Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

Introduce

Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and applications that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems or investing in new products and services. 'Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud' explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology.

Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Modernizing Infrastructure in the Cloud

  1. What open source platform, originally developed by Google, manages containerized workloads and services?

    • Angular

    • Kubernetes

    • Go

    • TensorFlow

  2. What computing option automatically provisions resources, like compute power, in the background as needed?

    • IaaS (infrastructure as a service)

    • Traditional on-premises computing

    • Serverless computing

    • PaaS (platform as a service)

  3. What phrase refers to when a workload is rehosted without changing anything in the workload's code or architecture.

    • Refactor and reshape

    • Move and improve

    • Reimagine and plan

    • Lift and shift

  4. What portion of a machine does a container virtualize?

    • Software layers above the operating system level

    • The entire machine

    • Software layers above the firmware level

    • Hardware layers above the electrical level

  5. A manufacturing company is considering shifting their on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, but are concerned that access to their data and applications won’t be available when they need them. They want to ensure that if one data center goes down, another will be available to prevent any disruption of service. What does this refer to?

    • Reliability

    • Flexibility

    • Total cost of ownership

    • Security

  6. A travel company is in the early stages of developing a new application and wants to test it on a variety of configurations: different operating systems, processors, and storage options. What cloud computing option should they use?

    • Colocation

    • Containers

    • A local development environment

    • Virtual machine instances

Modernizing Applications in the Cloud

  1. In modern cloud application development, what name is given to independently deployable, scalable, and maintainable components that can be used to build a wide range of applications?

    • DevOps

    • Microservices

    • Monoliths

    • Containers

  2. What term is commonly used to describe a rehost migration strategy for an organization that runs specialized legacy applications that aren’t compatible with cloud-native applications?

    • Lift and shift

    • Build and deploy

    • Move and improve

    • Install and fall

  3. What’s the name of Google Cloud’s production-ready platform for running Kuberenetes applications across multiple cloud environments?

    • GKE Enterprise

    • Knative

    • Google Kubernetes Engine

    • Container Registry

  4. What term describes a set of instructions that lets different software programs communicate with each other?

    • Application programming interface

    • Network programming interface

    • Programming communication link

    • Communication link interface

  5. What name is given to an environment where an organization uses more than one public cloud provider as part of its architecture?

    • Edge cloud

    • Hybrid cloud

    • Community cloud

    • Multicloud

  6. What name is given to an environment that comprises some combination of on-premises or private cloud infrastructure and public cloud services?

    • Hybrid cloud

    • Smart cloud

    • Multicloud

    • Secure cloud

  7. Which is a fully managed cloud infrastructure solution that lets organizations run their Oracle workloads on dedicated servers in the cloud?

    • SQL Server on Google Cloud

    • App Engine

    • Bare metal solution

    • Google Cloud VMware Engine

  8. In modern application development, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of cloud-based infrastructure, such as patching, upgrades, and monitoring?

    • DevOps

    • Cloud security

    • Containers

    • Managed services

  9. What is the name of Google Cloud's API management service that can operate APIs with enhanced scale, security, and automation?

    • App Engine

    • AppSheet

    • Apigee

    • Cloud API Manager

  10. What is one way that organizations can create new revenue streams through APIs?

    • By developing new products and services internally

    • By using APIs to track customer shipments

    • By charging developers to access their APIs

    • By allowing developers to access their data for free