GCP PCA certification path part01

Описание: 📜 GCP Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) Certification Path Description

The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) certification is one of the most in-demand cloud certifications. It validates your ability to:

✅ Design and plan cloud solution architectures
✅ Manage and provision Google Cloud infrastructure
✅ Design for security and compliance
✅ Analyze and optimize technical & business processes
✅ Manage implementations of cloud architecture
✅ Ensure solution and operations reliability

📋 Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect — Exam Details
Item Detail
Official Name Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
Purpose / What it validates It validates your ability to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions on Google Cloud.
Domains / Exam Sections The exam tests across these major areas:
1. Design and plan a cloud solution architecture
2. Manage and provision solution infrastructure
3. Design for security and compliance
4. Analyze and optimize technical & business processes
5. Manage implementation
6. Ensure solution and operations reliability
Question Format Multiple-choice and multiple-select (single correct answer, multiple correct answers). Also some case-study based questions (scenarios)
Number of Questions Roughly 50–60 questions including case studies, where case studies may make up about 20-30 % of the exam.
Duration 2 hours (120 minutes)
Languages Available English and Japanese (these are official languages)
Delivery / Mode Online (proctored) or at testing centers (where available)
Passing / Scoring Google uses scaled scoring. The passing score is not published explicitly. You need to correctly handle scenario-based problems and choose architecturally sound and business-aware designs.
Validity / Renewal 2 years — you’ll need to recertify after expiry.
There is also talk of a renewal exam (in beta) focusing partly on Gen AI case studies as part of keeping the certification updated.
Cost USD 200 (exam fee)