Objective 2.2
PCDBuilding
Objective 2.2 sits in Building and testing applications, which carries 23% of the Cloud Developer exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Google Cloud page it rests on.
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A worked example
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A team writes a build config and asks what the smallest valid step looks like. Which field must every step carry?
Correct.
Concept
A step is defined by the thing that executes it, so the one field that cannot be inferred is the identity of that executable environment.
Why D
Only the name field of a step is required in a build config. Every other field in the file is optional, and name points at the container image that carries out the task.
Source
Create a build configuration file, checked August 2026The only required field in the build config file is the name field for a step. All other fields are optional.
Now you: objective 2.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A team adds a build step whose image declares no entrypoint of its own. What becomes of the first element in that step's args list?
Sample question 2 of 3
A team's build produces a signed archive alongside its container image and needs somewhere to keep the archive. Where does that artifact belong?
Sample question 3 of 3
A team finds one slow step holding a build open far past the point of use while every other step finishes quickly. What bounds that single step?
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