1Z0-1072-26 Compute Practice Question
You are managing an OKE cluster and need to restrict network traffic so that pods in Namespace A cannot communicate with pods in Namespace B. What Kubernetes object should you configure?
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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Kubernetes Network Policies
Kubernetes NetworkPolicies allow you to define rules controlling network traffic flow between pods and namespaces based on labels and selectors.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscalers
Why it's wrong here
HPA controls pod replica scaling, not network traffic filtering.
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OCI VCN Security Lists
Why it's wrong here
Security lists operate at the VCN subnet level, not pod-to-pod namespace isolation.
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OCI API Gateway Access Rules
Why it's wrong here
API Gateway manages external HTTP ingress traffic.
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Kubernetes Network Policies
Why this is correct
Network Policies enforce pod-level and namespace-level network isolation within the cluster.
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