Google Data Analytics Certificate Practice Test

The Google Data Analytics Certificate Practice Test is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests the skills taught in the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate — the data analysis process (ask, prepare, process, analyze, share, act), cleaning data in spreadsheets and SQL, analysing with SQL and spreadsheets, and visualising and communicating with Tableau and R — written to the certificate's course outline, BigQuery and Tableau documentation for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Google Data Analytics Readiness certificate (SOA-GDA). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (course outline) (Google Career Certificates (Coursera)), BigQuery GoogleSQL reference (Google Cloud), R for Data Science (2nd edition) (Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel and Garrett Grolemund) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Yes. Science of Apps has a free Google Data Analytics Certificate Practice Test built on the current Google exam outline for 2026 and 2027. It covers data analysis process and thinking, cleaning data in spreadsheets and SQL, analysing data with SQL and spreadsheets and visualising and sharing insights with tableau and r, scores you instantly and issues a verifiable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Google Data Analytics Readiness certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (course outline) (Google Career Certificates (Coursera)); BigQuery GoogleSQL reference (Google Cloud); R for Data Science (2nd edition) (Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel and Garrett Grolemund); Tableau Desktop and Tableau Public help (Tableau (Salesforce)). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Data Analysis Process and Thinking (Six phases, Asking good questions and Data types and bias); Cleaning Data in Spreadsheets and SQL (Data integrity, Cleaning functions and Documentation); Analysing Data with SQL and Spreadsheets (Aggregation, Joins and Lookups and pivots); Visualising and Sharing Insights with Tableau and R (Charts, Dashboards and R basics). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Aspiring data analyst, Junior data analyst, Business or operations analyst, Marketing analyst and Career changer into analytics. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Google Data Analytics Certificate knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

No single proctored exam. It is a series of courses on Coursera with graded quizzes and a case-study capstone; you earn the certificate by completing every course. This practice test checks the same skills in one place.

Spreadsheets (Google Sheets and Excel), SQL with BigQuery, Tableau for visualisation and R with RStudio and the tidyverse, plus the six-phase data analysis process.

No. It is an independent practice test written to the publicly available Google Data Analytics Certificate content outline for 2026 and 2027, for checking your readiness before you book the real exam. Passing earns a Science of Apps certificate rather than the official credential.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.