Practice tests for Cloud Native certifications

Choose a practice test

CKA, CKAD, CKS, LFCS, ICA and CNPE are performance-based and have no practice test here; see the hands-on labs. CNPA's bank is not published yet.

Which practice tests are available?

GoldenKube has 9 question banks, one per multiple-choice certification of the Golden Kubestronaut program: KCNA, KCSA, PCA, CCA, CAPA, CGOA, CBA, OTCA, KCA. Every bank is practised the same way, one question at a time with a verdict and a written explanation, and every bank has a timed mock exam in the official format for accounts. The list below shows the live question count of each bank, read from the database when the page is served, and whether the bank has a dedicated practice-test page yet. The performance-based exams (CKA, CKAD, CKS, LFCS, ICA, CNPE) are not here: they need a terminal, so GoldenKube is building hands-on labs for them instead of quiz questions.

A bank is only as useful as its explanations. Two banks (PCA and CGOA) still contain questions without a written explanation; their practice-test pages say so and show the live count, and those questions are served with the verdict only until their explanations are completed.

How a practice session works

One question at a time. As soon as you answer you see whether you were right and read the explanation; reloading the page keeps the verdict on screen. The next question comes from the questions due for review first, then from the domain where you are weakest and still have unseen questions, then from the rest of the bank. A wrong answer returns after 12 other answers, then after 1 day and after 4 days when answered correctly, until it counts as mastered. A wrong answer at any step restarts the ladder. Focus mode limits practice to one domain or subdomain until you leave it. Progress is shown per certification and per domain, so after a session you can see which domains are mastered and which are not. Your first 10 answers need no account. After that a free account keeps your progress; there is no paid tier and no card.

• Start on a practice-test page below, or go straight to the app and pick the exam there.
• Every question that has an explanation shows it after you answer; sample questions on the public pages are drawn only from explained questions.
• Mock exams draw a fresh timed set and score it against the published passing threshold; the result is practice feedback, not an official score.

Practice test or certification page?

Each certification has two kinds of page here. The certification page explains the exam: official domains and weights, exam facts with sources, where it fits in the program, and five sample questions. The practice-test page is for doing: an exam snapshot, what the bank covers domain by domain, three questions to try, and a button that starts a session. If you are deciding whether to take an exam, read the certification page; if you have decided and want to practise, start from the practice test.

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