Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Practice Exam

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Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Practice Exam - Part 5

This lab provides practice scenarios to help prepare you for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam. You will be presented with tasks to complete, as well as server(s) and/or an existing Kubernetes cluster to complete them in. You will need to use your knowledge of Kubernetes to successfully complete the provided tasks, much like you would on the real CKAD exam. Good luck!

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Nov 06, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create a PersistentVolume

Create a PersistentVolume called pv-data in the default Namespace.

Set the storage amount to 1Gi and the storage class to static.

Use a hostPath to mount the host directory /var/pvdata with the PersistentVolume.
Challenge

Create a Pod That Consumes Storage from the PersistentVolume

Create a Pod called pv-pod in the default Namespace.

Use the busybox:stable image with the command sh -c while true; do sleep 3600; done.

Use the PersistentVolume to provide storage to this Pod's container at the path /var/data.

If everything is set up correctly, you should be able to find some data exposed to the container by the PersistentVolume at /var/data/data.txt.

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