Certified Kubernetes Application Developer practice questions
CKAD is graded on what you do, not what you recognize.
Entirely hands-on: tasks in a terminal against live clusters, open book against the Kubernetes documentation. No multiple choice at all.
What is below is a concepts check: CKAD questions that teach the facts the exam assumes you already hold. It is preparation for the exam, and it is not a simulation of it. We do not sell a practice exam for CKAD, and we will not until we can grade a task the way the real exam does.
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
- $445USD
- Questions
- 15 to 20hands-on tasks
- Duration
- 120minutes
- Passing score
- 66percent
- Level
- Mid level
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 15official pages
- Format
- Hands-on tasks against live clusters, open book against the Kubernetes docs
A Service manifest names no type at all. Which type does it get?
The answer
ClusterIP
Checked against
kubernetes.io, checked August 2026…ice named "my-service" with the default ClusterIP service type.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- Application Design and Build20%10 verified
- Application Deployment20%11 verified
- Application Observability and Maintenance15%8 verified
- Application Environment, Configuration and Security25%12 verified
- Services and Networking20%8 verified
Open now. Quick Practice on all 49 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 and Services and Networking.
Every question here is checked against the official page it cites 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.
Item formats
- Performance-based
The highlighted formats are the ones you cannot answer from memory alone. Linux Foundation, CKAD exam details ↗
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
Open now
All 49 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
Opens later
Opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Application Design and Build, Application Deployment, Application Observability and Maintenance, Services and Networking.
Review Missed
Fills as you go
Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.
Linux Foundation / CNCF’s free resources
Study from the source. The page below is free to read, and it is what our own questions are written from.
Official CKAD exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free CKAD practice test
10 original questions, playable now. No account, no card.
- CKAD exam format
How many questions, how long, what the items look like, and how long it stays valid.
- 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.
- What CKAD costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- CKAD guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
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.