GCP: Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer ( ACE ) [600Q]

Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) is a basic Google Cloud exam that proves your skills and knowledge of deploying applications, monitoring operations, and managing enterprise solutions. This course provides the largest number of questions. Detailed explanations and reference URLs are also provided so that students can learn concepts related to each area of GCP.[Test details]Time: 2 hoursRegistration fee: $ 125 (excluding tax)Number of questions: 50 questionsThis course consists of a set of 50 questions so that you can experience all question formats and content areas. The test range will be set in the following five categories.1. Setting up the cloud solution environment.1.1 Set up a cloud project and account. It will cover the following: Creating a projectAssignning users to predefined IAM roles in your projectManaging users with Cloud Identity (manual and automatic)Enabling API in your projectProvisioning a Stackdriver workspace1.2 Manage billing configurations. It will cover the following: Creating a billing accountLinking your project to your billing accountSetting billing budgets and alertsSetting up billing-related exports for daily / monthly price quotes1.3 Install and configure the command line interface (CLI), specifically the Cloud SDK (for example, setting the default project).2. Plan and configure your cloud solution2.1 Plan and estimate GCP product usage using pricing tools2.2 Plan and configure computing resources. It will cover the following: Choosing the right computing service for your workload (eg Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions)Appropriate use of preemptible VMs and custom machine types2.3 Plan and configure data storage options. It will cover the following: Product selection (eg Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Bigtable)Selecting storage options (eg Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive)2.4 Plan and configure network resources. It will cover the following: Choosing between load balancing optionsDetermine the location of resources in your network with availability in mindConfigure Cloud DNS3. Deploy and implement cloud solutions3.1 Deploy and implement Compute Engine resources. It will cover the following: Launching a compute instance using Cloud Console and Cloud SDK (gcloud) (eg disk, availability policy, SSH authentication key assignment)Creating managed instance groups that are autoscaled using instance templatesGenerating and uploading a custom SSH key for your instanceConfiguring Stackdriver Monitoring and Stackdriver Logging on the VMEvaluating compute quotas and request quota increasesInstalling Stackdriver Agent for monitoring and logging3.2 Deploy and implement Google Kubernetes Engine resources. It will cover the following: Deploying a Google Kubernetes Engine clusterDeploying a container application to Google Kubernetes Engine using PodConfiguring monitoring and logging for Google Kubernetes Engine applications3.3 Deploy and implement App Engine resources, Cloud Run resources, and Cloud Functions resources. It will cover the following: Deploying your application and update scaling configurations, versions, and traffic splitsDeploying an application that receives Google Cloud events (eg Cloud Pub / Sub events, Cloud Storage object change notification events)3.4 Deploy and implement the data solution. It will cover the following: Initializing your data system using products (eg Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore, BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Pub / Sub, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud Dataproc, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Storage)Importing data (eg command line uploads, API transfers, imports / exports, data imports from Cloud Storage, data streaming to Cloud Pub / Sub)3.5 Deploy and implement networking resources. It will cover the following: Creating a VPC with a subnet (eg custom mode VPC, shared VPC)Launching a Compute Engine instance with a custom network configuration (eg, internal private IP address, private Google access, static external and private IP addresses, network tags)Creating upstream and downstream firewall rules for your VPC (eg IP subnets, tags, service accounts)Creating a VPN between your Google VPC and your external network using Cloud VPNCreating a load balancer that distributes network traffic to your application (for example, Global HTTP (S) Load Balancer, Global SSL Proxy Load Balancer, Global TCP Proxy Load Balancer, Region Network Load Balancer, Region Internal Load Balancer)3.6 Deploy the solution using Cloud Marketplace. It will cover the following: Browsing the Cloud Marketplace catalog to learn more about the available solutionsDeploying a Cloud Marketplace solution3.7 Deploy the application infrastructure using Cloud Deployment Manager. It will cover the following. Developing a Deployment Manager templateLaunching the Deployment Manager template4. Ensuring proper operation of your cloud solution4.1 Manage Compute Engine resources. It will cover the following: Managing a single VM instance (eg start, stop, edit configuration, delete instance)Connecting to the instance via SSH / RDPConne