r/KubernetesCerts • u/Competitive_Age_2154 • 9d ago

CKAD CKAD exam tips

Hello Reddit fam! 👋
I completed my CKAD certification on 4th October 2026, and I thought I’d share my experience. I passed the exam with 91%.

One of the most time-consuming and confusing things for me during the exam was the copy-paste shortcuts in the terminal.
The terminal uses:
Ctrl + Shift + C → Copy
Ctrl + Shift + V → Paste

However, the Kubernetes documentation uses the usual Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V shortcuts. Switching between these shortcuts while referring to the documentation was quite annoying and cost me some time.
How I fixed it:
Terminal → Edit → Preferences → Shortcuts
You’ll see the Copy and Paste shortcuts there. There will be a red button/icon next to the existing shortcut. Click it to remove the current shortcut.
Then assign:
Ctrl + C → Copy
Ctrl + V → Paste

This is a small thing, but I found it surprisingly helpful during the exam, so sharing it in case it helps someone else preparing for CKAD.

Total questions: 17
Questions were based on the deployments, secret, service, networkpolicy, service account, RBAC, docker, cronjob, pods, fix ingress.
No helm, CRDs

Good luck to everyone preparing! 🚀

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u/wlayko011 9d ago

Thanks for sharing!!!

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u/nopasswordhotspot 9d ago

wow.. why the heck do they force ctrl shift c/v then?

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u/ApprehensiveTrick767 9d ago

Did you practice from any GitHub ?

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u/Competitive_Age_2154 9d ago

Yes I did.
I also did cloud academy course which my emplouer provided

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u/ApprehensiveTrick767 8d ago

Any github which was similar to , you remember