CNCF · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official CNCF CKS 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 Monitoring Logging and Runtime Security domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Monitoring Logging and Runtime Security questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cluster Setup and Hardening domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cluster Setup and Hardening questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the System Hardening domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice System Hardening questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Supply Chain Security domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Supply Chain Security questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cluster Setup domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cluster Setup questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Cluster Hardening domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Cluster Hardening 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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