My experience with GCP exams: Associate, Architect, Network

In the spring of 2020, I decided to start exploring the Google Cloud Platform: my firm is a Google partner and we have some solutions on GCP.





Access to GCP. Perhaps few people know, but anyone who has a gmail account can access the platform. You just need to confirm your identity with a credit card (I'll say right away that not all cards are suitable, for example, my Revolut card did not pass). Many people advise to have another account specifically for the needs of GCP, I don't know exactly what this is connected with. After activating your account, you get full access to the console (this is what Google calls its cloud environment, the CLI through which you can execute commands is called Cloud Shell) and a loan in your country's currency in the equivalent of 300 US dollars.





Associate Cloud Engineer exam preparation and process. For basic exam requirements, visit the Google Cloud Certification page . To prepare for the exam, I used various sources: the Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide by Dan Sullivan in conjunction with practice in the GCP console; video from YouTube channel ADV-IT about Google Cloud ; Qwiklabs platform with labs. I took the exam in June 2020, just as the exam centers in Poland reopened. To pass the exam, you need to register on the Kryterion website and book the exam. The exam takes 2 hours. At the end of the exam, you receive information - PASS or FAIL, I passed the exam. A few days later, an e-mail comes with access to the certificate.





Preparation and process for the Professional Cloud Architect exam. For preparation, I used the book Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide by Dan Sullivan. Also on the Qwiklabs platform, my firm gave me access to training materials. This exam contains 4 cases about different companies, on the basis of which there are questions in the exam: EHR Healthcare, Helicopter Racing League, Mountkirk games, TerramEarth. You can easily google the analysis of these cases and try to create an infrastructure in GCP for better understanding. I took the exam in November 2020 at the examination center. The exam lasted 2 hours and passed the exam successfully.





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, GCP:





Google Cloud Developer's Cheat Sheet with a short explanation of what is what in GCP,





GCP CheatSheet with popular commands,





Github repository with very detailed information on each of the exams.








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