Google Cloud Digital Leader

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1. 1.A retailer still runs all of its systems in its own datacenter and must buy and install new servers weeks before a seasonal peak. Which characteristic of cloud technology directly addresses this problem?

   • AScalabilityCorrect answer
   • BOpen standards
   • CData governance
   • DData residency

   Why

   Scalability lets an organization add capacity on demand instead of purchasing hardware in advance of a peak. Open standards concern interoperability between technologies. Data governance concerns how data is managed and controlled. Data residency concerns where data is physically stored.

2. 2.Which term describes an application designed specifically to take advantage of cloud characteristics, using approaches such as containers and microservices?

   • ACloud nativeCorrect answer
   • BLift-and-shift
   • COpen source
   • DOn-premises

   Why

   Cloud native describes applications built specifically for the cloud, typically using containers, microservices, and automated scaling. Lift-and-shift describes moving an application unchanged. Open source describes software whose code is publicly available. On-premises describes infrastructure in the organization's own datacenter.

3. 3.An organization moves from buying servers every few years to paying monthly for the cloud resources it consumes. How does this change its spending model?

   • AFrom capital expenditure (CapEx) to operational expenditure (OpEx)Correct answer
   • BFrom operational expenditure (OpEx) to capital expenditure (CapEx)
   • CFrom total cost of ownership (TCO) to capital expenditure (CapEx)
   • DFrom operational expenditure (OpEx) to fixed licensing costs

   Why

   The organization shifts from capital expenditure (CapEx), where hardware is purchased upfront and depreciated, to operational expenditure (OpEx), where cloud resources are paid for as they are consumed, which changes the total cost of ownership. The other options reverse the terms or confuse them with unrelated concepts.

4. 4.A company must keep certain regulated workloads on infrastructure it controls, while running its public website in the cloud. Which infrastructure model fits this requirement?

   • AHybrid cloudCorrect answer
   • BPublic cloud only
   • CPrivate cloud only
   • DMulticloud

   Why

   A hybrid cloud combines on-premises or private cloud infrastructure with public cloud resources, which allows regulated workloads to stay under the organization's control while other workloads run in the public cloud. A public cloud alone would not satisfy the control requirement. A private cloud alone forgoes public cloud benefits. Multicloud means using more than one public cloud provider.

5. 5.An organization deliberately runs workloads across two different public cloud providers to avoid depending on a single vendor. Which term describes this strategy?

   • AMulticloudCorrect answer
   • BHybrid cloud
   • CPrivate cloud
   • DOn-premises

   Why

   Multicloud is the use of more than one public cloud provider, often to avoid vendor lock-in or to use the best service from each provider. A hybrid cloud combines private or on-premises infrastructure with public cloud. A private cloud serves a single organization. On-premises means the organization's own datacenter.

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