A pod needs persistent storage that survives pod restarts. The cluster has a PersistentVolume (PV) available. The team wants to request storage for the pod. Which resource should they create and how should they use it?

Use an emptyDir volume in the pod.

Create a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) and reference it in the pod's volume definition.

Create a PersistentVolume and reference it directly in the pod's volume definition.

Create a ConfigMap and mount it as a volume.

What is the typical lifecycle of a pod in Kubernetes?

Initializing, Active, Terminated

Pending, Running, Succeeded or Failed

When a user runs `kubectl get pods`, how does kubectl interact with the Kubernetes API server?

It uses SSH to execute commands on the master node to retrieve pod data.

It sends an HTTP request to the API server, which authenticates, authorizes, and returns the list of pods.

It connects to the kubelet on each node to gather pod status.

It reads pod information directly from the etcd database on the control plane.

A namespace `prod` has a ResourceQuota that limits total memory to 8Gi. A team deploys a new application with 4 replicas, each requesting 2Gi of memory. The pods remain in `Pending` state. What is the most likely cause?

The pods are failing health checks and are being restarted.

The nodes do not have enough CPU resources.

The total memory request (8Gi) exceeds the namespace quota, so the pods cannot be scheduled.

The deployment has a nodeSelector that does not match any nodes.

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31application · medium
A pod needs persistent storage that survives pod restarts. The cluster has a PersistentVolume (PV) available. The team wants to request storage for the pod. Which resource should they create and how should they use it?
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32application · medium
A user runs `kubectl get pods` and receives a connection refused error. The kubectl configuration points to the correct cluster. Which component is most likely unavailable?
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33foundation · easy
What is the typical lifecycle of a pod in Kubernetes?
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34foundation · easy
When a user runs `kubectl get pods`, how does kubectl interact with the Kubernetes API server?
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35expert · hard
A namespace `prod` has a ResourceQuota that limits total memory to 8Gi. A team deploys a new application with 4 replicas, each requesting 2Gi of memory. The pods remain in `Pending` state. What is the most likely cause?
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