2.1 Setting up Your Development Environment PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-DEVELOPER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   What is Cloud Code?

   • AA command-line tool for managing Google Cloud resources
   • BA service for running containers in the cloud
   • CA set of IDE plugins for VS Code and IntelliJ to develop, debug, and deploy cloud applications
   • DA standalone IDE for developing cloud applications
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What is a key benefit of running unit tests against local emulators?

   • ATests run faster because they use production infrastructure
   • BTests can validate behavior without requiring network access to Google Cloud
   • CTests are guaranteed to pass because emulators are perfect replicas
   • DTests automatically deploy code to staging environments
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4. 18application · medium

   A developer needs to run a quick `gcloud` command to check the status of a deployment, but they are on a machine that does not have the Cloud SDK installed. They have a browser available. What is the fastest way to run the command without installing anything?

   • ADownload and install the Cloud SDK, then run the command.
   • BUse the Google Cloud console web UI to view the deployment status.
   • COpen Cloud Shell from the Google Cloud console and run the command there.
   • DUse the REST API directly with `curl` to check the deployment status.
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5. 19application · medium

   A developer is building a Python service that publishes messages to Pub/Sub and writes entities to Firestore. They want to run the service's integration tests locally on a laptop with no internet connectivity. What is the most efficient way to set up the local test environment?

   • ARun `gcloud emulators pubsub start` and `gcloud emulators firestore start`, then set the `PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST` and `FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST` environment variables before running the tests.
   • BUse `gcloud pubsub topics create` and `gcloud firestore databases create` to provision resources locally.
   • CCreate a test project in Google Cloud, enable the Pub/Sub and Firestore APIs, and run the tests against the real services.
   • DInstall the Cloud SDK and run `gcloud init` to configure a local project, then run the tests without any emulator.
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6. 20expert · hard

   A developer is setting up a CI pipeline for a project that uses Pub/Sub. The pipeline runs on a self-hosted runner that has no internet access. The developer wants to run integration tests that verify the application can publish and subscribe to messages. They have the Pub/Sub emulator available. What is the most important consideration for this setup?

   • AEnsure the emulator is started with the `--project` flag set to the production project ID.
   • BEnsure the `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable is set to a valid service account key.
   • CEnsure the `PUBSUB_EMULATOR_HOST` environment variable is set to the emulator's address in the test environment.
   • DEnsure the `CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT` environment variable is set to the production project ID.
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