200-901 Application Deployment and Security Practice Question
Which TWO Kubernetes resources are used to provide configuration data to pods? (Choose TWO.)
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Secret
ConfigMap for non-sensitive data and Secret for sensitive data are both used to inject configuration into pods.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Secret
Why this is correct
Secret stores sensitive data like passwords or API keys.
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PersistentVolumeClaim
Why it's wrong here
PersistentVolumeClaim is for storage, not configuration.
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ConfigMap
Why this is correct
ConfigMap stores non-sensitive configuration data.
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Deployment
Why it's wrong here
Deployment manages replicas, not configuration data.
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Service
Why it's wrong here
Service provides network abstraction, not configuration.
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