Certified Kubernetes Application Developer practice exams
Original questions written from the published objectives and cited to official documentation, never recalled exam content. How we verify, why not dumps.
- Exam code
- CKAD
- Cost
- $445 USD
- Questions
- 15 to 20 hands-on tasks
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 66 percent
- Format
- Hands-on tasks against live clusters, open book against the Kubernetes docs
Fail and the retake is another $445. Practicing until you are ready is the cheapest part of this. Full cost breakdown.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
From the official published CNCF curriculum. Put your study time where the weight is.
- Application Design and Build20%
- Application Deployment20%
- Application Observability and Maintenance15%
- Application Environment, Configuration and Security25%
- Services and Networking20%
Coverage by domain
21 verified- Application Design and Build3 / 20% of exam
- Application Deployment4 / 20% of exam
- Application Observability and Maintenance3 / 15% of exam
- Application Environment, Configuration and Security8 / 25% of exam
- Services and Networking3 / 20% of exam
Open now. One complete practice exam, 15 questions and Quick Practice on all 21 verified questions.
Opens next. Domain Drill opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Application Design and Build, Application Deployment, Application Observability and Maintenance, Application Environment, Configuration and Security and Services and Networking.
Every question here is verified against vendor documentation before it serves, which is why the count grows slowly.
What the exam actually asks you to do
Entirely hands-on: tasks in a terminal against live clusters, open book against the Kubernetes documentation. No multiple choice at all.
- Performance-based
The highlighted formats are the ones you cannot answer from memory alone. Linux Foundation, CKAD exam details ↗
CKAD practice exams
Full-length forms, 15 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings so every one stands alone as a representative sample. The questions in a numbered form are fixed, so two attempts on the same form are comparable.
Practice Exam 1
- Questions
- 15
- Time limit
- 120 min
Sit it under exam conditions, with the clock running and nothing revealed until you submit, or in study mode, with the full explanation after every answer. You choose when you start it.
The first 5 questions are free. No account, no card.
Still being written. Domain Drill opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Application Design and Build, Application Deployment, Application Observability and Maintenance, Application Environment, Configuration and Security and Services and Networking.
Between sittings
Between sittings, on the same bank the forms are assembled from.
- Quick PracticeOpen now on all 21 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
- Domain DrillOpens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Application Design and Build, Application Deployment, Application Observability and Maintenance, Application Environment, Configuration and Security, Services and Networking.
- Review MissedRe-asks the questions you got wrong. Fills as you practice; nothing to review until you miss something.
Where CKAD fits
An honest study plan
1. Read the official objectives first
Download the official objectives from Linux Foundation / CNCF and skim every line. The exam can only test what’s listed there, it’s the contract.
2. Weight your study toward Application Environment, Configuration and Security and Application Design and Build
Together the top two domains are 45% of the exam. Practice them until your accuracy is consistently above 80%.
3. Drill weak domains, then sit a numbered practice exam
Use Domain Drill on your weakest areas, then sit a full-length form under exam conditions: 15 questions in 120 minutes, scored against the published pass mark. Book the real exam when you are consistently clearing that, not before.
Official free resources
Study from the source. These are Linux Foundation / CNCF’s own materials:
Official CKAD exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
Free CKAD practice test
Ten real questions, playable now. No account, no card.
CKAD passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
How hard is CKAD?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
Frequently asked questions
CKAD or CKA first?
CKAD is the developer's exam: building and running applications on a cluster somebody else operates. CKA is the operator's. Take CKAD if you deploy to Kubernetes, CKA if you run it, and note the exams share the terminal-only format.
Is CKAD hands-on like CKA?
Yes, tasks in a terminal against live clusters, open book against the Kubernetes documentation, with a free retake included in registration. Speed with kubectl and generated manifests decides outcomes.
What dominates the CKAD curriculum?
Application environment, configuration and security at 25 percent: ConfigMaps, Secrets, SecurityContexts, resource requirements and ServiceAccounts. It is the domain that punishes portal-style familiarity with no YAML fluency.
Ready to practice for CKAD?
The first five questions of every practice exam, plus 10 questions per certification in bank practice, with no account. Full explanations on every single one.
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