Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Exam - Topic 10 Question 31 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam

Question #: 31
Topic #: 10

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You support a large service with a well-defined Service Level Objective (SLO). The development team deploys new releases of the service multiple times a week. If a major incident causes the service to miss its SLO, you want the development team to shift its focus from working on features to improving service reliability. What should you do before a major incident occurs?

ADevelop an appropriate error budget policy in cooperation with all service stakeholders.

BNegotiate with the product team to always prioritize service reliability over releasing new features.

CNegotiate with the development team to reduce the release frequency to no more than once a week.

DAdd a plugin to your Jenkins pipeline that prevents new releases whenever your service is out of SLO.

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Suggested Answer: B

by Judy at May 04, 2022, 03:59 PM

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Raylene

4 months ago

B is a bit too rigid; we need balance, not just reliability.

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Lavera

4 months ago

Wait, can we really enforce that in Jenkins? Sounds tricky.

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Ashton

4 months ago

But what about all the new features we need?

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Corinne

4 months ago

Totally agree, prioritizing reliability is a must.

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Rozella

5 months ago

A solid error budget policy is key!

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Timothy

5 months ago

Adding a Jenkins plugin sounds like a good idea, but I wonder if it might slow down our development process too much.

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Laurel

5 months ago

Reducing release frequency seems too drastic. I think we should focus on improving reliability without limiting our deployment cadence.

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Malcolm

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like negotiating with the product team might lead to conflicts. We need to balance features and reliability.

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Buddy

5 months ago

I remember discussing error budgets in class, and I think developing a policy with stakeholders is crucial. It sets clear expectations.

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Aja

5 months ago

Okay, I think I've got it. The question is asking about how the IAA can describe its work, and since the external assessment was recent and the quality assurance program is favorable, option B seems to be the most accurate statement.

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Launa

5 months ago

This is straightforward - the security requirement means we need to use a Lookup relationship, not Master Detail. Lookup gives the access control we need.

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