Google Cloud Digital Leader Practice Exam

What the Google Cloud Digital Leader exam covers

• Digital Transformation Fundamentals117 questions
• Data and AI in Google Cloud151 questions
• Infrastructure and Application Modernization161 questions
• Security and Operations195 questions

Free Google Cloud Digital Leader sample questions

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1. Question 1Digital Transformation Fundamentals

   Moving to the cloud typically shifts IT spending from which model to which?

   • AFrom OpEx to no cost
   • BFrom fixed to no spending
   • CFrom OpEx to CapEx
   • DFrom capital expenditure (CapEx) to operational expenditure (OpEx)Correct
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • AFrom OpEx to no cost is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • BFrom fixed to no spending is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • CFrom OpEx to CapEx is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
2. Question 2Digital Transformation Fundamentals

   A regulated workload must keep certain data and processing within national borders. Which cloud concept directly addresses this requirement?

   • AMulti-tenancy
   • BPay-as-you-go pricing
   • CElasticity
   • DData residency / data sovereignty, achieved by selecting specific regionsCorrect
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • AMulti-tenancy is incorrect because multi-tenancy refers to resource sharing among customers, not control of data location
   • BPay-as-you-go pricing is incorrect because pay-as-you-go is a pricing model, not a mechanism for controlling data location or compliance
   • CElasticity is incorrect because elasticity is about resource scaling, not data sovereignty or geographic residency
3. Question 3Data and AI in Google Cloud

   Which command creates a Cloud SQL (managed MySQL) instance named 'db1'?

   • Agcloud cloudsql create db1 --engine mysql
   • Bgcloud sql instances create db1 --database-version=MYSQL_8_0Correct
   • Cgcloud database instances add db1
   • Dgcloud sql create-instance db1 --type=mysql
   ✓ Correct answer: B

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • Agcloud cloudsql create db1 --engine mysql is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • Cgcloud database instances add db1 is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • Dgcloud sql create-instance db1 --type=mysql is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
4. Question 4Data and AI in Google Cloud

   A team needs to orchestrate a multi-step, scheduled data pipeline with dependencies between tasks. Which managed Google Cloud service is built for workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow?

   • APersistent Disk
   • BCloud Armor
   • CCloud CDN
   • DCloud ComposerCorrect
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • APersistent Disk is incorrect because it does not describe a benefit of managed services
   • BCloud Armor is incorrect because it does not describe a benefit of managed services
   • CCloud CDN is incorrect because it does not describe a benefit of managed services
5. Question 5Infrastructure and Application Modernization

   Which command deploys a container image to Cloud Run as a service named 'api'?

   • Agcloud container run api gcr.io/my-project/api
   • Bgcloud run create api --image gcr.io/my-project/api
   • Cgcloud run deploy api --image=gcr.io/my-project/apiCorrect
   • Dgcloud cloudrun start api --container gcr.io/my-project/api
   ✓ Correct answer: C

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • Agcloud container run api gcr.io/my-project/api is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • Bgcloud run create api --image gcr.io/my-project/api is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • Dgcloud cloudrun start api --container gcr.io/my-project/api is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
6. Question 6Infrastructure and Application Modernization

   A team wants Kubernetes but does not want to manage node upgrades, scaling, or node pools at all, paying only for running pods. Which option best fits?

   • ACompute Engine with self-installed Kubernetes
   • BApp Engine flexible environment
   • CGKE Standard mode with manual node pools
   • DGKE Autopilot modeCorrect
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • ACompute Engine with self-installed Kubernetes is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • BApp Engine flexible environment is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • CGKE Standard mode with manual node pools is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
7. Question 7Infrastructure and Application Modernization

   A company decommissions duplicate legacy applications during cloud migration because the functionality is covered elsewhere. Which migration strategy does this represent?

   • AReplatform
   • BRehost
   • CRefactor
   • DRetireCorrect
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • AReplatform is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • BRehost is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • CRefactor is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
8. Question 8Security and OperationsSelect all that apply

   Which TWO commands correctly manage IAM on a Google Cloud project? (Choose TWO)

   • Agcloud projects remove-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=user:a@b.com --role=roles/editorCorrect
   • Bgcloud projects iam set a@b.com --role editor
   • Cgcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=user:a@b.com --role=roles/editorCorrect
   • Dgcloud iam projects grant a@b.com editor
   ✓ Correct answer: A, C

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=user:a@b.com --role=roles/editor. This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • Bgcloud projects iam set a@b.com --role editor is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • Dgcloud iam projects grant a@b.com editor is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
9. Question 9Security and Operations

   Which type of log records administrative actions, such as who created or deleted a resource, for security and compliance?

   • ATrace spans
   • BDebug logs
   • CAccess transparency previews
   • DCloud Audit LogsCorrect
   ✓ Correct answer: D

   This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

   Why the other options are wrong

   • ATrace spans is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • BDebug logs is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
   • CAccess transparency previews is incorrect because it contains incorrect technical information or contradicts cloud architecture principles
10. Question 10Security and OperationsSelect all that apply

    Which TWO Google Cloud capabilities help automate operational responses and reduce manual toil? (Choose TWO)

    • ADisabling all monitoring to save effort
    • BLog-based metrics and log sinks in Cloud LoggingCorrect
    • CAlerting policies in Cloud Monitoring that trigger notificationsCorrect
    • DManually reading every server log line by hand
    ✓ Correct answer: B, C

    This answer aligns with cloud architecture best practices and Google Cloud service capabilities. Understanding these concepts is fundamental to designing and operating cloud solutions effectively.

    Why the other options are wrong

    • ADisabling all monitoring to save effort is incorrect because it does not reduce operational toil
    • DManually reading every server log line by hand is incorrect because it does not reduce operational toil

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