Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 50
Select 2Google Cloud PlatformYour company has set a monthly budget of $5,000 for Google Cloud Platform use. You need to ensure that the finance team receives alerts when the spending reaches 50%, 80%, and 100% of this budget. What steps should you take to achieve this?
- A
A. Set up a Cloud Billing budget with threshold rules for 50%, 80%, and 100%.
- B
B. Configure a Cloud Function to query billing data and send alerts when thresholds are met.
- C
C. Enable billing export to BigQuery and create a scheduled query to check spending.
- D
D. Use Google Cloud Monitoring to set up alerts based on billing metrics.
- E
E. Create a budget alert in the Google Cloud Console and specify alert recipients.
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Correct answers: A, E
Explanation
To set up billing alerts effectively, you should configure a Cloud Billing budget with desired thresholds, and specify who gets notified. This can be easily done through the Google Cloud Console, which offers built-in functionality for managing budget alerts without the need for custom solutions or external monitoring tools.
- A. Correct.
A. This is a direct and recommended approach to set thresholds and receive alerts via Cloud Billing budget.
- B. Incorrect.
B. While feasible, this option is overly complex and not necessary for basic budget alerts.
- C. Incorrect.
C. Exporting billing data to BigQuery is useful for detailed analysis but not for simple alerts.
- D. Incorrect.
D. Google Cloud Monitoring is more suitable for monitoring application performance rather than billing alerts.
- E. Correct.
E. This option allows you to specify who receives notifications when the budget thresholds are reached.