Google Cloud Digital Leader
Exam Prep Guide
Exam Preparation for GCP Digital Leader Certification for NEW to
Google Cloud & Non-technical Professionals
January 2022
Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
Note from creator: These notes have been adapted from the GCP Digital Leader Exam Pro course created
by Andrew Brown, as well as my own research and doc files. I highly recommend watching his free
training videos, paying for his practice exams/console demos ($24 USD), and reading through these notes
before taking the exam.
This exam prep was specifically designed with the exam guide before January 26 modifications. It still
provides an in-depth and highly sufficient overview of Google Cloud that will prepare you for writing the
updated exam.
This is meant to be a community document. As of right now anyone can comment on the Google Doc if
they see a mistake or want to make a correction. Permissions will be given to individuals who request to
make edits, please always respect each other, even if you have different opinions.
1 | Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam Prep | Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
,Chapter One | Cloud Computing Overview 4
What is Cloud Computing? 4
The Evolution of Computing 4
Types of Environments 5
Benefits of Cloud Computing 6
Types of Cloud Computing 6
Shared Responsibility Model for Google Cloud 6
Shared Responsibility Rules 7
Shared Responsibility Model for Compute 7
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 9
Common Cloud Terminology 9
Global Infrastructure Terminology 11
Resource Scoping Terms 11
Cloud Interconnect 12
Latency and Lag 12
Computing Power for GCP 13
Chapter Two | Google Cloud Tools and Products 13
Google Cloud Tools 13
Projects and Folders 13
Google TAM 15
Chapter Three | Google Cloud Adoption Framework 16
Google Cloud Adoption Framework 16
GCAF Themes 16
GCAF Phases 17
GCAF Maturity Scale 18
GCAF Epics 18
GCAF Cloud Maturity Assessment 19
Chapter Four | Google Cloud Core Products and Services 20
Compute Services and Products 20
App Engine Environments 21
Kubernetes and Containers 22
Databases and Data Analytics 24
What is a Document store? 25
Example Questions: 27
Storage 28
AI & ML 29
Networking 32
API Management and Apigee 33
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,IoT 34
Developer Tools 34
Cloud Operations Suite 35
Migration and Anthos 36
Serverless 38
Firebase 39
Cloud Deployment Manager 39
Internal Services 40
Chapter Five | Security and Identity Management 40
Identity Management 41
Access Context Manager 41
Active Directory 41
Cloud Identity 42
Security 45
Google Cloud Enterprise Privacy Commitments 47
Google Cloud Trust Principles 48
Chapter Six | Support 48
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) 48
Support Plans & Services 49
Chapter Seven | Billing 51
Billing Health Checks and Alerts 51
Billing Services 52
Chapter Eight | Pricing 53
Free-Trial 53
Free-Tier 54
On-Demand 54
Commuted Use Discounts (CUDs) 54
Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) 55
Preemptible VM Instances or Sole-Tenant Node Pricing 56
Flat-Rate Pricing 56
Chapter Nine | Resource Hierarchy 57
Environment-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Function-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Granular-Access-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Chapter Ten | Practise Exam Q&A 57
3 | Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam Prep | Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
, Chapter One | Cloud Computing Overview
What is Cloud Computing?
The practice of using a network of remote services hosted on the internet to store, manage and
process data rather than a local server or PC (personal computer).
On-premises Public Cloud
- You purchase and house your own - You rent servers
servers - You rent experts/people
- You have to hire people to manage the - You are only responsible for the
servers configuration and code
- You own the risk - Shared responsibility model
The Evolution of Computing
Dedicated Server Virtual Private Server Shared Hosting Cloud Hosting
One physical One physical One physical Multiple physical
machine for a single machine dedicated to machine shared by machines that act as
business and a single a single business, but hundreds of one with multiple
app on site. runs multiple businesses, relies on cloud services.
applications on a site most tenants under
on virtualized utilizing their
sub-machines. resources.
Dedicated Server (pros/cons)
- A physical server wholly utilized by a single customer
- Customers overpay for an underutilized server
- You can’t vertical scale, you need manual migration
- Replacing a server is difficult
- You are limited by your host operating system (OS)
- Multiple apps can result in conflicts in resource sharing
- You have a ‘guarantee’ of security, privacy and full utility of underlying resources
(guarantee is only based on the skills of your IT team)
Virtual Machines (pros/cons)
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Exam Prep Guide
Exam Preparation for GCP Digital Leader Certification for NEW to
Google Cloud & Non-technical Professionals
January 2022
Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
Note from creator: These notes have been adapted from the GCP Digital Leader Exam Pro course created
by Andrew Brown, as well as my own research and doc files. I highly recommend watching his free
training videos, paying for his practice exams/console demos ($24 USD), and reading through these notes
before taking the exam.
