GCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice

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This practice set contains 60 questions with detailed explanations.

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It covers the key topics and question types for Google Professional Cloud Architect (PCA), including vocabulary, grammar, reading, and practical test skills.

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Practice 60 original Google Professional Cloud Architect questions covering architecture, compute, storage, networking, security, and reliability, with detailed explanations.

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Question 1

What is the correct Google Cloud resource hierarchy?

Select an answer Folders, organizations, resources, projectsOrganization, folders, projects, resourcesProjects, folders, organizations, resourcesResources, projects, organizations, folders

Question 2

What is a Google Cloud project?

Select an answer The base container for resources, billing, and APIsA virtual machineA DNS recordA firewall rule

Question 3

What is a folder used for in Google Cloud?

Select an answer Managing DNS zonesFiltering network trafficGrouping projects and applying policies at scaleStoring virtual machine images

Question 4

What is the organization node in Google Cloud?

Select an answer A compute clusterA storage bucketA VPC subnetThe root of the resource hierarchy

Question 5

What is a VPC in Google Cloud?

Select an answer A single virtual machineA database schemaA billing accountA global virtual private network for connecting resources

Question 6

What are regions and zones in Google Cloud?

Select an answer Regions are geographic areas and zones are isolated locations within themRegions are DNS domains and zones are foldersRegions are billing groups and zones are projectsRegions are networks and zones are subnets

Question 7

What is a multi-region deployment?

Select an answer A local firewallResources replicated across multiple geographic regions for durability and availabilityOne VM in one zoneA single storage class

Question 8

What does an SLA define?

Select an answer The VM machine typeThe DNS record typeThe expected availability and service termsThe number of projects

Question 9

What is high availability?

Select an answer Storing all data in one zoneDisabling backupsDesigning a system to keep working despite component failuresUsing the most expensive machine type

Question 10

Match each Google Cloud resource hierarchy item to its purpose.

OrganizationFolderProjectRegion

Question 11

Which Google Cloud service provides IaaS virtual machines?

Select an answer App EngineCloud FunctionsBigQueryCompute Engine

Question 12

Which Google Cloud service provides managed Kubernetes clusters?

Select an answer Cloud Load BalancingGoogle Kubernetes EngineCompute EngineCloud Storage

Question 13

Which Google Cloud service runs code without provisioning servers?

Select an answer Cloud FunctionsCompute EngineBare Metal SolutionCloud SQL

Question 14

Which Google Cloud service runs container images with automatic scaling?

Select an answer Cloud StorageCloud DNSCloud RunCompute Engine

Question 15

What is a managed instance group?

Select an answer A firewall ruleA group of identical VMs with autoscaling and health checksA set of unrelated VMsA DNS zone

Question 16

What is a machine type in Compute Engine?

Select an answer A project nameA network routeA storage classA predefined CPU and memory configuration

Question 17

Which Google Cloud service is a PaaS platform for web applications?

Select an answer Compute EngineCloud FunctionsCloud SpannerApp Engine

Question 18

What is a spot VM?

Select an answer A managed databaseA cheaper, interruptible VM for fault-tolerant workloadsA VM with unlimited uptimeA GPU VM

Question 19

What is an unmanaged instance group?

Select an answer A group of independently managed VMsA group with autoscalingA Kubernetes clusterA load balancer

Question 20

Match each Google Cloud compute service to its purpose.

Compute EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineCloud RunApp Engine

Question 21

Which Google Cloud service provides managed relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL?

Select an answer BigtableCloud StorageCloud SQLFirestore

Question 22

Which Google Cloud service is a globally distributed relational database?

Select an answer FirestoreBigtableCloud FunctionsCloud Spanner

Question 23

Which Google Cloud service is a NoSQL document database?

Select an answer FirestoreCloud SpannerCloud SQLCloud Storage

Question 24

Which Google Cloud service is a low-latency NoSQL database for large analytical and operational workloads?

Select an answer Cloud CDNBigtableCloud SQLApp Engine

Question 25

Which Google Cloud service is a serverless data warehouse?

Select an answer FilestoreBigQueryCloud SpannerCloud Storage

Question 26

Which Google Cloud service stores unstructured objects such as images and backups?

Select an answer Cloud StorageCloud SQLFirestoreBigtable

Question 27

Which Google Cloud service provides managed network file storage?

Select an answer Cloud StorageBigQueryCloud FunctionsFilestore

Question 28

Which Google Cloud service runs managed Apache Hadoop and Spark clusters?

Select an answer App EngineCloud CDNDataprocCloud Run

Question 29

Which Google Cloud service provides petabyte-scale object storage with lifecycle management?

