KubeLab · CKA & CKAD mock exams
16 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Init containers, CronJobs, Helm, Kustomize, HPA, NetworkPolicy, NodePort, downward API.
22 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Jobs, probes, Helm, Deployments, Services, NetworkPolicy.
17 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. CronJobs, HPA, Helm, NetworkPolicy, ResourceQuota, Kustomize canary.
15 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Ingress, CRDs, RBAC, DaemonSet, StatefulSet, Helm rollback.
16 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. CrashLoop debug, StatefulSet PVCs, ClusterRole, Ingress TLS, PSA, ipBlock.
18 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. The task types the real CKA asks most: Helm without CRDs, cri-dockerd, kubeadm upgrade, etcd restore, Gateway API.
17 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Troubleshooting and networking heavy: multi-layer faults, broken DNS, kube-proxy, controller-manager.
18 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Cluster lifecycle, HA control plane, admission control and Gateway API traffic management.
18 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. The final boss: constraints, multi-fault control planes, cross-namespace Gateway API.
Timed labs on one topic. Not a CKAD or CKA mock exam.
10 Helm tasks in two 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Repo search, install, values files, upgrade, rollback, a stuck release.
10 Kustomize tasks in two 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. Labels, images, generators, patches, overlays, a canary split.
Timed CKA and CKAD practice on a real isolated Kubernetes cluster in your browser. One mock is free: 16 questions, four 30-minute sections, live scoring. Subscribe for the other eight: four CKAD, four CKA.
The simulator itself is in English — same as the official CKAD.
CKA labs run Kubernetes 1.35; CKAD, Helm and Kustomize labs run 1.34. The exam now runs 1.37. Last reviewed 31 Oct 2026.
Open the mock in the browser. You can read the first section before creating an account.
Create a free account and your cluster starts right away, with kubectl and helm. The section timer runs from the moment the cluster is up.
Work the section in 30 minutes. Scoring runs on the live cluster. Score above 70% to open the next. Subscribe for the other eight mocks.
You work real objects with kubectl against the current CKAD domains. One mock is free. The other eight, CKAD and CKA, are the subscription.
Reference — Kubernetes YAML examples you can paste: Deployment, Service, ingress.yaml, emptyDir, Dockerfile.
Cards — free CKAD, CKA, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA decks. Anki-style review, no subscription.
Compare — how KubeLab differs from Killer Shell, KillerCoda, and a copy of the exam desktop.
killer.sh alternative — timed CKA and CKAD mocks for the weeks before the two included sessions.
Free CKAD mock exam — 16 questions on a live cluster, free with an account.
KubeLab runs CKAD and CKA mock exams on a real Kubernetes cluster in your browser. kubectl and helm, timed sections, live scoring. One mock is free.
A free account opens one full mock: 16 questions in four 30-minute sections, live scoring on a live cluster. Flashcards stay free. Subscribe for the other eight mocks.
Yes. Each attempt gives you a fresh isolated Kubernetes cluster in your browser. You work with kubectl and helm the way you would on the official CKAD. No local install, no cloud account.
Same kind of work: a live cluster, kubectl and helm, weighted questions, a timer that does not pause if you close the tab. Five CKAD mocks, 15 to 22 questions, and four CKA mocks, 17 or 18 questions. Four 30-minute sections and 100 points each. Score above 70% to unlock the next section. One mock is free. It is practice, not the official exam.
A browser and a free account. No local install. Like exam day, the terminal cannot reach the public internet — images and Helm charts are already on the cluster.
€15 per month, cancel anytime. It unlocks the other eight mocks, CKAD and CKA — live rubric, retakes while you are subscribed. The free mock stays. No team plan.
CKA labs run Kubernetes 1.35, CKAD/Helm/Kustomize labs run 1.34; the exams run 1.37. Both are being upgraded to 1.37. The exam topics are unchanged between these versions.
