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2026 Statistics

Key Facts: OCI Architect Associate Exam

68%

Passing Score

Oracle University

50

Questions

Oracle University

90 min

Exam Duration

Oracle University

$245

Exam Fee

Oracle University blog

35%

Largest Domain

Networking

2026-05-29

Current Exam Retires

Oracle exam page

As of March 11, 2026, the current OCI Architect Associate exam (1Z0-1072-25) is a 50-question, 90-minute multiple-choice exam with a 68% passing score and a $245 USD exam attempt price for Oracle's core OCI associate and professional certifications. Oracle's public 2025 objectives weight Networking at 35%, Storage at 25%, and Compute and IAM at 20% each. Oracle also states that this specific exam retires on May 29, 2026, with a new exam planned for June 2026.

About the OCI Architect Associate Exam

The OCI Architect Associate exam validates your ability to design core Oracle Cloud Infrastructure solutions across IAM, networking, compute, and storage. It is Oracle's current associate-level architect exam for candidates who already have some hands-on OCI experience and need to prove they can make sound service-selection and architecture decisions.

Assessment

50 multiple-choice questions

Time Limit

90 minutes

Passing Score

68%

Exam Fee

$245 USD (Oracle University / Oracle MyLearn)

OCI Architect Associate Exam Content Outline

20%

Compute

Choose the right OCI compute shapes and images, design for availability and fault domains, use instance pools and autoscaling, understand capacity reservations and dedicated hosts, and apply cloud-init metadata and OS Management Hub correctly.

35%

Networking

Design VCNs and subnets, route traffic with internet, NAT, service gateways, use security lists and NSGs, choose the right load balancer, and plan DRG, VPN, FastConnect, peering, DNS, and Bastion access patterns.

25%

Storage

Select between Object Storage, Block Volumes, and File Storage; apply lifecycle and archival rules; use pre-authenticated requests correctly; and design backups, clones, replication, encryption, and data-protection controls.

20%

Identity and Access Management

Build least-privilege policies, use dynamic groups and resource principals, organize environments with compartments and tags, handle federation and MFA, optimize broad policies, and understand Security Zones and Cloud Guard guardrails.

How to Pass the OCI Architect Associate Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 68%
  • Assessment: 50 multiple-choice questions
  • Time limit: 90 minutes
  • Exam fee: $245 USD

Keys to Passing

  • Complete 500+ practice questions
  • Score 80%+ consistently before scheduling
  • Focus on highest-weighted sections
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

OCI Architect Associate Study Tips from Top Performers

1Start with networking because it carries 35% of the official weight and drives many architecture tradeoffs across the rest of the exam.
2Build one end-to-end OCI lab that includes a public subnet, a private subnet, internet gateway, NAT gateway, service gateway, NSGs, route tables, and a load balancer so the traffic patterns become intuitive.
3Practice gateway and connectivity decisions until they feel automatic: internet gateway vs NAT gateway vs service gateway, LPG vs DRG, and IPSec VPN vs FastConnect.
4Know storage tradeoffs cold. Be able to justify Object Storage tier selection, when to use PARs, and when block or file storage is the better architectural fit.
5Memorize OCI IAM policy verbs and patterns, especially inspect vs read vs use vs manage, plus dynamic groups, resource principals, and compartment scoping.
6Review the 2025 additions Oracle called out for the architect associate path, especially OS Management Hub and IAM Policy Optimization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the OCI Architect Associate exam?

OCI Architect Associate is Oracle's current associate-level architecture exam for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It tests whether you can design core OCI solutions across identity and access management, networking, compute, and storage by choosing the right service and configuration for each scenario.

How many questions are on the OCI Architect Associate exam and how long do you get?

Oracle's official exam page lists 50 multiple-choice questions and a 90-minute time limit for exam 1Z0-1072-25. The same page lists a 68% passing score.

What changed for OCI Architect Associate in 2026?

The key 2026 change is lifecycle-related, not a new weighting change: Oracle's exam page says 1Z0-1072-25 retires on May 29, 2026, and that a new exam will be available in June 2026. As of March 11, 2026, Oracle had not publicly posted a newer replacement blueprint than the current 2025 weights.

Which domain matters most on the OCI Architect Associate exam?

Networking is the largest domain at 35%, so it deserves the most study time. You need to be comfortable with VCN design, subnet placement, route tables, gateways, DRG patterns, load balancers, peering, DNS, and network security controls.

What experience should you have before taking the exam?

Oracle's 2025 OCI certification update describes the associate level as being aimed at candidates with about six months of experience designing and implementing OCI solutions. There is no formal prerequisite exam published, but hands-on experience makes the scenario questions much easier.

How long should most candidates study for OCI Architect Associate?

Most candidates should plan roughly 60 to 100 hours of study over about four to eight weeks, depending on prior cloud experience. The biggest gains usually come from building one OCI lab that includes VCNs, gateways, NSGs, a load balancer, object storage, block volume backups, and IAM policies instead of only reading docs.