Create Assessment & Mock Exams

[pooja-bhavani]

Design practical, scenario-based quizzes and YAML challenges for each module. Prepare mock exams reflecting real-world failures, CKA exam domains, and error investigation.

Core Scenarios:

• Troubleshoot broken pod/deployment (Pending, CrashLoopBackOff, image/eviction issues)

• Troubleshoot node issues (NotReady, cordoned, resource pressure)

• Diagnose failed Service (ClusterIP/NodePort/LoadBalancer) and fix networking/CoreDNS issues

• Fix misconfigured RBAC: recover failed RoleBinding, ClusterRole errors

• Recover/restore cluster from etcd backup (control plane failure scenario)

• Troubleshoot jobs and CronJobs (failed runs, image pull errors)

• Storage troubleshooting: fix PV/PVC/StorageClass binding issues, simulate volume failures, reclaim data

• Test workload scheduling: PodAffinity, taints/tolerations, priority/preemption, unschedulable pods

Advanced/YAML Scenarios:

• Configure PodReplacementPolicy (v1.34), recover simulated failed jobs/pods

• Compare and improve multi-container pod efficiency (v1.33 vs v1.34—test DRA/volume enhancements)

• Migrate Ingress to Gateway API, troubleshoot route/HTTP failure

• Troubleshoot multi-container pod efficiency using v1.33/v1.34 differences

Assessment Extras:

• Include common error code guides and resolution steps

• Mini-exams (choose one scenario from each domain: architecture, networking, scheduling, storage, troubleshooting)