Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Practice

What might cause a discrepancy between the records seen in the log viewer and the ones not appearing in a Cloud Storage Bucket after setting up a log sink?

1. Insufficient network bandwidth for data transfer.

2. Incompatible log formats between the log viewer and Cloud Storage.

3. The Cloud Storage Bucket has exceeded its storage capacity.

4. Each service has its own delay in processing and storing data.

The correct answer is: Each service has its own delay in processing and storing data.

A possible reason for why option A is incorrect is that the question specifically mentions that the log viewer is set up with a log sink, indicating that some data is being transferred between the two. Insufficient network bandwidth would therefore not be the cause of a discrepancy between the records seen in the log viewer and the records not appearing in the Cloud Storage Bucket. Option B is also incorrect as the logs viewer and Cloud Storage have been specifically set up to work together. It is unlikely that their log formats would be incompatible as they have been configured to work together. Option C is not the correct answer because if the Cloud Storage Bucket has exceeded its storage capacity, it would affect all records, not just some of them. This would not cause a discrepancy between the records seen in the log viewer and the ones not appearing in the Cloud Storage Bucket. The best explanation for why option D is correct is that different services can have varying levels of delay in processing and storing data. This means that while records are being seen in the log viewer, they may not have been completely processed and stored in the Cloud Storage Bucket yet. This delay can cause a discrepancy between the records seen and the ones not appearing in the bucket.