About This Study Plan
This 7 days study plan breaks the ACE (Associate Cloud Engineer) exam preparation into 4 focused study sessions with 4 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 5 exam domains — Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment, Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution, Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution, Ensuring Successful Operation, Configuring Access and Security — ensuring complete coverage. Intensive review for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam.
Prerequisites
- GCP experience or CDL-level knowledge
- 5–6 hours per day
Study Schedule
- Resource hierarchy, billing, SDK, IAM, compute/storage planning
- Compute Engine, GKE, App Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Storage
- Monitoring, Logging, firewall rules, service accounts, practice exam
- Cheat sheets, gcloud commands, rest
Study Tips
Practice gcloud commands — the exam tests practical CLI knowledge.
Recommended Google Cloud Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with Google Cloud Skills Boost, which provides structured learning paths aligned to each certification. The Google Cloud documentation is exceptionally detailed and frequently referenced in exam questions. Take advantage of the free $300 credit for new GCP accounts to build real projects during your study period.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with ACE practice questions.