I didn't plan on posting, but saw some people asking about this exam, so here goes. Passed WGU Cloud Deployment and Operations a few days ago. Took me longer than I expected, and I definitely made some dumb mistakes along the way, so maybe this saves someone some time.
The biggest mistake was spending way too long just reading through the course material and highlighting stuff. Felt like I was making progress, but when I actually sat down to answer questions, I was lost. Switched things up and started doing practice questions way more aggressively. Found CertBoosters somewhere in a thread like this one and started grinding through their question sets. What helped wasn't just getting answers right or wrong; it was actually understanding why the wrong ones were wrong. That part made a bigger difference than I thought it would.
The takeaway is pretty simple. Reading about cloud concepts is not the same as being able to answer questions about them under time pressure. Should've started practicing way earlier instead of treating it like a college class. Anyway, if anyone's prepping for this one and has questions, I'll try to help where I can.
The biggest mistake was spending way too long just reading through the course material and highlighting stuff. Felt like I was making progress, but when I actually sat down to answer questions, I was lost. Switched things up and started doing practice questions way more aggressively. Found CertBoosters somewhere in a thread like this one and started grinding through their question sets. What helped wasn't just getting answers right or wrong; it was actually understanding why the wrong ones were wrong. That part made a bigger difference than I thought it would.
The takeaway is pretty simple. Reading about cloud concepts is not the same as being able to answer questions about them under time pressure. Should've started practicing way earlier instead of treating it like a college class. Anyway, if anyone's prepping for this one and has questions, I'll try to help where I can.