Cloud Native Computing FoundationKCNA · Foundational

Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)

KCNA validates foundational knowledge of Kubernetes and the wider cloud native ecosystem: Kubernetes fundamentals, container orchestration, cloud native architecture, observability, and application delivery. This simulator mirrors the multiple-choice format of the real CNCF exam with per-domain scoring.

Questions

90 min

Time limit

75%

Pass mark

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Skills measured

Kubernetes Fundamentals

46%

Architecture, API resources, workloads, scheduling, services, and kubectl basics.

Container Orchestration

22%

Container runtimes, networking, security, storage, and orchestration concepts.

Cloud Native Architecture

16%

Autoscaling, serverless, community and governance, personas, and open standards.

Cloud Native Observability

Telemetry, Prometheus, logging, tracing, and cost management.

Cloud Native Application Delivery

GitOps, CI/CD, and application delivery fundamentals.