Exam objective coverage
Mapped to the guide linked by Google’s certification page on 21 October 2026. Objective coverage is not exhaustive feature coverage or a guarantee of exam difficulty.
Mock IDs are shown for auditing. Do not inspect their answers before the first attempt.
| Objective | Topic | Practice IDs | Mock A IDs | Mock B IDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Resource hierarchy, networking, IAM and residency | P001, P002, P003, P004, P005, P006, P007, P081, P082, P083, P084, P085, P086 | A001, A002, A003, A004 | B001, B002, B003, B004 |
| 1.2 | Infrastructure management and automation | P008, P009, P010, P011, P012, P087, P088, P089, P090, P091 | A005, A006 | B005, B006 |
| 1.3 | CI/CD architecture | P013, P014, P015, P092, P093, P094 | A007, A008 | B007, B008 |
| 1.4 | Environments, fleets, patching and upgrades | P016, P017, P018, P095, P096, P097 | A009, A010 | B009, B010 |
| 1.5 | Secure development environments and AI assistance | P019, P020, P098, P099, P100 | A011, A012 | B011, B012 |
| 2.1 | Pipeline design, artifacts and testing | P021, P022, P023, P024, P025, P101, P102, P103, P104, P105, P106, P107 | A013, A014, A015, A016 | B013, B014, B015, B016 |
| 2.2 | Delivery, telemetry gates and recovery | P026, P027, P028, P029, P030, P108, P109, P110, P111, P112, P113, P114 | A017, A018, A019, A020, A021 | B017, B018, B019, B020, B021 |
| 2.3 | Configuration, secrets and keys | P031, P032, P033, P034, P115, P116, P117, P118, P119, P120 | A022, A023, A024 | B022, B023, B024 |
| 2.4 | Deployment pipeline security | P035, P036, P037, P038, P121, P122, P123, P124, P125 | A025, A026, A027 | B025, B026, B027 |
| 3.1 | Reliability targets, budgets and tradeoffs | P039, P040, P041, P042, P043, P044, P126, P127, P128, P129, P130, P131, P132 | A028, A029, A030, A031 | B028, B029, B030, B031 |
| 3.2 | Service lifecycle and capacity | P045, P046, P047, P048, P133, P134, P135, P136, P137, P138, P139 | A032, A033, A034, A035 | B032, B033, B034, B035 |
| 3.3 | Incident impact mitigation | P049, P050, P051, P140, P141, P142, P143 | A036, A037, A038 | B036, B037, B038 |
| 4.1 | Telemetry instrumentation and collection | P052, P053, P054, P055, P144, P145, P146, P147, P148 | A039, A040, A041 | B039, B040, B041 |
| 4.2 | Log management and analysis | P056, P057, P058, P059, P149, P150, P151, P152, P153 | A042, A043, A044 | B042, B043, B044 |
| 4.3 | Metrics, dashboards and alerts | P060, P061, P062, P063, P154, P155, P156, P157, P158 | A045, A046, A047 | B045, B046, B047 |
| 4.4 | Distributed tracing | P064, P065, P066, P159, P160, P161, P162, P163 | A048, A049, A050 | B048, B049, B050 |
| 4.5 | Troubleshooting | P067, P068, P069, P070, P164, P165, P166, P167, P168 | A051, A052, A053 | B051, B052, B053 |
| 5.1 | Performance information | P071, P072, P073, P074, P169, P170, P171, P172 | A054, A055 | B054, B055 |
| 5.2 | FinOps and resource optimization | P075, P076, P077, P078, P079, P080, P173, P174, P175, P176, P177, P178, P179, P180 | A056, A057, A058, A059, A060 | B056, B057, B058, B059, B060 |
Each mock has 12/15/11/15/7 questions across the five domains (60 total). Practice contains 80 core questions (P001–P080) and 100 added scenarios (P081–P180). The added set has 20/25/18/25/12 questions across the five domains and covers all 19 numbered objectives.
For implementation details also study the linked product docs. The added set introduces Packer/kpt and more troubleshooting, but service mesh, advanced IAM constraints, product-specific quotas and many implementation details still require deeper reading and labs. Recheck changes before a 2027 exam.