Free CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) practice questions
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598 questions in the full bank · Bank updated July 2026
Question 01
What does 'kubeadm reset' do when run on a node being decommissioned?
Question 02
You need to add the Bitnami chart repo and refresh the local index before searching. Which sequence is correct?
Question 03
You want a Deployment's Pods to spread across availability zones with a soft preference, tolerating imbalance when a zone is full. Which topologySpreadConstraint setting expresses the soft behavior?
Question 04
A configMapGenerator produces a ConfigMap named 'app-config-6ct58bh2b9'. Why does Kustomize append the hash suffix by default?
Question 05
In the Kubernetes API request pipeline, what is the correct order of the three decision stages?
Question 06
Which statement about NetworkPolicy scope is correct?
Question 07
Which files/directories are core to a Helm chart's structure?
Question 08
`kubectl rollout status deployment/web` hangs, then reports: `error: deployment "web" exceeded its progress deadline`. New Pods are in CrashLoopBackOff. Which field triggered this message?
Question 09
The kube-scheduler decides where a Pod should run. What does it actually do to place the Pod on the chosen node?
Question 10
A distroless Pod's ephemeral debug container attaches successfully with kubectl debug, but you cannot see the app's process files under /proc. What must be true for the debug container to share the target's process namespace?
Question 11
You must ensure that only ONE pod in the entire cluster can ever mount a particular database volume read-write, even if a second pod lands on the same node. Which access mode do you request?
Question 12
You want a PVC to use pre-provisioned static PVs only and never trigger dynamic provisioning, even though a default StorageClass exists. Which PVC setting achieves this?
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