To Reduce Costs, the Director of Engineering Has Required All

question 38

Multiple Choice

To reduce costs, the Director of Engineering has required all developers to move their development infrastructure resources from on-premises virtual machines (VMs) to Google Cloud Platform. These resources go through multiple start/stop events during the day and require state to persist. You have been asked to design the process of running a development environment in Google Cloud while providing cost visibility to the finance department. Which two steps should you take? Choose 2 answers.

• A) Use the - -no-auto-delete flag on all persistent disks and stop the VM
• B) Use the - -auto-delete flag on all persistent disks and terminate the VM
• C) Apply VM CPU utilization label and include it in the BigQuery billing export
• D) Use Google BigQuery billing export and labels to associate cost to groups
• E) Store all state into local SSD, snapshot the persistent disks, and terminate the VM
• F) Store all state in Google Cloud Storage, snapshot the persistent disks, and terminate the VM

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Definitions:

Maintenance

The work done to keep machinery, equipment, or a structure in a condition of efficiency or safety through routine checks, repairs, and cleaning.

Cash Budget

A financial plan that estimates cash inflows and outflows over a specific period, often used by businesses to manage liquidity.

Fixed Assets

Long-term tangible pieces of property or equipment a business uses in its operations to generate income, not intended for sale within the business cycle.

Production Budget

A production budget is a financial plan that estimates the number of units to be produced in a given period based on forecasted sales and inventory requirements.