KCNA GitOps and Continuous Delivery

Question 1

What is the fundamental principle of GitOps?

Accepted Answer

Git is used as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications

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Git is used only for version control of application source code

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Git is used to store encrypted secrets for Kubernetes clusters

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Git is used as a backup mechanism for Kubernetes configurations

Question 2

Which deployment model does GitOps primarily rely on?

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Pull-based deployment where an in-cluster operator pulls changes from Git

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Push-based deployment triggered by external CI pipelines

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Manual deployment performed by human operators via kubectl

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Event-driven deployment triggered by container registry webhooks only

Question 3

What is a GitOps reconciliation loop?

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A continuous process that compares actual cluster state with desired state in Git and corrects drift

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A Git merge strategy for resolving branch conflicts automatically

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A CI/CD pipeline that runs automated tests on every commit

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A scheduled backup that periodically saves live cluster state to Git

Question 4

Which of the following is a GitOps continuous delivery tool built specifically for Kubernetes?

Accepted Answer

ArgoCD

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Jenkins

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Ansible

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Terraform

Question 5

What is 'drift' in the context of GitOps?

Accepted Answer

When the actual cluster state differs from the desired state defined in Git

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When Git branches diverge after a failed merge

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When network latency causes delays between deployments

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When container images in a registry become outdated

Question 6

What type of configuration does GitOps require applications to be expressed in?

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Declarative manifests stored and versioned in Git

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Imperative shell scripts stored in a CI system

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Binary configurations stored in container image layers

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Dynamic configurations stored in relational databases

Question 7

Which of the following is a key operational benefit of adopting GitOps?

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It provides a complete, immutable audit trail of all changes through Git commit history

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It eliminates the need for any version control tooling

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It removes the requirement for CI pipelines in software delivery

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It allows direct unrestricted kubectl access to production clusters