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Tech Exam Prep

Tech Exam Prep

By: Ran Chen EA CFP®
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 Tech Exam Prep is a free, daily podcast by OpenExamPrep covering the most in-demand IT and technology certification exams — including CompTIA Security+, AWS Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Network+, CCNA, CompTIA A+, and more. Each 5-minute episode breaks down one exam topic with concrete examples, common exam traps, and memory tricks to help you pass on your first attempt. No fluff, no filler — just the concepts you need to know, explained the way the exam tests them. This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation for everyone. For free practice questions, AI-powered explanations, flashcards, and full study guides, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ Subscribe and listen daily — your certification is closer than you think.Copyright 2026 Ran Chen, EA, CFP® Education
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  • [AWS CCP] 41, AWS Developer and Deployment Tools

    [AWS CCP] 41, AWS Developer and Deployment Tools
    May 3 2026
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - CodeCommit is AWS's managed source control service for private Git repositories. - CodeBuild compiles source code and runs tests, while CodeDeploy automates application deployments to compute services like EC2 and Lambda. - CodePipeline orchestrates the entire CI/CD workflow, integrating services like CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy. - CloudFormation provides 'Infrastructure as Code' using JSON or YAML templates to predictably provision and manage AWS resources. - Elastic Beanstalk is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that simplifies application deployment by managing the underlying infrastructure for developers. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
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    4 mins
  • [AWS CCP] 40, Amazon Aurora and Redshift

    [AWS CCP] 40, Amazon Aurora and Redshift
    May 2 2026
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - Amazon Aurora is a high-performance relational database (OLTP) for transactional workloads like web applications and e-commerce sites. - Amazon Redshift is a petabyte-scale data warehouse (OLAP) designed for business intelligence and complex analytical queries on large datasets. - Aurora is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL and provides high availability by replicating data across multiple Availability Zones. - Redshift uses columnar storage and massively parallel processing (MPP) to deliver fast performance for analytical workloads. - The key exam differentiator is the use case: choose Aurora for running day-to-day business operations and Redshift for analyzing historical business data. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
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    4 mins
  • [AWS CCP] 39, AWS Compute Services Comparison

    [AWS CCP] 39, AWS Compute Services Comparison
    May 1 2026
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - To choose EC2 when an exam question emphasizes needing full control over the virtual server and operating system. - To identify Lambda as the correct service for short-running, event-driven tasks where server management is to be avoided. - The key distinction between ECS for container orchestration with server management, and Fargate for serverless container execution. - When to select Lightsail for simple applications like blogs or test environments that require a predictable, low monthly cost. - To recognize AWS Batch as the ideal solution for large-scale, offline processing workloads like scientific simulations or financial analysis. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
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    4 mins
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