedule that takes snapshots of the persistent disk periodically.

A company runs a database on Compute Engine that is experiencing high latency due to disk I/O. The database requires high throughput and low latency for read-heavy workloads. They want to optimize the storage performance without changing the instance type. What should they do?

Move the database to Cloud Storage.

Use a local SSD scratch disk for the database data.

Attach a standard persistent disk and enable caching.

Attach a zonal SSD persistent disk and ensure it is large enough to achieve the desired IOPS.

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Domain 1Objective 2

1.2 Designing a Cloud Solution Infrastructure That Meets Technical Requirements PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture domain, which accounts for ~25% of the PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT exam. Google Cloud does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~13–20 in this domain), expect 3–4 from this objective — we provide 39 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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12concepts

~25%of the exam

12 Concepts in This Objective

Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework pillars
Applying the Well-Architected Framework
High availability design patterns
Failover strategies
Resource flexibility
Scalability strategies
Performance optimization
Latency reduction techniques
Gemini Cloud Assist capabilities
Using Gemini Cloud Assist
Backup strategies
Recovery mechanisms

Questions 21–25

21foundation · easy
Which recovery mechanism allows you to restore a database to a specific moment in time, such as just before an accidental deletion?
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22foundation · easy
An architect is designing a solution and wants to ensure that the system can recover from failures and continue operating. Which Well-Architected Framework pillar is most directly addressed by this goal?
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23foundation · easy
An architect is reviewing a solution that uses a single Compute Engine instance for a critical application. Which Well-Architected Framework pillar would most likely be violated by this design?
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24application · medium
A company runs a critical application on Compute Engine with data stored on a persistent disk. They need to protect against accidental deletion of data and be able to restore it to a specific point in time. What should they do?
Select an answer first
25application · medium
A company runs a database on Compute Engine that is experiencing high latency due to disk I/O. The database requires high throughput and low latency for read-heavy workloads. They want to optimize the storage performance without changing the instance type. What should they do?
Select an answer first

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1.2 Designing a Cloud Solution Infrastructure That Meets Technical Requirements PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

Which recovery mechanism allows you to restore a database to a specific moment in time, such as just before an accidental deletion?

An architect is designing a solution and wants to ensure that the system can recover from failures and continue operating. Which Well-Architected Framework pillar is most directly addressed by this goal?

An architect is reviewing a solution that uses a single Compute Engine instance for a critical application. Which Well-Architected Framework pillar would most likely be violated by this design?

A company runs a critical application on Compute Engine with data stored on a persistent disk. They need to protect against accidental deletion of data and be able to restore it to a specific point in time. What should they do?

A company runs a database on Compute Engine that is experiencing high latency due to disk I/O. The database requires high throughput and low latency for read-heavy workloads. They want to optimize the storage performance without changing the instance type. What should they do?

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