Google Cloud certification practice
Practise Google Associate Cloud Engineer ACE across all 5 official exam domains — Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment, Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution, Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution, Configuring Access and Security, and more — with original exam-style questions, full explanations, and wrong-answer analysis. Courseiva helps you prepare with realistic practice questions, topic-based revision, explained answers and structured study routes.
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Key facts for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam.
Exam cost
$200 USD / ~£165
Duration
120 minutes
Question count
50–60 questions
Passing score
Not publicly disclosed
Validity
3 years
Delivered by
Kryterion (Webassessor)
Online proctored
Yes — available
Retake policy
100% free — no account required
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Courseiva provides free Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) practice questions with original exam-style questions, detailed explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics. Courseiva is an independent platform and is not affiliated with Google Cloud.
14 days between attempts; after 3 failures, 60 days
Question formats
The Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) exam validates the ability to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise cloud solutions on Google Cloud. Unlike AWS and Azure associate certs, ACE is the only Google Cloud associate certification and covers a broad range of GCP services.
Official prerequisite
None
Recommended experience
6+ months working with Google Cloud
6 months to 1 year hands-on GCP experience. Comfort with Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, IAM, and networking fundamentals.
Should you skip this exam?
Google Cloud has a smaller job market share than AWS or Azure. If you are not in a GCP-focused environment, SAA-C03 or AZ-104 will provide broader job opportunities.
Courseiva study tip
ACE's IAM model is different from AWS and Azure — take time to understand GCP's hierarchy (organisation → folder → project → resource) and how permissions flow. This is frequently tested.
UK salary range
£50,000–£80,000
US salary range
$85,000–$125,000
Job roles that cite ACE
$200 USD.
Google does not publish the passing score for ACE.
ACE is moderately difficult. GCP's IAM model and networking concepts differ enough from AWS/Azure that prior cloud experience does not transfer completely. Allow 100–150 hours of study and use GCP's free tier for hands-on practice.
Yes — 3 years.
AWS SAA-C03 has significantly more job postings globally due to AWS's larger market share. ACE is the right choice if you work in a GCP environment. For maximum job market reach, SAA-C03 is the stronger option.
Courseiva Exam Intelligence
Data confidence: BuildingDerived from Courseiva's continuously updated practice dataset: 769 exam-style questions. Updated 2 July 2026.
Question difficulty mix
Average time per question: 89s
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Exam domains
official blueprint domains covered by the bank
769
Questions
exam-style questions in the Google ACE bank
Practice modes
Choose a mode that matches your current study phase. Use topic practice early on and mock exams closer to your exam date.
All Google ACE Questions
Browse the full question bank organised by domain and difficulty.
Practice Test
Start a 20-question session with a full explanation after each answer.
Mock Exam
Simulate the real exam with a timed, full-length question set.
Quick 25
A 25-question warm-up — ideal for a short daily study session.
Flashcards
Reinforce key terms, commands, and protocol facts with flashcards.
Domain Practice
Focus exclusively on one exam domain to target your weakest area.
50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Exam guide
Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.
Google Associate Cloud Engineer ACE spans 5 official exam domains (Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment, Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution, Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution, and more). Questions test whether you can apply each objective in a realistic scenario, not just recall a definition.
Related practice questions
Use these internal links to move from the exam guide into focused topic practice pages.
Practise ACE questions linked to Setting Up a Cloud Solution Environment.
Practise ACE questions linked to Planning and Configuring a Cloud Solution.
Practise ACE questions linked to Ensuring Successful Operation of a Cloud Solution.
Practise ACE questions linked to Configuring Access and Security.
Practise ACE questions linked to Deploying and Implementing a Cloud Solution.
Practise ACE questions linked to ACE fundamentals.
Practise ACE questions linked to ACE scenario.
Practise ACE questions linked to ACE troubleshooting.
Practice directory
Every practice set is a unique selection of questions — numbered tests, domain-focused sessions, and topic-specific quizzes.
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Official blueprint
Target weak areas by practising questions from a single domain. Each domain page shows all questions, difficulty breakdown, and a focused practice session.
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Deep-dive questions
The most-searched Google ACE questions — each with a detailed explanation, worked example, and full answer breakdown.
Term reference
These terms appear frequently in Google ACE questions. Understanding them precisely reduces guessing and improves scores.
Dynamic route
A route that is automatically learned and updated by a router using a routing protocol, rather than being manually configured.
Public IP address
A globally unique IP address assigned to a device that allows it to communicate directly over the internet.
Persistent Disk
Persistent Disk is a durable, high-performance block storage service for Google Cloud virtual machines that retains data even after the VM is shut down or deleted.
Sole-tenant node
A physical Compute Engine server that is dedicated solely to your project, ensuring that no other customer's virtual machines (VMs) run on that same hardware.
Azure Backup
Azure Backup is a cloud-based service from Microsoft that protects your data by creating and storing backups of files, folders, virtual machines, databases, and entire servers in the Azure cloud.
IPv6 link-local
An IPv6 link-local address is a self-assigned, non-routable address used for communication between devices on the same network segment without needing a central server.
Shielded VM
A Shielded VM is a Google Cloud virtual machine with enhanced security features that protect against rootkits and boot-level malware by verifying the integrity of the boot process and firmware.
IP helper address
A Cisco IOS command that forwards broadcast traffic from one subnet to a specific server on another subnet, allowing devices to obtain IP configuration or other services without needing a router or server on their local network.
Learn the concepts
101 book-style chapters cover every Google ACE objective in plain English. Read the theory here, then test it with practice questions.
Chapter 1
Google Cloud Platform Overview
25 min read
Chapter 2
Google Compute Engine
25 min read
Chapter 3
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
25 min read
Chapter 4
Cloud Run and App Engine
25 min read
Chapter 5
GCP VPC and Networking
25 min read
Chapter 6
GCP Storage Solutions
25 min read
Chapter 7
GCP Database Services
25 min read
Chapter 8
Deployment Manager and Terraform on GCP
25 min read
Free study guide
The Courseiva Google ACE study guide covers exam format, the official domain blueprint with weights, a structured study plan, and domain-specific tips for each section. Use it alongside practice questions to build both conceptual depth and exam confidence.
Sample questions
Original exam-style questions — not copied from any exam or dump site. Open a question for the full answer breakdown.
An organization policy at the organization level sets `constraints/compute.requireOsLogin` to enforced (true) on all projects. A specific project needs an exception — VMs there sho…
Order the steps to set up a VPC network with a subnet, firewall rule allowing SSH, and a Compute Engine instance in that subnet.
You need to enforce that all new Cloud Storage buckets in your organization use Uniform Bucket-Level Access (UBLA) and are created in one of three approved regions: `us-central1`,…
A team wants to use Cloud Run to deploy a container that processes messages from a Pub/Sub topic. The container is stateless and the workload is expected to have irregular traffic…
Your on-premises data center needs a dedicated, private connection to GCP with a guaranteed 10 Gbps bandwidth and SLA-backed availability. Internet-based VPN is not acceptable due…
A new engineer joins the team and needs access to GCP. The company uses Google Workspace for identity management. The GCP admin needs to add the engineer and grant them access to o…
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