KCNA Container Orchestration Practice Question
A Kubernetes Deployment manages a set of pods. What is the primary purpose of a Deployment?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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To declare the desired state for a set of pods and manage rolling updates
A Deployment provides declarative updates for Pods and ReplicaSets, enabling rolling updates and rollbacks.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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To declare the desired state for a set of pods and manage rolling updates
Why this is correct
Deployments handle declarative updates.
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To store configuration data as key-value pairs
Why it's wrong here
That's a ConfigMap.
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To run a batch job to completion
Why it's wrong here
That's a Job.
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To expose a set of pods as a network service
Why it's wrong here
That's a Service.
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Kubernetes Overview and Core Components
Key term
Kubernetes API Primitives
Kubernetes API Primitives are the basic building blocks that the Kubernetes API uses to represent and manage the state of a cluster, such as Pods, Services, Deployments, and Namespaces.
Key term
ReplicaSet and Replication
A ReplicaSet ensures a specified number of identical pod instances are running at all times in Kubernetes, using replication to maintain availability and stability.
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