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How to approach drag and drop matching questions

Matching questions give you two columns — concepts, commands, or protocols on the left, and their definitions or use-cases on the right. You drag each left item to its correct match. These appear on most certification exams and punish superficial memorisation.

Quick answer

Drag and Drop Matching Questions questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Practice set

Practice scenarios

Question 1mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes resource to its primary purpose.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Smallest deployable unit containing one or more containers

Stable network endpoint to access a set of Pods

Stores non-sensitive configuration data as key-value pairs

Cluster-wide storage resource provisioned by an administrator

Manages external access to services, typically HTTP

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes security concept to its definition.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Identity for processes running in a pod

Role-based access control to authorize API requests

Specifies how groups of pods are allowed to communicate

Deprecated but formerly controlled security-sensitive pod settings

Stores sensitive data like passwords and tokens

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes networking concept to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
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Default service type; exposes service on a cluster-internal IP

Exposes service on each node's IP at a static port

Exposes service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer

Service without a cluster IP; used for direct pod-to-pod communication

Implements traffic routing rules defined by Ingress resources

Match each cloud native concept to its definition.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Lightweight, standalone executable package that includes everything needed

Architectural style that structures an app as a collection of loosely coupled services

Automated configuration, coordination, and management of containers

Approach where servers are never modified after deployment; replaced instead

Specifying the desired state, letting the system achieve and maintain it

Question 5mediummatching
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Match each CNCF project to its primary function.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Monitoring and alerting toolkit

High-performance proxy for service mesh

Package manager for Kubernetes

Distributed key-value store for cluster state

DNS server for service discovery in Kubernetes

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes storage concept to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Request for storage by a user, referencing a PersistentVolume

Describes classes of storage with different QoS, backup policies, etc.

Ephemeral volume that shares a pod's lifecycle

Mounts a file or directory from the host node's filesystem

Container Storage Interface standard for pluggable storage drivers

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes object to its typical use case.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Ensures a copy of a pod runs on all or selected nodes

Manages stateful applications with unique network identities

Runs a finite task to completion

Runs jobs on a time-based schedule

Automatically scales pod replicas based on CPU/memory metrics

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes command (kubectl) to its primary function.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

List one or more resources

Show detailed state of a resource

Create or update resources from a file or stdin

Execute a command inside a container

Print logs from a container in a pod

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes component to its role in the control plane.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Exposes the Kubernetes API and acts as the front-end

Runs controller processes like Node and Replication controllers

Assigns pods to nodes based on resource availability

Consistent and highly-available key-value store for all cluster data

Interacts with underlying cloud provider's APIs

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each Kubernetes scheduler concept to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Constraints that attract pods to nodes based on node labels

Mechanism to repel pods from nodes unless they tolerate the taint

Minimum amount of CPU/memory guaranteed to a container

Maximum amount of CPU/memory a container can use

Indicates importance of a pod relative to others for preemption

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