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ACP-120 exam guide: format, domains and pass mark
What the Jira Administrator for Cloud ACP-120 exam covers and how it is scored: 60 questions in 180 minutes, 38 correct to pass, seven weighted domains.
The pass mark is a plain count: 38 correct out of 60. And one domain, Access, Permissions, Security, carries 28% of the exam.
01 What is on the ACP-120 exam, and how is it scored?
The night before your first mock, you want three answers: how many questions, how long, and what counts as a pass. The exam has 60 questions in 180 minutes, and you pass with 38 correct.
The Jira Administrator for Cloud exam at a glance
- questions
- 60
- minutes
- 180
- passing score
- 38 / 60 correct
- exam price
- $249
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That is three minutes per question, and you can miss up to 22 and still pass.
Aim for 38 correct out of 60.
02 Which domains carry the most questions?
Next, see where those questions come from. Access, Permissions, Security leads at 28%, then Issue Types, Fields, Screens at 18%; Notifications is the smallest at 8%.
Where the questions come from
The whole exam: 60 questions
- 1Access, Permissions, Security28%about 17 questions
- 2General Project Configuration11%about 7 questions
- 3Issue Types, Fields, Screens18%about 11 questions
- 4Workflows and Automation14%about 8 questions
- 5Notifications8%about 5 questions
- 6Advanced User Features12%about 7 questions
- 7System Administration9%about 5 questions
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Of 60 questions, 28% is about 17, while 8% is about 5. A gap in permissions costs far more than one in notifications.
Study Access, Permissions, Security first: it is 28% of the exam.
03 What do permission questions ask you to know?
So learn exactly what each permission allows. The Administer Jira global permission lets users create spaces and schemes, but not manage users.
What the Administer Jira global permission covers
Can do
- Create company-managed and team-managed spaces
- Create and edit permission and notification schemes
Cannot do
- Manage existing users or add new ones
- Import and export data
Questions also test how permissions combine: when two overlap, the most specific applicable permission decides.
Overlapping permissions resolve to the most specific one.
04 How should you use quizzes and mock exams?
Start where the questions are. MockCert's quizzes are untimed and explain each answer as you go. Work through them heaviest domain first.
Then sit a mock exam: 60 questions timed at 180 minutes, with results only at the end. Mock Exam 1 is free with a free account.
Learn with untimed quizzes, then test yourself with a timed mock exam.
Summary
- 60 questions, 180 minutes, 38 correct to pass.
- Access, Permissions, Security is the heaviest domain at 28%.
- Administer Jira covers spaces and schemes, not managing users.
