Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Practice

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Your company created an application that just went viral. Based on the current traffic, your team is expecting to need 12 Standard-2 instances to handle the traffic for next month. What's the easiest way to estimate how much that is going to cost?

Use a billing alert.
Contact Google Support.
Export the billing logs to BigQuery for analysis.
Use the price calculator.

The correct answer is: Use the price calculator.

Using the price calculator is the most effective way to estimate the cost of running the 12 Standard-2 instances. The Google Cloud Pricing Calculator provides an intuitive interface where you can input your specific configurations and usage patterns. It allows you to select the resources you need, set parameters like the number of instances, regions, and additional services, and it instantly calculates the approximate monthly costs based on the latest pricing. This method is particularly convenient for budgeting and forecasting expenses, especially in cases where traffic is expected to spike. It enables you to tailor your estimates based on the exact configurations needed for your application's demands. Other options, while they have their own utilities, do not provide a straightforward estimation tailored to your specific needs. For instance, billing alerts can notify you when your costs exceed a predefined threshold, but they are not designed for upfront cost estimation. Contacting Google Support might help with detailed inquiries but is not a practical method for quick estimates. Exporting billing logs to BigQuery is useful for analyzing past expenses, but it does not assist in predicting future costs based on projected usage.