Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2018 Architect Associate | 1Z0-932

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Table of Contents

Exam Topics 2

Learning Resources 5

Exam Study Tips 9

Taking Exam 10

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Exam Topics
As Oracle Cloud Infrastructure content is continually being updated, the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2018 Architect
Associate exam (1Z0-932) is continually being updated as well. No announcement or communications are sent
regarding the exam update and it is up to you, the exam candidate, to check
the exam information page (https://education.oracle.com/product/pexam_1Z0-932) and study guide page
(https://learn.oracle.com/education/pdf/Oracle_Cloud_Infrastructure_study_guide.pdf) to ensure that you are
preparing for the latest updates.

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Learning Resources
Training PPT and videos by Product Team
Product Team is continuously updating this content, but the URL will remain the same.
 Download PowerPoint presentations: http://bit.ly/2NnmEj1
 Download HOL guides: http://bit.ly/2NoepTI
 Download Demo: http://bit.ly/2urGvGw
 Download Videos http://bit.ly/2O2a9dJ
You can download files also from IAAS Training website
https://my.oracle.com/site/cloudsol/public/IaaS/Training/index.html

Oracle University Online Learning Subscription

 Get access to Oracle Cloud Learning subscription through Oracle University (OU) by visiting here
https://my.oracle.com/content/web/CNT2462961

 Watch the Cloud Subscriptions Overview

https://players.brightcove.net/1764166193001/HkxNiTbBtg_default/index.html?videoId=5327507406001 and
view information on new features https://education.oracle.com/education/html/ols3/cls-features.html .

 First Time Users click on the Activation Link

 Registered Users access your Cloud Learning Subscriptions via

http://education.oracle.com/cloud

ACS Cloud Engineering - OCI Workshop

You can access training via

http://oukc.oracle.com/static12/opn/login/?t=checkusercookies|r=-1|c=2108458682

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Oracle Learning Library Youtube Channel
OCI fundamentals training
• OCI Level 100 – Getting Started

• OCI Level 100 – Identity and Access Management

• OCI Level 100 – Virtual Cloud Network

• OCI Level 100 – Connectivity

• OCI Level 100 – Compute

• OCI Level 100 – Block Volume

• OCI Level 100 – File Storage

• OCI Level 100 – Object Storage

• OCI Level 100 – Load Balancer

• OCI Level 100 – Database

• OCI Level 100 – Autonomous Database
• OCI Level 100 – DNS

Optional – to solidify your OCI knowledge, you can take the OCI advanced training
• OCI Level 200 – Identity and Access Management

• OCI Level 200 – Virtual Cloud Network

• OCI Level 200 – Connectivity IPsec VPN
• OCI Level 200 – VCN Best Practices

• OCI Level 200 – Connectivity FastConnect part 1

• OCI Level 200 – Connectivity FastConnect part 2

• OCI Level 200 – Compute

• OCI Level 200 – Storage

• OCI Level 200 – Load Balancer

• OCI Level 200 – Database

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

 OCI User Guide

https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/pdf/ug/OCI_User_Guide.pdf

 White papers
https://docs.us-phoenix1.oraclecloud.com/Content/General/Reference/aqswhitepapers.htm

 Best Practices for Deploying HA Architecture on OCI

https://cloud.oracle.com/opc/iaas/whitepapers/best-practices-deploying-haarchitecture-oci.pdf

 Dive deeper into OCI by reading OCI Security Best Practices:

https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/Security/Reference/configuration_security.htm

 How EBS can be deployed on OCI:

https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/ebs-deployment-on-oci.pdf

 Learn more about VCNs:

https://cloud.oracle.com/iaas/whitepapers/vcndeployment-guide.pdf

 Documentation
https://docs.us-phoenix1.oraclecloud.com/Content/GSG/Concepts/baremetalintro.htm

 Blogs
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/

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3rd party learning resources
You can find OCI trainings in udemy

 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate Arch. Part I (1Z0-932)

https://www.udemy.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-associate-arch-part-i-1z0-932/

 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate Arch. Part II 1Z0-932

https://www.udemy.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-associate-arch-part-ii-1z0-932/

Self-Paced Labs for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

You can access labs via

https://ocitraining.qloudable.com/

This is 3rd part tool and you don’t need to have OCI account for labs. Some of the labs are free but some of them are
paid.

Demo labs
Get access to the trial program:

• Go to https://demo.oracle.com

• Register a Demo

• Locate and select UCM with OCI Focus

• For Mention Demo Purpose, enter “Personal Training”

• Products to include in Demo

PaaS & IaaS IaaS -> Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (formerly Bare Metal)

PaaS & IaaS Security -> Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)

PaaS & IaaS UCM / Metered Cloud Service

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You also have trial account choice for a month with 300 usd credits for free
Get access to Free Promotional Account

• Go to https://cloud.oracle.com and select Try for Free

• Select Create a Free Account

• Provide requested information

NOTE : Even though Credit card number is required, Oracle will not charge
your credit card unless account is upgraded to paid subscription explicitly
(Clicking ‘Upgrade to Paid’ Once you login to your OCI account).

• Check your inbox for confirmation email, user name, temporary password, and URL
for OCI dash board

EMEA ACS OCI Account (5 days)

You can request test account for 5 days using following url.We have total 5 accounts. So please book if you will really
use it.

https://apex.oraclecorp.com/pls/apex/f?p=1848:1:106943022262618:::::

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Useful tools
 Email alias is not used for question related with OCI. Instead of email alias, new tool called “Einstein” is used

https://einstein.oraclecorp.com/

 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Roadmap

https://my.oracle.com/site/cloudsol/public/IaaS/Download/index.html?pDocName=CNT2637221

 OCI Website (Internal)

https://iaas.us.oracle.com/

 Slack Channels

 All discussions and communications regarding EMEA Tech Refresh program ( AKA OCI Migration)

https://custserv-acs.slack.com/messages/CBVE0MG6M
 Share and exchange OCI certification topics

https://custserv-acs.slack.com/messages/CCL2MJYT1
 ACS Cloud Engineering GVT
https://custserv-acs.slack.com/messages/CBL2DDAH1

 Discussions relating to usage, deployment and operations in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
environments (OCI, OCI-C, OPC, etc.)
https://custserv-acs.slack.com/messages/C86V7PZNX

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Exam Study Tips

 Product Team's PPT and videos are very important.Review all of them.PPT's are up to date but videos are not.

 Oracle University Training is pretty good.

 Hands-on experience is must.Some question can be answered only if you have hand-on experience.

 Autonomous database concepts are important.

 There are many questions about VCN peering and onpremise-OCI connection.

 Storage options and their use-cases: BootVolume, BlockVolume, Filesystem Storage, Object Storage

 VCN and security concepts: Security lists, ingres/egress rules(stateful,stateless), port opening(VCN,VM)

 Load Balancing and backend set use-case scenarios

 Create a real world scenario and work on it.

 Currently, the following is not evaluated on the OCI Architect Associate exam: Services: Container Engine,
Registry, Key Management, Data Transfer, Storage Gateway and Email Delivery DevOps tools: CHEF, Ansible
Terraform and CLI

 Take the practice exam

http://oukc.oracle.com/static12/opn/login/?t=checkusercookies|r=-1|c=2164389233

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Taking Exam

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