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PCA Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture

After a design review, leadership requires the team to design reliable systems on GCP. Which approach is MOST reliable?

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

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

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).

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