Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud Developer (PCD) validates ability to build scalable and available cloud-native applications on Google Cloud. Focus on GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, and Google Cloud APIs.
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The 5 domains tested on PCD, with approximate weights from the official exam guide. exclam.ai weights your study plan according to these percentages.
| Domain | Approximate weight |
|---|---|
| Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications | ~20% |
| Building and testing applications | ~18% |
| Deploying applications | ~18% |
| Integrating Google Cloud services | ~24% |
| Managing application performance monitoring | ~20% |
Source: official PCD exam guide published by Google Cloud Platform.
How the 5-domain PCD plan distributes across the plan length you pick above. Heavier-weight domains get more time; lighter ones may pair into a single week.
Cover Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Building and testing applications end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Deploying applications end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Integrating Google Cloud services end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Cover Managing application performance monitoring end-to-end. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 5 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length PCD practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
Google Cloud Platform publishes the PCD exam guide as a free HTML page. Download it, upload it to exclam.ai, and get a fully guided study plan with adaptive flashcards and quizzes in minutes.
Upload the PCD exam guide and exclam.ai generates flashcards for each of the 5 domains, mapped to the approximate exam weights.
Quizzes pull more questions from heavier domains. exclam.ai tracks which domains you're weakest on and weights future practice accordingly.
Coverage phase, review phase, and mocks — distributed across your target timeline. Falls behind automatically rebalance without re-planning.
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Similar scope but different service focus. PCD emphasizes GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, and gRPC/REST APIs. DVA emphasizes Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway. Both validate cloud-native development skills.
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