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GCP ACE · Question 48 · Domain 5.3: Viewing audit logs

You are troubleshooting an issue and need to find all Admin Activity audit logs related to a specific Compute Engine instance named 'db-server' over the last 2 hours.

Where should you go in the Google Cloud Console to build and execute this query?

Answer options:

A.

Logs Explorer

B.

Security Command Center

C.

Cloud Trace

D.

Log Router

How to approach this question

Identify the UI tool used for viewing logs in GCP.

Full Answer

A.Logs Explorer✓ Correct
The Logs Explorer (formerly Log Viewer) is the UI within Cloud Logging where you can write queries, filter by resource type (e.g., Compute Engine instance), log name (e.g., cloudaudit.googleapis.com/activity), and time range.

Common mistakes

Confusing Log Router (for exporting) with Logs Explorer (for viewing).

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