The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 Architect Associate exam is designed for individuals who possess a strong foundational knowledge of architecting infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services.

This certification validates deep understanding of topics such as, Launching bare metal and virtual compute instances, Instantiating a Load Balancer, Architecting best practices for HA and security, Using advanced database features (Data Guard, BYOL, Data encryption, RAC, EXADATA, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Advanced Networking Concepts), and Spinning infrastructure using OCI services.

• Format: Multiple Choice

• Duration: 90 Minutes

• Number of Questions: 55

• Passing Score: 65%

• Validation: This Exam has been validated against Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022.

Review exam topics: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 Certified Architect Associate

Compute

• Select appropriate compute choices

• Configure compute instances

• Configure Autoscaling

• Describe OCI compute image options

• Describe and configure OS Management

• Understand Infrastructure Maintenance

Implement and manage Virtual Cloud Networks

• Describe public and private subnets

• Describe public and private IP addresses and virtual NICs

• Configure Virtual Cloud Network Routing and Gateways

• Configure Security Lists and Network Security Groups

Implement and manage VCN connectivity

• Understand VCN connectivity options

• Configure site-to-site VPN

• Describe Fast connect

• Configure Local and Remote Peering

Configure DNS and Traffic Management

• Describe Public and Private DNS zones

• Configure Traffic Management

Explain Load Balancing

• Describe and configure a layer-7 Load Balancer

• Describe and configure a layer-4 Network Load Balancer

Deploy and manage Block Storage

• Understand Block Volume performance tiers

• Deploy Block and Boot Volumes

• Configure Volume Groups, Backups, Clones

• Configure cross-region replication

Configure and manage Object Storage

• Understand Object Storage tiers

• Describe Object Storage Security

• Implement Object Storage versioning, life cycle management and retention rules

• Configure Multipart uploads

• Understand Object Storage replication

Implement and manage File Storage

• Configure File Storage

• Describe File Storage security

• Understand File System Snapshots and Cloning

• Understand File System usage and metering

Databases

• Introduction to Database Systems and Autonomous Databases

• Database Systems and Autonomous Databases Operations and Maintenance

• Monitor Databases Services

• Understand External Database Service

• Setting DB Timezone

• Understand Database Migration

Observability and Management

• Understand Observability and Management platform

• Configure Monitoring and set alarms

• Configure Logging

Identity and Access Management

• Understand AuthN and AuthZ

• Implement compartments

• Implement conditional and advanced policies

• Configure Dynamic Groups and Tag based access control

Security

• Understand security services

• Configure Cloud Guard, Security Zone and Security Advisor (change from Data Guard)

• Describe and Configure OCI Vault

• Describe and Configure Bastion