CNCF / Linux Foundation · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official CNCF / Linux Foundation PCA exam covers 5 domains. The vendor does not publish percentage weights for these domains — treat each as an equal part of the exam blueprint.
Covers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Observability Concepts domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Observability Concepts questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Prometheus Fundamentals domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Prometheus Fundamentals questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Alerting And Dashboarding domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Alerting And Dashboarding questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Promql domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Promql questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Instrumentation And Exporters domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Instrumentation And Exporters questionsThe vendor does not currently publish percentage weights for these domains, so Courseiva does not rank them by weight.
Work through each domain systematically — cover fundamentals first, then applied and scenario-based topics.
Never skip a domain regardless of perceived importance. Full coverage is required to pass.
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