PCA Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture

A data team must design reliable systems on GCP.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. No backups (not recommended for production workloads)
  2. b. Regional services and data locality
  3. c. Follow Google Cloud Architecture Framework
  4. d. Cloud VPN or Cloud Interconnect

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Framework guides design decisions.

Correct answer(s): c. Follow Google Cloud Architecture Framework

Exam domain: Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture (30% weight on the official guide).

Official documentation & study links

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