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Google Cloud Computing Foundations

(Jul-Oct 2023)
Assignment- Week 1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10

QUESTION 1:

What does it mean for a Cloud system to be elastic?

a) The system is multi-cloud.
b) The system can bounce back after an outage.
c) The system can be moved from region to region.
d) The system can add and remove resources based on need

Correct Answer: (d)

Explanation: Elastic systems can add or remove resources based on performance needs

QUESTION 2:

CPU is provided as a service in __________

a) PaaS
b) SaaS
c) IaaS
d) CPU cannot be provided as a service

Correct Answer: (c)

Detailed Solution: CPU is a hardware infrastructure, and is provided as IaaS.

QUESTION 3:

Which of the following Google storage services are suitable for NoSQL databases?
a) Cloud Storage
b) Cloud Bigtable
c) Cloud Datastore
d) Cloud Spanner

Correct Answer: (b) and (c)

Detailed Solution: Both Cloud Bigtable and Datastore can handle NoSQL databases whereas
Cloud Spanner is for relational databases and cloud storage is for unstructured data
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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following is an example of the zonal resource in Google Cloud architecture?
a) Cloud Datastore
b) Compute Engine
c) HTTP(S) Load Balancer
d) Virtual Private Cloud

Correct Answer: (b)

Detailed Solution: The compute engine is available only at the zonal level, thus becoming
unavailable if there are any issues at that particular zone.

QUESTION 5:

“Google Cloud Platform Console is a command line interface to interact with GCP”. Is this
statement true or false?
a) True
b) False

Correct Answer: (b)

Detailed Solution: Google Cloud Platform Console is a web-based interface to interact with the
GCP.

QUESTION 6:

Which of the following is/are applicable for GCP project-id?

a) It is generated automatically by the system
b) The user can edit it while creating a project
c) The user can it after the creation of the project
d) It is unique across all GCP projects

Correct Answer: (a), (b) and (d)

Detailed Solution: The user cannot change the project id after the creation of the project

QUESTION 7:

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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides a variety of service choices. Which of the following
services is infrastructure as a service (IaaS)?
a) App Engine
b) Cloud Function
c) Compute Engine
d) Google Kubernetes Engine

Correct Answer: (c)

Explanation: Compute Engine is the correct answer. With IaaS, only the underlying architecture is
provided. The user still has to select and care for an operating system and install the required
applications.

QUESTION 8:

Regions are independent geographic areas on the same continent. Which of the following is a
regional service?
a) Cloud Datastore
b) HTTPS Load Balancer
c) Network
d) Virtual machine

Correct Answer: (a)

Explanation: Cloud Datastore is an example of a service that is regional. HTTPS load balancers
and networks are global, and virtual machines are zonal

QUESTION 9:

Which of the following are the part of Google Cloud SDK:

a) bash
b) gcloud
c) gsutil
d) bq

Correct Answer: (b, c, and d)

Detailed Solution: gcloud, gsutil, and bq are the part of Google Cloud SDK whereas bash is a
utility in unix-based systems.

QUESTION 10:
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Which command line tool can be used to manage Cloud Storage?

a) bq
b) Cloud Shell
c) gcloud
d) gsutil

Correct Answer: (d)

Explanation: The gsutil CLI tool is used for managing Cloud Storage