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    PracticeGCP Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE)GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 5Question 10
    Medium1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 2.1: Planning and estimating GCP product useDomain 2Pricing CalculatorCompute Engine

    GCP ACE · Question 10 · Domain 2.1: Planning and estimating GCP product use

    You are using the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running 10 Compute Engine virtual machines. These VMs will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the entire month.

    How should you account for Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) in your estimate?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Manually calculate a 30% discount and subtract it from the final total.

    B.

    Do nothing; the Pricing Calculator automatically applies Sustained Use Discounts based on the usage hours entered.

    C.

    Select the 'Apply SUD' checkbox in the Compute Engine section of the calculator.

    D.

    Sustained Use Discounts only apply to preemptible VMs, so you must select preemptible instances.

    How to approach this question

    Understand how the Pricing Calculator handles automatic discounts like SUDs versus committed discounts.

    Full Answer

    B.Do nothing; the Pricing Calculator automatically applies Sustained Use Discounts based on the usage hours entered.✓ Correct
    Do nothing; the Pricing Calculator automatically applies Sustained Use Discounts based on the usage hours entered.
    Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) are automatic discounts applied by Google Cloud when you run specific Compute Engine resources for a significant portion of the billing month. Because they are automatic, the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator automatically factors them into the estimated cost when you specify that the VMs will run 24/7.

    Common mistakes

    Thinking SUDs require manual calculation or a specific checkbox, confusing them with Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) which do require explicit selection.
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