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GCP PCA · Question 11 · Business Requirements

CASE STUDY: AeroMech
Overview: Aviation manufacturer, 5000 employees, $2B revenue. 100 engines, 10k sensors/engine, 1GB data/flight. On-prem Hadoop.
Business Req: Predictive maintenance, secure data sharing with airlines, monetize data.
Execs: CEO wants new revenue; CFO demands ML ROI; CTO says on-prem storage unfeasible.
Tech Req: High-throughput ingestion, PB-scale storage, train ML on historical data, deploy ML to edge (aircraft).
Constraints: Intermittent low-bandwidth flight connectivity, aviation data compliance, data scientists use Python/Jupyter.

QUESTION:
How should you design the ingestion pipeline to handle the intermittent connectivity and high data volume from the aircraft engines?

Answer options:

A.

Stream data directly to Cloud SQL using a continuous VPN connection.

B.

Buffer data locally on the aircraft edge device, then publish to Cloud Pub/Sub when connectivity is restored.

C.

Write data to a local CSV file and email it to a Cloud Function upon landing.

D.

Use Cloud Interconnect to establish a dedicated link to the aircraft.

How to approach this question

Address the 'intermittent connectivity' constraint first, then the 'high throughput' requirement.

Full Answer

B.Buffer data locally on the aircraft edge device, then publish to Cloud Pub/Sub when connectivity is restored.✓ Correct
Buffer data locally on the aircraft edge device, then publish to Cloud Pub/Sub when connectivity is restored.
Because aircraft have intermittent connectivity, data must be buffered locally at the edge. Once connectivity is established, Cloud Pub/Sub is the ideal GCP service to ingest massive streams of telemetry data reliably.

Common mistakes

Ignoring the intermittent connectivity constraint and assuming a continuous stream is possible.

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