Review Questions

You can find the answers in the Appendix.

1. You have designed a microservice that you want to deploy to production. Before it can be deployed, you have to review how you will manage the service lifecycle. The architect is particularly concerned about how you will deploy updates to the service with minimal disruption. What aspect of App Engine components would you use to minimize disruptions during updates to the service?

   1. Services
   2. Versions
   3. Instance groups
   4. Instances

2. You’ve just released an application running in App Engine Standard. You notice that there are peak demand periods in which you need up to 12 instances, but most of the time 5 instances are sufficient. What is the best way to ensure that you have enough instances to meet demand without spending more than you have to?

   1. Configure your app for autoscaling and specify max instances of 12 and min instances of 5.
   2. Configure your app for basic scaling and specify max instances of 12 and min instances of...