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PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-NETWORK-ENGINEER · Question #8
You have a web application that is currently hosted in the us-central1 region. Users experience high latency when traveling in Asia. You've configured a network load balancer, but users have not…
The correct answer is B. Configure an HTTP load balancer, and direct the traffic to it. HTTP LB - backends can be in any region and any VPC network (Premium tier). On the other hand, Network LB - the backend service must also be in the same region and VPC network as the forwarding rule.
Submitted by sofia.br· Apr 18, 2026Configuring network services
Question
You have a web application that is currently hosted in the us-central1 region. Users experience high latency when traveling in Asia. You've configured a network load balancer, but users have not experienced a performance improvement. You want to decrease the latency. What should you do?
Options
- AConfigure a policy-based route rule to prioritize the traffic.
- BConfigure an HTTP load balancer, and direct the traffic to it.
- CConfigure Dynamic Routing for the subnet hosting the application.
- DConfigure the TTL for the DNS zone to decrease the time between updates.
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A8% (2)
- B83% (20)
- C4% (1)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
HTTP LB - backends can be in any region and any VPC network (Premium tier). On the other hand, Network LB - the backend service must also be in the same region and VPC network as the forwarding rule.
Topics
#Load Balancing#Global HTTP(S) Load Balancer#Latency Reduction#Network Performance
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