1.5 Envisioning Future Solution Improvements PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   A business has shifted from a quarterly reporting cycle to real-time analytics dashboards. Which architectural change is most directly required to support this new business need?

   • AMigrating the database to a larger machine type
   • BAdding more storage to the data warehouse
   • CIncreasing the frequency of nightly batch jobs
   • DImplementing a streaming data pipeline
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2. 7application · medium

   A startup is building a new mobile app that will allow users to upload and share photos. The founders expect rapid user growth and want to avoid re-architecting the system as the user base expands. Which initial architecture best supports this goal?

   • AUse a single Compute Engine VM running the API and storing photos on the local disk.
   • BUse App Engine for the API and store photos in a Cloud SQL database as BLOBs.
   • CUse a Kubernetes cluster with a single node and a persistent volume for photo storage.
   • DUse Cloud Storage for photo uploads, Cloud Run for the API, and Cloud Firestore for user metadata.
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4. 8foundation · easy

   A cloud architect is reviewing an existing application that uses a monolithic deployment on Compute Engine. Which emerging Google Cloud service would be most directly relevant to modernizing this architecture?

   • ACloud Run
   • BCloud Interconnect
   • CCloud CDN
   • DCloud Deployment Manager
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5. 9application · medium

   A news website experiences unpredictable traffic spikes when breaking news occurs. The website is currently hosted on a fixed number of Compute Engine VMs behind a load balancer. The team wants to ensure the website can handle sudden traffic spikes without manual intervention. What should the team do?

   • AUse a single VM with a very large machine type to handle all traffic.
   • BProvision a large number of VMs in advance to handle the maximum expected traffic.
   • CMigrate the website to App Engine and set the maximum instances to a high number.
   • DConfigure a managed instance group with autoscaling based on HTTP load balancing utilization.
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6. 10application · medium

   A company runs a web application on Compute Engine VMs that uses a MySQL database on a separate VM. The application's read-to-write ratio is 80/20, and the database is experiencing performance issues during peak hours. The company wants to improve read performance with minimal application changes. What should the company do?

   • AIncrease the size of the MySQL VM and add more memory.
   • BUse Cloud Memorystore to cache all database queries.
   • CAdd a second MySQL VM and configure application-level sharding based on user ID.
   • DMigrate the database to Cloud SQL and add read replicas to handle the read-heavy workload.
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