Master the Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) Certification with this comprehensive, exam-focused practice test course designed to boost your confidence and guarantee your success on the first attempt. This course includes 6 complete practice tests — 5 full-length exams with 50 questions each, and 1 bonus exam with 32 questions, giving you the most realistic and up-to-date exam experience.

Every question in this course mirrors the real ACE exam in difficulty, format, and wording. Each question includes a detailed explanation, a breakdown of every answer choice, and official Google Cloud documentation links, ensuring you learn the why behind each correct answer.

This course is engineered using real-world Google Cloud scenarios, helping you understand how to deploy, manage, monitor, secure, and troubleshoot cloud solutions just like a professional Google Cloud Engineer.

What Makes This Course Unique?

6 Google ACE Practice Tests

• Test 1: 50 Questions

• Test 2: 50 Questions

• Test 3: 50 Questions

• Test 4: 50 Questions

• Test 5: 50 Questions

• Test 6: 32 Questions

Test 1: 50 Questions

Test 2: 50 Questions

Test 3: 50 Questions

Test 4: 50 Questions

Test 5: 50 Questions

Test 6: 32 Questions

A total of 282 high-quality exam questions updated for the latest Google Cloud exam objectives.

Detailed Explanations for Every Question

Each question includes:

• Full explanation for the correct answer

• Why the incorrect answers are wrong

• Official Google Cloud resource/documentation links for deeper learning

• Real-world scenarios aligned with current exam patterns

Full explanation for the correct answer

Why the incorrect answers are wrong

Official Google Cloud resource/documentation links for deeper learning

Real-world scenarios aligned with current exam patterns

100% Aligned with Latest ACE Exam Domains

Covers all Google-defined topics:

• Cloud environment setup

• Compute Engine & GKE deployments

• VPC networks & firewall rules

• IAM roles & security best practices

• Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery

• Logging, monitoring, troubleshooting

• Automation using gcloud CLI

Cloud environment setup

Compute Engine & GKE deployments

VPC networks & firewall rules

IAM roles & security best practices

Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery

Logging, monitoring, troubleshooting

Automation using gcloud CLI

Perfect for First-Time Test Takers

This course helps you:

• Understand real exam difficulty

• Strengthen weak areas

• Learn exam patterns and tricky questions

• Achieve the score you need with confidence

Understand real exam difficulty

Strengthen weak areas

Learn exam patterns and tricky questions

Achieve the score you need with confidence

Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam – Overview

1. What the ACE Certification Validates

A Google Associate Cloud Engineer is able to:

• Deploy applications in Google Cloud

• Monitor operations

• Manage enterprise solutions

• Use the Google Cloud Console and CLI

• Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot cloud environments

Deploy applications in Google Cloud

Monitor operations

Manage enterprise solutions

Use the Google Cloud Console and CLI

Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot cloud environments

The certification focuses heavily on hands-on skills with Compute Engine, Kubernetes, VPC networking, IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, logging, monitoring, and automation.

2. Exam Format

• Type: Multiple-choice & multiple-select

• Time: 2 hours

• Delivery method: Online proctored or test center

• Cost: USD 125

• Languages: English & Japanese

• Difficulty: Intermediate (hands-on knowledge required)

Type: Multiple-choice & multiple-select

Time: 2 hours

Delivery method: Online proctored or test center

Cost: USD 125

Languages: English & Japanese

Difficulty: Intermediate (hands-on knowledge required)

3. Exam Domains

Here are the five main ACE exam domains:

1. Setting up a cloud solution environment (37%)

• Managing IAM users, roles, and service accounts

• Configuring project structure, billing, APIs

• Setting up networks, subnets, firewall rules

Managing IAM users, roles, and service accounts

Configuring project structure, billing, APIs

Setting up networks, subnets, firewall rules

2. Planning and configuring a cloud solution (13%)

• Compute Engine VM planning

• Kubernetes deployments

• Storage options selection

• Database planning (Cloud SQL, Firestore, Bigtable)

Compute Engine VM planning

Kubernetes deployments

Storage options selection

Database planning (Cloud SQL, Firestore, Bigtable)

