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Google Cloud Cloud Developer PCD Exam Questions & Verified Answers

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Question 1
You work for an ecommerce company. You are developing a new application to be deployed globally with the following requirements: The application must have access to the most up-to-date data at all times. Data should be consistent across all regions. Data older than 30 days must be automatically deleted. You need to determine which service should host the database, and how to configure the data deletion. You want to use the most efficient solution. What should you do?
Question 2
You are migrating a legacy application from your on-premises environment to Cloud Run. The application processes images that are uploaded by application users. The application currently uses a cron job on an on-premises server to trigger image processing. You need to replace the cron job with a serverless solution that triggers the Cloud Run service as soon as a new image is uploaded to a Cloud Storage bucket. You want to implement a simple solution that follows Google-recommended practices. What should you do?
Question 3
You are developing a new ecommerce website for your company. You want customers to receive a customized email notification when they place an order. You need to configure this email service while minimizing deployment effort. What should you do?
Question 4
You are developing an application that will process a large number of image files stored in Cloud Storage. The application uses the Cloud Vision API to analyze each image and extract relevant information. You notice request quota errors from the Cloud Vision API. You need to optimize your application to avoid these errors and efficiently process all the images while following Google-recommended practices. What should you do?
Question 5
You are deploying a new version of your application to a GKE cluster using a rolling update of a Kubernetes Deployment named shopping-cart . After the rolling update completes, you observe that some users are experiencing errors and degraded performance, indicating an issue with the new version. You want to quickly and safely revert to the previous version of the application while minimizing the impact on users while following Google-recommended practices. What should you do?
Question 6
You recently developed an application that monitors a large number of stock prices. You need to configure Pub/Sub to receive a very high volume of messages and store the latest stock price in a single large in-memory database. The downstream service needs only the most up-to-date prices in the in-memory database to perform stock trading transactions. Each message contains three pieces of information: Stock symbol Stock price Timestamp for the update You need to set up your Pub/Sub subscription to process messages as quickly as possible and ignore older prices. What should you do?

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Cloud Developer PCD Exam Topics and Study Plan

Skills Covered by the Exam

Use these topics from the linked official guide to plan your preparation for Cloud Developer PCD. Check the current guide before booking, because objectives can change.

  • Designing highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications32%
  • Building and testing applications23%
  • Configuring cloud-native applications for deployment24%
  • Integrating applications with Google Cloud services21%

Official exam weights describe the vendor’s blueprint. They do not measure coverage in this question bank.

Recommended Experience Before You Start

Before preparing for Cloud Developer PCD, check Google Cloud's current eligibility and experience guidance. Compare the published objectives with work you have completed and plan hands-on practice for gaps.

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    Check the current objectives

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    Build understanding

    Study one objective at a time. Use official documentation and practical exercises to work on gaps.

  3. 3

    Practise and review

    Use the Cloud Developer PCD question library to check your understanding. Review why each answer is correct before moving on.

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