✅ Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a Google Cloud load balancing service?

❌ Global external Application Load Balancer
❌ External proxy Network Load Balancer
❌ Regional external proxy Network Load Balancer
🟩 Global hardware-defined Load Balancer
❌ Regional external passthrough Network Load Balancer
❌ Regional internal Application Load Balancer

Explanation:

Google Cloud load balancing is fully software-defined.
There is no such thing as a “global hardware-defined load balancer” in Google Cloud.

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✅ Question 2

Which load balancer is recommended for HTTP(S) traffic?

🟩 Global external Application Load Balancer
❌ Global external proxy Network Load Balancer
❌ Regional internal passthrough Network Load Balancer
❌ Regional external passthrough Network Load Balancer
❌ Regional internal proxy Network Load Balancer

Explanation:

The Global external Application Load Balancer is designed for HTTP(S), L7 traffic, CDN integration, SSL offloading, and global routing.

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✅ Question 3

Which of the following are applicable autoscaling policies for Managed Instance Groups (MIGs)?
(Select all that apply)

🟩 CPU utilization
🟩 Load balancing capacity
🟩 Monitoring metrics
🟩 Queue-based workload

Explanation:

MIG autoscaling supports multiple scaling signals:

• CPU Utilization (most common)

• Load Balancing Utilization

• Cloud Monitoring Metrics (custom metrics)

• Queue Length from Cloud Pub/Sub or similar

All listed options are valid autoscaling policies.

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🧾 Summary Table

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