Metrics and dashboards in GCP - Cheat Sheet & Quick Revision

Recall & Review

beginner

What is a metric in Google Cloud Monitoring?

A metric is a time series data that measures a specific aspect of your cloud resources or applications, like CPU usage or request count.

beginner

What is the purpose of a dashboard in Google Cloud Monitoring?

A dashboard visually displays metrics and logs in charts and widgets to help you understand the health and performance of your cloud resources at a glance.

intermediate

How can you create a custom dashboard in Google Cloud Monitoring?

You can create a custom dashboard by selecting metrics, choosing chart types, and arranging widgets to monitor specific resources or applications.

intermediate

What is an alerting policy in Google Cloud Monitoring?

An alerting policy watches metrics and sends notifications when certain conditions, like thresholds, are met to help you respond quickly to issues.

beginner

Why is it important to monitor metrics regularly?

Regular monitoring helps detect problems early, understand system behavior, and improve performance and reliability of your cloud services.

What does a metric represent in Google Cloud Monitoring?

A A user account permission

B A static configuration setting

C A billing invoice

D A measurement of resource or application performance over time

Metrics are measurements collected over time to track performance or usage.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of dashboards in Google Cloud Monitoring?

A Visualizing metrics with charts

B Sending email alerts automatically

C Customizing layout with widgets

D Monitoring multiple resources in one view

Dashboards display data visually but do not send alerts; alerting policies handle notifications.

What is required to create an alerting policy?

A Set up a virtual machine

B Create a billing account

C Define a metric condition and notification channel

D Install monitoring agents manually

Alerting policies need a metric condition to watch and a notification channel to send alerts.

Which Google Cloud service provides metrics and dashboards?

A Cloud Monitoring

B Cloud Storage

C Cloud Functions

D Cloud SQL

Cloud Monitoring is the service for metrics, dashboards, and alerting.

Why should you use custom dashboards?

A To focus on metrics important to your specific applications

B To disable monitoring

C To increase billing costs

D To delete all metrics

Custom dashboards let you organize and view the metrics that matter most to your needs.

Explain how metrics and dashboards work together in Google Cloud Monitoring.

Think about how data is collected and then shown to users.

Describe the steps to create an alerting policy based on a metric threshold.

Focus on what you watch, when to alert, and how to notify.