Validates knowledge of designing, securing, provisioning and optimizing cloud solutions on Google Cloud against business and technical requirements.
Professional Cloud Architect is 50 to 60 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions in 2 hours. They are long business scenarios where you pick the best design for stated requirements, and 20 to 30% refer to two of four published case studies. We compared the main options on question style, case-study practice and price.
Start with Google's free sample and Tutorials Dojo's free 30 questions for the format, then use a bank written for the current case studies.
| Practice test | Best for | Questions | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 Professional Cloud Architect sample questions | Free first look | 19 | Free |
 Free Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exams Sampler | Free timed sampler | 30 | Free |
 Google Professional Cloud Architect - PCA [Exams 2026] | Timed full exams | 420 | $55 |
| Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect Practice Exams | Low-cost bank | 120+ | $15 |
 Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Practice Tests | Case study practice | 250+ | $23 |
Nineteen questions in Google's own style, three of them multiple-select. Six of its ten case-study questions use cases Google has since retired (Mountkirk Games, Helicopter Racing League, TerramEarth), so it shows the format, not today's scenarios.
Great fit if you want to see Google's question style before spending anything.
Poor fit if you need the current case studies or a timed full run; use the Udemy exams or GCP Study Hub.
A free 30-question slice of the Tutorials Dojo bank, with one timed quiz, one review-mode quiz and two flashcard sets. It lets you judge their question style before you pay for the full set.
Great fit if you want a free timed set to check your pacing and compare Tutorials Dojo with the other banks.
Poor fit if you want to practise the four current case studies; the page does not name them.
A video course with labs and eight full-length practice exams with explanations, plus a timed 60-question simulator. Recent Reddit threads recommend it often, though one passer calls it shallow.
Great fit if you want a current course, labs and full practice exams under one subscription.
Poor fit if you only want questions; Tutorials Dojo's bank costs $15.
Six 70-question timed exams with explanations, updated August 2026 and written around the four current case studies. It is rated 4.1 from 875 ratings.
Great fit if you want many long timed scenario questions on the current case studies at a low one-time price.
Poor fit if you want lessons or labs with the questions; use GCP Study Hub.
Four timed and four review quizzes, six section quizzes, a randomized 50-question test and flashcards. Candidate opinion is split: one 2026 passer says it matches the real questions very closely, another found it outdated.
Great fit if you want a cheap bank with section drills and flashcards to add to a main course.
Poor fit if you want questions built for the October 2025 AI and case-study changes; use the Udemy exams.
Four 50-question tests, a 55-question final test, section tests and a free 20-question test, with case-study-style questions. A January 2026 passer found its scenario logic decent; a 2022 passer rated it below Tutorials Dojo but still useful.
Great fit if you want extra scenario questions and section tests at a low price after a main bank.
Poor fit if you want certainty that it follows the October 2025 case studies; use the Udemy exams.
Google: Professional Cloud Architect certification ↗Google: PCA exam guide (PDF) ↗Reddit: passed on the new syllabus ↗Reddit: PCA study resources ↗Reddit: PCA study path, July 2026 ↗
Yes. Google publishes a free 19-question sample form that asks for your name, email and organization, and Tutorials Dojo has a free 30-question sampler that needs a login. Many of Google's case-study questions use retired cases, so treat it as a format check.
The exam has 50 to 60 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions in 2 hours. Two of the four published case studies appear in each sitting.
Candidates usually say the real questions are longer and more detailed than most practice questions, so a good score on a short bank can overstate readiness. Read every option carefully in timed runs.
No. It has only multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, some tied to a case study. Hands-on labs help you learn the services but are not part of the exam.