3. Deploying and implementing cloud solutions (30%)

• VM deployment, autoscaling, load balancing

• GKE cluster deployment

• CI/CD pipelines

• Cloud Storage lifecycle, signed URLs

• Cloud SQL high availability setups

VM deployment, autoscaling, load balancing

GKE cluster deployment

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud Storage lifecycle, signed URLs

Cloud SQL high availability setups

4. Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution (13%)

• Monitoring via Cloud Monitoring

• Logging and alerting policies

• Backup, snapshots, HA configurations

Monitoring via Cloud Monitoring

Logging and alerting policies

Backup, snapshots, HA configurations

5. Configuring access and security (7%)

• IAM roles, service accounts, workload identity

• VPC firewall and connectivity

• Data encryption and key management

IAM roles, service accounts, workload identity

VPC firewall and connectivity

Data encryption and key management

4. Recommended Experience

Google recommends:

• 6 months+ hands-on experience with Google Cloud

• Strong skills in:

  • Linux commands

  • Networking concepts

  • Kubernetes basics

  • Automation tools like gcloud CLI

  • Deploying applications on GCP

6 months+ hands-on experience with Google Cloud

Strong skills in:

• Linux commands

• Networking concepts

• Kubernetes basics

• Automation tools like gcloud CLI

• Deploying applications on GCP

Linux commands

Networking concepts

Kubernetes basics

Automation tools like gcloud CLI

Deploying applications on GCP

5. Study Resources

Here are the best official resources:

Official Google Learning Path

• Google Cloud Skills Boost – ACE learning path

• Free hands-on labs & quests

Google Cloud Skills Boost – ACE learning path

Free hands-on labs & quests

Documentation & Whitepapers

• IAM documentation

• Compute Engine & GKE documentation

• VPC networking concepts

IAM documentation

Compute Engine & GKE documentation

VPC networking concepts

Practice

• Udemy practice tests

• Google’s sample questions

Udemy practice tests

Google’s sample questions

6. Exam Tips

• Practice everything with gcloud CLI

• Know the difference between:

  • Load balancer types

  • Database options (Cloud SQL vs Firestore vs Bigtable)

  • Compute options (VM vs GKE vs Cloud Run)

• Practice VM creation, snapshots, VPC rules, and Kubernetes deployments

• Review billing & quotas

• Understand Cloud IAM at a deep level

Practice everything with gcloud CLI

Know the difference between:

• Load balancer types

• Database options (Cloud SQL vs Firestore vs Bigtable)

• Compute options (VM vs GKE vs Cloud Run)

Load balancer types

Database options (Cloud SQL vs Firestore vs Bigtable)

Compute options (VM vs GKE vs Cloud Run)

Practice VM creation, snapshots, VPC rules, and Kubernetes deployments

Review billing & quotas

Understand Cloud IAM at a deep level

Who Should Enroll?

This course is ideal for:

• Students preparing for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

• Beginners wanting real hands-on cloud engineering questions

• IT professionals transitioning to Google Cloud roles

• Developers, sysadmins, or DevOps professionals expanding cloud skills

• Anyone needing high-quality ACE practice tests with explanations

Students preparing for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

Beginners wanting real hands-on cloud engineering questions

IT professionals transitioning to Google Cloud roles

Developers, sysadmins, or DevOps professionals expanding cloud skills

Anyone needing high-quality ACE practice tests with explanations

Why This Course Works

• Exam-style questions

• Updated for the latest exam blueprint

• Explanations backed by official Google Cloud documentation

• Detailed answer reasoning

• Covers all GCP products used in the exam

• Builds real confidence through repetition and analysis

Exam-style questions

Updated for the latest exam blueprint

Explanations backed by official Google Cloud documentation

Detailed answer reasoning

Covers all GCP products used in the exam

Builds real confidence through repetition and analysis

Be fully prepared for the Google ACE exam

• Understand core Google Cloud services

• Gain confidence through realistic practice tests

• Strengthen your technical knowledge with official documentation references

• Know exactly what to expect on exam day

Understand core Google Cloud services

Gain confidence through realistic practice tests

Strengthen your technical knowledge with official documentation references

Know exactly what to expect on exam day