Tips & best practices to prepare for the GCP ACE (Associate Cloud Engineer) Exam by Dan Sullivan - the author of the official Google Cloud Certified study guides!
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6. About me ...
● Author of Google Cloud official study guides
○ Cloud and database architect
○ Data science and machine learning
○ About 6 years of experience with Google Cloud
● I am not
○ Employed by Google
○ A contributor to certification exam development
● Connect or follow me on LinkedIn
○ linkedin.com/in/dansullivanpdx/
7. Agenda
● Overview of Google Cloud Certification Exams
● How to Get Started with Google Cloud
● Study Strategies and Tips
● How to Read and Analyze Questions
● Q & A
● Topic Review
○ Compute Services
○ Storage Services
○ Identity and Access Management (IAM)
○ Essential Services
○ Networking
○ Monitoring, Logging, and Tracing
24. 1. Study Strategy
● Follow Certification Exam Guide
○ High level domains & detailed tasks
○ cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer
● Take Practice Exam
○ Good assessment, actual test is more difficult
● Identify weakest areas
○ We often focus on some, not all domains in our work
○ You will be tested on all domains
● Perform tasks using Cloud Console and Cloud Shell
25. 2. Exam Taking Strategy
● Timed test, know your remaining time
○ 50 multiple choice questions
○ 2 hours
○ Mark questions for review
● Read questions carefully
○ Identify key services and software
○ Identify technical requirements
● Focus on how to choose between likely options or near misses
26. Identity & Access Management
(IAM)
● Understand roles and permissions
● Review primitive roles
● When to use custom roles
● Know types of identities
● VPC
● Subents
● CIDR blocks
● Firewall rules
● DNS
● Hybrid cloud
Networking
3. What You Need to Know
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