Question 1

Design for failure / redundancy

Accepted Answer

Deploy across zones or regions; avoid single points of failure.

Question 2

Monitor usage and set alerts

Accepted Answer

Use Cloud Monitoring / Logging to keep track of resource usage, anomalies, and cost.

Question 3

Optimize costs

Accepted Answer

Use sustained-use discounts, committed use discounts, rightsizing instances, deleting unused resources.

Question 4

Secure from the start

Accepted Answer

Use IAM roles with least privilege, enable encryption, use VPC Service Controls, logging, audit trails.

Question 5

Use managed services when possible

Accepted Answer

Managed services reduce operational burden (patching, scaling, backups) vs. running everything yourself.

Question 6

Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Accepted Answer

Tools like Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, or configuration scripts help ensure reproducibility.

Question 7

Continuous integration & deployment (CI/CD)

Accepted Answer

Use Cloud Build, Cloud Source Repositories, Cloud Deploy etc., for automated pipelines.

Question 8

Stay updated & test upgrades

Accepted Answer

Keep abreast of new features, deprecations, and test upgrades in a non-production environment.