This CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ cheat sheet boils the CLO-002 exam down to the facts examiners actually reward, organized by the four official domains. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free Cloud Essentials+ toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ exam at a glance
- Certifying body: CompTIA (exam code CLO-002)
- Questions: Maximum of 75, multiple-choice
- Time: 60 minutes
- Passing score: 720 on a 100–900 scaled score (not a straight percentage)
- Cost: About $138–$159 for a single voucher (varies by region and promotion)
What’s on the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ cheat sheet
- Cloud Concepts (24%) — service models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/XaaS), deployment models, characteristics, storage types, and cloud design — RPO and RTO.
- Business Principles of Cloud Environments (28%) — the heaviest domain — assessments, financials (CapEx vs OpEx, TCO, ROI), vendor docs (SLA/SOW/RFI), and migration approaches.
- Management & Technical Operations (26%) — operating in the cloud, DevOps and infrastructure as code, and reviewing spend — reserved vs spot, chargeback, tagging.
- Governance, Risk, Compliance & Security (22%) — risk responses, vendor lock-in, data sovereignty, the shared responsibility model, and core security concepts.
How to use it in your final week
- Lock in the four comparison pairs the exam loves: IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, CapEx vs OpEx, RPO vs RTO, and reserved vs spot instances. If a fact on the sheet is a two-column contrast, over-learn it.
- Weight your review by domain: Business Principles (28%) and Management & Technical Operations (26%) are over half the exam, so hit the financials, vendor docs (SLA/SOW/RFI), and DevOps vocabulary first.
- Skim the whole sheet the morning of the test for a final pass on the memory hooks — 720 to pass on a 100–900 scale, 75 questions in 60 minutes, and no guessing penalty.
- Pair each review pass with a short timed drill so the 60-minute clock feels routine — never review the sheet in isolation.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — download it as a PDF with no account and no sign-up. It's part of Career Employer's free Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) toolkit alongside the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
It compresses the highest-yield facts from all four CLO-002 domains into one quick reference: cloud concepts (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, deployment models, RPO/RTO), business principles (CapEx vs OpEx, TCO, SLA/SOW/RFI), management and technical operations (DevOps, reserved vs spot), and governance, risk, compliance, and security.
No. Cloud Essentials+ uses a scaled score — you need 720 on a 100–900 scale to pass, so don't try to convert it to a percent correct. The cheat sheet flags the domain weights so you spend your review time where the points are.
No — the cheat sheet is a last-mile review layer, not a full course. Use it to lock in the comparisons and vocabulary, then confirm your readiness with full-length practice tests before you book the exam.
Click the download button (or the preview card) at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark this page so you can pull it back up on exam morning.
References
- 1.CompTIA. “Cloud Essentials+ Certification.” comptia.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.CompTIA. “Cloud Essentials+ CLO-002 Exam Objectives.” comptia.org. ↑
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