5.1 Collecting Performance Information in Google Cloud PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-DEVOPS-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   An application is experiencing intermittent latency issues. A DevOps engineer wants to see the path of a single request through various microservices to identify where the delay occurs. Which Google Cloud tool should the engineer use?

   • ACloud Monitoring
   • BCloud Profiler
   • CCloud Trace
   • DCloud Logging
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2. 2expert · hard

   Your organization runs a data processing pipeline on Dataflow. Active Assist recommends using a custom machine type with more memory to reduce job completion time. The job is currently using standard machine types and completes within the SLA. The cost of the job is a concern. What should you do?

   • AApply the recommendation to reduce job completion time
   • BReject the recommendation because it will increase costs
   • CApply the recommendation and monitor the cost impact
   • DEvaluate the trade-off between job duration and cost
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4. 3application · medium

   You are debugging a performance issue in a Python application running on Compute Engine. The application is CPU-bound and you suspect a specific function is inefficient. You need to identify which lines of code consume the most CPU. Which Google Cloud tool should you use?

   • ACloud Profiler
   • BCloud Logging
   • CCloud Monitoring
   • DCloud Trace
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5. 4application · medium

   Your organization runs a production Compute Engine instance that hosts a legacy application. You receive an Active Assist recommendation to resize the machine type from n1-standard-4 to n1-standard-2, citing low CPU utilization. The application is business-critical and has a strict SLA. What should you do before implementing the recommendation?

   • AApply the recommendation only if it is marked as 'high priority'
   • BReview the recommendation details and utilization metrics, then test during a maintenance window
   • CIgnore the recommendation because it is generated automatically
   • DResize immediately to reduce costs
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6. 5application · medium

   Your company runs a batch processing job on Dataflow every night. Active Assist recommends using a smaller worker machine type to reduce costs. The job currently completes within the required SLA. What should you do?

   • AApply the recommendation only if the job is not critical
   • BReject the recommendation because it may increase job duration
   • CTest the recommendation in a non-production environment first
   • DApply the recommendation to reduce costs
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