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The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam has 50–60 questions and takes 120 minutes. Google Cloud doesn’t publish a passing score. It costs $200 (plus tax where applicable).
New outlineNew Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline from Nov 23, 2026
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A new Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline takes effect on November 23, 2026.
New Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline
New outlineExam domains
Each domain’s share of the exam, as Google Cloud publishes it, for each version you can take. Study for the one in force on your exam date.
Until November 22, 2026
1Bootstrapping and maintaining a Google Cloud organization
20%
2Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads
25%
3Applying site reliability engineering practices
18%
4Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues
25%
5Optimizing performance and cost
12%
From November 23, 2026
1Establishing and bootstrapping foundational infrastructure and organizational governance
18%
2Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloads
30%
3Applying site reliability engineering practices
18%
4Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues
22%
5Optimizing performance and cost
12%
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The Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam has 50–60 questions, and you get 120 minutes.
Google Cloud doesn’t publish a passing score for Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer. Google gives results as pass or fail.
$200 (plus tax where applicable). Check Google Cloud’s site for the price in your country.
A new Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline takes effect on November 23, 2026.
Google Cloud recommends 3+ years in industry, 1+ running production on Google Cloud. It isn’t required to sit the exam.
Weight your time like the exam: Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads and Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues carry the most (25% each). Take the free practice test to find your weakest domains, make a study plan around them, and before you book, sit full-length timed practice exams until you pass them comfortably.
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