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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

CNCFKCNAFoundational

⏱ Duration

90 minutes

❓ Questions

60 MCQ

✅ Pass Score

75%

💰 Cost

$250 USD

📅 Valid

3 years

📋 Exam Domains & Weightage

Kubernetes Fundamentals

Pods, Deployments, Services, namespaces, kubectl basics

46%

Container Orchestration

Container runtime, OCI, CRI, scheduling, resource management

22%

Cloud Native Architecture

Microservices, 12-factor app, service mesh concepts, observability

16%

Cloud Native Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, log aggregation

Cloud Native Application Delivery

CI/CD, GitOps, Helm, Argo

🔑Theory-only exam — no terminal access like CKA/CKAD

🔑CNCF landscape knowledge is tested — know which projects do what

🔑Good first Kubernetes certification before CKA

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After this certification

CKA (Administrator) or CKAD (Developer) — pick based on your role