CDL practice questions — GCP Cloud Digital Leader

The exam

What CDL tests

Cloud Digital Leader validates a candidate's ability to articulate the capabilities of Google Cloud core products and services and how they benefit organizations. It covers digital and data transformation, artificial intelligence, modernizing infrastructure and applications, trust and security, and scaling with cloud operations — all from a business-value perspective rather than a hands-on technical one. It is Google Cloud's only fundamentals-level, non-role-based certification.

Who it is for

Built for fundamentals-level candidates

The target candidate wants to demonstrate their knowledge of cloud computing basics and how Google Cloud products and services can be used to achieve an organization's goals. No hands-on experience with Google Cloud is required or assumed — this audience includes non-technical and semi-technical professionals (sales, marketing, business analysts, project managers) as well as technical professionals early in their cloud journey who want a vendor-recognized baseline before pursuing a role-based certification.

What it covers

The official domains, weighted as the exam weights them.

Your readiness map in the app is organised the same way, so what you see here is exactly what you study against.

Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
18%
Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud
18%
Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
18%
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
18%
Trust and Security with Google Cloud
18%
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations
10%

What Preppio gives you

Signal, not vibes.

1,247 questions

Across every domain above, in 5 formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select, matching. Each one explains why the right answer is right and every distractor wrong.

A readiness map

Per domain, whether you are ready, weak, or not started — the same domains and weights as the exam itself.

Winston

Your study partner. He tracks where you are weak and drills exactly that, instead of serving you what you already know.

Try one

One of each format CDL uses, from the same bank.

Answer on the page. The explanation appears when you submit; use Next to move through the formats.

Sample 1 · Concept

Your finance department currently buys and depreciates physical servers every few years, tying up capital in equipment that sits idle much of the time. Leadership wants to shift IT spending so it scales with actual usage instead of large upfront purchases. What is this shift best described as?

Pick one, then submit.

Sample 2 · Scenario

A logistics company wants its dispatch team to see delivery truck locations and traffic conditions the moment they change, so dispatchers can reroute drivers immediately rather than reviewing a report the next morning. Which value of data does this scenario primarily illustrate?

Pick one, then submit.

Sample 3 · Ordering

A company currently uses a large set of brittle if-then rules to approve loan applications and wants to move to an ML-based approach. Put the following steps in the correct order to make this transition.

Drag an item onto another to swap them, or use the arrows, then submit.

1Train and evaluate an ML model that learns patterns from the historical data
2Identify the specific business decision the rule-based system is making and document its limitations
3Collect and prepare historical labeled data that reflects past decisions and outcomes
4Deploy the model to make or support the business decision at scale, replacing the manual rules

Sample 4 · Multi-select

Select all that apply: Your company is reviewing an old internal reporting tool that almost no one uses anymore before starting a data center exit. You want to reduce ongoing costs and want to identify migration strategies that avoid moving the application to Google Cloud at all. Which two approaches fit this goal?

Select all that apply, then submit.

Sample 5 · Matching

Match each organizational requirement to the security concept it primarily reflects:

Pick up a response below, then click a prompt to place it.

Response pool — click to pick up

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Study links

Official material

Official Exam Guide — launching Aug 12, 2026 (Google)services.google.com Cloud Digital Leader Certification (Google Cloud)cloud.google.com Google Cloud Skills Boost — Cloud Digital Leader learning pathcloudskillsboost.google

FAQ

The things people ask about CDL

How many questions are on the CDL exam, and how long is it?

50 questions in 90 minutes.

What score do you need to pass CDL?

70%, a scaled score of 700.

What does CDL cover?

6 domains, weighted as the exam weights them: Digital Transformation with Google Cloud (18%), Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud (18%), Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence (18%), Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud (18%), Trust and Security with Google Cloud (18%) and Scaling with Google Cloud Operations (10%). Your readiness map in the app is organised by the same domains, so what you study against is what the exam tests.

What question formats does CDL use?

Five formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select and matching. The practice questions use every one of them, and the sample on this page shows one of each.

Is CDL free on Preppio.ai?

Yes. CDL is one of the three exams that are always free, with AZ-900 and CLF-C02: a starter allowance of generated questions, drills, Winston reviews and Ask Winston, no card to enter and no trial clock.

Where do the CDL practice questions come from?

Every question is generated from the exam's published objectives, then checked for accuracy, answer key and explanation before it is served. Nothing is copied from any exam, questions rotate by how often they have been seen, and they are retired when the objectives change.

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