CKAD · Executor
17 questions in four 30-minute sections, 100 points. Score above 70% to unlock the next. CronJobs, HPA, Helm, NetworkPolicy, ResourceQuota, Kustomize canary.
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Sign in to open CKAD · Executor17 weighted questions, 100 points, four 30-minute sections. Section 1 is open; score above 70% to unlock the next. CronJobs, SecurityContext, HPA, Helm, NetworkPolicy, ResourceQuota, LimitRange, Secrets, PV/PVC, logging sidecar, Kustomize canary. Live Kubernetes cluster in the browser. The timer keeps running if you close the tab.
Questions, terminal and scoring stay in English, like the official CKAD.
Aligned with CKAD on Kubernetes 1.35. Last reviewed 14 Aug 2026.
- 01 Section 1 — Q1–Q5, 30 minutes Lock
- 02 Section 2 — Q6–Q9, 30 minutes Lock
- 03 Section 3 — Q10–Q13, 30 minutes Lock
- 04 Section 4 — Q14–Q17, 30 minutes Lock
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20%
Application Design and Build Jobs and CronJobs, multi-container Pods, volumes, SecurityContext.
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20%
Application Deployment Deployments, rollouts, canary patterns, Helm, Kustomize, HPA.
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15%
Application Observability and Maintenance Probes, logs, debugging a running workload.
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25%
Application Environment, Configuration and Security ConfigMaps, Secrets, ResourceQuota, LimitRange, labels.
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20%
Services and Networking Services, NetworkPolicies, in-cluster DNS.
What is on this exam?
17 questions, 100 points, four 30-minute sections. CronJobs, HPA, Helm, NetworkPolicy, ResourceQuota, LimitRange, Secrets, volumes, a logging sidecar, a Kustomize canary. Section 1 is open; score above 70% to unlock the next.
How many questions?
17 weighted questions, 100 points, four 30-minute sections.
Can I pause the timer?
No. Each section is 30 minutes and keeps running even if you close the tab — same idea as exam day.
How is scoring done?
The cluster is graded for you about every five minutes, and you can request a score anytime. Partial credit is per subtask.