You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
ATLASSIANJira Administration for Cloud (ACP-120)
The Jira Administration for Cloud certification validates your ability to configure and manage Jira Cloud to support any development or business team. It is designed for Jira administrators who want to prove their expertise in day-to-day administration, from project configuration to user and permission management. Earning this credential demonstrates that you can keep Jira Cloud running smoothly and aligned with your organization's workflows.
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryAtlassian University
Free questions241
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What ACP-120 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
4domains
11objectives
69concepts
US $250exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Jira Administration for Cloud certification is an Atlassian Certified Professional credential that proves your expertise in configuring and managing Jira Cloud. It is aimed at Jira administrators who are responsible for setting up projects, managing users and permissions, and ensuring the instance supports the needs of development and business teams alike.
Earning this certification demonstrates that you have the practical skills to administer Jira Cloud effectively, from customizing project workflows to managing schemes and system settings. It is a globally recognized credential that helps you stand out as a skilled and trusted Jira administrator.
Who it’s for
This certification is for Jira administrators who want to prove their expertise in configuring and managing Jira Cloud. It is ideal for those who work with Jira on a daily basis and are responsible for supporting development or business teams by tailoring Jira to their workflows. You should be comfortable with Jira Cloud administration tasks such as managing projects, users, and permissions, and have a solid understanding of how Jira supports team collaboration and project tracking.
Recommended experience
Atlassian recommends combining documentation review, independent study, real-world experience, and free on-demand training to prepare for the exam. Hands-on experience administering Jira Cloud in a real-world environment; Familiarity with Jira project configuration, user management, and permission schemes; Understanding of Jira workflows, fields, and screens; Completion of Atlassian's free on-demand training for Jira administration
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Atlassian measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Atlassian exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Access, Permissions, and Security
- Manage user access at organization, project, and issue levels
- Configure global and project permissions
- Set issue-level security
General Project Configuration
- Create and configure projects
- Select project types and templates
- Manage versions of work
System Administration
- Manage organization settings and user directories
- Review audit logs
- Monitor system health
Workflows and Schemes
- Configure workflows
- Manage schemes across company-managed and team-managed projects
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Atlassian publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeACP-120
CertificationJira Administration for Cloud (ACP-120)
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryAtlassian University
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUS $250
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Atlassian lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Jira Administration for Cloud (ACP-120)
Credential earnedJira Administration for Cloud (ACP-120) Certification Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Atlassian maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Atlassian
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Atlassian University, Atlassian’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Atlassian certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
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Questions people ask
How does the Jira Administration for Cloud certification relate to the Managing Jira Projects for Cloud certification?
The Jira Administration for Cloud certification focuses on configuring and managing Jira Cloud at the administration level, while the Managing Jira Projects for Cloud certification covers creating and configuring Jira projects. They are separate credentials, and earning one is not a prerequisite for the other.
Is there a hands-on or lab component in the ACP-120 exam?
The official exam page does not mention a hands-on or lab component. The exam is typically multiple choice, but you should check the official exam details for the most current format.
What job roles does the Jira Administration for Cloud certification map to?
This certification is designed for Jira administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing Jira Cloud to support development and business teams. It is also relevant for roles that involve Jira administration as part of broader responsibilities.
Can I recertify by passing a different Atlassian exam?
Atlassian certifications must be renewed periodically, but the official page does not specify whether passing another exam can renew this certification. Check the renewal policy on the Atlassian University website for details.
Are there any regional restrictions for taking the ACP-120 exam?
The exam is delivered online through Atlassian University, so it is likely available globally. However, you should verify availability in your region when scheduling.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 241 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Atlassian measures — each one written out.
4domains
11objectives
69concepts
54free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Atlassian exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Access, Permissions, and Security69 questions
2General Project Configuration53 questions
3System Administration57 questions
4Workflows and Schemes62 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Manage user access at organization, project, and issue levels4 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
16 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
241 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
241questions
54pages
11objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Access, Permissions, and Security69 questions
2General Project Configuration53 questions
3System Administration57 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
69concepts
241free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Atlassian
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
69concepts mapped
The source
Atlassian’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Atlassian outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 11 objectives, 69 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Atlassian changes the outline, this page changes with it.
11objectives on the outline→69concepts written→241free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.