CKAD 2025 Exam Questions & Answers - Practice Simulator

Complete practice environment for 20 CKAD 2025 exam questions extracted from verified candidate reports.

Source: Verified 2025 CKAD candidate reports (May-December 2025) Total Questions: 20

Prerequisites

• Access to a Kubernetes cluster (k3s, kind, minikube, or any dev cluster)
• kubectl configured and working
• podman or docker for container image questions
• Metrics server for resource monitoring questions (optional, verification will adapt)

Quick Start

cd CKAD-2025-Exam

# List all available questions
./scripts/run-question.sh list

# Start a question (sets up environment + shows question)
./scripts/run-question.sh Question-01-Ingress-Creation

# Verify your answer
./scripts/run-question.sh Question-01-Ingress-Creation verify

# View solution if stuck
./scripts/run-question.sh Question-01-Ingress-Creation solution

# Reset/cleanup
./scripts/run-question.sh Question-01-Ingress-Creation reset

Questions Overview

#	Question	Domain	Weight
1	Ingress Creation	Services & Networking	~7%
2	Fix Broken Ingress (404 Error)	Services & Networking	~5%
3	Fix Broken Deployment (Incorrect Secret)	Application Deployment	~5%
4	NetworkPolicy - Adjust Pod Labels	Services & Networking	~7%
5	ResourceQuota Compliance	Configuration and Security	~5%
6	CronJob Configuration	Application Design and Build	~7%
7	ServiceAccount Selection	Configuration and Security	~5%
8	Canary Deployment	Application Deployment	~8%
9	Multi-Container Sidecar Pod	Application Design and Build	~7%
10	Expose Deployment with NodePort	Services & Networking	~5%
11	Deployment Debugging	Application Deployment	~8%
12	Fix Deprecated API Version	Application Deployment	~5%
13	Liveness & Readiness Probes	Application Observability	~7%
14	Create Job with Failure Policy	Application Design and Build	~5%
15	Docker Build + Export to OCI Format	Application Design and Build	~4%
16	Service Selector Fix	Services & Networking	~5%
17	SecurityContext Configuration	Configuration and Security	~7%
18	RBAC - Fix Forbidden Error	Configuration and Security	~8%
19	Pod with Command (Keep Running)	Application Design and Build	~4%
20	Create Secret with Multiple Keys	Configuration and Security	~7%

Workflow

1. Setup: ./scripts/run-question.sh Question-XX - Creates resources and shows question
2. Solve: Use kubectl to complete the task
3. Verify: ./scripts/run-question.sh Question-XX verify - Check your answer
4. Solution: ./scripts/run-question.sh Question-XX solution - View solution if stuck
5. Reset: ./scripts/run-question.sh Question-XX reset - Clean up before next attempt

Directory Structure

CKAD-2025-Exam/
├── scripts/
│   └── run-question.sh      # Main runner script
├── Question-01-Ingress-Creation/
│   ├── setup.sh             # Environment setup
│   ├── question.txt         # Question text
│   ├── verify.sh            # Answer verification
│   ├── solution.sh          # Solution with explanations
│   └── reset.sh             # Cleanup script
├── Question-02-Fix-Broken-Ingress/
│   └── ...
└── README.md

Exam Tips

1. Always switch context first before answering any question
2. Use imperative commands when possible to save time
3. Use K8s documentation - know search keywords
4. Verify your work - always check pods are running
5. Practice Linux commands - sort, awk, grep, head are essential

Commands Cheat Sheet

# Context
kubectl config use-context <context>

# Create resources
kubectl create secret generic <n> --from-literal=key=value
kubectl create ns <namespace>
kubectl run <pod> --image=<image> --port=<port>

# Edit & Update
kubectl edit deployment <n> -n <ns>
kubectl set image deployment/<n> <container>=<image>
kubectl scale deployment <n> --replicas=N

# Rollouts
kubectl rollout status deployment/<n>
kubectl rollout history deployment/<n>
kubectl rollout undo deployment/<n>

# Debug
kubectl logs <pod> -n <ns>
kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/sh
kubectl describe pod <pod> -n <ns>
kubectl top pod -n <ns>

# RBAC
kubectl auth can-i <verb> <resource> --as=system:serviceaccount:<ns>:<sa>

# Ingress
kubectl create ingress <name> --rule="host/path=svc:port"

# NetworkPolicy
kubectl label pod <pod> <key>=<value>

Source

Questions compiled from verified 2025 CKAD candidate reports from various sources including:

• KodeKloud Community
• Tech With Mohamed
• Pass4Success
• LinuxDataHub
• Multiple Reddit and forum testimonials