PCDProfessional Cloud Developer 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
- PCD
- Cost
- $200USD
- Questions
- 50-60
- Duration
- 120minutes
- Passing score
- Not published by Google Cloud
- Level
- Advanced
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 20official pages
- Format
- Multiple choice and multiple select
Cloud Developer practice exams
2 full-length forms, 50 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
A team signs in with the command line tool and assumes its client library will pick up the very same credential. What holds for those two?
The answer
They are not the same set of credentials
Checked against
cloud.google.com, checked August 2026Your gcloud credentials are not the same as the credentials you provide to ADC using the gcloud CLI.
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 highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications32%36 verified
- Building and testing applications23%30 verified
- Configuring cloud-native applications for deployment24%30 verified
- Integrating applications with Google Cloud services21%24 verified
Where to focus: Designing applications is a third of the exam on its own, and its three sub-objectives split evenly across performance, security and data access. The deployment section is entirely Cloud Run and GKE, so time spent on other compute options pays nothing here.
Every Cloud Developer 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 Developer exam details ↗
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
Open now
All 120 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
Open now
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 Developer exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free Cloud Developer practice test
10 original questions, playable now. No account, no card.
- Cloud Developer exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
- Cloud Developer exam format
How many questions, how long, what the items look like, and how long it stays valid.
- Cloud Developer passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is Cloud Developer?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
- What Cloud Developer costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- Cloud Developer guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know a specific language?
No single language is required, but you need to read code comfortably. The exam asks which client library call or deployment setting fits a described requirement, so the questions are language-shaped even when they are not language-specific.
Is it Cloud Run or GKE?
Both, and the guide splits them into their own sub-objectives inside the deployment section. Knowing which one a described constraint points at is worth more marks than deep knowledge of either.
How much is design versus hands-on?
Design is the largest single section at 32 percent, but the other 68 percent is building, deploying and integrating. Treating it as an architecture exam is the common way to underprepare.
How long is it valid?
Two years, one less than the foundational and associate certifications. Renewal means passing the full exam again.