Professional Cloud Architect Free Practice Questions

Question 1

A financial services company is decommissioning one of its on-premises data centers. As part of this initiative, the company needs to perform a one-time migration of 500 ТВ of historical transaction archives to a Cloud Storage bucket for long-term retention. The data center’s internet egress is 1 Gbps, which is shared with critical business operations. You must complete the secure data transfer within a 60-day window to meet the decommissioning deadline. What should you do?

Question 1

You have a Compute Engine application that you want to autoscale when total memory usage exceeds 80%. You have installed the Cloud Monitoring agent and configured the autoscaling policy as follows: You observe that the application does not scale under high load. You want to resolve this. What should you do?

Question 1

Company Overview - KnightMotives is a car manufacturer specializing in autonomous, self-driving vehicles, including Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), hybrids and traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. While KnightMotives has made strides with the in-vehicle experience in their BEV fleet, the hybrid and ICE vehicles have yet to implement these new systems and are viewed poorly by critics and drivers. The lack of modern in-vehicle technology in hybrid and ICE vehicles has resulted in declining sales and customer satisfaction. KnightMotives wants to modernize the consumer experience across all vehicles within five years Artificial Intelligence offers a unique opportunity to revolutionize the in-vehicle experience, as well as the shopping buying and service/maintenance experience. Investment in this new technology will require a shift in financial priorities on a global scale. KnightMotives also wants to improve their online ordering system, which is unreliable. Systems for customers to build their vehicle online for acquisition through a dealer are not delivering the data or reliability that dealers need, causing. A strain in the relationship between KnightMotives and dealers. Service technicians and sales staff need better tooling to enhance dealer successes, including built-to-order vehicles. Solution Concept - KnightMotives wants to shift from manufacturing cars to creating a complete and compelling “automotive experience.” Then strategy prioritizes delivering a consistent experience across all models, developing AI-powered features, generating new revenue from data monetization, adopting a digital focus to differentiate their brand from competitors, and developing better tools for mechanics and salespeople. Existing Technical Environment - KnightMotives's IT is largely on-premises with some applications on major cloud platforms. Their supply chain runs on an outdated mainframe, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is also outdated, making new promotions and dealer discounts difficult to implement. Dealers have no budget for new equipment. There is fragmentation across vehicles with multiple code bases, and significant technical debt from supporting backwards compatibility. Network connectivity to manufacturing plants and vehicle connectivity in rural areas are challenges. Business Requirements - Key business requirements include fostering a personalized relationship with the driver and delivering a cohesive experience across all models. Creating a better build-to-order model will reduce time on the lot and provide transparency for both dealers and customers. Additionally, KnightMotives seeks to monetize corporate data to finance new technology investments, as their current AI infrastructure is obsolete and corporate data remains siloed. Security is a paramount concern due to past data breaches Adherence to European Union (EU) data protection regulations, especially for emerging autonomous platforms, is critical. KnightMotives plans to make significant investments in fully autonomous driving capabilities, with initial implementation targeting regions with favorable regulatory environments. Prioritizing employee upskilling, attracting top-tier talent, and fostering better communication between business and technical teams are also critical objectives. Technical Requirements - • Modernizing the in-vehicle experience includes developing a consistent user experience (UX) that seamlessly integrates AI-powered features across all models, updating in-vehicle hardware and software in legacy models to support new UX features and AI capabilities, and ensuring reliable network connectivity, especially in rural areas, to support real-time AI features and data transmission. • Network upgrades are necessary to support increased data traffic and improve connectivity between plants and headquarters. • IT infrastructure modernization requires adopting a hybrid cloud strategy to leverage the benefits of both on-premises and cloud infrastructure, and gradually modernizing or replacing legacy systems to improve efficiency and agility. • Autonomous vehicle development and testing requires investing in cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies, building a robust simulation environment, and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations related to autonomous vehicles. • Data monetization and insights requires implementing a robust data management platform, strict data security and privacy measures, and a scalable AI/ML infrastructure. • Increased focus on security and risk management involves implementing a comprehensive security framework to protect against cyber threats and data breaches, developing an incident response plan, and providing security awareness training to employees. • Providing a delightful experience for dealers and customers requires improving the online build-to-order system; developing modern dealer tools to streamline dealer operations, including sales, service, and inventory management; and implementing a comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to track customer interactions personalize experiences, and improve customer satisfaction. Executive Statement - KnightMotives is committed to enhancing safety and saving lives by leveraging an extensive body of data — encompassing driving, road conditions, behavioral studies, and crash safety statistics — to create compelling digital experiences for drivers. Our AI consistently outperforms national safety statistics, ensuring the unique and coveted KnightMotives experience is aligned across all our vehicle models. Michael Knight, KnightMotives CEO For this question, refer to the KnightMotives Automotive case study, KnightMotives has deployed their new Dealer Tools on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). You are supporting KnightMotives in the performance of the GKE workloads. Some of the Pods are Statefull. To ensure these Pods do not consume an unlimited amount of CPU, you have configured resource limits on the Deployments. You have identified that these Pods were allocated too much CPU and are actually consuming drastically less some of the time. You want to optimize resource usage and allow maximum flexibility in case of higher load. What should you do?

Question 1

A large enterprise is building a file processing pipeline on Google Cloud. The pipeline ingests the raw files, which are then accessed by a fleet of hundreds of Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) in a single region for parallel processing. These VMs need concurrent, low-latency read and write access to a shared file system. You need to implement a storage solution that delivers the highest possible throughput to minimize the overall processing time. What should you do?

Question 2

Your company wants to migrate their 10-TB on-premises database export into Cloud Storage. You want to minimize the time it takes to complete this activity, the overall cost, and database load. The bandwidth between the on-premises environment and Google Cloud is 1 Gbps. You want to follow Google-recommended practices. What should you do?

Question 2

Auditors visit your teams every 12 months and ask to review all the Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (Cloud IAM) policy changes in the previous 12 months. You want to streamline and expedite the analysis and audit process. What should you do?

Question 2

Your company has a project in Google Cloud with three Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). There is a Compute Engine instance on each VPC. Network subnets do not overlap and must remain separated. The network configuration is shown below. Instance #1 is an exception and must communicate directly with both Instance #2 and Instance #3 via internal IPs. How should you accomplish this?

Question 2

Your company is a global financial services provider that processes and analyzes a high volume of credit card transactions in real time for fraud detection. Your analytics team must run complex batch queries on the same transaction data for daily reporting. You need to design a data processing solution that can handle both real-time and batch processing of the transaction data while minimizing operational overhead and infrastructure management. What should you do?

Question 3

One of the developers on your team deployed their application in Google Container Engine with the Dockerfile below. They report that their application deployments are taking too long. You want to optimize this Dockerfile for faster deployment times without adversely affecting the app's functionality. Which two actions should you take? (Choose two.)

Question 3

Your company wants you to build a highly reliable web application with a few public APIs as the backend. You don't expect a lot of user traffic, but traffic could spike occasionally. You want to leverage Cloud Load Balancing, and the solution must be cost-effective for users. What should you do?