CNCF · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official CNCF CKA exam covers 8 domains. The vendor does not publish percentage weights for these domains — treat each as an equal part of the exam blueprint.
Covers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Services and Networking domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Services and Networking questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Workloads and Scheduling domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Workloads and Scheduling questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Storage domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Storage questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Troubleshooting domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Troubleshooting questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Workloads & Scheduling domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Workloads & Scheduling questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Services & Networking domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Services & Networking questionsThe vendor does not currently publish percentage weights for these domains, so Courseiva does not rank them by weight.
Work through each domain systematically — cover fundamentals first, then applied and scenario-based topics.
Never skip a domain regardless of perceived importance. Full coverage is required to pass.
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