Preparing for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Exam (Coursera)

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Preparing for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Exam (Coursera)

This one-week on-demand course helps prospective candidates structure their preparation for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. The session will cover the structure and format of the examination, as well as its relationship to other Google Cloud certifications. Through lectures, demos and hands-on labs, candidates will familiarize themselves with the domains covered by the examination.

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This course by itself will not prepare a candidate to pass the Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam. It will, however, help the candidate better understand the areas covered by the exam and navigate the recommended resources provided by Google and Qwiklabs for preparing to take the exam, so they can formulate their own personal study plan.
Course 6 of 6 in the Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Engineer Professional Certificate.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the purpose and intent of the Associate Cloud Engineer certification and its relationship to other Google Cloud certifications.
  • Understand how the Associate Cloud Engineer certification is administered, and how to register to take it.
  • Understand the structure of the ACE exam guide, and how to use GCP's resources to create a study plan for the ACE certification exam.
  • Decide whether you are ready to attempt the Associate Cloud Engineer exam.

Syllabus

Week 1
Welcome to Preparing for the Associate Cloud Engineer Exam
This one-week on-demand course helps prospective candidates structure their preparation for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. The session will cover the structure and format of the examination, as well as its relationship to other Google Cloud certifications. Through lectures, demos and hands-on labs, candidates will familiarize themselves with the domains covered by the examination. This course by itself will not prepare a candidate to pass the Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam. It will, however, help the candidate better understand the areas covered by the exam and navigate the recommended resources provided by Google and Qwiklabs for preparing to take the exam, so they can formulate their own personal study plan.

Week 2
Module 1: About the Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
In this course, we will cover how to prepare to take the Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam. This course, by itself, will not prepare you to take the ACE certification exam. It will, however, introduce you to many useful tools you can utilize to devise your own custom study plan for preparing to take the exam, and we will also cover some of the concepts listed in the various sections of the official exam Study Guide.

Week 3
Module 2: Setting up a cloud solution environment
While many people will choose to just go through the full list of resources, taking all of the courses and working on all of the labs, it is often helpful to know prior to this about any areas you may need to spend extra time on. For that reason, we will now go over each section of the exam guide in a bit more detail during the rest of this course, giving an overview of each topic and explaining some fundamental concepts from each area to help get you started. This module discusses content areas from Section 1 - setting up a cloud solution environment.

Week 4
Module 3: Planning and configuring a cloud solution
This module discusses the content areas from exam guide section 2 - planning and configuring a cloud solution.

Week 5
Module 4: Deploying and implementing a cloud solution
This module discusses the content areas from exam guide section 3 - deploying and implementing a cloud solution.

Week 6
Module 5: Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution
This module discusses the content areas from exam guide section 4 - ensuring the successful operation of a cloud solution

Week 7
Module 6: Configuring access and security
This module discusses the content areas from exam guide section 5 - ensuring the successful operation of a cloud solution

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