Google Maps Platform technical fundamentals credential Answers

Google Maps Platform technical fundamentals credential Answers

Customer Engineering training for partners participating in the Partner Program. This course replaces the course formerly referred to as ‘Google Maps Developer’

 

Google Maps Technical Fundamentals Assessment

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Questions:

 

Google Maps Platform: Introduction and Product Overview

 

Imagine you're leading a logistics company that is expanding its services globally. Identify the Google Maps Platform products that you would use to optimize your operations and benefit the company's logistics, considering factors like route optimization, geocoding for efficient address handling, real-time traffic updates, and geolocation for tracking shipments.

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Routes
• Zones
• Places
• Maps

 

You're leading a startup that specializes in food delivery services within a bustling metropolitan area. The company aims to enhance its operational efficiency and customer satisfaction by leveraging mapping and location-based technologies. As the head of the food delivery startup, determine the key benefits of the Google Maps Platform to streamline your operations and improve the customer experience.

Select four that apply, and then click Submit.

• Delivery options
• Global coverage
• Rich, real-time data
• Customer experience
• Speed and scale

 

Assume that you are in conversation with a customer who wants to integrate interactive maps and location-based features into both web and mobile applications. Determine the most prevalent Google Maps Platform implementation that your customer can use.

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Transforming Maps
• Dynamic Maps
• Visual Maps
• Place Maps

 

Imagine you're digitizing a tourism agency that offers mountainous and seaside adventure tours. As the head of the travel agency's digital transformation department, identify the Google Maps Platform's feature that allows developers to style, customize, and manage maps easily.

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Platform interactive features
• Data-based maps styling features
• Search-based maps styling features
• Cloud-based maps styling features

 

The JavaScript Application Programming Interface (API) provides a number of methods for drawing and visualizing data on top of the map. Identify the two most common ways of adding data to the map.

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Drawing directly on the map using individual markers or shapes, potentially large data sets if using vector maps and WebGL.
• Directly embedding from external websites
• Conducting in-map transactions
• Drawing layers on the map using specified or predefined boundaries.

 

You're managing the online presence of a travel blog that specializes in remote destinations with limited internet access. The blog aims to provide static but detailed maps of these remote locations to give readers a visual understanding of the landscapes and points of interest. As the overseer of the travel blog's online content, which Application Programming Interface (API) would help you embed a Google Maps image on your web page without requiring JavaScript or any dynamic page loading?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Maps Static API
• Map View API
• Real-time API
• Dynamic API

 

Which Application Programming Interface (API) allows you to embed a non-interactive Street View panorama or thumbnail into your web page using a simple Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request, with no need for any other code?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Panorama API
• Street View Static API
• Interactive API
• JavaScript API

 

You're leading a team tasked with developing an Augmented Reality (AR) application for urban planning within a rapidly growing city. The goal is to create a comprehensive AR platform that allows city planners and developers to visualize proposed infrastructure projects, building construction, and zoning plans in a realistic and interactive manner. As the project leader, select an Application Programming Interface (API) that offers access to Google's 2D and photorealistic 3D Tiles, for the development of the AR application.

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Map Tiles API
• Dimensional Tiles API
• Tiles view API
• Dimensional view API

 

What are the two primary implementations of the map available in the Maps JavaScript Application Programming Interface (API)?

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Scalar Maps
• Physical Maps
• Vector Maps
• Raster Maps

 

A customer wants to create visualizations of locations for their solution, but they do not have any front-end development skills within their company. Which solution would be best suited for them?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Aerial View API
• Maps Static Application Programming Interface (API)
• WebGL
• Photorealistic 3D Tiles

 

Google Maps Platform: Routes Deep Dive

 

All of the Roads Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) options are confusing to a customer. What are the main functions provided by the Roads API that are available to all customers?

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Road Matrix
• Speed Limits
• Snap to roads
• Nearest Roads

 

A customer needs to work out the nearest set of stores from the current location. Which Google Maps Platform services can provide this functionality with a single call?

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Roads API
• Routes API
• Cloud Fleet Routing
• Directions API
• Distance Matrix API

 

What are some of the reasons why a customer might migrate to the Routes Application Programming Interface (API) from the Directions API?

