Chapter PCA professional tier

Professional Cloud Architect

Editor's note — A study companion for the Professional Cloud Architect exam — every domain rebuilt from scratch, with worked practice questions and an exam-grade timed simulation.

50 questions 120 minutes threshold 700/1000 6 domains official guide

begin — Practice Twenty questions, untimed, with full explanations after every answer. begin — Mock Examination 50 questions in 120:00, timed, scored.

6 domains · 62 topics

I. Design Plan Cloud Solution Architecture 25% weight

Case Study: EHR Healthcare Case Study: Altostrat Media Case Study: Cymbal Retail Case Study: KnightMotives Automotive Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework (WAF) Analyzing Business Requirements Designing for HA and DR Compute Selection and Design Storage and Database Selection Designing Network Resources AI/ML and Generative AI Design Migration Strategy and Planning

II. Manage Provision Cloud Solution Infrastructure 17% weight

Configuring VPC Network Topologies Configuring Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Connectivity Managing Cloud Storage Lifecycle Configuring Disk and File Systems Provisioning Compute Engine Resources Managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Configuring Serverless Environments Provisioning Vertex AI Workflows Generative AI and Model Garden Configuration Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform

III. Design Security Compliance 18% weight

Identity and Access Management (IAM) Resource Hierarchy and Org Policies Encryption and Key Management VPC Service Controls Cloud Armor and Network Security Software Supply Chain Security AI Security and Model Armor Compliance and Regulatory Governance Audit Logging and Transparency Comprehensive Network Security Design

IV. Analyze Optimize Technical Business Processes 15% weight

Modernizing the SDLC CI/CD Pipeline Optimization Troubleshooting and Debugging DR Planning and Business Continuity Optimizing Business Processes Stakeholder Management Cost Optimization and FinOps Change Management and Governance Data Migration and Integrity Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Processes

V. Manage Implementation 12% weight

API Management with Apigee Advising Development Teams Automation with gcloud CLI Using Cloud SDK and Client Libraries Advanced Terraform for GCP Implementation with Gemini Cloud Assist Environment Management and Testing Resource Tagging and Labeling Deployment and Automation Scripts Managing Service Accounts for Teams

VI. Ensure Solution Operations Reliability 13% weight

Cloud Monitoring and Observability Cloud Logging and Error Reporting Application Performance Management (APM) Alerting and Notification Strategies Implementing SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs Incident Response and Management Chaos Engineering and Resilience Testing Release Management Strategies Load Testing and Capacity Planning Quality Control and Security Testing