CKS Practice Exams

Take full-length practice tests with 180 unique exam questions to prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification. Each exam simulates real exam conditions.

Start with 10 free practice questions (no signup)

Try real CKS questions with explanations — upgrade for full timed practice exams anytime if you want.

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Available Practice Exams

Practice Exam 1

60 questions•120 min

Comprehensive CKS exam covering cluster setup, hardening, system security, and runtime monitoring.

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Practice Exam 2

60 questions•120 min

Advanced exam with scenario-based questions on microservice vulnerabilities and supply chain security.

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Practice Exam 3

60 questions•120 min

Final practice exam focusing on runtime security, monitoring, and logging in Kubernetes.

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Exam History

About the CKS Exam Format

Questions: 15-20 performance-based tasks
Duration: 120 minutes
Passing score: 67%
Question types: Performance-based (hands-on security tasks in live clusters)
Cost: $395 USD (includes one free retake)

Exam Domains:

Cluster Setup (10%): Network policies, CIS benchmark, Ingress security
Cluster Hardening (15%): RBAC, service accounts, API server hardening
System Hardening (15%): AppArmor, seccomp, host security
Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities (20%): Pod Security, OPA, mTLS
Supply Chain Security (20%): Image scanning, signing, SBOM
Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security (20%): Falco, audit logs, runtime detection

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CKS Practice Exams

Take full-length practice tests with 180 unique exam questions to prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification. Each exam simulates real exam conditions.

Start with 10 free practice questions (no signup)

Try real CKS questions with explanations — upgrade for full timed practice exams anytime if you want.

Start free practice

Available Practice Exams

Practice Exam 1

60 questions•120 min

Comprehensive CKS exam covering cluster setup, hardening, system security, and runtime monitoring.

Progress0%

Practice Exam 2

60 questions•120 min

Advanced exam with scenario-based questions on microservice vulnerabilities and supply chain security.

Progress0%

Practice Exam 3

60 questions•120 min

Final practice exam focusing on runtime security, monitoring, and logging in Kubernetes.

Progress0%

Your Progress

Exam History

About the CKS Exam Format

Questions: 15-20 performance-based tasks
Duration: 120 minutes
Passing score: 67%
Question types: Performance-based (hands-on security tasks in live clusters)
Cost: $395 USD (includes one free retake)

Exam Domains:

Cluster Setup (10%): Network policies, CIS benchmark, Ingress security
Cluster Hardening (15%): RBAC, service accounts, API server hardening
System Hardening (15%): AppArmor, seccomp, host security
Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities (20%): Pod Security, OPA, mTLS
Supply Chain Security (20%): Image scanning, signing, SBOM
Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security (20%): Falco, audit logs, runtime detection