candidate code of ethics, and audit findings as related to the Continuing Education Program.
Exam Development Explains the exam development process.
Sharing Your Exam Results Explains the exam results sharing policy.
Unauthorized Training Materials Defines unauthorized training materials and the consequences for using them.
Candidate Appeals Process Describes the process for candidates to appeal sanctions imposed due to exam security or policy violations.
CompTIA Exam Security Hotline Can be used to report security breaches, candidate misconduct, IP infringement, use of unauthorized training materials, and other exam security-related concerns.
Tips for Taking Your Cloud+ Exam
The CompTIA Cloud+ exam contains at least 90 multiple-choice questions and must be completed in 90 minutes or less. This information may change over time, so check www.comptia.org for the latest updates.
Many questions on the exam offer answer choices that at first glance look identical, especially the syntax questions. Remember to read through the choices carefully because close just doesn't cut it. If you get information in the wrong order or forget one measly character, you may get the question wrong. Many of the questions will be presented as a long, involved statement that is designed to confuse or misdirect you. Read these questions carefully, and make sure that you completely understand what the question is asking. It's important to filter out irrelevant statements and focus on what they are asking you to identify as the correct answer. So, to practice, do the Practice Exams and hands-on exercises from this book's chapters over and over again until they feel natural to you. Do the online sample test until you can consistently answer all the questions correctly. Relax and read the question over and over until you are 100 percent clear on what it's asking. Then you can usually eliminate a few of the obviously wrong answers.
Here are some general tips for exam success:
Arrive early at the exam center so that you can relax and review your study materials.
Read the questions carefully. Don't jump to conclusions. Make sure that you're clear about exactly what each question asks. “Read twice, answer once!” Scenario questions can be long and contain information that is not relevant to the answer. Take your time and understand what they are really asking you.
Ask for a piece of paper and pencil if it's offered to take quick notes and make sketches during the exam.
When answering multiple-choice questions that you're unsure about, use the process of elimination to get rid of the obviously incorrect answers first. Doing this greatly improves your odds if you need to make an educated guess.
After you complete an exam, you'll get immediate, online notification of your pass or fail status, a printed examination score report that indicates your pass or fail status, and your exam results by section. (The test administrator will give you the printed score report.) Test scores are automatically forwarded to CompTIA after you take the test, so you don't need to send your score to them. If you pass the exam, you'll receive confirmation from CompTIA that you are now a Cloud+ certified professional!
Cloud+ Exam Renewal
The Cloud+ certification is good for three years from the date of the exam. You can keep your certification up-to-date by following CompTIA's continuing education program outlined at https://certification.comptia.org/continuing-education .
CompTIA Cloud+ Study Guide: Exam CV0-003 Objective Map
The following objective map will assist you with finding where each exam objective is covered in the chapters in this book.
1.0 Cloud Architecture and Design
| Exam Objective | Chapters |
| 1.1 Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.Deployment modelsPublicPrivateHybridCommunityCloud within a cloudMulticloudMultitenancyService modelsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS)Software as a Service (SaaS)Advanced cloud servicesInternet of Things (IoT)ServerlessMachine learning/Artificial intelligence (AI)Shared responsibility model | 1, 2 |
| 1.2 Explain the factors that contribute to capacity planning.RequirementsHardwareSoftwareBudgetaryBusiness needs analysisStandard templatesLicensingPer-userSocket-basedVolume-basedCore-basedSubscriptionUser densitySystem loadTrend analysisBaselinesPatternsAnomaliesPerformance capacity planning | 2, 8, 9 |
| 1.3 Explain the importance of high availability and scaling in cloud environments.HypervisorsAffinityAnti-affinityOversubscriptionComputeNetworkStorageRegions and zonesApplicationsContainersClustersHigh availability of network functionsSwitchesRoutersLoad balancersFirewallsAvoid single points of failureScalabilityAuto-scalingHorizontal scalingVertical scalingCloud bursting | 1, 2, 5, 7 |
| 1.4 Given a scenario, analyze the solution design in support of the business requirements.Requirement analysisSoftwareHardwareIntegrationBudgetaryComplianceService-level agreement (SLA)User and business needsSecurityNetwork requirementsSizingSubnettingRoutingEnvironmentsDevelopmentQuality assurance (QA)StagingBlue-greenProductionDisaster recovery (DR)Testing techniquesVulnerability testingPenetration testingPerformance testingRegression testingFunctional testingUsability testing | 1, 2, 5, 8 |
2.0 Security
| Exam Objective | Chapters |
| 2.1 Given a scenario, configure identity and access management.Identification and authorizationPrivileged access managementLogical access managementAccount life-cycle managementProvision and deprovision accountsAccess controlsRole-basedDiscretionaryNon-discretionaryMandatoryDirectory servicesLightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)FederationCertificate managementMultifactor authentication (MFA)Single sign-on (SSO)Security assertion markup language (SAML)Public key infrastructure (PKI)Secret managementKey management | 2, 3, 4 |
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2.2 Given a scenario, secure a network in a cloud environmentNetwork segmentationVirtual LAN (VLAN)/Virtual extensible LAN (VXLAN)/Generic network virtualization encapsulation (GENEVE)Micro-segmentationTieringProtocolsDomain name service (DNS)DNS over HTTPS (DoH)DNS over TLS (DoT)DNS security
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