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Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam - Topic 8 Question 32 Discussion

A retail company stores their product inventory in a legacy system. Often, customers find products on the company's website and want to purchase them in-store.However, when they arrive, they discover that the products are out of stock.How could the company benefit from using an application programming interface (API)?
D) By programmatically connecting the inventory system to their website
A) To create personalized product recommendations for customers
B) To optimize their on-premises legacy system stability
C) By manually linking each inventory system to the website on a case-by-case basis

Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam - Topic 8 Question 32 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Cloud Digital Leader exam
Question #: 32
Topic #: 8
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A retail company stores their product inventory in a legacy system. Often, customers find products on the company's website and want to purchase them in-store.

However, when they arrive, they discover that the products are out of stock.

How could the company benefit from using an application programming interface (API)?

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Suggested Answer: D

By programmatically connecting the inventory system to their website The issue is the website shows an item is available at the store, but when the customer gets to the store, they find out that item is out of stock.


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Hana
10 months ago
Wait, can APIs really connect legacy systems that easily?
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Sanjuana
10 months ago
A manual link for each product? That's just crazy!
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Beckie
10 months ago
Not sure if an API would solve all their problems though...
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Jesusita
11 months ago
I think D is the best option here. Makes total sense!
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Garry
11 months ago
APIs can definitely help sync inventory in real-time!
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Maryanne
11 months ago
I definitely recall that APIs can automate processes, so option D seems like the best choice for linking the inventory system to the website efficiently.
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Izetta
11 months ago
I’m a bit confused about the options. I thought APIs were mainly for data sharing, but I guess they could help with inventory updates too?
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Hortencia
11 months ago
I think we had a practice question about inventory management, and I feel like connecting the inventory system to the website would solve the stock issue.
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Alana
11 months ago
I remember studying how APIs can help integrate different systems, but I'm not sure if that's the main benefit here.
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Gracie
11 months ago
Hmm, I'm not too sure about this one. I'm thinking it might be AMPscript, since we need to integrate the registration data with the email sends. But SQL could work too. I'll have to think this through a bit more.
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Dorian
11 months ago
I think I've got this one. A non-unique index could help improve query performance, but I'll need to double-check that it meets the stated goal.
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Latrice
11 months ago
This question seems straightforward - I think the answer is C, since non-discretionary controls are automatically provided by the system and can't be overridden based on human judgment.
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Emmanuel
11 months ago
I kind of remember a lecture mentioning that hash functions output a constant size. So, that makes me lean towards "True," but I'm still uncertain.
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