PCAProfessional Cloud Architect practice exams
Original questions written from the published objectives and cited to official documentation, never recalled exam content. How we verify, why not dumps.
- Exam code
- PCA
- Cost
- $200USD
- Questions
- 50-60
- Duration
- 120minutes
- Passing score
- Not published by Google Cloud
- Level
- Advanced
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 26official pages
- Format
- Multiple choice and multiple select, with case studies
Cloud Architect practice exams
2 full-length forms, 50 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
A Pod on a cluster with Workload Identity Federation enabled requests credentials for a Google API. Which component intercepts that request?
The answer
The GKE metadata server on the node
Checked against
cloud.google.com, checked August 2026Deploys the GKE metadata server, which intercepts credential requests from workloads, on every node.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture25%30 verified
- Managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure17.5%21 verified
- Designing for security and compliance17.5%21 verified
- Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes15%18 verified
- Managing implementation12.5%15 verified
- Ensuring solution and operations excellence12.5%15 verified
Where to focus: Designing and planning is a quarter of the exam on its own, and adding the two process sections takes requirements work to 40 percent. The case studies are published before the exam and are the cheapest marks available, because everyone else is reading them for the first time under the clock.
Every Cloud Architect objective, with practice questions mapped to each one
What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice and multiple select, in Google's own words. No labs, no console access, and nothing to configure during the exam.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
Nothing here needs a lab. Reading carefully and eliminating options is the whole skill. Google Cloud, Professional Cloud Architect exam details ↗
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
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All 120 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
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Every domain on its own, for the area a score report says is weakest.
Review Missed
Fills as you go
Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.
Google Cloud’s free resources
Study from the source. The page below is free to read, and it is what our own questions are written from.
Official Cloud Architect exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free Cloud Architect practice test
10 original questions, playable now. No account, no card.
- Cloud Architect exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
- Cloud Architect exam format
How many questions, how long, what the items look like, and how long it stays valid.
- Cloud Architect passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is Cloud Architect?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
- What Cloud Architect costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- Cloud Architect guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
Frequently asked questions
Are the case studies really on the exam?
Yes, and they are published in advance. Google puts the case study documents on the exam guide page, and roughly a third of the questions attach to them. Reading them cold in the exam wastes time you do not have, so read them before the day.
Is this harder than the AWS Solutions Architect Professional?
Different rather than harder. Cloud Architect leans on business requirements and process analysis, which together are 40 percent of the exam, where the AWS professional exam leans on service depth. People coming from AWS usually find the technical sections comfortable and underestimate the process ones.
How much of it is Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform?
Two of the twenty-two sub-objectives, both inside the provisioning section, which is 17.5 percent of the exam overall. Google renamed Vertex AI to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform during 2026, so older study material will call the same material Vertex AI.
How long is it valid?
Two years, one less than the foundational and associate certifications. Renewal means passing the full exam again inside the 60 day eligibility window.