Just took the latest version of the CKA exam, failed miserably, need some advice

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#1

I just took the latest version of the CKA exam (updated on February 18, 2025) and failed. I need some advice.

I’m unsure whether the instructors have taken this version of the exam, but from my personal experience, the scope of the actual CKA exam extends far beyond the materials covered in KodeKloud’s CKA Certification Course.

My preparation included:

  • KodeKloud’s CKA Certification Course
  • KodeKloud’s Ultimate CKA Mock Exam Series

To be honest, I did not prepare the exam too well. I could not nail the mocks with very high scores in a short time, but I would say the mocks of Kodekloud have similar questions.

However, when taking the actual exam, I found that around 40% of the questions weren’t covered in either the course or the mock series. Some topics were briefly mentioned in videos but weren’t included in hands-on practices or mock exams.

Examples of unexpected topics included:

  • StatefulSets and Resource Management
  • Helm template and troubleshooting (simply running ‘helm install [NAME] [CHART]’ resulted in errors that needed resolution)
  • Using Helm to install ArgoCD (basic commands like ‘helm repo add argo-cd ’ and ‘helm install argo-cd [CHART]’ didn’t work and required troubleshooting)
  • Installing a container runtime (instead of installing kubeadm)

My main questions are:

  1. How should I prepare for these topics?
  2. Will KodeKloud update their course and mock exams to cover the scope of the actual exam?

Thanks!

#2

Hi, could you please check if some questions from this list were on your exam Kubernetes CKA Sample Questions. Q01 | by Nuwan Chamara | Medium

#3

Questions like those could be there, as they are the sort of questions you would be expected to be able to answer. That article was written 2 years ago, so there are topics in the exam now which are not there, since the exam was updated last month.

#4

I agree with @Alistair_KodeKloud , the questions in the post are quite simple, and doing Kodekloud’s mock exams can get you well-prepared for these.

However, as I mentioned, I encountered some questions that are not really covered well by the KodeKloud course. So currently, just doing the KodeKloud course and the mock exams might not be enough to prepare you for the real CKA exam (from my personal experience).

#5

Don’t beat yourself up I also failed on my first go with 57% only using KodeKloud’s CKA Certification Course then Ultimate CKA Mock Exam Series. I then did the free practice exams which are included with Killercoda and after practicing those 5 exams twice I ended up passing with 90%

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#6

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certified-kubernetes-administrator-cka-program-changes/

#7

may I know exactly which practice exams in killercoda.
what you mean is 2 practice session included in killer.sh or anything else? thanks!

#8

When you sign up for the CKA exam (or several other LF exams), you get access to the killer.sh simulator, with two 36 hour sessions with that exam. This is linked from your dashboard page in the Linux Foundation training site.

#9

Based on this is it worth the subscription of kodekloud?

#10

Please bear in mind that Linux Foundation tells nobody what the actual content of the exam is, which means when it changes, even the course providers like us have to play catch up to be able to ensure everything that might arise is covered.

#12

Hi @auggie.teo ,

Please don’t discuss the exam question. It’s against the NDA. Kindly delete your post.

FYI: I deleted your post.

Regards,