cka-sim/weak-spots-cka.md

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CKA weak spots

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Q01 · ARCH · RBAC for a deployment bot (1/1 failed, last 2/6 pts, 2026-09-06T22:07)

  • ✗ ServiceAccount rbac-app/deploy-bot exists
  • ✗ Role deploy-manager and RoleBinding deploy-bot-binding exist
  • ✗ deploy-bot can get/list/watch/create/update/patch/delete deployments

Q05 · ARCH · Static pod (1/1 failed, last 0/5 pts, 2026-09-06T22:07)

  • ✗ manifest containing static-web is in /etc/kubernetes/manifests on the node
  • ✗ mirror pod static-web- is Running
  • ✗ image is nginx:1.27

Q06 · ARCH · Certificates: expiry check and user CSR (1/1 failed, last 0/6 pts, 2026-09-06T22:07)

  • ✗ apiserver-expiry.txt records the real expiry month and year
  • ✗ CSR jane exists with signer kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client
  • ✗ CSR jane approved and certificate issued
  • ✗ jane can list pods in default (view) but not delete them

Q34 · ARCH · Discover a CRD field with kubectl explain (1/1 failed, last 0/4 pts, 2026-09-06T22:07)

  • ✗ path.txt has the correct field path
  • ✗ Gadget/sample created with the field = 4

Q41 · ARCH · Component versions (1/1 failed, last 0/4 pts, 2026-09-06T22:07)

  • ✗ apiserver and kubelet versions correct
  • ✗ etcd and runtime versions correct

Attempt matrix

Q Domain Title D1
1 ARCH RBAC for a deployment bot 2/6
2 ARCH etcd snapshot ·
3 ARCH Kustomize overlay ·
4 ARCH CustomResourceDefinition ·
5 ARCH Static pod 0/5
6 ARCH Certificates: expiry check and user CSR 0/6
7 WORK Rolling update & scaling ·
8 WORK Multi-container pod with shared volume ·
9 WORK Scheduling with node affinity and resources ·
10 WORK ConfigMap and Secret consumption ·
11 NET NetworkPolicy ·
12 NET NodePort Service ·
13 NET Ingress routing ·
14 NET Cluster DNS ·
15 STOR PersistentVolume, claim and pod ·
16 STOR Default StorageClass and dynamic provisioning ·
17 TSHOOT Node NotReady ·
18 TSHOOT Broken deployment and service ·
19 TSHOOT CrashLoopBackOff diagnosis ·
20 TSHOOT Control plane component failure ·
21 ARCH Helm release install and upgrade ·
22 NET Gateway API HTTPRoute ·
23 WORK metrics-server repair and HPA ·
24 WORK PriorityClass ·
25 WORK Taints and tolerations ·
26 WORK DaemonSet on every node ·
27 WORK CronJob with a manual run ·
28 WORK Init container prepares content ·
29 WORK Immutable ConfigMap rotation ·
30 NET Named ports ·
31 WORK Parallel Job ·
32 WORK ResourceQuota and LimitRange ·
33 ARCH Aggregated ClusterRole ·
34 ARCH Discover a CRD field with kubectl explain 0/4
35 STOR Re-bind a Released PersistentVolume ·
36 STOR Data survives the pod ·
37 TSHOOT Cluster DNS is broken ·
38 TSHOOT Deployments never create pods ·
39 TSHOOT kubelet misconfiguration ·
40 ARCH kubeadm join token ·
41 ARCH Component versions 0/4
42 NET Egress-only NetworkPolicy ·
43 NET Headless and ExternalName services ·
101 ARCH Exact RBAC with an existing over-grant ·
102 ARCH etcd restore ·
103 ARCH Static pod on a relocated manifest path ·
104 ARCH User onboarding to a working kubeconfig ·
105 ARCH Kustomize with generators and patches ·
106 ARCH CRD with validation and defaults ·
107 WORK Spread, tolerate, prioritise — under a quota ·
108 WORK Rollback to a specific revision, then pause ·
109 WORK Native sidecar with probes and an exact report ·
110 WORK Cluster audit to exact files ·
111 NET Zero-trust namespace ·
112 NET TLS Ingress with a generated certificate ·
113 NET Gateway API canary with header match ·
114 NET DNS down: three faults ·
115 STOR Bind the right local volume ·
116 STOR Migrate data between claims ·
117 TSHOOT Worker node: three things wrong ·
118 TSHOOT Two control-plane components down ·
119 TSHOOT Application down for four reasons ·
120 TSHOOT Cluster facts, exactly ·
121 WORK The context's namespace ·
122 ARCH Renew control-plane certificates ·
201 ARCH kubeconfig forensics ·
202 ARCH Helm chart with CRDs, then a custom resource ·
203 WORK Find the controller, then scale it ·
204 WORK Which Pods get evicted first ·
205 ARCH Kustomize: drop a ConfigMap, add an HPA, override in prod ·
206 STOR PV, PVC and a Deployment that mounts it ·
207 TSHOOT Resource usage scripts ·
208 ARCH Drain a node for maintenance ·
209 ARCH Query the API from inside a Pod ·
210 ARCH ServiceAccount limited to two resources ·
211 WORK DaemonSet on every node ·
212 WORK One Pod per node, on purpose ·
213 NET Convert an Ingress to Gateway API, then split on a header ·
214 ARCH Certificate expiry, two ways ·
215 NET Egress policy with paired destinations ·
216 NET CoreDNS: back up, extend, verify ·
217 TSHOOT Inspect a container with crictl ·
301 ARCH etcd configuration facts ·
302 NET Service rules on the node ·
303 NET A second Service CIDR ·
304 ARCH Bound tokens versus legacy tokens ·
305 WORK Schedule without the scheduler ·
306 STOR Grow a volume in place ·
307 TSHOOT Node accepts nothing new ·
308 ARCH API resource reference card ·
309 WORK A PodDisruptionBudget that blocks maintenance ·
310 NET Route to something outside the cluster ·
311 ARCH Image inventory across the cluster ·
312 WORK A Job that fails, then one that doesn't ·
313 NET Two hosts, TLS, and a default backend ·
314 TSHOOT A static pod that never starts ·
315 STOR Keep the data when the claim goes ·
316 ARCH Plan a control-plane upgrade ·
317 TSHOOT Certificates stop being issued ·

E = full exam, D = drill, · = not in that session, n/m = partial credit.