CNCF · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official CNCF CKAD exam covers 5 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 Application Design and Build domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Application Design and Build questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Application Deployment domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Application Deployment questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Application Environment, Configuration and Security domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Application Environment, Configuration and Security questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Application Observability and Maintenance domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Application Observability and Maintenance 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 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.
Use Courseiva domain analytics to track your accuracy per domain and route extra questions to your weak areas.
Courseiva tracks your accuracy per domain automatically and routes you toward your weakest areas — no manual configuration needed.