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Mazen Elnahla
GDG Port Said Founder
Associate Cloud Engineer

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Certification Journey Overview
1
Spotlight on Associate Cloud Engineer
2
Certification Prep Tips and Tricks
4
Sample Questions Review
5
Next Steps
6
Sneak Peak of Study Group Topics
3

Google Cloud
Certification Journey
Overview

• Certification Study group: weekly live sessions for 6 weeks to go through content and
exam prep questions
• On-demand resources: Access to Cloud Skills Boost courses and labs, and additional
learning material on certification content and exam questions.
• Deeper engagement through instructor led sessions.
• Community support: Learn together with a local community to get support from experts
and other fellow developers.
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Spotlight on Associate
Cloud Engineer

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Cloud DevOps
Engineer
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Administrator
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Cloud Architect
Professional
Data
Engineer
Foundational
No cloud experience needed
Associate
Recommended 6+ months
hands-on experience
with Google Cloud
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Cloud
Engineer
Professional
Cloud
Developer
Professional
Cloud Network
Engineer
Professional
Cloud Security
Engineer
Professional
Recommended
3+ years industry experience
& 1 year hands-on
experience
with Google Cloud
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Machine Learning
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Digital
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Associate Cloud Engineer
An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys
applications, monitors operations, and manages
enterprise solutions. This individual is able to use
Google Cloud Console and the command-line
interface to perform common platform-based
tasks to maintain one or more deployed solutions
that leverage Google-managed or self-managed
services on Google Cloud.
https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer

Associate
Cloud
Engineer
The Associate Cloud Engineer exam
assesses your ability to:
● Set up a cloud solution
environment
● Plan and configure a cloud
solution
● Deploy and implement a cloud
solution
● Ensure successful operation of a
cloud solution
● Configure access and security
https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer

Associate Cloud Engineer
Learning Journey
Pre-work Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Exam weeks
Have real world
hands on
experience
Review the
Associate Cloud
Engineer
Certification Exam
Guide
Review the
Associate Cloud
Engineer Sample
Questions
On-demand
training:
Preparing for Your
Associate Cloud
Engineer Journey
Google Cloud
Fundamentals: Core
Infrastructure
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Create and Manage
Cloud Resources
Skill Badge (5 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Essential Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Foundation
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Perform
Foundational
Infrastructure Tasks
in Google Cloud
Skill Badge (4 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Essential Google
Cloud
Infrastructure: Core
Services
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Set Up and
Configure a Cloud
Environment in
Google Cloud
Skill Badge (6 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Elastic Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Scaling and
Automation
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Automating
Infrastructure on
Google Cloud with
Terraform
Skill Badge (6 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Reliable Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Design and Process
On-demand
training:
Getting Started
with Google
Kubernetes Engine
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Deploy to
Kubernetes in
Google Cloud
Skill Badge (7 hrs)
(optional, outside
curriculum)
Check Readiness:
Associate Cloud
Engineer Sample
Questions
Self
study
(and
potential
exam)
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
WRAP UP
Complement your study with the Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide book and exploring Google Cloud Documentation

Sneak Peek of Study
Group Topics

● Setting up a cloud solution environment
○ Setting up cloud projects and accounts
○ Managing billing configuration
○ Installing and configuring the command line interface
● Planning and configuring a cloud solution
○ Planning and estimating GCP product use using the Pricing Calculator
○ Planning and configuring compute resources
○ Planning and configuring data storage options
○ Planning and configuring network resources
Week 2 Study Group

● Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resources
○ Deploying and implementing Google Kubernetes Engine resources
○ Deploying and implementing App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud
Functions
○ Deploying and implementing data solutions
○ Deploying and implementing networking resources
○ Deploying a solution using Cloud Marketplace
○ Deploying application infrastructure using Cloud Deployment
Manager
Week 3 Study Group

● Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution
○ Managing Compute Engine resources
○ Managing Google Kubernetes Engine resources
○ Managing App Engine and Cloud Run resources
○ Managing storage and database solutions
○ Managing networking resources
○ Monitoring and logging
Week 4 Study Group

● Configuring access and security
○ Managing identity and access management (IAM)
○ Managing service accounts
○ Viewing audit logs for project and managed services
Week 5 Study Group

● Managing implementation
○ Advising development/operation team(s) to ensure successful
deployment of the solution
○ Interacting with Google Cloud using GCP SDK(gcloud, gsutill, and
bq).
● Ensuring solution and operations reliability
○ Monitoring/logging/profiling/alerting solution
○ Deployment and release management
○ Assisting with the support of solutions in operation
○ Evaluating quality control measures
Week 6 Study Group