Select an answer Cloud StorageCloud SQLFirestoreBigtable

Question 30

Match each Google Cloud data service to its purpose.

Cloud SQLBigQueryFirestoreCloud Storage

Question 31

What is a VPC subnet?

Select an answer A virtual machineA firewall ruleA DNS recordAn IP address range within a VPC

Question 32

Which Google Cloud service distributes traffic across instances and regions?

Select an answer Cloud NATCloud InterconnectCloud Load BalancingCloud DNS

Question 33

Which Google Cloud service provides encrypted tunnels from on-premises networks to a VPC?

Select an answer Cloud ArmorCloud VPNCloud InterconnectCloud CDN

Question 34

Which Google Cloud service provides dedicated private physical connections to Google?

Select an answer Cloud InterconnectCloud VPNCloud NATCloud DNS

Question 35

What does Cloud NAT do?

Select an answer Caches static contentManages DNS recordsProvides outbound internet access for private instancesRoutes traffic between regions

Question 36

What is a VPC firewall rule?

Select an answer A virtual networkA storage bucketA machine typeA policy that controls traffic to and from resources

Question 37

What is VPC peering?

Select an answer Enabling billingConnecting two VPC networks privatelyCreating a subnetAdding a DNS zone

Question 38

What is Shared VPC?

Select an answer A host project shares subnets with service projectsA network with public IPsA DNS forwarderA backup plan

Question 39

Which Google Cloud service provides global HTTP(S) load balancing?

Select an answer Cloud VPNCloud InterconnectCloud NATCloud Load Balancing

Question 40

Match each Google Cloud networking service to its purpose.

Cloud Load BalancingCloud VPNCloud InterconnectCloud NAT

Question 41

Which Google Cloud service manages identities and permissions?

Select an answer Cloud IAMCloud DNSCloud StorageCloud Logging

Question 42

What is a role in Cloud IAM?

Select an answer A storage bucketA subnetA set of permissionsA virtual machine

Question 43

What is a service account?

Select an answer A firewall ruleA DNS recordAn identity used by applications and workloadsA user login

Question 44

Which Google Cloud service securely stores secrets such as API keys and passwords?

Select an answer Cloud FunctionsSecret ManagerCloud StorageBigQuery

Question 45

Which Google Cloud service manages encryption keys?

Select an answer Cloud IAMCloud NATCloud DNSCloud KMS

Question 46

Which Google Cloud service provides managed web application security rules?

Select an answer Cloud ArmorCloud CDNCloud InterconnectCloud VPN

Question 47

Which Google Cloud service scans web applications for common vulnerabilities?

Select an answer BigQueryCloud Security ScannerCloud DNSCloud Storage

Question 48

What is an organization policy in Google Cloud?

Select an answer A project firewallA VM imageA DNS recordCentral constraints applied across the resource hierarchy

Question 49

Which Google Cloud feature records who did what in a project?

Select an answer Cloud CDNCloud NATCloud Audit LogsCloud DNS

Question 50

Match each Google Cloud security service to its purpose.

Cloud IAMCloud KMSSecret ManagerCloud Armor

Question 51

What does an autoscaler do?

Select an answer Rotates encryption keysAdjusts the number of instances based on loadDeletes unused bucketsRoutes DNS traffic

Question 52

What is a health check?

Select an answer A backup scheduleA firewall ruleA project nameA probe that verifies an instance is ready to serve traffic

Question 53

What is a backup?

Select an answer A copy of data used for recoveryA VM instanceA DNS zoneA load balancer

Question 54

What is disaster recovery?

Select an answer A health checkA cost reportA plan to restore systems after a major outage or disasterA daily backup

Question 55

Which Google Cloud service monitors metrics, dashboards, and alerts?

Select an answer Cloud DNSCloud InterconnectCloud MonitoringCloud Storage

Question 56

Which Google Cloud service stores and manages structured logs?

Select an answer Cloud CDNCloud LoggingBigQueryFirestore

Question 57

What is an uptime check?

Select an answer A firewall ruleA VM snapshotA project quotaA monitor that verifies an endpoint is reachable

Question 58

Which Google Cloud feature sends notifications when a metric crosses a threshold?

Select an answer Alerting policiesDNS recordsStorage classesVPC peering

Question 59

What is a rolling deployment?

Select an answer Disabling monitoringUpdating instances gradually to reduce downtimeDeleting all instances at onceCreating a new project

Question 60

Match each Google Cloud reliability service to its purpose.

AutoscalerHealth checkCloud MonitoringCloud Logging