Which kubectl command provides detailed information about a Deployment, including its strategy and rollout status?

kubectl describe deployment web

kubectl rollout status deployment/web

Which kubectl command resumes a paused Deployment named 'web'?

kubectl rollout continue deployment/web

kubectl rollout unpause deployment/web

kubectl rollout start deployment/web

kubectl rollout resume deployment/web

Which kubectl command updates the image of a Deployment named 'web' to 'nginx:1.26'?

kubectl patch deployment web --image=nginx:1.26

kubectl update deployment web --image=nginx:1.26

kubectl edit deployment web --image=nginx:1.26

kubectl set image deployment/web web=nginx:1.26

A Deployment named 'worker' has 5 replicas. The team wants to reduce the number of replicas to 2. Which command should they use?

kubectl scale deployment worker --replicas=2

kubectl delete deployment worker

kubectl set image deployment/worker worker=myapp:v2

kubectl rollout undo deployment/worker

What happens when you scale a Deployment to a higher replica count?

The Deployment deletes existing pods and recreates them.

The Deployment pauses and waits for manual confirmation.

The Deployment creates additional pods to match the desired count.

The Deployment triggers a rolling update with a new image.

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Domain 2Objective 2

Understand Deployments and How to Perform Rolling Updates CKAD Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Application Deployment domain, which accounts for 20% of the CKAD exam. Linux Foundation does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~10–16 in this domain), expect 3–4 from this objective — we provide 29 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

21foundation · easy
Which kubectl command provides detailed information about a Deployment, including its strategy and rollout status?
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22foundation · easy
Which kubectl command resumes a paused Deployment named 'web'?
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23foundation · easy
Which kubectl command updates the image of a Deployment named 'web' to 'nginx:1.26'?
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24application · easy
A Deployment named 'worker' has 5 replicas. The team wants to reduce the number of replicas to 2. Which command should they use?
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25foundation · easy
What happens when you scale a Deployment to a higher replica count?
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