KCNA Container Orchestration Practice Question
Which THREE of the following are true about container lifecycle? (Choose 3)
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Why each option matters
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A container can be paused and resumed
A container lifecycle includes creation, running, pausing, and stopping. Containers can be started, stopped, and restarted. Containers do not have a 'built' phase; images are built separately. Containers run processes; they are not designed to be hibernated.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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A container can be paused and resumed
Why this is correct
Container runtimes support pausing and resuming containers using cgroups freezer.
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A container can be hibernated to save state to disk
Why it's wrong here
Container runtimes do not support hibernation like VMs; state is not saved to disk.
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A container goes through a 'built' phase before running
Why it's wrong here
Building an image is separate from running a container; containers are created from existing images.
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A container terminates when its main process exits
Why this is correct
The container's lifecycle is tied to its main process.
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A container can be stopped and later restarted
Why this is correct
Containers can be stopped and started again, preserving their filesystem changes.
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