Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer — Question 288

You are migrating your on-premises workload to Google Cloud. Your company is implementing its Cloud Billing configuration and requires access to a granular breakdown of its Google Cloud costs. You need to ensure that the Cloud Billing datasets are available in BigQuery so you can conduct a detailed analysis of costs. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Enable Cloud Billing data export to BigQuery when you create a Cloud Billing account.
• B. Enable Cloud Billing on the project, and link a Cloud Billing account. Then view the billing data table in the BigQuery dataset.
• C. Create a Cloud Billing account. Enable the BigQuery Data Transfer Service API to export pricing data.
• D. Enable the BigQuery API, and ensure that the BigQuery User IAM role is selected. Change the BigQuery dataset to select a data location.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because enabling Cloud Billing data export to BigQuery during the creation of the Cloud Billing account is the necessary step to ensure that detailed billing datasets are available for analysis. Option B is incorrect as it does not mention the requirement for exporting data to BigQuery during account creation, while options C and D are unrelated to the specific need for exporting billing data directly to BigQuery.