Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

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Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

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The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification validates your ability to build and operate reliable, efficient, and secure systems on Google Cloud

120 min
70% to pass
60 bank questions
5 domains
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Sample Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam question

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FoundationApplying Site Reliability Engineering Practices

Based on the Python script in the code block, how many seconds of downtime are permitted in a 30-day month?

python
target = 0.99
seconds_per_month = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60
allowed_downtime = (1 - target) * seconds_per_month
print(allowed_downtime)

Exam facts at a glance

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Time limit
120 minutes
Passing score
70%
Domains
5
Questions in our bank
60
Level
PROFESSIONAL
Measured complexity
2.0 / 10
Question mix
21 single · 20 multi · 19 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 score2.0/10Gentle · measured across 60 bank questions
  • Applying Site Reliability Engineering Practices11 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive

  • Bootstrapping and Maintaining a Google Cloud Organization12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

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

  • Building and Implementing CI/CD Pipelines15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

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

  • Implementing Observability Practices and Troubleshooting15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

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

  • Optimizing Performance and Cost7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle

    29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive

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