This exam prep was specifically designed with the exam guide before January 26 modifications. It still
provides an in-depth and highly sufficient overview of Google Cloud that will prepare you for writing the
updated exam.
This is meant to be a community document. As of right now anyone can comment on the Google Doc if
they see a mistake or want to make a correction. Permissions will be given to individuals who request to
make edits, please always respect each other, even if you have different opinions.
1 | Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam Prep | Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
,Chapter One | Cloud Computing Overview 4
What is Cloud Computing? 4
The Evolution of Computing 4
Types of Environments 5
Benefits of Cloud Computing 6
Types of Cloud Computing 6
Shared Responsibility Model for Google Cloud 6
Shared Responsibility Rules 7
Shared Responsibility Model for Compute 7
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 9
Common Cloud Terminology 9
Global Infrastructure Terminology 11
Resource Scoping Terms 11
Cloud Interconnect 12
Latency and Lag 12
Computing Power for GCP 13
Chapter Two | Google Cloud Tools and Products 13
Google Cloud Tools 13
Projects and Folders 13
Google TAM 15
Chapter Three | Google Cloud Adoption Framework 16
Google Cloud Adoption Framework 16
GCAF Themes 16
GCAF Phases 17
GCAF Maturity Scale 18
GCAF Epics 18
GCAF Cloud Maturity Assessment 19
Chapter Four | Google Cloud Core Products and Services 20
Compute Services and Products 20
App Engine Environments 21
Kubernetes and Containers 22
Databases and Data Analytics 24
What is a Document store? 25
Example Questions: 27
Storage 28
AI & ML 29
Networking 32
API Management and Apigee 33
2 | Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam Prep | Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
,IoT 34
Developer Tools 34
Cloud Operations Suite 35
Migration and Anthos 36
Serverless 38
Firebase 39
Cloud Deployment Manager 39
Internal Services 40
Chapter Five | Security and Identity Management 40
Identity Management 41
Access Context Manager 41
Active Directory 41
Cloud Identity 42
Security 45
Google Cloud Enterprise Privacy Commitments 47
Google Cloud Trust Principles 48
Chapter Six | Support 48
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) 48
Support Plans & Services 49
Chapter Seven | Billing 51
Billing Health Checks and Alerts 51
Billing Services 52
Chapter Eight | Pricing 53
Free-Trial 53
Free-Tier 54
On-Demand 54
Commuted Use Discounts (CUDs) 54
Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) 55
Preemptible VM Instances or Sole-Tenant Node Pricing 56
Flat-Rate Pricing 56
Chapter Nine | Resource Hierarchy 57
Environment-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Function-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Granular-Access-Oriented Hierarchy 57
Chapter Ten | Practise Exam Q&A 57
3 | Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam Prep | Sarah Walker-Leptich | www.walkrinthecloud.com
, Chapter One | Cloud Computing Overview
What is Cloud Computing?
The practice of using a network of remote services hosted on the internet to store, manage and
process data rather than a local server or PC (personal computer).
On-premises Public Cloud
- You purchase and house your own - You rent servers
servers - You rent experts/people
- You have to hire people to manage the - You are only responsible for the
servers configuration and code
- You own the risk - Shared responsibility model
The Evolution of Computing
Dedicated Server Virtual Private Server Shared Hosting Cloud Hosting
One physical One physical One physical Multiple physical
machine for a single machine dedicated to machine shared by machines that act as
business and a single a single business, but hundreds of one with multiple
app on site. runs multiple businesses, relies on cloud services.
applications on a site most tenants under
on virtualized utilizing their
sub-machines. resources.
Dedicated Server (pros/cons)
- A physical server wholly utilized by a single customer
- Customers overpay for an underutilized server
- You can’t vertical scale, you need manual migration
- Replacing a server is difficult
- You are limited by your host operating system (OS)
- Multiple apps can result in conflicts in resource sharing
- You have a ‘guarantee’ of security, privacy and full utility of underlying resources
(guarantee is only based on the skills of your IT team)
Virtual Machines (pros/cons)
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