CKACertified Kubernetes Administrator

Practice Exam 1

The first 5 of 15 questions, free. The explanation on every one of them is free too, at every tier, and always will be.

  1. Question 1 of 15

    Static podsCluster Architecture, Installation and ConfigurationHard

    Before editing a control plane manifest you copy it to kube-apiserver.yaml.backup inside /etc/kubernetes/manifests. What does the kubelet do with that backup file?

  2. Question 2 of 15

    Cluster lifecycle and upgradesCluster Architecture, Installation and ConfigurationModerate

    An engineer upgrades a worker node's kubelet from 1.35 to 1.36 and restarts the service while the node's pods keep running. Which required step was skipped?

  3. Question 3 of 15

    etcd backup and restoreCluster Architecture, Installation and ConfigurationEasy

    You have an etcd snapshot file on a control plane node and need to restore it into a new data directory. Which tool does current guidance point you at?

  4. Question 4 of 15

    Cluster lifecycle and upgradesCluster Architecture, Installation and ConfigurationModerate

    A control plane node lost power midway through kubeadm upgrade apply and the automatic rollback did not run. Where are the pre-upgrade static Pod manifests kept?

  5. Question 5 of 15

    Resource requests and limitsWorkloads and SchedulingHard

    During peak traffic a container sits at its CPU limit. Response times climb and its restart count has not moved. What is the kernel doing to that container?

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The remaining 10 questions are the rest of this form: same 120 minute clock, same 66 cut score, and the same explanation on every question, which is never behind the wall. Practice Exam 1 of 2 on CKA.

What the rest of this exam covers

  • Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration4 questions / 25% of the exam
  • Workloads and Scheduling2 questions / 15% of the exam
  • Services and Networking3 questions / 20% of the exam
  • Storage2 questions / 10% of the exam
  • Troubleshooting4 questions / 30% of the exam

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