Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 8 Question 36 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Associate Cloud Engineer exam

Question #: 36
Topic #: 8

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You have designed a solution on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that uses multiple GCP products. Your company has asked you to estimate the costs of the solution. You need to provide estimates for the monthly total cost. What should you do?

AFor each GCP product in the solution, review the pricing details on the products pricing page. Use the pricing calculator to total the monthly costs for each GCP product.

BFor each GCP product in the solution, review the pricing details on the products pricing page. Create a Google Sheet that summarizes the expected monthly costs for each product.

CProvision the solution on GCP. Leave the solution provisioned for 1 week. Navigate to the Billing Report page in the Google Cloud Platform Console. Multiply the 1 week cost to determine the monthly costs.

DProvision the solution on GCP. Leave the solution provisioned for 1 week. Use Stackdriver to determine the provisioned and used resource amounts. Multiply the 1 week cost to determine the monthly costs.

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Suggested Answer: A

by Louisa at May 04, 2022, 04:28 PM

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Stephane

4 months ago

Wait, you can just multiply a week's cost? That seems off...

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Emily

4 months ago

D seems a bit overkill for just estimating costs.

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Keneth

4 months ago

C is just wasting time. Why not just check the pricing page?

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Kris

4 months ago

B sounds good too, but a Google Sheet? Really?

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Malcom

5 months ago

A is definitely the way to go! Pricing calculator is super helpful.

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Dion

5 months ago

I vaguely recall that using the pricing details directly is usually the quickest way, so maybe option A is the safest bet here.

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Enola

5 months ago

I feel like provisioning the solution first, like in options C and D, could give real data, but it seems time-consuming for just an estimate.

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Reena

5 months ago

I think option A sounds familiar from our practice questions, but I wonder if creating a Google Sheet like in option B might be more organized.

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Erasmo

5 months ago

I remember we talked about using the pricing calculator for estimating costs, but I'm not sure if that's the best approach for this question.

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Nathalie

5 months ago

This question seems pretty straightforward. I think the answer is B - we should just try things out and see what works, rather than getting bogged down in analysis.

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Kina

5 months ago

Ugh, GPU issues are the worst. I bet it's something simple like not having enough memory allocated. I'll double-check that and see if that solves the problem.

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Emily

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the wording of this question. It's asking about a "compound pattern" but I'm not sure exactly what that means. I'll need to think this through carefully.

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Tamra

5 months ago

I feel pretty good about this question. Accruals and deferrals are a core topic, and I've practiced similar questions. I'll carefully read the options and select the one that best matches the description of appropriate expense recognition for advertising.

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