Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Practice

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What could lead to a BigQuery job ending with a "Resources Exceeded" error message?

Unauthorized access to external data sources in the query.
Querying tables with excessive row counts beyond BigQuery limits.
Executing complex JOIN operations consuming excessive computing resources.
Running queries in Legacy SQL mode incompatible with schema definitions.

The correct answer is: Querying tables with excessive row counts beyond BigQuery limits.

BigQuery jobs can fail and return a "Resources Exceeded" error for various reasons, such as using too much CPU, memory, or table scan data. In this particular case, option B is the only correct choice. Option A is incorrect because unauthorized access to external data sources would likely result in a different error message related to permissions. Option C is incorrect because JOIN operations may not necessarily consume excessive computing resources, it would depend on the specific query and tables being joined. Option D is incorrect because running queries in Legacy SQL mode may not necessarily lead to resource limitations, unless it is combined with other factors such as querying large tables. Thus, option B is the most likely cause of a "Resources Exceeded" error message in a BigQuery job.