200-901 Application Deployment and Security Practice Question
A Kubernetes Service must expose a pod running a database to other pods in the same cluster, but not externally. Which Service type should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
ClusterIP
ClusterIP exposes the service on a cluster-internal IP, making it accessible only within the cluster.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
ClusterIP
Why this is correct
ClusterIP is the default and only accessible from within the cluster.
- ✗
LoadBalancer
Why it's wrong here
LoadBalancer exposes the service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer.
- ✗
ExternalName
Why it's wrong here
ExternalName maps the service to an external DNS name, not a cluster-internal endpoint.
- ✗
NodePort
Why it's wrong here
NodePort exposes the service on each node's IP at a static port, accessible externally.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
This 200-901 question is part of Courseiva's 989-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This 200-901 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Cisco certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the 200-901 exam.