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KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question

A development team wants to adopt a cloud-native architecture for a new application. Which set of principles BEST describes the cloud-native approach?

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

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Microservices, containers, dynamic orchestration, and DevOps

Cloud-native architectures leverage microservices, containers, dynamic orchestration, and DevOps to enable scalable, resilient applications.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✓

    Microservices, containers, dynamic orchestration, and DevOps

    Why this is correct

    These are the core cloud-native principles as defined by the CNCF.

  • ✗

    Service-oriented architecture, bare-metal servers, static scaling, and Agile

    Why it's wrong here

    While Agile is modern, bare-metal and static scaling are not cloud-native.

  • ✗

    Monolithic applications, virtual machines, manual scaling, and waterfall development

    Why it's wrong here

    These are traditional, not cloud-native, principles.

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    Serverless functions, virtual machines, manual provisioning, and ITIL

    Why it's wrong here

    Serverless is cloud-native but virtual machines and manual provisioning are not.

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