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Containers and Runtimes Questions

Practice questions for Containers and Runtimes topic in Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate. 24 questions covering this domain.

24 questions12 easy7 medium5 hard
Q1
easy

Which of the following is a container runtime commonly used with Kubernetes?

Q2
medium

Why does Kubernetes use the Container Runtime Interface, or CRI?

Q3
easy

What is the primary role of a container registry in a cloud native workflow?

Q4
medium

A team migrating from Docker to a Kubernetes cluster needs to choose a container runtime. They want one designed specifically to implement Kubernetes ...

Q5
easy

Which low-level container runtime is responsible for actually creating and running containers by invoking Linux kernel features such as namespaces and...

Q6
hard

A security team wants to ensure that container images used in production are signed and that unsigned images are rejected at admission time. Which con...

Q7
medium

After upgrading to Kubernetes 1.24, a team is surprised that kubelet no longer manages CNI plugins for them. Which component responsibility should the...

Q8
easy

A node image is being prepared for Kubernetes networking. Besides the main plugin, which CNI plugin capability is explicitly required on every node?

Q9
hard

Pods using hostPort fail on a cluster where the base CNI networking works. Which plugin is commonly needed to support hostPort mappings?

Q10
hard

A security team expects identical NetworkPolicy behavior for Pods using hostNetwork across every plugin. What do the docs say?

Q11
easy

A runtime team is adding Kubernetes-compatible Pod networking. Which plugin model should they integrate with?

Q12
easy

A team applies several NetworkPolicies, but traffic behavior never changes in the cluster. What is the most likely explanation?

Q13
easy

Which OCI specification defines the configuration, execution environment, and lifecycle of a container?

Q14
easy

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between OCI Image Spec, OCI Runtime Spec, and a container runtime like containerd?

Q15
medium

A container image follows the OCI Image Spec but is stored in a registry. When a kubelet pulls and runs this image, which component interprets the ima...

Q16
medium

A containerized application needs to read container runtime metrics (e.g., memory usage). The container runtime is containerd. Which interface or file...

Q17
easy

A Kubernetes cluster uses containerd as the container runtime. Which lower-level component does containerd delegate to for actually creating and runni...

Q18
easy

Which of the following is a role of the Container Runtime Interface (CRI) in Kubernetes?

Q19
hard

A platform team plans to replace containerd with CRI-O on worker nodes but wants Kubernetes manifests and kubelet behavior to remain the same. What ma...

Q20
medium

A container repeatedly hits its memory limit even though the node still has free RAM. Which Linux mechanism actually enforces the container's resource...

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