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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Cram Sheet (2026)
The highest-yield points on the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)exam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.
120 mintime limit
66%to pass
5content areas
Cluster Architecture, Installation, and Configuration
25% of the exam- Control plane and node components
- etcd and backups
- RBAC and access control
- kubeadm and static Pods
Workloads and Scheduling
15% of the exam- Choosing the right workload controller
- Rolling updates and rollbacks
- Requests, limits, taints, and tolerations
Services and Networking
20% of the exam- The flat network model
- Service types and DNS
- Ingress and NetworkPolicy
Storage
10% of the exam- Volumes, PVs, and PVCs
- StorageClasses and dynamic provisioning
- Reclaim policies and access modes
Troubleshooting
30% of the exam- Diagnosing Pod problems
- Node and control-plane failures
- Safe maintenance with drain and cordon
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