Cloud · Containers (EKS/GKE/AKS) interview questions

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1. What is EKS?

Junior
  1. A.Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
  2. B.Elastic Kubernetes Service; AWS's managed Kubernetes control plane
  3. C.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  4. D.Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.EKS — an open-source Kubernetes node autoscaler that provisions right-sized nodes quickly
  2. B.EKS — a GKE mode where Google manages nodes and you pay per pod resource request
  3. C.EKS — Elastic Kubernetes Service; AWS's managed Kubernetes control plane
  4. D.EKS — Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
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4. What is GKE?

Junior
  1. A.Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
  2. B.Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
  3. C.Azure Kubernetes Service; Azure's managed Kubernetes offering
  4. D.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.GKE — Elastic Container Registry; AWS's managed Docker container image registry
  2. B.GKE — Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
  3. C.GKE — GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  4. D.GKE — Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
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7. What is AKS?

Junior
  1. A.Azure Kubernetes Service; Azure's managed Kubernetes offering
  2. B.AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
  3. C.Elastic Kubernetes Service; AWS's managed Kubernetes control plane
  4. D.Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
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9. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.AKS — Elastic Container Registry; AWS's managed Docker container image registry
  2. B.AKS — a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  3. C.AKS — Azure Kubernetes Service; Azure's managed Kubernetes offering
  4. D.AKS — GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
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10. What is ECS?

Mid
  1. A.AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
  2. B.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  3. C.a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  4. D.Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
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12. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.ECS — IAM Roles for Service Accounts; binds Kubernetes service accounts to IAM roles on EKS
  2. B.ECS — an open-source Kubernetes node autoscaler that provisions right-sized nodes quickly
  3. C.ECS — a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  4. D.ECS — Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
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13. What is Fargate?

Mid
  1. A.AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
  2. B.Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
  3. C.IAM Roles for Service Accounts; binds Kubernetes service accounts to IAM roles on EKS
  4. D.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
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15. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Fargate — Elastic Kubernetes Service; AWS's managed Kubernetes control plane
  2. B.Fargate — a feature running AKS pods on serverless Azure Container Instances capacity
  3. C.Fargate — a GKE mode where Google manages nodes and you pay per pod resource request
  4. D.Fargate — AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
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16. What is ECR?

Mid
  1. A.Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
  2. B.Elastic Container Registry; AWS's managed Docker container image registry
  3. C.a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  4. D.an open-source Kubernetes node autoscaler that provisions right-sized nodes quickly
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18. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.ECR — Elastic Container Registry; AWS's managed Docker container image registry
  2. B.ECR — a feature running AKS pods on serverless Azure Container Instances capacity
  3. C.ECR — IAM Roles for Service Accounts; binds Kubernetes service accounts to IAM roles on EKS
  4. D.ECR — AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
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19. What is GKE Autopilot?

Senior
  1. A.Elastic Container Service; AWS's container orchestrator with EC2 and Fargate launch types
  2. B.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  3. C.a GKE mode where Google manages nodes and you pay per pod resource request
  4. D.Google Kubernetes Engine; GCP's managed Kubernetes service
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21. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.GKE Autopilot — GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  2. B.GKE Autopilot — a configuration that selects which EKS pods run on Fargate by namespace and labels
  3. C.GKE Autopilot — a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  4. D.GKE Autopilot — a GKE mode where Google manages nodes and you pay per pod resource request
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22. What is IRSA?

Senior
  1. A.a component that adds or removes worker nodes based on pending pod demand
  2. B.GKE's mechanism to bind Kubernetes service accounts to Google Cloud IAM identities
  3. C.IAM Roles for Service Accounts; binds Kubernetes service accounts to IAM roles on EKS
  4. D.a feature running AKS pods on serverless Azure Container Instances capacity
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24. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.IRSA — AWS's serverless compute engine for running containers without managing servers
  2. B.IRSA — Elastic Kubernetes Service; AWS's managed Kubernetes control plane
  3. C.IRSA — IAM Roles for Service Accounts; binds Kubernetes service accounts to IAM roles on EKS
  4. D.IRSA — a GKE mode where Google manages nodes and you pay per pod resource request
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25. What does aws eks update-kubeconfig do?

Junior
  1. A.creates or updates Kubernetes resources from a manifest file
  2. B.lists pods running in the current Kubernetes namespace
  3. C.downloads kubeconfig credentials for an AKS cluster
  4. D.configures kubectl to talk to an EKS cluster
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27. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.aws eks update-kubeconfig — configures kubectl to talk to an EKS cluster
  2. B.aws eks update-kubeconfig — provisions a new EKS Kubernetes control plane
  3. C.aws eks update-kubeconfig — downloads kubeconfig credentials for an AKS cluster
  4. D.aws eks update-kubeconfig — creates a new AKS managed Kubernetes cluster
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28. What does gcloud container clusters get-credentials do?

Junior
  1. A.fetches credentials so kubectl can access a GKE cluster
  2. B.configures kubectl to talk to an EKS cluster
  3. C.deploys a packaged Kubernetes application (chart) to a cluster
  4. D.lists pods running in the current Kubernetes namespace
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30. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.gcloud container clusters get-credentials — prints the logs of a container in a pod
  2. B.gcloud container clusters get-credentials — fetches credentials so kubectl can access a GKE cluster
  3. C.gcloud container clusters get-credentials — configures kubectl to talk to an EKS cluster
  4. D.gcloud container clusters get-credentials — downloads kubeconfig credentials for an AKS cluster
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