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Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer

Exam overview, official domain weights and free sample questions. Subscribers get 230 practice questions, 97 flashcards, 3 labs, a study guide and video lessons for this exam.

Exam at a glance

Exam code
PMLE
Questions
50–60
Time
120 minutes
Question types
multiple choice, multiple select
Passing score
not published
Exam fee
200 USD (plus tax where applicable)
Delivery
online proctored, onsite at a test center
Prerequisites
None. Recommended: 3+ years of industry experience, including 1+ year designing and managing solutions on Google Cloud
Renewal
Valid 2 years. Can be renewed through Google Skills courses or skill badges in the final year (+1 year)
Version notes
not published

From the official exam page (checked 2026-11-09). Always confirm details with the vendor: official exam page, official objectives.

Domains and weights

Architecting low-code AI solutions13%
  • 1.1 Developing ML models using BigQuery ML or AutoML on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
  • 1.2 Building AI solutions using Google Cloud AI APIs or foundational models
Collaborating within and across teams to manage data and models16%
  • 2.1 Exploring and preprocessing data for ML
  • 2.2 Model prototyping using notebooks
  • 2.3 Tracking and running ML experiments
Scaling prototypes into ML models21%
  • 3.1 Building models given the task considering cost, complexity, latency, and scalability
  • 3.2 Training models
  • 3.3 Choosing appropriate hardware for training
Serving and scaling models20%
  • 4.1 Serving models
  • 4.2 Scaling online model serving
Automating and orchestrating ML pipelines18%
  • 5.1 Developing end-to-end ML pipelines
  • 5.2 Automating model retraining
Monitoring AI solutions13%
  • 6.1 Identifying risks to AI solutions
  • 6.2 Monitoring, testing, and troubleshooting AI solutions

Free sample questions

Original questions in the style of the exam. Pick an answer to see the explanation.

Sample question 1 · Architecting low-code AI solutions

Analysts keep sales data in BigQuery and want to build a churn classifier using only SQL, without moving data. What should they use?

Sample question 2 · Collaborating within and across teams to manage data and models

A data engineering team must run the same preprocessing logic on streaming and batch data at scale with autoscaling workers. Which service fits?

Sample question 3 · Scaling prototypes into ML models

A team must train a PyTorch model with a custom architecture on Agent Platform. Which approach fits?

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