Question 1

How are Managed Services useful?

🟩 Managed Services may be an alternative to creating and managing infrastructure solutions.
❌ Managed Services are pay services offered by 3rd party vendors.
❌ If you have an existing infrastructure service, Google will manage it for you if you purchase a Managed Services contract.
❌ Managed Services are more customizable than infrastructure solutions.

Explanation:

Managed Services reduce operational overhead — Google manages scaling, patching, updates, and infrastructure so developers can focus on application logic. They are not more customizable than raw infrastructure.

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Question 2

Which of the following is a feature of Dataproc?

❌ Dataproc allows full control over HDFS advanced settings.
❌ It doesn’t integrate with Cloud Monitoring, but it has its own monitoring system.
🟩 It typically takes less than 90 seconds to start a cluster.
❌ Dataproc billing occurs in 10-hour intervals.

Explanation:

Dataproc is known for fast cluster startup (usually under 90 seconds), integrates with Cloud Monitoring, and bills per second, not per hour.

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