200-901 Application Deployment and Security Practice Question
Which THREE options are valid methods to expose a Kubernetes service to external traffic?
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
✓
NodePort
NodePort exposes on each node's IP, LoadBalancer creates external load balancer, Ingress provides HTTP routing. ClusterIP is internal only, ExternalName maps to DNS record.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
ExternalName
Why it's wrong here
ExternalName maps to an external DNS name, not direct exposure.
- ✓
NodePort
Why this is correct
NodePort exposes on node port.
- ✗
ClusterIP
Why it's wrong here
ClusterIP is only cluster-internal.
- ✓
Ingress
Why this is correct
Ingress provides HTTP/HTTPS routing to services.
- ✓
LoadBalancer
Why this is correct
LoadBalancer provisions external load balancer.
Visual reference
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
Courseiva writes every 200-901 question from scratch — 989 in total, each with an explanation and a wrong-answer breakdown. None are copied from real exams or 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.