Dan Sullivan - Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide

Chapter 4 : Designing Compute Systems This chapter discusses Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Anthos, and Cloud Functions. Topics in this chapter include use cases, configuration, management, and design. Other topics include managing state in distributed systems, data flows and pipelines, and data integrity. Monitoring and alerting are also discussed.

Chapter 5 : Designing Storage Systems This chapter focuses on storage and database systems. Storage systems include object storage, network-attached storage, and caching. Several databases are reviewed, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud Firestore, and Bigtable. It is important to know how to choose among storage and database options when making architectural choices. Other topics include provisioning, data retention and lifecycle management, and network latency.

Chapter 6 : Designing Networks This chapter reviews VPCs, including subnets and IP addressing, hybrid cloud networking, VPNs, peering, Shared VPCs, and direct connections. This chapter also includes a discussion of regional and global load balancing. Hybrid cloud computing and networking topics are important concepts for the exam.

Chapter 7 : Designing for Security and Legal Compliance This chapter discusses IAM, data security including encryption at rest and encryption in transit, key management, security evaluation, penetration testing, auditing, and security design principles. Major regulations and ITIL are reviewed.

Chapter 8 : Designing for Reliability This chapter begins with a discussion of Cloud Operations (formerly Stackdriver) for monitoring, logging, and alerting. Next, the chapter reviews continuous deployment and continuous integration. Systems reliability engineering is discussed, including overloads, cascading failures, and testing for reliability. Incident management and post-mortem analysis are also described.

Chapter 9 : Analyzing and Defining Technical Processes This chapter focuses on software development lifecycle planning. This includes troubleshooting, testing and validation, business continuity, and disaster recovery.

Chapter 10 : Analyzing and Defining Business Processes This chapter includes several business-oriented skills including stakeholder management, change management, team skill management, customer success management, and cost management.

Chapter 11 : Development and Operations This chapter reviews application development methodologies, API best practices, and testing frameworks, including load, unit, and integration testing. The chapter also discusses data and systems migration tooling. The chapter concludes with a brief review of using Cloud SDK and programmatically working with GCP.

Chapter 12 : Migration Planning This chapter describes how to plan for a cloud migration. Steps include integrating with existing systems, migrating systems and data, license mapping, network management and planning, as well as testing and developing proof-of-concept systems.

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Studying the material in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide is an important part of preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam, but we also provide additional tools to help you prepare. The online Test Bank will help you understand the types of questions that will appear on the certification exam.

The sample tests in the Test Bank include all the questions in each chapter as well as the questions from the assessment test. In addition, there are two practice exams with 50 questions each. You can use these tests to evaluate your understanding and identify areas that may require additional study.

The flashcards in the Test Bank will push the limits of what you should know for the certification exam. There are more than 100 questions that are provided in digital format. Each flashcard has one question and one correct answer.

The online glossary is a searchable list of key terms introduced in this exam guide that you should know for the Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.

Go to www.wiley.com/go/sybextestprepto register and gain access to this interactive online learning environment and test bank with study tools.

People learn in different ways. For some, a book is an ideal way to study, while auditory learners may find audio and video resources a more efficient way to study. A combination of resources may be the best option for many of us. In addition to this study guide, here are some other resources that can help you prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect exam.

The Professional Cloud Architect Certification Exam Guide: cloud.google.com/certification/guides/professional-cloud-architect

Exam FAQs: cloud.google.com/certification/faqs/#0

Google's Sample Questions: cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-architect

Google Cloud Platform documentation: cloud.google.com/docs

Online course Google Cloud Professional Architect: Get Certified by Dan Sullivan www.udemy.com/course/google-cloud-professional-architect-get-certified

Exam objectives are subject to change at any time without prior notice and at Google's sole discretion. Please visit the Google Professional Cloud Architect website ( cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-architect) for the most current listing of exam objectives.