CKAD Part 2: Practice, Practice, Practice

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CKAD is an online, proctored, performance-based test consisting of a set of performance-based items (problems) to be solved in a command line within two hours. It is not a multiple-choice exam.

You will be given access from a Ubuntu terminal to 4 clusters (Details), and you will have 15 - 20 questions to be answered with different weights. Partial scoring for each exam is calculated so your sub-tasks to achieve an answer are supported.

On Jun-2022, the testing platform received a massive change in the exam environment, I have collected the most important links to show the changes and new restrictions:

1. Important Instructions: CKA and CKAD
2. Linux Foundation Proctoring Platform – Migrating to PSI Bridge
3. Update on Certification Exam Proctoring Migration
4. Youtube: Kubernetes Certification Updates | PSI Exam Updates | KodeKloud
5. Candidate handbook (Using PSI BRIDGE Proctoring platform)
6. CKS CKA CKAD changed Terminal to Remote Desktop

Practice is a must to pass this exam, so the following are the practice resource I have used to pass the exam and my opinion:

1. Dimitris-Ilias Gkanatsios: CKAD exercises: It is free and better to solve once you finish the course.

2. The following are two exam simulators and a comparison between them:

	CKAD Killer.sh	CKAD k8simulator
Exam environment availability	36 hours, so you can check your answers, plus during these hours your environment is evaluated again (Every 7 or 8 minutes) if you make changes, your exam score will change based on your modification.	2 hours (Exam only), I was not able to check my actual answers with the exam answers
Partial scoring supported as a real exam	Yes	No, you may score very low because of this.
Answer Explanation	Provided, and very comprehensive as a learning mode	Provided, and sufficient
Exam sessions	2 Identical	2 Different
Flag questions for review	No	Yes
Difficulty level compared to exam	Longer and more difficult	Similar somehow
Price	Free included when booking the exam	16.99 - 24.00 Euro
Exam coverage	Nearly covering most of the curriculum	Hoping for better coverage for the curriculum
Exam typos or issues	No	Several issues in typos, and character sensitive

To Be Continued ...