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Cost control
• Toll information
• Opening Hours
• EV Charging Points
• Response time

 

You manage a last-mile logistics company in a busy metropolis. The company wants to introduce a new navigation system to improve delivery times. As the manager, which Application Programming Interface (API) would you emphasize that gives directions for diverse transportation modes—transit, driving, walking, and bicycling—for the company's last-mile delivery operations?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Directions API

• Places API

• Distance Matrix API

• Roads API

 

The Routes Application Programming Interface (API) provides an enhanced version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs. It combines both of these into a single service and enables you to provide more informative and flexible routes for your users. Determine the methods through which the Routes API provides its functionality.

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• ComputeRouteMatrix

• ComputeDistanceMatrix

• ComputeCostMatrix

• ComputeRoutes

 

Google Maps Platform: Places Deep Dive

 

A customer needs to check if the location of an address that has been entered by the customer actually exists. What is the best solution for doing this?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Geocoding Application Programming Interface (API)
• Address Validation API
• Places API
• Geolocation API

 

A customer wishes to get the nearest address of a client from their mobile phone location. Which service can do this?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Geolocation Application Programming Interface (API)
• Address Validation API
• Geocoding API
• Places API

or

Select four that apply, and then click Submit.

• Address searching API
• Places Software Development Kits (SDKs) for Android and iOS
• Places Application Programming Interface (API)
• Places Library
• Maps JavaScript API

 

When talking with a new client, you come across issues they have capturing customers’ addresses. They mention that they often get either a bad address entered or no addresses, and the customers just abandon their session. What service might you suggest to a customer to improve data collection?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Address Validation Application Programming Interface (API)
• Geolocation API
• Time Zone API
• Places Autocomplete

 

Imagine you’re managing the development of a travel application designed to assist users in exploring and discovering local attractions, restaurants, and historical landmarks. As the project lead, which textual identifier would you incorporate into the travel application's framework to store the details of returned locations in a compliant manner?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Place ID
• Travel ID
• Latitude ID
• Road ID

 

If you are a software architect leading the development of a location-based mobile app, what functionality would Place Search bring to your application?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Provides access to the millions of place-related photos stored in Google's Place database.
• It returns more detailed information, including user reviews.
• It returns a list of places based on a device location or text string.
• It automatically fills in the name and/or address of a place as users type.

 

Determine the various types of information that can be obtained by querying the Google Maps data store utilizing the Places Application Programming Interface (API), along with its equivalent functionalities within the JavaScript API and Mobile Software Development Kits (SDKs).

Select four that apply, and then click Submit.

• Phone Number
• Delivery
• Price Level
• Rating
• Website
• Opening Hours

 

A traveler wants to perform a place search for information. Identify the kinds of queries he can perform with the Place Search.

Select four that apply, and then click Submit.

• Place Details
• Far location Search
• Find Place from Phone Number
• Text Search
• Nearby Search

 

You're leading a team developing a safety application for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. The app aims to provide users' location information even in remote areas with limited Global Positioning System (GPS) connectivity, relying on alternative location data sources like cell towers and Wi-Fi nodes. As the project lead for the safety application, which Application Programming Interface (API) would you use to ensure accurate device location tracking for hikers without relying solely on GPS signals?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Geocoding API
• Places Library, Maps JavaScript API
• Address Validation API
• Geolocation API

 

Assume you're leading the development of a global scheduling application that enables users to plan meetings and events across different regions. The app aims to provide accurate local times for various locations based on latitude and longitude coordinates. As the project lead for the scheduling application, determine which Application Programming Interface (API) you would choose to retrieve and display accurate time zone information for specific latitude and longitude coordinates.

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Time Zone API
• Time location API
• Geolocation API
• Delta Time API

 

Google Maps Platform: Environment Deep Dive

 

The Solar Application Programming Interface (API) provides a Building Insights findClosest endpoint. What is the data returned by the endpoint that is useful for installers to use when pricing up an installation?

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Roof area
• Roof sunniness
• Roof type
• Solar panel configurations

 

Imagine you have to develop a mobile app focused on promoting eco-friendly living and providing users with real-time environmental information. The app should empower users to make environmentally conscious decisions. As a developer, determine the products within the Environment product category that can be used to offer users up-to-date information.

