Prometheus Certified Associate

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Prometheus Certified Associate

PCA

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
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Exam facts at a glance

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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.

Exam complexity score2.1/10Gentle · measured across 60 bank questions
  • 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

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