Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 47
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformAs a Google Cloud Platform Associate Cloud Engineer, you are tasked with setting up a budget for your project to ensure costs do not exceed $5000 per month. Additionally, you need to configure alerts to notify your team when spending reaches 80% and 100% of the budget. Which of the following steps should you take to achieve this?
- A
Create a budget in the Google Cloud Console and set the amount to $5000.
- B
Configure budget alerts to notify at 80% and 100% thresholds in the Google Cloud Console.
- C
Enable billing export to BigQuery to analyze spending trends.
- D
Set up Pub/Sub notifications to trigger alerts when budget thresholds are met.
- E
Use Google Cloud Monitoring to create custom alerts for billing.
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Correct answers: A, B, D
Explanation
To manage and monitor project spending effectively, you need to create a budget within the Google Cloud Console and configure alerts to notify your team as you approach or exceed the budget. Setting a budget amount and configuring alerts at specific thresholds are essential steps. Pub/Sub notifications can be used to automate the alert process, making options 1, 2, and 4 the correct choices.
- A. Correct.
Creating a budget and setting the amount is the first step in managing expenses.
- B. Correct.
Configuring alerts at specific thresholds ensures you are notified as spending approaches or exceeds the budget.
- C. Incorrect.
While exporting billing data to BigQuery is useful for analysis, it is not part of setting budgets or alerts.
- D. Correct.
Setting up Pub/Sub notifications is an effective way to alert your team when thresholds are reached.
- E. Incorrect.
Google Cloud Monitoring is not used for billing alerts; billing alerts are configured within the Google Cloud Console.