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Professional Cloud Architect
The Professional Cloud Architect certification validates the ability to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions on Google Cloud
- 120 min
- 70% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 6 domains
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The official Google Cloud blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Professional Cloud Architect exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
A healthcare organization stores electronic health records in Cloud Storage. The security policy requires customer-managed encryption keys and auditing of any access by Google Cloud administrators. Which two Google Cloud features satisfy these controls?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 6
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- PROFESSIONAL
- Measured complexity
- 1.9 / 10
- Question mix
- 23 single · 20 multi · 17 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.
- Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes11 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive
- Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture14 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Designing for security and compliance11 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive
- Ensuring solution and operations reliability7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Managing and provisioning cloud solution infrastructure10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Managing implementation7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
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