Google Compute Engine Operations Quiz

1. You want to attach an additional persistent disk to a running instance. Is this possible without stopping the instance?

No, you must stop the instance first

Yes, you can attach a disk to a running instance

Only if the disk is in the same zone

Only if using a custom machine type

2. In Compute Engine, which feature allows you to define custom metadata that can be accessed from inside the VM?

Instance metadata

Cloud Monitoring labels

VPC network tags

Disk encryption settings

3. What is the purpose of gcloud compute in the Google Cloud SDK?

To manage Compute Engine resources via command line

To compile Python code for GCP

To monitor billing and costs

To create Cloud Storage buckets

4. To restrict incoming traffic to a Compute Engine instance on port 22, which resource should you modify?

VPC firewall rules

Operating system firewall

Network ACLs

Instance metadata

5. Which IP address type in Compute Engine is automatically assigned and may change after instance restart?

Static external IP

Ephemeral external IP

Internal IP

Reserved IP

6. What happens when you create a snapshot of a persistent disk in Compute Engine?

A point-in-time copy is created for backup or cloning purposes

The disk is automatically encrypted

The instance is automatically stopped

A new machine type is generated

7. You need to securely store credentials for your Compute Engine instance. Which service should you use?

Cloud Secret Manager

Cloud Storage buckets

Metadata server

Startup scripts

8. In Compute Engine, what does a subnet define?

A logical division of a VPC network within a region

A physical data center location

A firewall rule set

A backup storage location

9. Which GCP service provides centralized logging for Compute Engine instances?

Cloud Logging

Cloud Trace

Cloud Profiler

Cloud Debugger

10. What is the primary benefit of using preemptible instances in Compute Engine?

Higher performance than standard instances

Significant cost savings for fault-tolerant workloads

Guaranteed uptime of 99.9%

Access to premium machine types

11. What is the primary purpose of a Google Compute Engine instance template?

To define a reusable configuration for creating VM instances

To store snapshots of VM disks

To manage billing across multiple projects

To encrypt data at rest on persistent disks

12. Which startup script in Compute Engine runs as the root user during instance boot?

User startup script

Metadata startup script

Boot initialization script

Pre-boot configuration script

13. When using Cloud NAT with Compute Engine instances, what is translated?

Private IP addresses to public IP addresses for outbound traffic

DNS names to IP addresses

HTTP requests to HTTPS

Instance names to project IDs

14. What does a machine type in Compute Engine define?

The operating system of the VM

The CPU, memory, and GPU configuration

The regional location of the instance

The disk encryption method

15. Which metric is commonly monitored to ensure a Compute Engine instance is healthy?

CPU utilization and memory usage

DNS resolution time

Cloud Storage bucket size

BigQuery query latency

16. You need to connect two VPC networks in different GCP projects. Which service should you use?

VPC peering

Cloud Interconnect

Cloud VPN

Cloud NAT

17. What is the purpose of a service account in Google Cloud?

To authenticate applications and services to GCP APIs

To manage user access to the Cloud Console

To track billing for individual users

To create backup snapshots of VM instances

18. Which firewall rule direction allows traffic from the internet to your Compute Engine instance?

Egress

Ingress

Internal

Cross-region

19. When you stop a Compute Engine instance, what happens to the persistent disk data?

Data is permanently deleted

Data is retained and available when the instance restarts

Data is archived to Cloud Storage

Data is encrypted and moved to a backup location

20. Which GCP service allows you to automatically scale Compute Engine instances based on demand?

Cloud Load Balancing

Instance Groups with autoscaling

Cloud Scheduler

Cloud Monitoring

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