Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) 2020 Exam Changes
Program Changes
From September 2020, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in collaboration with The Linux Foundation has made some of changes on Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification program which effective on CKA 2020: September 01, 2020 00:00 UTC.
Exam duration and version
New CKA 2020 is 2 hours, instead of 3 hours and the exam will be on Kubernetes v1.19.
Duration of Exam: 2 hours
Software Version: Kubernetes v1.19
CKA 2020 Certification focusing skills
As per current Kubernetes Administrator in industry standard the Certification focuses on the skills.
Tip: You should expect a good amount of questions on Troubleshooting, RBAC.
Ref: https://github.com/cncf/curriculum/blob/master/CKA_Curriculum_v1.19.pdf
Resources allowed during exam
During exam as earlier you can open one additional tab using Chrome browser in order to access:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/
https://github.com/kubernetes/
https://kubernetes.io/blog/
No more extra tab allowed.
What score is needed to pass the exam?
For the CKA Exam, a score of 66% or above must be earned to pass.
Exam results will be emailed within 36 hours.
Exam cost
No change on related to the exam costs $300 USD.
My Friendly Tips for Exam:
During Exam, If you not able to solve or not familiar with any questions, don’t spend more than 15 mins on same, You can note it on Notepad and give try at last.
You can expect 15 to 20 questions, that needs to be complete in 2 hours. Remember the pass percentage for this exam is 66%, so you need to target pass mark first. Good practice is just try to complete familiar problems as fast as possible to reach passing score.
Always try to solve problems with a higher weight first. There is no point in spending 15 min on a problem with 2% weight. Just skip those and come back later.
If you don’t remember any syntax while writing YAML files, use kubectl explain instead of documentation. It’s faster and has good documentation. I would recommend you practice that. Alternate you can refer https://kubernetes.io/docs/
Remember CKA certification program offer one free retake if you not pass the first time. So don’t afraid to take the exam.
Final, No alternative to clear exam, Only option is Practice.. Practice..!
Thank you
