PCA Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure

Two designs were proposed. Design A would infrastructure as code on GCP. Design B would preview infrastructure changes. The team must pick the approach aligned with vendor best practices. Which choice is correct?

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Terraform plan or Deployment Manager previews
  2. b. Email configs (not recommended for production workloads)
  3. c. ClickOps only (not recommended for production workloads)
  4. d. Terraform or Deployment Manager

Architectural breakdown & explanation

IaC enables repeatable environments. Compare with Terraform plan or Deployment Manager previews: Previews reduce deployment surprises.

Correct answer(s): d. Terraform or Deployment Manager

Exam domain: Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure (20% weight on the official guide).

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