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Solar API
• Pollen API
• Air Quality Application Programming Interface (API)
• Water Quality API

 

You're leading the development of a health and wellness application focused on providing users with personalized air quality insights. The app aims to offer historical air quality data for specific locations to help users understand trends and patterns in air quality over time. As the project lead, how many maximum days of data can you get from the Hourly History feature, which provides air quality history for specific locations within a given time range?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• 20 days
• 45 days
• 30 days
• 60 days

 

The Air Quality Application Programming Interface (API) can return information on many pollutants. Determine the information included for the most common pollutants.

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Concentration
• Sources and Effects
• Air frequency
• Dominant pollutant

 

Assume that you're working for a team developing a sustainable energy consultancy application aimed at assisting businesses in optimizing solar energy system installations. As the team member for the sustainable energy consultancy app, which Application Programming Interface (API) would you use to facilitate businesses in accelerating solar and energy system installations?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Heat API
• Solar API
• Pollen API
• Temp API

 

You are discussing the Solar Application Programming Interface (API) with your customer. Which two distinct endpoints offered by the Solar API would you mention to your customer?

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Development Layer endpoint
• Building Insights endpoint
• Data Layers endpoint
• Temp Layer endpoint

 

Imagine that you are assigned the task of creating a renewable energy platform that utilizes the Solar Application Programming Interface (API) data to advise homeowners on solar panel installations. The information from the Solar API uses complicated models and processing to create the data that is returned from calls to the services. To utilize it to the fullest, determine the necessary concepts surrounding the data creation process and the types of data returned.

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Flux
• Sunniness and sunshine quantiles
• Rain and sunshine quantiles
• Solar irradiance and insolation

 

Assume that you are in conversation with a scientist to develop an application focused on providing users with real-time pollen data for specific locations. The app aims to offer insights into pollen levels to assist users in managing allergies and making informed decisions about outdoor activities. Identify the appropriate Application Programming Interface (API) that enables requesting pollen data for specific locations.

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Place Details API
• Location API
• Places API
• Pollen API

 

Given below are the response body objects from the forecast endpoint and the functionality they provide.

Drag and drop each object according to its corresponding functionality, and then click Submit.

• DayInfo: Provides the date of the represented forecast, along with PollenTypeInfo and PlantInfo.

• PollenTypeInfo: States the seasonality of available pollen types, pollen index, and more.

• PlantInfo: Supplies plant names and descriptions at the requested coordinates.

 

For each response of the forecast Application Programming Interface (API), there is a Universal Pollen Index (UPI) included. What does this UPI offer?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• It offers detailed information about a given area's plants and their allergenic potential.

• It offers color-coded tiles of three pollen types.

• It offers the minimum quality allowed in the results

• It offers a globally unified scale for comparing pollen levels across different areas.

 

Google Maps Platform: Best Practices

 

What are the reasons why Google logs data from requests to the Google Maps Platform Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)?

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Identifying user information to provide personalized services
• Forecasting and planning future system capacities
• Monitoring and alerting tools within our system
• Providing technical support for customers
• Customizing the map so that users get bespoke regional promotions

 

A customer store is going through a growth period, and the number of monthly calls to the Maps JavaScript Application Programming Interface (API) has risen to 250,000. What will the cost be (not including any discounts)?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• $1540
• $1750
• $0
• $1625

 

A customer has come to you with a query about their bill. They can see that they are using the Places Application Programming Interface (API), but the cost of the service is confusing them. On their bill, they see the Basic Data Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) listed. What should the listed amount for that SKU be for 125,000 requests?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• $3840
• $2040
• $1840
• $0

 

During a discovery conversation with a retail customer, they worry that the Maps Static Application Programming Interface (API) call they have to identify their locations might not be able to scale during a holiday shopping period. You know that Google has generous quota limits for this API. You can allay their concerns by telling them that the API has the following default quota:

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• 50 Queries Per Second (QPS)
• 3000 QPM
• 30000 Queries Per Minute (QPM)
• 300 QPS

 

An organization has come to you to ask about using the Google Maps Platform in a solution they are building for a local ambulance service. What Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) do you recommend they use to work out the best way of implementing taking patients to the hospital?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Routes API and JavaScript API to generate efficient routes and display them on a Map for the dispatchers.
• Qualify the solution as being non-compliant as it is for a “high-risk” activity.
• Navigation Software Development Kit (SDK) and Routes API to build a mobile application to provide turn by turn navigation within the Ambulance.

