Kubernetes Quiz: Pods, Nodes & Clusters Mastery

1. What is a namespace used for in Kubernetes?

Isolate resources and manage access

Store persistent data

Define pod networking rules

Encrypt communication channels

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3. What role does the API server play in the control plane?

Execute kubelet commands

Expose Kubernetes API and process requests

Run application containers

Monitor node health

4. True or False: StatefulSets maintain stable pod identities across restarts.

True

False

5. Which API object exposes pods to external traffic?

ConfigMap

Ingress

Secret

PersistentVolume

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7. What is the purpose of a DaemonSet in Kubernetes?

Run a pod on every node

Schedule batch jobs

Balance load across services

Store configuration data

8. True or False: kube-proxy manages pod-to-pod networking directly.

True

False

9. Which object defines desired state for application deployment and updates?

Pod

Node

Deployment

Namespace

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11. What is the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes?

Node

Pod

Container

Cluster

12. True or False: Nodes automatically join a Kubernetes cluster without registration.

True

False

13. Which controller ensures a specified number of pod replicas are running?

Job controller

ReplicaSet

Ingress controller

StatefulSet controller

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15. What does etcd store in a Kubernetes cluster?

Container images

All cluster state and configuration data

Pod logs and metrics

Network policies only

16. Which Kubernetes object manages a set of identical pods?

Service

StatefulSet

Deployment

DaemonSet

17. True or False: Multiple containers can run in a single pod.

True

False

18. What is the primary role of a node in Kubernetes?

Store cluster configuration data

Run application pods

Manage API requests

Monitor cluster health

19. Which component schedules pods onto nodes?

Kubelet

Kube-scheduler

Kube-proxy

Etcd

20. A Kubernetes cluster consists of which two main components?

Pods and containers

Control plane and worker nodes

Services and deployments

Namespaces and volumes

Kubernetes Quiz: Can You Master Pods, Nodes & Clusters?

1. What is a namespace used for in Kubernetes?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Containers in a pod share the same ______ namespace.

3. What role does the API server play in the control plane?

4. True or False: StatefulSets maintain stable pod identities across restarts.

5. Which API object exposes pods to external traffic?

6. A pod's lifecycle begins in the ______ phase.

7. What is the purpose of a DaemonSet in Kubernetes?

8. True or False: kube-proxy manages pod-to-pod networking directly.

9. Which object defines desired state for application deployment and updates?

10. The kubelet is responsible for ______ on each worker node.

11. What is the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes?

12. True or False: Nodes automatically join a Kubernetes cluster without registration.

13. Which controller ensures a specified number of pod replicas are running?

14. A Kubernetes Service provides ______ to access pods.

15. What does etcd store in a Kubernetes cluster?

16. Which Kubernetes object manages a set of identical pods?

17. True or False: Multiple containers can run in a single pod.

18. What is the primary role of a node in Kubernetes?

19. Which component schedules pods onto nodes?

20. A Kubernetes cluster consists of which two main components?