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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist CKS Practice Test

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Q1Cluster Setupeasy
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A team needs to set up a highly available Kubernetes control plane across three availability zones. What is the minimum number of etcd members required to achieve fault tolerance against one zone failure?

A5
B1
3Correct
D7

For a highly available Kubernetes control plane across three availability zones, the etcd cluster must tolerate the loss of one entire zone. With three etcd members, one per zone, the cluster requires a majority (2) to form quorum. If one zone fails, the remaining two members sti…Read full explanation

Q2Cluster Setupmedium
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A security audit reveals that the kube-apiserver is using the default insecure port 8080 on a production cluster. Which is the most secure and recommended remediation?

AChange the --insecure-port flag to 0
Set --insecure-port=0 and ensure --secure-port=6443 is configuredCorrect
CSet --insecure-port=6443
DSet --secure-port=8080

Setting `--insecure-port=0` disables the unencrypted HTTP port (default 8080), which eliminates the risk of unauthenticated access to the API server. Ensuring `--secure-port=6443` is configured enforces TLS-encrypted communication on the standard secure port, which is the only re…Read full explanation

Q3Cluster Setuphard
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During a cluster upgrade, the kubelet on a worker node fails to start after updating the kubelet binary. The kubelet logs show: 'failed to load bootstrap client certificate: open /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem: no such file or directory'. What is the most likely cause?

AThe kubelet's node IP has changed
BThe kubelet's certificate has expired
CThe kubelet is using an outdated kubeconfig
The bootstrap kubeconfig file is missing or misconfiguredCorrect

The error 'failed to load bootstrap client certificate: open /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem: no such file or directory' indicates that the kubelet cannot find the bootstrap client certificate file. This file is generated from the bootstrap kubeconfig file during …Read full explanation

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