Google Cloud · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official Google Cloud PCD 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 Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Building and testing applications domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Building and testing applications questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Deploying applications domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Deploying applications questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Integrating Google Cloud services domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Integrating Google Cloud services questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Managing application performance monitoring domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Managing application performance monitoring 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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