Oracle Cloud AR study guide
Oracle Cloud AR · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Architect Associate credential, exam code 1Z0-1072-25, is Oracle's associate-level certification for cloud professionals who design solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It suits cloud architects, infrastructure engineers, and consultants who translate business requirements into OCI designs spanning networking, compute, storage, identity, databases, and cost controls. Candidates typically prepare by studying OCI documentation and Oracle University training, then building hands-on labs in a tenancy: compartment and policy design, VCN topology with subnets, gateways and security lists or NSGs, compute and block volume sizing, load balancing, and managed database options. Note that the official Oracle University exam page could not be retrieved at the time of writing: the request returned an HTTP 403 error and the site displayed a maintenance notice, so this page states no exam length, question count, passing score, fee, format, or validity period. The Oracle Cloud AR study guide has 4 sections and about 1,545 words.
01Architecting Secure and Resilient Cloud Infrastructure on OCI
This domain tests whether you can layer identity, network, data and detection controls on OCI, and then design for failure of a fault domain, an availability domain (AD) or an entire region. Expect scenario questions that trade cost against RTO/RPO.
395 words, about 2 min02Designing Compute, Storage and Networking Solutions on OCI
This domain tests shape selection, storage tiering and VCN design - the concrete plumbing questions: which shape, which gateway, which volume tier, and what fails when you cross an AD boundary. VM, bare metal and flexible shapes; flexible shapes let you set OCPU and memory independently within published limits.
390 words, about 2 min03Planning Identity, Access Management and Governance on OCI
This domain tests policy syntax, dynamic groups and instance principals, and the governance tooling - compartments, tags, budgets and quotas - that keeps a tenancy auditable and bounded. The tenancy root contains compartments nested up to six levels; each resource belongs to exactly one compartment.
362 words, about 2 min04Designing Database, Observability and Cost-Optimization Solutions on OCI
This domain tests database selection and the observability stack that proves a design works, then asks you to cut spend without breaking SLOs. Autonomous Database (serverless or dedicated) handles patching, tuning and backups; supports auto scaling and Autonomous Data Guard.
398 words, about 2 min