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Exam Professional Cloud Architect topic 8 question 5 discussion

Actual exam question from Google's Professional Cloud Architect
Question #: 5
Topic #: 8
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You analyzed TerramEarth's business requirement to reduce downtime, and found that they can achieve a majority of time saving by reducing customer's wait time for parts. You decided to focus on reduction of the 3 weeks aggregate reporting time.
Which modifications to the company's processes should you recommend?

  • A. Migrate from CSV to binary format, migrate from FTP to SFTP transport, and develop machine learning analysis of metrics
  • B. Migrate from FTP to streaming transport, migrate from CSV to binary format, and develop machine learning analysis of metrics
  • C. Increase fleet cellular connectivity to 80%, migrate from FTP to streaming transport, and develop machine learning analysis of metrics
  • D. Migrate from FTP to SFTP transport, develop machine learning analysis of metrics, and increase dealer local inventory by a fixed factor
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

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shandy
Highly Voted 4 years, 12 months ago
C is right choice because using cellular connectivity will greatly improve the freshness of data used for analysis from where it is now, collected when the machines are in for maintenance. Streaming transport instead of periodic FTP will tighten the feedback loop even more. Machine learning is ideal for predictive maintenance workloads. A is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but shuffling formats and transport doesn't directly help at all. B is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, and moving to streaming can improve the freshness of the information in that analysis, but changing the format doesn't directly help at all. D is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but the rest of these changes don't directly help at all.
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nick_name_1
1 year, 9 months ago
There are 20 million TerramEarth vehicles in operation ... Approximately 200,000 have cellular connectivity. So, you're saying for them to keep cost low, increase cell phone bill from 0.01% connected to 80% connected? Statistical Analysis does not require such a large sample size. C CANNOT BE RIGHT.
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nick_name_1
1 year, 9 months ago
It's B.
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MrBog1
Highly Voted 4 years, 11 months ago
A is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but shuffling formats and transport doesn't directly help at all. B is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, and moving to streaming can improve the freshness of the information in that analysis, but changing the format doesn't directly help at all. C is correct because using cellular connectivity will greatly improve the freshness of data used for analysis from where it is now, collected when the machines are in for maintenance. Streaming transport instead of periodic FTP will tighten the feedback loop even more. Machine learning is ideal for predictive maintenance workloads. D is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but the rest of these changes don't directly help at all.
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ccpmad
5 months, 2 weeks ago
from PCA samples
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JohnJamesB1212
Most Recent 2 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B. Migrate from FTP to streaming transport, migrate from CSV to binary format, and develop machine learning analysis of metrics. Here's why: Migrating from FTP to streaming transport (e.g., using Google Cloud Pub/Sub) allows near real-time data transfer, significantly reducing the 3-week delay in reporting by enabling faster data collection and processing. Migrating from CSV to binary format improves data efficiency by reducing the size of the data payload, speeding up transfer and processing times. Developing machine learning analysis of metrics can help predict parts failures and optimize inventory management, further reducing downtime by ensuring that parts are available when needed.
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JohnJamesB1212
2 months ago
The other options are less optimal: A. Migrating to SFTP wouldn't significantly reduce the reporting time because it's still a batch process. C. Increasing fleet cellular connectivity may help collect more data, but it doesn't directly address the root issue of reducing reporting time. **D. Increasing dealer inventory without addressing the data collection and reporting delays won't optimize the process effectively.
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e3e79d9
2 months, 1 week ago
b is slightly better than c because compreessed data will allow the pipe to be expanded. To Increase cell connectivity could overload the streaming process without the needed compression.
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Rehamss
2 months, 1 week ago
choosing B because it's gonna use Pub/Sub which is what Google wants in this case.
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46f094c
5 months ago
Selected Answer: B
I don't C as a valid option, cause this might not depend on the company itself, but more on the client side, it will require a big investing and even maybe not possible because of signal reach to remote locations like fields outside of the cities. Option B focus on solving what the internal proceses first
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ccpmad
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
PCA Samples A is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but shuffling formats and transport doesn't directly help at all. B is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, and moving to streaming can improve the freshness of the information in that analysis, but changing the format doesn't directly help at all. C is correct because using cellular connectivity will greatly improve the freshness of data used for analysis from where it is now, collected when the machines are in for maintenance. Streaming transport instead of periodic FTP will tighten the feedback loop even more. Machine learning is ideal for predictive maintenance workloads. D is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but the rest of these changes don't directly help at all.
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Sephethus
5 months, 2 weeks ago
C makes no sense, how are you going to improve cellular connectivity with anything Google has to offer? That's a local carrier thing. B is the answer.
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erin24330
8 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: C
this question is from Goolge official PCA samples
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madcloud32
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Selected Answer: B
Answer is B. C is wrong suggestion, think of cost and time for 80% cellular connection
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35cd41b
10 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
answer is B, binary is faster
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e5019c6
11 months ago
Selected Answer: B
I'm voting B in this one. My take on it is that increasing the cellular connectivity will generate high costs, and is not the main culprit of the 3 weeks delay, that is the problem we are trying to solve. There are two parts of the introductory info that are key We can say that the info we receive is quite fresh, 9TB a day. That makes increasing connectivity not so useful. And we also see that the main culprit here is the ETL process. Which would be solved migrating to streaming and handling binary format instead of FTP with CSVs.
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e5019c6
11 months ago
The two points of the introductory info referred: 1. Approximately 200,000 vehicles are connected to a cellular network, allowing TerramEarth to collect data directly. At a rate of 120 fields of data per second with 22 hours of operation per day, Terram Earth collects a total of about 9 TB/day from these connected vehicles. 2. TerramEarth's existing architecture is composed of Linux-based systems that reside in a data center. These systems gzip CSV files from the field and upload via FTP, transform and aggregate them, and place the data in their data warehouse. Because this process takes time, aggregated reports are based on data that is 3 weeks old.
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WinSxS
1 year, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: B
The most effective way to reduce the 3 weeks aggregate reporting time and achieve the business requirement of reducing downtime would be to migrate from FTP to streaming transport, migrate from CSV to binary format, and develop machine learning analysis of metrics. This would significantly reduce the time it takes to collect and analyze data
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tdotcat
1 year, 10 months ago
Selected Answer: B
binary format makes faster bigquery write https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/write-api#advantages
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foward
1 year, 10 months ago
Selected Answer: C
A is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but shuffling formats and transport doesn't directly help at all. B is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, and moving to streaming can improve the freshness of the information in that analysis, but changing the format doesn't directly help at all. C is correct because using cellular connectivity will greatly improve the freshness of data used for analysis from where it is now, collected when the machines are in for maintenance. Streaming transport instead of periodic FTP will tighten the feedback loop even more. Machine learning is ideal for predictive maintenance workloads. D is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but the rest of these changes don't directly help at all.
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thamaster
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: C
This question is in the sample questions from google A is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but shuffling formats and transport doesn't directly help at all. B is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, and moving to streaming can improve the freshness of the information in that analysis, but changing the format doesn't directly help at all. C is correct because using cellular connectivity will greatly improve the freshness of data used for analysis from where it is now, collected when the machines are in for maintenance. Streaming transport instead of periodic FTP will tighten the feedback loop even more. Machine learning is ideal for predictive maintenance workloads. D is not correct because machine learning analysis is a good means toward the end of reducing downtime, but the rest of these changes don't directly help at all.
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Jackalski
1 year, 12 months ago
Selected Answer: B
go for B must go for streaming and faster processing (scalability on binary format) option C makes no sense as there is no vehicle connectivity problem mentioned (no need to change cellular network)- delay is after data is already received .
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