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CompTIA Exam Syllabus

CV0-004 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

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Skills measured by domain

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Domain Weight
Cloud architecture 23%
Deployment 19%
Operations 17%
Security 19%
DevOps f undamentals 10%
Troubleshooting 12%

Detailed outline

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Cloud architecture (23%)

  • Cloud models: analyzing public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud models to support business needs.
  • Virtualization: understanding virtualization technologies and their role in cloud environments.
  • Cloud networking: deploying solutions like virtual private networks (VPNs) and virtual networks.
  • Containerization: explaining containerization and its role in cloud environments.
  • Orchestration: managing containers using orchestration techniques.
  • Database fundamentals: exploring database concepts and their cloud applications.
  • Resource optimization: optimizing cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency.
  • Billing management: managing billing considerations for cloud usage.

Deployment (19%)

  • System requirements: analyzing requirements for workload migrations.
  • Infrastructure as code (IaC): implementing IaC techniques for automation.
  • Workload migrations: planning and executing migrations to cloud environments.
  • Resource provisioning: provisioning and configuring cloud resources effectively.

Operations (17%)

  • Lifecycle management: managing the lifecycle of cloud resources, including scaling and updates.
  • Backup and recovery: i mplementing strategies to ensure data integrity.
  • Observability: monitoring and analyzing cloud environments for performance optimization.

Security (19%)

  • Vulnerability management: identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
  • Identity and access management (IAM): implementing IAM to control resource access.
  • Container security: safeguarding containerized applications and resources.
  • Compliance standards: ensuring compliance with standards like PCI DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
  • Security controls: deploying controls to protect cloud environments.

DevOps f undamentals (10%)

  • Automation: using tools to streamline cloud operations.
  • Source control: managing code with source control techniques.
  • CI/CD pipelines: building and managing continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
  • System integration: integrating systems for seamless cloud operations.
  • DevOps tools: tools like Kubernetes, Ansible, and Jenkins are used for automation.
  • Event-driven architectures: exploring architectures for cloud applications.

Troubleshooting (12%)

  • Deployment issues: diagnosing and resolving deployment problems.
  • Network connectivity: troubleshooting connectivity issues in cloud environments.
  • Security incidents: addressing issues like leaked credentials and privilege escalation.
  • Service disruptions: resolving disruptions in services like DNS, DHCP, and NTP.
  • Misconfigurations: identifying and fixing misconfigurations in cloud setups.

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