Google Professional Cloud Database Engineer Exam Questions

Exam Name: Professional Cloud Database Engineer

Exam Code: Professional Cloud Database Engineer

Related Certification(s): Google Cloud Certified Certification

Certification Provider: Google

Actual Exam Duration: 240 Minutes

Number of Professional Cloud Database Engineer Practice Questions: 141 (updated: )

Expected Professional Cloud Database Engineer Exam Topics, as suggested by Google:
Topic 1
Evaluate performance and cost tradeoffs of different database configurations. Plan database upgrades for Google Cloud-managed databases.
Topic 2
Provision high availability database solutions in Google Cloud. Design scalable and highly available cloud database solutions.
Topic 3
Determine the correct database migration tools for a given scenario. Size database compute and storage based on performance requirements.
Topic 4
Plan and perform database migration, including fallback plans and schema conversion. Test high availability and disaster recovery strategies periodically.
Topic 5
Distinguish between SQL and NoSQL business requirements. Evaluate tradeoffs between multi-region, region, and zonal database deployment strategies.
Topic 6
Apply concepts to implement highly scalable and available databases in Google Cloud. Given a scenario, define maintenance windows and notifications based on application availability requirements.
Topic 7
Analyze relevant variables to perform database capacity and usage planning. Design scalable, highly available, and secure databases.
Topic 8
Differentiate between managed and unmanaged database services. Analyze the cost of running database solutions in Google Cloud.
Topic 9
Reverse replication from Google Cloud to source. Evaluate appropriate database solutions on Google Cloud.
Topic 10
Manage database users, including authentication and access. Continuously assess and optimize the cost of running a database solution.
Topic 11
Design for recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO). Assess slow running queries and database locking and identify missing indexes.
Topic 12
Deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud. Determine database connectivity and access management considerations.
Topic 13
Automate database instance provisioning. Determine how applications will connect to the database.
Topic 14
Justify the use of session pooler services. Given a scenario, perform solution sizing based on current environment workload metrics and future requirements.
Free Professional Cloud Database Engineer Exam Actual Questions
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Q1# You have a large Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. The database instance is not mission-critical, and you want to minimize operational costs. What should you do to lower the cost of backups in this environment?

Q2# You are migrating an on-premises application to Compute Engine and Cloud SQL. The application VMs will live in their own project, separate from the Cloud SQL instances which have their own project. What should you do to configure the networks?

Q3# You are building an application that allows users to customize their website and mobile experiences. The application will capture user information and preferences. User profiles have a dynamic schema, and users can add or delete information from their profile. You need to ensure that user changes automatically trigger updates to your downstream BigQuery data warehouse. What should you do?

Q4# You are deploying a new Cloud SQL instance on Google Cloud using the Cloud SQL Auth proxy…

Q5# You have a large Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance. The database instance is not mission-critical, and you want to minimize operational costs. What should you do to lower the cost of backups in this environment?