Review Questions

You can find the answers in the Appendix.

1. You are tasked with defining lifecycle configurations on buckets in Cloud Storage. You need to consider all possible options for transitioning from one storage class to another. All of the following transitions are allowed except for one. Which one is that?

   1. Nearline to coldline
   2. Regional to nearline
   3. Multiregional to coldline
   4. Regional to multiregional

2. Your manager has asked for your help in reducing Cloud Storage charges. You know that some of the files stored in Cloud Storage are rarely accessed. What kind of storage would you recommend for those files?

   1. Nearline
   2. Regional
   3. Coldline
   4. Multiregional

3. You are working with a startup developing analytics software for IoT data. You have to be able to ingest large volumes of data consistently and store it for several months. The startup has several applications that will need to query this data. Volumes are expected to grow to petabyte volumes. Which database should you use?

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