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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-DEVOPS-ENGINEER Question #170: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C: Deploy the application as a managed instance group with Preemptible VMs.. A is incorrect. This is not the cheapest method. B is incorrect because CUDs are for a 1-year minimum, so you would be overbilled for 11 C is correct because Preemptible VMs are the cheapest way of running a VM. Running them in a MIG will start new instances when some are termina

Submitted by kwame.gh· Apr 18, 2026Implementing and managing cost controls

Question

You work with a video rendering application that publishes small tasks as messages to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic. You need to deploy the application that will execute these tasks on multiple virtual machines (VMs). Each task takes less than 1 hour to complete. The rendering is expected to be completed within a month. You need to minimize rendering costs. What should you do?

Options

  • ADeploy the application as a managed instance group.
  • BDeploy the application as a managed instance group. Configure a Committed Use Discount for
  • CDeploy the application as a managed instance group with Preemptible VMs.
  • DDeploy the application as a managed instance group with Preemptible VMs. Configure a

Explanation

A is incorrect. This is not the cheapest method. B is incorrect because CUDs are for a 1-year minimum, so you would be overbilled for 11 C is correct because Preemptible VMs are the cheapest way of running a VM. Running them in a MIG will start new instances when some are terminated. D is incorrect because CUDs are for a 1-year minimum, so you would be overbilled for 11 https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-managed- instances#creating_groups_of_preemptible_instances https://cloud.google.com/compute/sole-tenant-gpu-pricing#nodes

Topics

#Preemptible VMs#Managed Instance Groups#Cost Optimization#Batch Processing

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