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You built a deep learning-based image classification model by using on-premises data. You want to use Vertex AI to deploy the model to production. Due to security concerns, you cannot move your data t

The correct answer is D. Create a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job. Enable feature attribution skew and drift detection for. To detect model performance changes due to shifts in input data distribution, create a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job and enable feature attribution skew and drift detection.

Submitted by femi9· Apr 18, 2026Monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining ML solutions

Question

You built a deep learning-based image classification model by using on-premises data. You want to use Vertex AI to deploy the model to production. Due to security concerns, you cannot move your data to the cloud. You are aware that the input data distribution might change over time. You need to detect model performance changes in production. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse Vertex Explainable AI for model explainability. Configure feature-based explanations.
  • BUse Vertex Explainable AI for model explainability. Configure example-based explanations.
  • CCreate a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job. Enable training-serving skew detection for your model.
  • DCreate a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job. Enable feature attribution skew and drift detection for

How the community answered

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  • A
    13% (5)
  • B
    18% (7)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    65% (26)

Why each option

To detect model performance changes due to shifts in input data distribution, create a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job and enable feature attribution skew and drift detection.

AUse Vertex Explainable AI for model explainability. Configure feature-based explanations.

Vertex Explainable AI provides insights into why a model made a specific prediction, but it doesn't automatically monitor for data skew or drift that leads to performance changes over time.

BUse Vertex Explainable AI for model explainability. Configure example-based explanations.

Similar to A, example-based explanations in Vertex Explainable AI help understand individual predictions but do not provide continuous monitoring for shifts in overall data distribution or model performance degradation.

CCreate a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job. Enable training-serving skew detection for your model.

While Vertex AI Model Monitoring can detect training-serving skew, the specific requirement for detecting 'input data distribution might change over time' is more directly addressed by feature drift detection, alongside skew, especially with feature attribution, for a more comprehensive understanding of performance shifts.

DCreate a Vertex AI Model Monitoring job. Enable feature attribution skew and drift detection forCorrect

Vertex AI Model Monitoring allows you to detect data skew (differences between training and serving data) and data drift (changes in serving data over time), which are critical for identifying model performance degradation due to changing input data distribution. Enabling feature attribution skew and drift detection specifically helps understand if the importance of features is changing, providing deeper insights into model behavior shifts.

Concept tested: Vertex AI Model Monitoring for data drift and skew detection

Source: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/model-monitoring/overview

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#Vertex AI Model Monitoring#Data Drift/Skew Detection#Model Performance Monitoring#Feature Attribution

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