What the Cloud Security Engineer exam looks like

Google Cloud states 50-60 questions for PCSE, with a time limit of 120 minutes. That is about 2.4 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.

Google Cloud publishes a range rather than a fixed count, so the pace above assumes the low end of it. At the top of the range you have less time a question.

Multiple choice and multiple select, in Google's own words. No labs, no console access, and nothing to configure during the exam.

Google Cloud does not publish a fixed passing score for PCSE.

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 $200.

Cloud Security Engineer is valid for 2 years from the day you pass. Professional certifications are valid for two years, not the three that foundational and associate certifications get. Renewal opens 60 days before expiry and means passing the exam again at full price, with a 50 percent discount code from your previous pass. Professional certifications last two years, one year less than the foundational and associate ones. Renewing means passing the $200 exam again inside the 60 day eligibility window, with the 50 percent code from your last pass applied.

Our Cloud Security Engineer practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 120-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.