Dataflow — Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Practice Questions

Cloud Dataflow is Google Cloud's fully managed service for executing Apache Beam pipelines, supporting both batch and streaming data processing at scale. On the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect exam, candidates are expected to understand when Dataflow is the appropriate choice over alternatives like Dataproc or BigQuery scheduled queries, particularly for complex event-time windowing and stateful stream processing. The exam tests knowledge of how Dataflow integrates with Pub/Sub as a source, BigQuery or Cloud Storage as a sink, and how its auto-scaling model handles variable workloads. Architects should also understand Dataflow's pricing model, based on vCPU and memory seconds, as cost often drives the choice between managed services.

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