A team has a StorageClass with reclaimPolicy: Delete. They want to change the policy to Retain for future PVCs, but they have existing PVCs using this StorageClass. What is the effect of changing the reclaimPolicy on the StorageClass?

Existing PVs will be deleted immediately.

Existing PVs will use the new Retain policy when their PVCs are deleted.

Existing PVs will continue to use the Delete policy.

Existing PVs will be updated to Retain only after the PVC is deleted.

In a StorageClass, where do you specify backend-specific settings such as disk type or IOPS?

In the mountOptions field of the StorageClass

In the provisioner field of the StorageClass

In the parameters section of the StorageClass

In the reclaimPolicy field of the StorageClass

What happens when a PVC is created without a storageClassName and there is a default StorageClass?

The PVC is rejected by the API server.

The PVC remains pending because no StorageClass is specified.

The PVC binds to any available PV regardless of StorageClass.

The PVC uses the default StorageClass for dynamic provisioning.

Which component is responsible for actually creating the underlying storage when a PVC uses a StorageClass?

The provisioner plugin specified in the StorageClass

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A team has a StorageClass with reclaimPolicy: Delete. They want to change the policy to Retain for future PVCs, but they have existing PVCs using this StorageClass. What is the effect of changing the reclaimPolicy on the StorageClass?
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In a StorageClass definition, which field controls whether a dynamically provisioned PV is deleted or retained when its PVC is removed?
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What happens when a PVC is created without a storageClassName and there is a default StorageClass?
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