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Google Exam Associate Cloud Engineer Topic 3 Question 106 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Associate Cloud Engineer exam
Question #: 106
Topic #: 3
[All Associate Cloud Engineer Questions]

(Your company is modernizing its applications and refactoring them to containerized microservices. You need to deploy the infrastructure on Google Cloud so that teams can deploy their applications. The applications cannot be exposed publicly. You want to minimize management and operational overhead. What should you do?)

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Suggested Answer: C

GKE Autopilot is a mode of operation in GKE where Google manages the underlying infrastructure, including nodes, node pools, and their upgrades. This significantly reduces the management and operational overhead for the user, allowing teams to focus solely on deploying and managing their containerized applications. Since the applications are not exposed publicly, the zonal or regional nature of the cluster primarily impacts availability within Google Cloud, and Autopilot is available for both. Autopilot minimizes the operational burden, which is a key requirement.

Option A: A Standard zonal GKE cluster requires you to manage the nodes yourself, including sizing, scaling, and upgrades, increasing operational overhead compared to Autopilot.

Option B: Manually installing and managing Kubernetes on a fleet of Compute Engine instances involves the highest level of management overhead, which contradicts the requirement to minimize it.

Option D: A Standard regional GKE cluster provides higher availability than a zonal cluster by replicating the control plane and nodes across multiple zones within a region. However, it still requires you to manage the underlying nodes, unlike Autopilot.

Reference to Google Cloud Certified - Associate Cloud Engineer Documents:

The different modes of GKE operation, including Standard and Autopilot, and their respective management responsibilities and benefits, are clearly outlined in the Google Kubernetes Engine documentation, a core topic for the Associate Cloud Engineer certification. The emphasis on reduced operational overhead with Autopilot is a key differentiator.


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Noelia
29 days ago
Wait, you're telling me I have to provision instances and install Kubernetes myself? What is this, a choose-your-own-adventure book?
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Haley
30 days ago
You know, if I wanted to spend my time managing Kubernetes, I'd have become a DevOps engineer. GKE Autopilot is the lazy man's dream come true.
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Quiana
7 days ago
C) Provision a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot cluster.
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Miles
18 days ago
A) Provision a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot cluster.
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Anissa
1 months ago
Hah, installing Kubernetes on Compute Engine instances? What is this, the Stone Age? GKE Autopilot is clearly the modern solution here.
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Una
1 months ago
I'd go with the regional GKE cluster. That way I get high availability and the ability to scale across zones. Gotta love that redundancy!
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Eleonore
1 months ago
GKE Autopilot is the way to go! Minimal management overhead and it just works. Easy choice in my opinion.
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Colene
13 days ago
GKE Autopilot is the way to go! Minimal management overhead and it just works. Easy choice in my opinion.
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Lawrence
17 days ago
C) Provision a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot cluster.
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Dottie
24 days ago
A) Provision a Standard zonal Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster.
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Rickie
1 months ago
I think option A, the standard zonal GKE cluster, is the best choice for our needs.
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Kathrine
2 months ago
I prefer option D, the regional GKE cluster for better redundancy.
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Denise
2 months ago
I agree with Herschel, the Autopilot cluster will help minimize management overhead.
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Herschel
2 months ago
I think we should go with option C, the GKE Autopilot cluster.
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