A PersistentVolume with reclaimPolicy: Delete is bound to a PVC. The PVC is deleted. What happens to the PV and the underlying storage?

The PV enters Released state and the storage is kept

The PV is deleted, and the underlying storage is also deleted

The PV becomes Available for reuse

The PV is kept but the storage is deleted

What is the primary purpose of a StorageClass object in Kubernetes?

To define a static PersistentVolume that is manually created by an administrator

To describe the types of storage available and how storage is dynamically provisioned when a PVC requests it

To store configuration data that can be mounted into a Pod as files

To bind a PersistentVolumeClaim to a specific PersistentVolume on a one-to-one basis

Your cluster has a StorageClass named 'slow' with reclaimPolicy: Delete and a StorageClass named 'fast' with reclaimPolicy: Retain. A developer creates a PVC that requests 5 GiB and specifies storageClassName: fast. The PVC binds to a dynamically provisioned PV. Later, the developer deletes the PVC. What happens to the PV and the underlying storage?

The PV is deleted but the storage is kept

The PV becomes Available and can be reused

The PV enters Released state and the storage is kept

The PV is deleted and the storage is removed

You are deploying a stateful application that requires each replica to have its own dedicated persistent storage that remains attached even if the pod is rescheduled to a different node. You plan to use a StatefulSet. What must you configure to ensure each replica gets its own persistent volume?

A single PersistentVolumeClaim shared by all replicas

An emptyDir volume in the pod template

A volumeClaimTemplates section in the StatefulSet spec

A persistentVolumeClaim in the pod template of the StatefulSet

An administrator manually creates a PersistentVolume backed by an NFS server. A developer creates a PersistentVolumeClaim requesting 5 GiB. The PV has a capacity of 10 GiB and an access mode of ReadWriteOnce. The PVC requests ReadWriteOnce and 5 GiB. What happens after the PVC is created?

The PVC binds to the PV, and the pod can mount it even if the PV has more capacity than requested

The PVC binds, but the pod can only use 5 GiB of the PV

The PVC binds only if the PV is marked with the same StorageClass

The PVC remains unbound because the PV capacity must exactly match the claim

Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)

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Storage KCNA Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1application · medium
A PersistentVolume with reclaimPolicy: Delete is bound to a PVC. The PVC is deleted. What happens to the PV and the underlying storage?
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What is the primary purpose of a StorageClass object in Kubernetes?
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Your cluster has a StorageClass named 'slow' with reclaimPolicy: Delete and a StorageClass named 'fast' with reclaimPolicy: Retain. A developer creates a PVC that requests 5 GiB and specifies storageClassName: fast. The PVC binds to a dynamically provisioned PV. Later, the developer deletes the PVC. What happens to the PV and the underlying storage?
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4application · medium
You are deploying a stateful application that requires each replica to have its own dedicated persistent storage that remains attached even if the pod is rescheduled to a different node. You plan to use a StatefulSet. What must you configure to ensure each replica gets its own persistent volume?
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5application · medium
An administrator manually creates a PersistentVolume backed by an NFS server. A developer creates a PersistentVolumeClaim requesting 5 GiB. The PV has a capacity of 10 GiB and an access mode of ReadWriteOnce. The PVC requests ReadWriteOnce and 5 GiB. What happens after the PVC is created?
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