Professional Cloud Network Engineer

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Professional Cloud Network Engineer

GCP-PCNE

The Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification validates your ability to design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure network architectures on Google Cloud

120 min
72% to pass
50 bank questions
5 domains
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Sample Professional Cloud Network Engineer exam question

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FoundationConfiguring network services

What is the result of executing this gcloud command?

bash
gcloud dns managed-zones create corp-private \
    --visibility=private \
    --dns-name=corp.internal. \
    --description=Private_DNS_zone \
    --networks=my-vpc

Exam facts at a glance

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Time limit
120 minutes
Passing score
72%
Domains
5
Questions in our bank
50
Level
PROFESSIONAL
Measured complexity
1.9 / 10
Question mix
18 single · 16 multi · 16 interactive

Where the hard questions actually are

We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.

Exam complexity score1.9/10Gentle · measured across 50 bank questions
  • Configuring network services10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

  • Designing and planning a VPC network12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Hybrid connectivity9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Implementing a VPC network9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Managing network operations10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle

    30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

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