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Associate Cloud Engineer exam objectives

The published blueprint is the contract: the exam can only test what is on this list. Domains carry their official weightings, and objectives with a practice page link straight to questions written for that objective.

Titles and weightings from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page

Setting up a cloud solution environment

20% of exam
  • 1.1 1.1 Setting up cloud projects and accounts

  • 1.2 1.2 Managing billing configuration

Planning and implementing a cloud solution

30% of exam
  • 2.1 2.1 Planning and implementing compute resources

  • 2.2 2.2 Planning and implementing storage and data solutions

  • 2.3 2.3 Planning and implementing networking resources

  • 2.4 2.4 Planning and implementing resources using tooling

Ensuring the successful operation of a cloud solution

30% of exam
  • 3.1 3.1 Managing compute resources

  • 3.2 3.2 Managing storage and data solutions

  • 3.3 3.3 Managing networking resources

  • 3.4 3.4 Monitoring and logging

Configuring access and security

20% of exam
  • 4.1 4.1 Managing IAM

  • 4.2 4.2 Managing service accounts

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