About This Flashcard Deck
This flashcard deck contains 10 cards covering key Network Engineer concepts for the PCNE exam. Test your GCP networking knowledge. Use active recall by attempting to answer each question before revealing the answer.
Question
What is Shared VPC?
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Answer
A VPC network shared across multiple projects in the same organization. Host project owns the network; service projects use subnets.
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Q: What is Shared VPC?
A: A VPC network shared across multiple projects in the same organization. Host project owns the network; service projects use subnets.
Q: What is HA VPN?
A: High Availability VPN with 99.99% SLA. Uses 2 tunnels with BGP for dynamic routing. Supports active/active or active/passive.
Q: What is Private Google Access?
A: Allows VM instances without external IPs to reach Google APIs and services using internal IP addresses.
Q: What is Cloud Interconnect?
A: Dedicated: physical connection to Google (10/100 Gbps). Partner: through an ISP. Both provide private connectivity to VPC.
Q: What is Cloud NAT?
A: Managed NAT for instances without external IPs. Outbound only. No inbound connections. Regional resource.
Q: What is the difference between VPC Peering and Shared VPC?
A: Shared VPC: same org, centralized network management. VPC Peering: any org, decentralized, non-transitive (A↔B, B↔C does NOT mean A↔C).
Q: What is Private Service Connect?
A: Private endpoint for consuming Google and third-party services over internal IP addresses within your VPC.
Q: What are VPC Flow Logs?
A: Captures a sample of network flows (source/dest IP, port, protocol, bytes). Used for monitoring, forensics, and network analysis.
Q: What is Cloud Router?
A: Managed BGP router. Dynamically exchanges routes with on-premises networks via VPN or Interconnect.
Q: What is Network Intelligence Center?
A: Suite of tools: Connectivity Tests, Network Topology, Performance Dashboard, Firewall Insights for network visibility.
GCP Flashcard Study Approach
Google Cloud exams emphasise service selection and architecture decisions. Use these flashcards to build instant recall of GCP service capabilities, then apply that knowledge to scenario-based practice questions. Pay special attention to cards about managed vs. unmanaged services and serverless options — GCP strongly favours managed and serverless architectures in their exam scenarios.