Google Associate Cloud Engineer Question 80
Single answerGoogle Cloud PlatformYour company has deployed a web application on Google Cloud that experiences fluctuating traffic. You need to ensure consistent performance and availability. Which Google Cloud load balancing option should you choose to distribute traffic globally and reduce latency for users located in different regions?
- A
Regional Internal Load Balancer
- B
Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer
- C
Regional External TCP/UDP Network Load Balancer
- D
Cloud VPN
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer is ideal for applications that need to handle web traffic across multiple regions, ensuring that users experience low latency and consistent performance regardless of their geographic location. It automatically routes traffic to the nearest available backend, providing global load balancing capabilities.
- A. Incorrect.
Regional Internal Load Balancer is used for distributing traffic within a single region, typically for internal applications, and does not handle global distribution.
- B. Correct.
Global External HTTP(S) Load Balancer is designed to distribute HTTP and HTTPS traffic across multiple regions, providing low latency and high availability to users worldwide. It is the correct choice for global traffic distribution.
- C. Incorrect.
Regional External TCP/UDP Network Load Balancer is suitable for TCP and UDP traffic within a single region and does not provide global load balancing capabilities.
- D. Incorrect.
Cloud VPN is used to securely connect different networks over the internet and is not a load balancing solution.