How the Questions Are Kept Current

Every mock exam is checked once a month against its official curriculum. When the curriculum changes, the questions are reviewed and revised against it.

1. 1Each exam is compared with its official sources every month
2. 2Any difference is flagged for review
3. 3The questions are reviewed and revised
4. 4The reviewed curriculum is recorded for the next check

What the date means

Each exam shows one date: Last verified, the most recent day its questions were confirmed against the official curriculum. That happens in one of two ways:

• The monthly check reads every official source and finds nothing that differs from the curriculum the questions were last reviewed against.
• A review: when a check flags a change, the questions are reviewed against the new curriculum and revised where needed. The reviewed curriculum is recorded, and the next check compares against it.

A review does not always change questions: a new competency may already be covered. While a flagged change waits for review, the exam shows Update in review and no date.

What is compared

• The exam domains and their weights, on the Linux Foundation and cncf.io certification pages
• The competencies listed under each domain
• The pass mark, the exam duration and the question count, from the Linux Foundation exam FAQ and instructions
• The exam's curriculum PDF in the cncf/curriculum repository
• New major releases of the projects each exam covers, such as Argo CD, Cilium and Prometheus

Where every exam stands

A source that cannot be read never counts as a pass: an exam keeps the date it last earned until a check reads every source it depends on. A check stays current for 45 days; after that, an exam shows No recent check and is dated by its last review.

Independent practice exams

These mock exams are independent practice material. The CNCF and the Linux Foundation publish the curriculum; they do not write, review or endorse these questions.