An Active Assist recommendation suggests that a Cloud SQL instance has low CPU usage and could be moved to a smaller machine type. What should a DevOps engineer do before implementing this recommendation?

Only apply the recommendation if the instance is in production

Immediately apply the recommendation to save costs

Review the recommendation details and consider peak usage and future needs

Ignore the recommendation because it is automatically applied

You are monitoring a microservices application. Cloud Trace shows that a downstream service is slow, but Cloud Monitoring shows its CPU and memory are normal. You suspect the service is waiting on a database query. What should you do to confirm?

Use Cloud Profiler to profile the database

Use Cloud Logging to search for database errors

Use Cloud Trace to view the trace spans and identify the database call

Use Cloud Monitoring to create an alert on database latency

Your organization uses Cloud Storage for archival data. Active Assist recommends changing the storage class from Standard to Archive to reduce costs. The data is accessed rarely but must be available within 24 hours of a request. What should you do?

Change to Coldline storage class

Change to Nearline storage class

Change to Archive storage class

A DevOps engineer receives a recommendation from Active Assist to change a VM's machine type to a smaller one because it is underutilized. What is the primary purpose of this recommendation?

To simplify management by consolidating VMs

To increase performance by allocating more resources

To reduce cost while maintaining performance

To improve security by reducing the attack surface

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6foundation · easy
An Active Assist recommendation suggests that a Cloud SQL instance has low CPU usage and could be moved to a smaller machine type. What should a DevOps engineer do before implementing this recommendation?
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7expert · hard
You are monitoring a microservices application. Cloud Trace shows that a downstream service is slow, but Cloud Monitoring shows its CPU and memory are normal. You suspect the service is waiting on a database query. What should you do to confirm?
Select an answer first
8expert · hard
Your organization uses Cloud Storage for archival data. Active Assist recommends changing the storage class from Standard to Archive to reduce costs. The data is accessed rarely but must be available within 24 hours of a request. What should you do?
Select an answer first
9foundation · easy
A DevOps engineer receives a recommendation from Active Assist to change a VM's machine type to a smaller one because it is underutilized. What is the primary purpose of this recommendation?
Select an answer first
10foundation · easy
A DevOps engineer notices a recommendation in the Google Cloud console that suggests a Cloud SQL instance is underutilized. This recommendation is part of which Google Cloud feature that provides insights and recommendations for optimizing resources?
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