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Exam Code Professional-Cloud-Developer
Exam Name Google Certified Professional Cloud Developer
Vendor Google
Total Questions 265
Last Updated 26-Oct, 2026
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Free Professional-Cloud-Developer Practice Questions

Explore 5 free practice questions for the Google Professional-Cloud-Developer exam and review the answers and explanations to support your preparation.

  1. Question 1

    Single answer

    For this question, refer to the HipLocal case study.

    A recent security audit discovers that HipLocal’s database credentials for their Compute Engine-hosted MySQL databases are stored in plain text on persistent disks. HipLocal needs to reduce the risk of these credentials being stolen. What should they do?

    • Option A:

      Create a service account and download its key. Use the key to authenticate to Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) to obtain the database credentials.

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Create a service account and download its key. Use the key to authenticate to Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) to obtain a key used to decrypt the database credentials.

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Create a service account and grant it the roles/iam.serviceAccountUser role. Impersonate as this account and authenticate using the Cloud SQL Proxy.

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Grant the roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor role to the Compute Engine service account. Store and access the database credentials with the Secret Manager API.

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: D

    Explanation

    https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview

  2. Question 2

    Single answer

    Which service should HipLocal use to enable access to internal apps?

    • Option A:

      Cloud VPN

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Cloud Armor

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Virtual Private Cloud

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: D

    Explanation

    [Reference: https://cloud.google.com/iap/docs/cloud-iap-for-on-prem-apps-overview]

  3. Question 3

    Single answer

    HipLocal ' s.net-based auth service fails under intermittent load.

    What should they do?

    • Option A:

      Use App Engine for autoscaling.

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Use Cloud Functions for autoscaling.

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Use a Compute Engine cluster for the service.

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Use a dedicated Compute Engine virtual machine instance for the service.

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: D

    Explanation

    [Reference: https://www.qwiklabs.com/focuses/611?parent=catalog]

  4. Question 4

    Single answer

    For this question, refer to the HipLocal case study.

    HipLocal ' s application uses Cloud Client Libraries to interact with Google Cloud. HipLocal needs to configure authentication and authorization in the Cloud Client Libraries to implement least privileged access for the application. What should they do?

    • Option A:

      Create an API key. Use the API key to interact with Google Cloud.

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Use the default compute service account to interact with Google Cloud.

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Create a service account for the applicatio n. Export and deploy the private key for the application. Use the service account to interact with Google Cloud.

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Create a service account for the application and for each Google Cloud API used by the application. Export and deploy the private keys used by the application. Use the service account with one Google Cloud API to interact with Google Cloud.

      Correct
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    Correct Answer: A

  5. Question 5

    Single answer

    Which database should HipLocal use for storing user activity?

    • Option A:

      BigQuery

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Cloud SQL

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Cloud Spanner

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Cloud Datastore

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: A