You are managing data in your organization's Cloud Storage buckets and are required to retain objects. To reduce storage costs, you must automatically downgrade the storage class of objects older…

The correct answer is D. Define a lifecycle policy JSON with an action on SetStorageClass to COLDLINE with an age. Create a lifecycle policy JSON: Specify an action (SetStorageClass) to move objects to COLDLINE storage. Include a condition (age) to apply the policy to objects older than 365 days. Use the matchStorageClass parameter to apply the policy only to objects currently in STANDARD…

Submitted by tunde_lagos· Apr 18, 2026Managing operations within a cloud solution environment

Question

You are managing data in your organization's Cloud Storage buckets and are required to retain objects. To reduce storage costs, you must automatically downgrade the storage class of objects older than 365 days to Coldline storage. What should you do?

Options

AUse Cloud Asset Inventory to generate a report of the configuration of all storage buckets.
BSet up a CloudRun Job with Cloud Scheduler to execute a script that searches for and removes
CEnable the Autoclass feature to manage all aspects of bucket storage classes.
DDefine a lifecycle policy JSON with an action on SetStorageClass to COLDLINE with an age

How the community answered

(35 responses)

A
3% (1)
B
3% (1)
C
11% (4)
D
83% (29)

Explanation

Create a lifecycle policy JSON: Specify an action (SetStorageClass) to move objects to COLDLINE storage. Include a condition (age) to apply the policy to objects older than 365 days. Use the matchStorageClass parameter to apply the policy only to objects currently in STANDARD storage, ensuring that objects already in lower-cost classes (e.g., COLDLINE or ARCHIVE) are not unnecessarily moved.

Topics

#Cloud Storage#Lifecycle Management#Storage Classes#Cost Optimization

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-SECURITY-ENGINEER Practice