Google Cloud Associate Data Practitioner — Question 41

Your organization has decided to move their on-premises Apache Spark-based workload to Google Cloud. You want to be able to manage the code without needing to provision and manage your own cluster. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Migrate the Spark jobs to Dataproc Serverless.
• B. Configure a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster with Spark operators, and deploy the Spark jobs.
• C. Migrate the Spark jobs to Dataproc on Google Kubernetes Engine.
• D. Migrate the Spark jobs to Dataproc on Compute Engine.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, as Dataproc Serverless allows you to run Spark jobs without managing your own cluster, making it ideal for this scenario. Options B and C require you to manage a Kubernetes cluster, which does not meet the requirement of avoiding cluster management. Option D involves Compute Engine, which also necessitates cluster management, contrary to the objective.