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CompTIA · CV0-004 · 2024 objectives

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A company uses a cloud email and office suite accessed entirely through a web browser, with nothing to install or manage. Which service model is this?

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Exam objectives

What CV0-004 covers, and how much of the exam each domain accounts for. Percentages are the share of scored questions in the 2024 objectives.

1.0Cloud Architecture

23%
  • 1.1Given a scenario, use the appropriate cloud service model (Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), Software as a service (SaaS), Function as a service (FaaS)).
  • 1.2Explain concepts related to service availability (Resource availability, Disaster recovery (DR), Multicloud tenancy).
  • 1.3Explain cloud networking concepts (Virtual private network (VPN), Dedicated connections, Application load balancer, Network load balancer, Application gateway, Content delivery network (CDN)).
  • 1.4Compare and contrast storage resources and technologies (Tiered storage, Disk types, Storage types, Performance implications, Cost implications).
  • 1.5Explain the purpose of cloud-native design concepts (Cloud-provided managed services, Microservices, Loosely coupled architecture, Fan-out, Service discovery).
  • 1.6Compare and contrast containerization concepts (Stand-alone, Workload orchestration, Networking, Storage types, Image registries).
  • 1.7Compare and contrast virtualization concepts (Stand-alone, Clustering, Cloning, Host affinity, Hardware pass-through, Network types).
  • 1.8Summarize cost considerations related to cloud usage (Billing models, Resource metering, Tagging, Rightsizing).
  • 1.9Explain the importance of database concepts (Relational, Non-relational, Self-managed, Provider-managed).
  • 1.10Compare and contrast methods for optimizing workloads using cloud resources (Compute resources, Orchestration, Workflow, Network, Storage, Managed services).
  • 1.11Identify evolving technologies in the cloud (Text recognition, Text translation, Visual recognition, Sentiment analysis, Voice-to-text, Text-to-voice).

2.0Deployment

19%
  • 2.1Compare and contrast cloud deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid, Community).
  • 2.2Given a scenario, implement appropriate deployment strategies (Blue-green, Canary, Rolling, In-place).
  • 2.3Summarize aspects of cloud migration (Migration types, Resource allocation, Considerations, Application migration strategies).
  • 2.4Given a scenario, use code to deploy and configure cloud resources (Infrastructure as code (IaC), Configuration as code (CaC), Scripting logic, Repeatability, Drift detection, Versioning).
  • 2.5Given a set of requirements, provision the appropriate cloud resources (Storage requirements, Performance requirements, Security requirements, Cost requirements, Availability requirements, Compliance requirements).

3.0Operations

17%
  • 3.1Given a scenario, configure appropriate resources to achieve observability (Logging, Tracing, Monitoring, Alerting).
  • 3.2Given a scenario, configure appropriate scaling approaches (Triggered, Scheduled, Manual, Horizontal, Vertical).
  • 3.3Given a scenario, use appropriate backup and recovery methods (Backup types, Backup locations, Schedule, Retention, Replication, Encryption).
  • 3.4Given a scenario, manage the life cycle of cloud resources (Patches, Updates, Testing, Data, Decommissioning).

4.0Security

19%
  • 4.1Explain vulnerability management concepts (Scanning scope, Identification, Assessment, Remediation).
  • 4.2Compare and contrast aspects of compliance and regulation (Data sovereignty, Data ownership, Data locality, Data classification, Data retention, Industry standards).
  • 4.3Given a scenario, implement identity and access management (Secure access to the cloud resources, Authentication models, Authorization models, Accounting).
  • 4.4Given a scenario, apply security best practices (Zero Trust, Benchmark, Hardening, Patching, Encryption, Secrets management).
  • 4.5Given a scenario, apply security controls in the cloud (Endpoint protection, Data loss prevention (DLP), Identity and access management (IAM) policies, Firewall).
  • 4.6Given a scenario, monitor suspicious activities to identify common attacks (Event monitoring, Deviation from the baseline, Unnecessary open ports, Attack types).

5.0DevOps Fundamentals

10%
  • 5.1Explain source control concepts (Version management, Code review, Pull request, Code push, Code commit, Code merge).
  • 5.2Explain concepts related to continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (Automation, Code integration, Code deployment, Testing, Security, Workflow).
  • 5.3Explain concepts related to integration of systems (Event-driven architectures, Web services, Web sockets, GraphQL).
  • 5.4Explain the importance of tools used in DevOps environments (Ansible, Docker, Git, GitHub actions, Grafana, Jenkins).

6.0Troubleshooting

12%
  • 6.1Given a scenario, troubleshoot deployment issues (Incompatibility, Misconfigurations, Outdated component definitions, Deprecation of functionality, Outages, Resource limits).
  • 6.2Given a scenario, troubleshoot network issues (Network service unavailability, Latency, Bandwidth/throughput issues, Network device misconfiguration, Protocol incompatibility, Protocol deprecations).
  • 6.3Given a scenario, troubleshoot security issues (Cipher suite deprecations, Authorization issues, Authentication issues, Software vulnerability issues, Unauthorized software).

Summarized from CompTIA Cloud+’s published exam objectives. Always check the vendor’s current objectives before your exam.