New CKA 2026: 17 Real Exam Questions with Solutions

Configure a new HPA for the Apache server in the autoscale namespace, targeting 50% CPU per pod with 1–4 pods and a 30-second downscale stabilization window.

Configure Argo CD with helm by adding Argo CD repo, generating a helm template for 7.7.3, setting CRDs install to false, and saving Argo CD.yaml in the Argo CD namespace.

Scale WordPress to zero, edit the deployment, divide node resources evenly across three pods with equal CPU and memory requests and limits and overhead, then scale back to three.

Create a priority class named HighPriorityForUserWorkload with a value just below the critical priority, then apply it to the BusyBoxLogger deployment in the priority namespace to roll out successfully.

Install a Debian package and set up CRI docker, enable and start docker service, and configure sysctl parameters for bridging, ip forwarding, and net filters to meet exam requirements.

Create a storage class named storage class with provisioner rancher.io local path, set volume binding mode to wait for first consumer, and designate it as the default class.

Explore how to list cert-manager CRDs with kubectl, save to resource.yaml, and extract subject specification documentation for certificate resources into subject.yaml using grep and kubectl explain.

Expose the notepad deployment as a nodeport service on port 80 using tcp and https, after adding container port 80 to the deployment, and then verify the notepad service.

Configure a MariaDB pvc in the MariaDB namespace with 250mi storage and read-write-once. Modify MariaDB.yaml to reference the pvc, apply, and verify the pod runs.