Exam coverage map · certsloth

Uses the current standard exam guide, including AI and the Altostrat Media, Cymbal Retail, EHR Healthcare and KnightMotives Automotive case studies. Read the official case studies; our scenarios are original and do not reproduce them. Chapters 11–14 add architect-level judgment to shared engineering foundations.

Published objectives

Objective	Revision topic
1.1 · Business requirements	11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs
1.2 · Technical requirements	11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
1.3 · Resource design	02 Compute Engine and Managed Instance Groups, 03 GKE and Container Operations, 04 Cloud Run, Functions and Event Delivery, 05 Cloud Storage, Transfers and Retention, 06 Databases, Analytics and Data Pipelines, 07 VPCs, Subnets and Private Access, 08 Load Balancing, Hybrid Connectivity and DNS, 13 AI Platforms, Agents and Responsible Architecture
1.4 · Migration planning	12 Migration, Modernization and Delivery Planning
1.5 · Future improvement	11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
2.1 · Network topology	07 VPCs, Subnets and Private Access, 08 Load Balancing, Hybrid Connectivity and DNS
2.2 · Storage configuration	05 Cloud Storage, Transfers and Retention, 06 Databases, Analytics and Data Pipelines
2.3 · Compute configuration	02 Compute Engine and Managed Instance Groups, 03 GKE and Container Operations, 04 Cloud Run, Functions and Event Delivery
2.4 · ML lifecycle platform	13 AI Platforms, Agents and Responsible Architecture
2.5 · AI APIs and agent solutions	13 AI Platforms, Agents and Responsible Architecture
3.1 · Security design	09 IAM, Service Accounts and Data Security, 13 AI Platforms, Agents and Responsible Architecture
3.2 · Compliance design	09 IAM, Service Accounts and Data Security, 11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs
4.1 · Technical processes	10 Observability, IaC and Reliable Operations, 12 Migration, Modernization and Delivery Planning, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
4.2 · Business processes	11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs, 12 Migration, Modernization and Delivery Planning
5.1 · Implementation advice	12 Migration, Modernization and Delivery Planning, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
5.2 · Programmatic access	01 Projects, Organizations, Billing and CLI, 09 IAM, Service Accounts and Data Security, 10 Observability, IaC and Reliable Operations
6.1 · Operational excellence	14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
6.2 · Observability	10 Observability, IaC and Reliable Operations, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
6.3 · Release management	14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
6.4 · Production support	14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
6.5 · Quality control	14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence
6.6 · Reliability validation	11 Architecture Requirements and Trade-Offs, 14 SRE, Release Safety and Operational Excellence