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Cloud Digital Leader exam objectives

The published blueprint is the contract: the exam can only test what is on this list. Domains carry their official weightings, and objectives with a practice page link straight to questions written for that objective.

Titles and weightings from the official objectives. Google Cloud exam page

Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

18% of exam
  • 1.1 1.1 Explain why and how the cloud is revolutionizing businesses.

  • 1.2 1.2 Describe fundamental cloud concepts.

Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud

18% of exam
  • 2.1 2.1 Describe the intrinsic role that data plays in an organization’s digital transformation.

  • 2.2 2.2 Determine which Google Cloud data management products are applicable to different business use cases.

  • 2.3 2.3 Discuss how smart analytics, business intelligence tools, and streaming analytics can add value in different business use cases.

Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence

18% of exam
  • 3.1 3.1 Describe fundamental AI and ML concepts and how they create business value.

  • 3.2 3.2 Explain how Google Cloud’s AI offerings can create business value.

Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

18% of exam
  • 4.1 4.1 Describe how Google Cloud helps organizations transition to the cloud.

  • 4.2 4.2 Describe the functionality, business use cases, and business value of Google Cloud’s infrastructure offerings.

  • 4.3 4.3 Describe the business value of application programming interfaces (APIs).

Trust and Security with Google Cloud

18% of exam
  • 5.1 5.1 Describe fundamental cloud security concepts.

  • 5.2 5.2 Describe the business value of making Google part of an organization’s security team with its defense-in-depth, multilayered approach to cloud security.

Scaling with Google Cloud Operations

10% of exam
  • 6.1 6.1 Recognize how Google Cloud supports an organization’s ability to control their cloud costs.

  • 6.2 6.2 Describe the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud.

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