A startup is building a new stateless web application using Node.js. They want to deploy it to GCP with zero infrastructure management, automatic scaling from zero to handle unpredictable traffic, and pay only when the code is executing. Which compute service should you recommend?

Answer options:

Compute Engine

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Cloud Run

App Engine Standard

How to approach this question

Look for keywords: stateless, zero infrastructure management, scale to zero, pay per execution.

Full Answer

C.Cloud Run✓ Correct

Cloud Run

Cloud Run is Google Cloud's managed compute platform that lets you run containers directly on top of Google's scalable infrastructure. It is serverless: it abstracts away all infrastructure management, automatically scales up and down (even to zero) depending on traffic, and bills only for the exact time your code is running.

Common mistakes

Choosing GKE, which is too heavy for a simple requirement of 'zero infrastructure management' and 'scale to zero'.

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