Passing score

ACE

What it takes to pass Associate Cloud Engineer

Google Cloud does not publish a fixed cut score for ACE. Here is what is known, and how to prepare when the target is not a number.

What an unpublished cut score means

Google Cloud states that the passing score for ACE is variable and does not publish it. The exam uses scaled scoring, and the cut can shift between exam revisions as questions are recalibrated.

With no published line there is nothing exact to aim at, and a site that gives you one is guessing. Sit full-length practice under the real time limit and aim for a comfortable margin rather than a precise number.

If you miss it

Four attempts in any two year period. After a failed attempt you wait 14 days, after a second 60 days, and after a third 365 days. A retake costs another $125.

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Know before you book

Sit a full-length Associate Cloud Engineer practice exam under the real time limit, scored against a realistic cut, and book the real exam when you have cleared it more than once.

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