A company needs to ensure their backups are point-in-time and require minimal downtime. Which GCP service should they choose?
ADataflow
BCloud Storage
CCloud Spanner
DCloud Firestore
Explanation
Cloud Spanner provides point-in-time recovery with minimal downtime; the others don’t have this specific feature.
Q297
What happens when you configure a Cloud SQL instance as read-only?
AOnly read queries are allowed
BAll queries are blocked
CWrite operations are allowed
DReplication is disabled
Explanation
Read-only mode allows only read queries, blocking write operations; the other options are incorrect interpretations.
Q298
Which service can replicate data across multiple regions?
ACloud SQL
BCloud Spanner
CFirebase Realtime Database
DBigtable
Explanation
Cloud Spanner is designed for global transaction consistency and replication, while others do not support cross-region replication as robustly.
Q299
A company needs a database that scales both horizontally and vertically with strong consistency. Which service should they choose?
ACloud SQL
BBigtable
CCloud Spanner
DFirestore
Explanation
Cloud Spanner offers both horizontal and vertical scaling with strong consistency, unlike the other options.
Q300
You are configuring IAM roles for a database service. What happens when two conflicting roles are assigned to a user?
AConflicting permissions cancel out
BThe most permissive role is applied
CAccess is denied entirely
DRoles are merged without conflicts
Explanation
The most permissive access applies, as IAM combines roles without cancelling permissions.