Why This Cheat Sheet Matters for ACE
This cheat sheet covers the most important GCP Core Services concepts tested on the ACE (Associate Cloud Engineer) certification exam. It contains 2 sections with 10 key points. Use this as a quick-reference guide during your final review sessions.
2Sections
10Key Points
Compute Decision Tree
- Need full control over OS? → Compute Engine.
- Container orchestration at scale? → GKE.
- Stateless container, no cluster management? → Cloud Run.
- Code-first PaaS? → App Engine.
- Event-driven lightweight function? → Cloud Functions.
Storage Decision Tree
- Unstructured objects (files, images, backups)? → Cloud Storage.
- Relational, single region? → Cloud SQL.
- Relational, global scale? → Cloud Spanner.
- NoSQL documents? → Firestore.
- NoSQL wide-column, high throughput? → Bigtable.
Practice GCP Core Services Questions
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Google Cloud Service Quick Reference
GCP organises services around Compute (GCE, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Functions), Storage (Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, Filestore), Databases (Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore, Bigtable, BigQuery), and Networking (VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, Cloud Interconnect). Knowing which service fits each use case is essential for passing GCP exams.