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    PracticeGCP Professional Cloud ArchitectGCP Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exam 2Question 33
    Hard1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 4: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business ProcessesCapacity PlanningCompute Engine

    GCP PCA · Question 33 · Domain 4: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes

    You are planning a massive marketing campaign that will require spinning up 5,000 new Compute Engine cores in a single region within 10 minutes. What must you do to ensure this succeeds?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Write a Terraform script to deploy them concurrently.

    B.

    Request a quota increase from Google Cloud Support well in advance.

    C.

    Use Managed Instance Groups with autoscaling.

    D.

    Purchase Committed Use Discounts.

    How to approach this question

    Recognize GCP resource limits and capacity planning.

    Full Answer

    B.Request a quota increase from Google Cloud Support well in advance.✓ Correct
    All GCP projects have default quotas (e.g., number of CPUs per region). For massive spikes, you must request a quota increase in advance.

    Common mistakes

    Assuming autoscaling bypasses project quotas.
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