Certification Prep Tips
and Tricks

About the exams
Length
2 hours
Exam Format
Multiple choice
and multiple
select
Prerequisites
None
Recommended
Experience
Recommended 6+
months hands-on
experience with
GCP

Build / follow a study plan
1
Understand the business problem
2
Practice to learn (not just to pass)
3

Build / follow a study plan
1
Understand the business problem
2
Practice to learn (not just to pass)
3

Build / follow a study plan
1
Understand the business problem
2
Practice to learn (not just to pass)
3

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Sample Questions
Review

You are a project owner and need your co-worker to
deploy a new version of your application to App Engine.
You want to follow Google’s recommended practices.
Which IAM roles should you grant your co-worker?
A. Project Editor
B. App Engine Service Admin
C. App Engine Deployer
D. App Engine Code Viewer

You are a project owner and need your co-worker to
deploy a new version of your application to App Engine.
You want to follow Google’s recommended practices.
Which IAM roles should you grant your co-worker?
A. Project Editor
B. App Engine Service Admin
C. App Engine Deployer
D. App Engine Code Viewer

You have a project using BigQuery. You want to list all
BigQuery jobs for that project. You want to set this project
as the default for the bq command-line tool. What should you do?
A. Use "gcloud config set project" to set the default project
B. Use "bq config set project" to set the default project
C. Use "gcloud generate config-url" to generate a URL to
the Google Cloud Platform Console to set the default project
A. Use "bq generate config-url" to generate a URL to
the Google Cloud Platform Console to set the default project

You have a project using BigQuery. You want to list all
BigQuery jobs for that project. You want to set this project
as the default for the bq command-line tool. What should you do?
A. Use "gcloud config set project" to set the default project
B. Use "bq config set project" to set the default project
C. Use "gcloud generate config-url" to generate a URL to
the Google Cloud Platform Console to set the default project
A. Use "bq generate config-url" to generate a URL to
the Google Cloud Platform Console to set the default project

Your company processes high volumes of IoT data that
are time-stamped. The total data volume can be several
petabytes. The data needs to be written and changed at
a high speed. You want to use the most performant
storage option for your data. Which product should you
use?
A. Cloud Datastore
B. Cloud Storage
C. Cloud Bigtable
D. BigQuery

Your company processes high volumes of IoT data that
are time-stamped. The total data volume can be several
petabytes. The data needs to be written and changed at
a high speed. You want to use the most performant
storage option for your data. Which product should you
use?
A. Cloud Datastore
B. Cloud Storage
C. Cloud Bigtable
D. BigQuery

Next Steps

Your next steps
—
Ask questions
and contribute
to the
community
—
Attend weekly
study group
—
Follow your
learning plan
on Cloud Skill
Boost

Your next steps
—
Ask questions
and contribute
to the
community
—
Attend weekly
study group
—
Follow your
learning plan
on Cloud Skill
Boost

Your next steps
—
Ask questions
and contribute
to the
community
—
Attend weekly
study group
—
Follow your
learning plan
on Cloud Skill
Boost

Associate Cloud Engineer
Learning Journey
Pre-work Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Exam weeks
Have real world
hands on
experience
Review the
Associate Cloud
Engineer
Certification Exam
Guide
Review the
Associate Cloud
Engineer Sample
Questions
On-demand
training:
Preparing for Your
Associate Cloud
Engineer Journey
Google Cloud
Fundamentals: Core
Infrastructure
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Create and Manage
Cloud Resources
Skill Badge (5 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Essential Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Foundation
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Perform
Foundational
Infrastructure Tasks
in Google Cloud
Skill Badge (4 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Essential Google
Cloud
Infrastructure: Core
Services
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Set Up and
Configure a Cloud
Environment in
Google Cloud
Skill Badge (6 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Elastic Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Scaling and
Automation
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Automating
Infrastructure on
Google Cloud with
Terraform
Skill Badge (6 hrs)
On-demand
training:
Reliable Google
Cloud
Infrastructure:
Design and Process
On-demand
training:
Getting Started
with Google
Kubernetes Engine
Hands On Lab
Practice:
Deploy to
Kubernetes in
Google Cloud
Skill Badge (7 hrs)
(optional, outside
curriculum)
Check Readiness:
Associate Cloud
Engineer Sample
Questions
Self
study
(and
potential
exam)
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
STUDY GROUP
EXAM GUIDE REVIEW +
WRAP UP
Complement your study with the Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide book and exploring Google Cloud Documentation

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