 

A customer wishes to use the Static Street View Application Programming Interface (API) to determine the height of buildings using Machine Learning (ML). First, they wish to get the image, copy it to their servers, and then run an algorithm against it to determine the height and store it for use in other applications. You have to tell them that this is prohibited by the terms of service. Which terms would it be against?

Select two that apply, and then click Submit.

• Customers may not remove Google branding/copyright or circumvent fees and must display all attributions
• No creating content from Google Maps content
• No re-creating Google Products of Features
• No Scraping or Caching
• No modifying search results integrity

 

Customers can use the Google Cloud console to set a number of limits on quotas for a specific Application Programming Interface (API). Which of the following cannot be done in the Google Cloud console?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Per day
• Per second
• Per minute
• Per user per minute

 

A customer is worried that they may get an error message when calling Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) too much. What pattern may they use to mitigate this issue?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• Collision avoidance
• Rate limiting
• Exponential Backoff
• Control Theory

 

The Routes Application Programming Interface (API) has a number of Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) levels that might determine the cost of the call. What are the levels called?

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Contact
• Basic
• Preferred
• Advanced
• Atmosphere

 

A customer is worried that the costs associated with their implementation might be too high and will result in a bill that is unaffordable. What features or services might they use to mitigate this?

Select three that apply, and then click Submit.

• Set a budget alert at the billing level.
• Use the Google Maps Embed Application Programming Interface (API).
• Set an alert to stop calls when a certain amount of spend has occurred.
• Set per day quotas at the project level.

 

A customer is building a mobile application to deliver a solution to their users. They will have 100,000 calls a month to the application; half of them will use customized maps, and half of them will use standard maps. How much would they expect to see on their bill if we ignored any discounts?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• $700
• $0
• $100
• $350

 

When building an application, a customer wishes to collect metrics about how the application and service are performing and get notifications if there are any outages or errors. Which service would they use to do this?

Select one that applies, and then click Submit.

• CloudWatch
• Cloud Monitoring
• Stackdriver
• Apigee

 

Certain data can be cached from the responses of the Google Maps Platform. Which of the following fields can be stored for more than 30 days?

Select two that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Panorama ID
• Directions
• Place ID
• Review Score
• Latitude and Longitude (Lat / Lng)

 

In the Google Maps Platform console view, there are a number of key functions that the service provides. Identify the services.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Enable the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Secure API keys and create access credentials
• Modification of Maps and data
• Identify usage patterns and manage quotas

 

Within the Google Maps Platform console, roles play a crucial part in managing access and permissions. Determine the appropriate roles you need to have to manage cases within the console.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Technical Manager
• Project Owner
• Tech Support Editor
• Project Editor

 

In the realm of security and access control within the Google Maps Platform, identify the various protection mechanisms available.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Domain Name System (DNS) Encryption
• Open Authorization (OAuth)
• Application Programming Interface (API) Key
• Service Accounts

 

When focusing on developing scalable solutions within the Google Maps Platform, various factors play a crucial role in ensuring efficient implementation. Determine the appropriate areas that can be considered for best practices for providing quick solutions and ensuring that the implementation is scalable.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Throughput
• Code complexity
• Availability
• Latency

 

Assume that you are in conversation with your customer, who feels that there could be a hiccup in the system. What must your customer do in order to learn about the information published for acknowledged incidents and receive updates when they are resolved?

Select one that applies,  and then click Submit.

• Check Google Maps Platform Status Dashboard
• Place a customer request
• Modify the architecture
• Access Libraries and frameworks

 

Within the Google Maps Platform, certain services offer value to customers without incurring costs. Identify the specific services provided by the Google Maps Platform that are offered at no cost.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Embed Application Programming Interface (API)
• Dynamic Maps
• Basic Data
• Places Details - ID Refresh

 

Assume that you are explaining the significance of being vigilant about pricing considerations within the Google Maps Platform to avoid unexpected charges on the billing and optimize usage effectively. Determine the basic watch points you would mention so that customers do not get a surprise on their bills and optimize their usage appropriately.

Select three that apply,  and then click Submit.

• Price of maps based on distance.
• Pricing can vary across platforms.
• Volume discounts are applied to each service independently.
• Pricing can vary depending on how a service is used.