GCP Compute and Networking Questions

Covers Google Cloud Platform compute and network services and design patterns. Candidates should know Compute Engine virtual machine types and sizing including custom machine types, persistent disk options and storage classes, and object storage concepts. Expect understanding of Virtual Private Cloud networking, subnet design, Cloud NAT, route configuration, and network security controls. Candidates should be familiar with Google Cloud load balancing options and when to choose each, autoscaling for instance groups, hybrid connectivity patterns such as VPN and Interconnect, and the practical use of the gcloud command line and infrastructure as code tools such as Deployment Manager or Terraform to provision resources. The topic also includes architecting multi tier applications on GCP and reasoning about managed services trade offs versus self managed compute.