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Prometheus Certified Associate
The Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) certification by The Linux Foundation is a foundational credential designed to validate a professional's ability to implement, manage, and query Prometheus in modern cloud-native environments
- 90 min
- 70% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 5 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official The Linux Foundation blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Prometheus Certified Associate exam question
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What is the correct negative regex matcher in PromQL?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 5
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 21 single · 21 multi · 18 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.
- Alerting & Dashboarding11 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive
- Instrumentation and Exporters9 questions · complexity 2.3/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 11% scenario · 33% interactive
- Observability Concepts11 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive
- PromQL17 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Prometheus Fundamentals12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
Read the questions before you take them
The question bank with the correct answer and a written explanation for every item.
Frequently asked questions
What you need to know before attempting the Prometheus Certified Associate certification.
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