Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Practice

When will you likely be charged next in a scenario where you have a Self-serve Billing Account with a $1000 threshold and spending $50 per day?

1. On the first day of the next month.

2. In 2 days when you'll hit your billing threshold.

3. On the thirtieth day of the month.

4. In 12 days, making it 30 days since the previous payment.

The correct answer is: In 12 days, making it 30 days since the previous payment.

In a scenario where you have a Self-serve Billing Account with a $1000 threshold and you are spending $50 per day, it's important to consider how billing and thresholds work together. The billing threshold is the point at which charges are incurred. Since you are spending $50 per day, it would take 20 days to reach the $1000 threshold (as $1000 divided by $50 equals 20). Given this, you will be charged as soon as your spending reaches that threshold. If we start counting from day 0, you will reach the billing threshold on the 20th day. This means you won't wait until the end of the month or the next cycle to be charged. Instead, you will be charged precisely at that point, which does not align with the idea of waiting until 30 days have passed or until the beginning of a new month. The correct timing of the charge is dependent upon reaching the specified threshold, which in this case happens well before the end of the month or any arbitrary 30-day period. Therefore, the timing of the charge reflects that you will incur costs based on actual consumption, triggering a transaction well ahead of the month's end.