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Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Designing on Google Cloud against real constraints: turning requirements into compute, storage and network choices, provisioning them repeatably, IAM with organisation policy and VPC Service Controls, delivery process and cost, running a migration, and operating the result reliably.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture | Not published |
| Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure | Not published |
| Designing for security and compliance | Not published |
| Analysing and optimising technical and business processes | Not published |
| Managing implementation | Not published |
| Ensuring solution and operations reliability | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Which requirement most often constrains where data may be stored?
- The length of the bucket name
- The number of applied labels
- The colour used in the console
- Data residency regulation — correct
Why: Residency rules bind data to a jurisdiction, which narrows the regions available.
2. Which capability lets instances reach Google APIs without public addresses?
- Private Google Access — correct
- A public IP on each host
- An open egress firewall rule
- A shared external gateway
Why: Private Google Access routes API calls internally so no public address is needed.
The real Professional Cloud Architect exam
| Length | 120 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 50-60, including questions based on published case studies |
| Pass mark | Not published; Google does not publish passing scores |
| Price | $200 USD |
| Recommended before you sit it | None. Google recommends three or more years of industry experience including one designing on Google Cloud. |
| Valid for | 2 years |
Exam facts as published by Google Cloud; always check the vendor’s page before you book.
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