Exam format

KCNA

What the KCNA exam looks like

KCNA has 60 questions in 90 minutes, multiple choice. Every figure on this page is read from the official exam page and linked to it.

How many questions, and how long

Linux Foundation / CNCF states 60 questions for KCNA, with a time limit of 90 minutes. That is about 1.5 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.

The count is fixed and the cut is a percentage of the marks, so the number you can miss follows from it.

What the questions look like

Multiple choice and multiple response only. No simulations, no labs, and nothing to configure.

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What passes

The passing score for KCNA is 75 percent.

What that score means, and how it is calculated

What this means for practice

Our KCNA practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 90-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.

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