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Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam

284 Questions120 Minutes70% Passing Score▣ Updated: Sep 2026

Question 144 of 284

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You have a Compute Engine instance hosting an application used between 9 AM and 6 PM on weekdays. You want to back up this instance daily for disaster recovery purposes. You want to keep the backups for 30 days. You want the Google-recommended solution with the least management overhead and the least number of services. What should you do?

A

A. 1. Update your instances' metadata to add the following value: snapshotג€"schedule: 0 1 * * *
2. Update your instances' metadata to add the following value: snapshotג€"retention: 30

B

B. 1. In the Cloud Console, go to the Compute Engine Disks page and select your instance's disk.
2. In the Snapshot Schedule section, select Create Schedule and configure the following parameters: - Schedule frequency: Daily - Start time: 1:00 AM ג€" 2:00 AM - Autodelete snapshots after: 30 days

C

C. 1. Create a Cloud Function that creates a snapshot of your instance's disk.
2. Create a Cloud Function that deletes snapshots that are older than 30 days.
3. Use Cloud Scheduler to trigger both Cloud Functions daily at 1:00 AM.

D

D. 1. Create a bash script in the instance that copies the content of the disk to Cloud Storage.
2. Create a bash script in the instance that deletes data older than 30 days in the backup Cloud Storage bucket.
3. Configure the instance's crontab to execute these scripts daily at 1:00 AM.

Correct Answer: A

<p>B. 1. In the Cloud Console, go to the Compute Engine Disks page and select your instance's disk. <br>2. In the Snapshot Schedule section, select Create Schedule and configure the following parameters: - Schedule frequency: Daily - Start time: 1:00 AM &times;&rsquo;&acirc;&sbquo;&not;" 2:00 AM - Autodelete snapshots after: 30 days</p>

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