Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 49
Select 3Google Cloud PlatformAs a Google Cloud Engineer, you have been tasked with setting up a cost management system for your company's Google Cloud Platform account. Your goal is to ensure the team is notified if the monthly spend approaches or exceeds the budget. Which steps should you take to establish a budget and set up alerts accordingly?
- A
Create a budget in the Google Cloud Console under the Billing section.
- B
Enable the 'Cost Trend' analysis tool in Google Cloud Console to automatically notify you of budget anomalies.
- C
Set up an alert threshold within the budget settings to notify you when spending reaches a certain percentage of the budget.
- D
Configure email notifications in the Alerts section of the Google Cloud Console to receive alerts directly.
- E
Use BigQuery to query billing data and manually send alerts when thresholds are reached.
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Correct answers: A, C, D
Explanation
To effectively manage GCP costs, you need to establish a budget within the Google Cloud Console and set alert thresholds to notify your team when spending approaches or exceeds the budget. Configuring email notifications ensures these alerts are delivered promptly. While BigQuery can provide detailed billing insights, it is not the primary tool for setting up automated alerts, making options 1, 3, and 4 the appropriate steps.
- A. Correct.
Creating a budget in the Google Cloud Console under the Billing section is the first step towards setting up cost management.
- B. Incorrect.
The 'Cost Trend' analysis tool is not a feature that automatically notifies you of budget anomalies; this requires manual setup of alerts.
- C. Correct.
Setting up an alert threshold within the budget settings is essential to automatically notify you when spending reaches a certain percentage of the budget.
- D. Correct.
Configuring email notifications ensures you receive timely alerts directly to your inbox when spending thresholds are met.
- E. Incorrect.
Using BigQuery to query billing data is a more manual process and not the standard approach for setting up automated budget alerts.