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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #243
You are developing a financial trading application that will be used globally. Data is stored and queried using a relational structure, and clients from all over the world should get the exact identic
The correct answer is C. Use Cloud Spanner for data storage.. Cloud Spanner, keywords are globally, relational structure and lastly "clients from all over the world should get the exact identical state of the data" which implies strong consistency is needed.
Submitted by tyler.j· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution
Question
You are developing a financial trading application that will be used globally. Data is stored and queried using a relational structure, and clients from all over the world should get the exact identical state of the data. The application will be deployed in multiple regions to provide the lowest latency to end users. You need to select a storage option for the application data while minimizing latency. What should you do?
Options
- AUse Cloud Bigtable for data storage.
- BUse Cloud SQL for data storage.
- CUse Cloud Spanner for data storage.
- DUse Firestore for data storage.
How the community answered
(16 responses)- A13% (2)
- B6% (1)
- C81% (13)
Explanation
Cloud Spanner, keywords are globally, relational structure and lastly "clients from all over the world should get the exact identical state of the data" which implies strong consistency is needed.
Topics
#Cloud Spanner#global consistency#relational database#multi-region
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