Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide, 2nd Edition

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide, 2nd Edition

by Dan Sullivan
Released April 2022
Publisher(s): Sybex
ISBN: 9781119871057

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Book description

An indispensable guide to the newest version of the Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification

The newly revised Second Edition of the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide delivers a proven and effective roadmap to success on the latest Professional Cloud Architect accreditation exam from Google. You'll learn the skills you need to excel on the test and in the field, with coverage of every exam objective and competency, including focus areas of the latest exam such as Kubernetes, Anthos, and multi-cloud architectures. The book explores the design, analysis, development, operations, and migration components of the job, with intuitively organized lessons that align with the real-world job responsibilities of a Google Cloud professional and with the PCA exam topics. Architects need more than the ability to recall facts about cloud services, they need to be able to reason about design decisions. This study guide is unique in how it helps you learn to think like an architect: understand requirements, assess constraints, choose appropriate architecture patterns, and consider the operational characteristics of the systems you design. Review questions and practice exams use scenario-based questions like those on the certification exam to build the test taking skills you will need.

In addition to comprehensive material on compute resources, storage systems, networks, security, legal and regulatory compliance, reliability design, technical and business processes, and more, you'll get:

  • The chance to begin or advance your career as an in-demand Google Cloud IT professional
  • Invaluable opportunities to develop and practice the skills you'll need as a Google Cloud Architect
  • Access to the Sybex online learning center, with chapter review questions, full-length practice exams, hundreds of electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms

The ideal resource for anyone preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect certification from Google, Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide, 2nd Edition is also a must-read resource for aspiring and practicing cloud professionals seeking to expand or improve their technical skillset and improve their effectiveness in the field.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. About the Author
  7. About the Technical Editors
  8. Introduction
    1. What Does This Book Cover?
    2. Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
    3. Additional Resources
    4. Objective Map
    5. Assessment Test
    6. Answers to the Assessment Test
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Google Professional Cloud Architect Exam
    1. Exam Objectives
    2. Analyzing Business Requirements
    3. Analyzing Technical Requirements
    4. Exam Case Studies
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  10. Chapter 2: Designing Solutions to Meet Business Requirements
    1. Business Use Cases and Product Strategy
    2. Application Design and Cost Considerations
    3. Systems Integration and Data Management
    4. Compliance and Regulation
    5. Security
    6. Success Measures
    7. Summary
    8. Exam Essentials
    9. Review Questions
  11. Chapter 3: Designing Solutions to Meet Technical Requirements
    1. High Availability
    2. Scalability
    3. Reliability
    4. Summary
    5. Exam Essentials
    6. Review Questions
  12. Chapter 4: Designing Compute Systems
    1. Compute Services and Use Cases
    2. Anthos
    3. AI and Machine Learning Services
    4. Data Flows and Pipelines
    5. Compute System Provisioning
    6. Additional Design Issues
    7. Summary
    8. Exam Essentials
    9. Review Questions
  13. Chapter 5: Designing Storage Systems
    1. Overview of Storage Services
    2. Object Storage with Google Cloud Storage
    3. Network-Attached Storage with Google Cloud Filestore
    4. Databases
    5. Data Retention and Lifecycle Management
    6. Networking and Latency
    7. Summary
    8. Exam Essentials
    9. Review Questions
  14. Chapter 6: Designing Networks
    1. IP Addressing, Firewall Rules, and Routers
    2. Virtual Private Clouds
    3. Hybrid-Cloud Networking
    4. Service-Centric Networking
    5. Load Balancing
    6. Additional Network Services
    7. Summary
    8. Exam Essentials
    9. Review Questions
  15. Chapter 7: Designing for Security and Legal Compliance
    1. Identity and Access Management and Related Access Control Services
    2. Organization Constraints
    3. Data Security
    4. Security Evaluation
    5. Security Design Principles
    6. Major Regulations
    7. ITIL Framework
    8. Summary
    9. Exam Essentials
    10. Review Questions
  16. Chapter 8: Designing for Reliability
    1. Improving Reliability with Cloud Operations Suite
    2. Release Management
    3. Systems Reliability Engineering
    4. Summary
    5. Exam Essentials
    6. Review Questions
  17. Chapter 9: Analyzing and Defining Technical Processes
    1. Software Development Lifecycle Plan
    2. Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
    3. Troubleshooting and Post-Mortem Analysis Culture
    4. IT Enterprise Processes
    5. Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  18. Chapter 10: Analyzing and Defining Business Processes
    1. Stakeholder Management
    2. Change Management
    3. Team Skill Management
    4. Customer Success Management
    5. Cost Optimization/Resource Optimization
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
  19. Chapter 11: Development and Operations
    1. Application Development Methodologies
    2. Technical Debt
    3. API Best Practices
    4. Testing Frameworks
    5. Data and System Migration Tooling
    6. Interacting with Google Cloud Programmatically
    7. Summary
    8. Exam Essentials
    9. Review Questions
  20. Chapter 12: Migration Planning
    1. Integrating Cloud Services with Existing Systems
    2. Migrating Systems and Data to Support a Solution
    3. Software Licensing Mapping
    4. Network Planning
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
  21. Appendix: Answers to the Review Questions
  22. Index
  23. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Dan Sullivan
  • Release date: April 2022
  • Publisher(s): Sybex
  • ISBN: 9781119871057