1Z0-1084-25

The Oracle 1Z0-1084-25 exam, "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Associate," focuses on foundational knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The main points covered are broadly categorized into these areas:

• Core Infrastructure: This is a fundamental section covering the basics of OCI's architecture, services, and management. Expect questions on:

  • Compute: Virtual Machines (VMs), instances, shapes, and their management. Understanding different instance types and their use cases is crucial.
  • Networking: Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs), subnets, internet gateways, route tables, security lists, and load balancing. This is a very heavily weighted section.
  • Storage: Object storage (buckets), block storage (volumes), archive storage, and file storage. Knowing the differences and uses of each storage type is key.
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Users, groups, policies, compartments, and how to manage access control. This is another heavily weighted section.

• Management and Monitoring: This part tests your ability to manage and monitor OCI resources. Expect questions on:

  • Monitoring: Using OCI's monitoring tools to track resource usage and performance. Understanding alerts and logging is important.
  • Management: Using the OCI console and CLI to manage resources, including starting, stopping, and terminating instances. Familiarity with the console is essential.
  • Cost Management: Basic understanding of cost estimation and management within OCI.

• Security: Security is a critical aspect of cloud computing. The exam will cover:

  • Security Lists: Configuring security lists to control network traffic.
  • IAM: As mentioned above, understanding IAM for securing access to resources is vital.
  • Other Security Services: A general understanding of other security services offered by OCI.

• Specific OCI Services (at a foundational level): While not exhaustively covering every service, you'll need a foundational understanding of some key services like:

  • Databases: Basic understanding of database services on OCI (e.g., Autonomous Database). Deep dives are not usually expected at the associate level.
  • Other Services: A high-level understanding of other services like functions, containers, etc. is beneficial but not as deeply tested as compute, networking, and storage.

In short: The 1Z0-1084-25 exam tests your understanding of the core building blocks of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. A strong grasp of compute, networking, storage, and security, along with basic management and monitoring capabilities, is essential for success. Hands-on experience working with the OCI console is highly recommended. Focus on the fundamentals and understanding how these services interact is more important than deep dives into specific features of each service.