Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer — Question 332

Your team runs a Python job that reads millions of customer record files stored in a Cloud Storage bucket. To comply with regulatory requirements, you need to ensure that customer data is immediately deleted once the job is completed. You want to minimize the time required to complete this task. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Add a final step in the job that deletes all the objects in the bucket in bulk by using batch requests to the Cloud Storage API.
• B. Configure Object Lifecycle Management on the Cloud Storage bucket that deletes all the objects in the bucket at the end of the job execution.
• C. Remove the bucket from the Google Cloud console when the job is completed
• D. Use the gcloud CLI to execute the gcloud storage rm --recursive gs://BUCKET_NAME/ command.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because using batch requests to delete all objects in the bucket at once minimizes the time required for deletion. Option B is incorrect as Object Lifecycle Management is not immediate and may introduce delays. Option C is not practical since removing the entire bucket is not necessary and could lead to loss of other data. Option D, while effective, is not as efficient as using batch requests for large-scale deletions.