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| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Service Mesh | 16% | - Ingress and Gateway API integration - Sidecar vs sidecarless architecture - Transparent traffic encryption |
| Topic 2: Network Observability | 10% | - Hubble architecture and CLI usage - Hubble UI and troubleshooting basics - Layer 7 visibility and flow monitoring |
| Topic 3: BGP and External Networking | 6% | - External gateway integration - BGP peering and service advertisement |
| Topic 4: Architecture | 20% | - CNI integration and kube-proxy replacement - Cilium core architecture and components |
| Topic 5: Installation and Configuration | 10% | - Post-install validation and connectivity testing - Deployment methods (Helm, cilium-cli) |
| Topic 6: Cluster Mesh | 10% | - Multi-cluster connectivity and service discovery - Cross-cluster load balancing and failover |
| Topic 7: Network Policy | 18% | - Cilium vs Kubernetes network policies - Policy enforcement modes - Identity-aware and L3–L7 policy models |
| Topic 8: eBPF | 10% | - eBPF fundamentals and relevance to Cilium - eBPF-based networking, security, and observability |
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NEW QUESTION # 18
Please review the output of cilium status below and answer the question that follows. Please note, the output has been modified for accessibility purposes.
Question 2 cilium status exhibit
Assume the cluster is healthy. What is correct about the ci 1 ium status command output above?
Answer: C
Explanation:
Technical explanation
The status output shows Envoy DaemonSet: disabled (using embedded mode) . In embedded mode, Cilium starts Envoy as a separate process inside the Cilium agent pod when a feature requiring Layer 7 processing- such as an L7 network policy, protocol visibility, Ingress, or Gateway API-is used. This is precisely the behavior described in option B.
The remaining choices contradict the exhibit. The Cilium DaemonSet has a desired count of three, which ordinarily indicates three schedulable nodes running Cilium, not four. Hubble Relay: OK means the aggregation component is healthy. Hubble Relay connects to the Hubble instances associated with Cilium agents and presents a multi-node API to clients such as Hubble CLI and Hubble UI. Finally, ClusterMesh:
disabled rules out the claim that the installation is currently configured for Cilium Cluster Mesh service discovery and cross-cluster load balancing.
Cilium can alternatively run Envoy through the independently life-cycled cilium-envoy DaemonSet. That is not the deployment displayed here because the DaemonSet is explicitly disabled and embedded mode is reported.
Official references
Envoy deployment modes ; Hubble internals .
Study Guide topic: Architecture.
NEW QUESTION # 19
What are the differences between Ingress and Gateway API?
Answer: D
Explanation:
Technical explanation
Ingress provides a comparatively simple API for exposing HTTP and HTTPS applications through host- and path-based routing. Gateway API is a broader, extensible family of resources that separates infrastructure configuration from application routing. Resources such as GatewayClass , Gateway , HTTPRoute , GRPCRoute , TLSRoute , TCPRoute , and UDPRoute model listeners, routes, protocols, ownership, and attachment relationships explicitly.
Gateway API was designed around operational roles. An infrastructure provider can manage the GatewayClass , a cluster operator can provision a Gateway , and an application team can own a route attached to that Gateway. This offers clearer delegation than the single Ingress resource and supports protocols and traffic-management functions beyond the original Ingress model.
The two APIs are not simply different names for identical functionality, so A is false. Option C is also inaccurate because Cilium's implementations of both Ingress and Gateway API integrate with its eBPF datapath and Envoy; Ingress is not inherently an iptables-only implementation. Option D incorrectly limits Gateway API to internal routing. It can expose internet-facing applications through generated LoadBalancer or NodePort Services or through host-network listeners.
Official references
Migrating from Ingress to Gateway ; Gateway API Support .
Study Guide topic: Service Mesh.
NEW QUESTION # 20
Which of these is true of Cilium Cluster Mesh and Network Policies?
Answer: D
Explanation:
Technical explanation
Cluster Mesh extends Cilium's identity-aware networking and policy enforcement across connected Kubernetes clusters. A CiliumNetworkPolicy can authorize communication with workloads in a particular remote cluster by selecting their workload labels together with the synthetic io.cilium.k8s.policy.cluster label.
Therefore, A accurately describes a direct network-policy function.
The policies themselves are not automatically copied between clusters. Administrators remain responsible for applying the required policy resources in the appropriate clusters, but enforcement can select and govern remote endpoints once Cluster Mesh has propagated their identities.
Option B confuses authorization with transport encryption. WireGuard or IPsec configuration enables transparent encryption; it is not established by a network-policy rule. Option C is also separate from policy enforcement: cross-cluster load balancing is configured through global-service facilities and service annotations, not through CiliumNetworkPolicy . Option D is incorrect under current documentation because Cilium mutual authentication does not provide a single trust domain spanning Cluster Mesh clusters and is not presently compatible with that multi-cluster arrangement.
Official references
Cluster Mesh Network Policy , Cluster Mesh Services , Mutual Authentication Limitations Study Guide topic: Cross-cluster identity, endpoint selection, and policy enforcement.
NEW QUESTION # 21
Which one of the following service mesh features and use cases is natively supported by Cilium?
Answer: B
Explanation:
Technical explanation
The intended answer is A because API request limiting corresponds to rate limiting, which Cilium identifies as a core Layer 7 traffic-management capability. Cilium combines its eBPF datapath with Envoy for application-layer processing. The official Service Mesh documentation expressly includes rate limiting among the functions that must understand protocols such as HTTP, REST, gRPC, and WebSocket. It is therefore not merely packet-rate policing at Layer 3 or Layer 4; it can be applied with application-protocol context.
However, this question is no longer valid as a strict single-answer item. Current Cilium documentation also describes proxy-based Layer 7 load balancing as useful for gRPC and provides an Envoy-backed implementation for Kubernetes Services. Consequently, option C is also supportable under the current product documentation, although the feature is identified as beta. API authorization and fault-delay injection are not presented as equivalent first-class Cilium Service Mesh use cases in the cited feature overview.
For certification-bank purposes, retain A as the intended answer, but revise option C or qualify it to restore a unique correct choice.
Official references
Service Mesh ; Proxy Load Balancing for Kubernetes Services .
Study Guide topic: Service Mesh.
NEW QUESTION # 22
Which component manages the allocation of per-node PodCIDRs in the cluster-scope IPAM (IP address management) mode?
Answer: A
Explanation:
Technical explanation
In cluster-scope IPAM, the Cilium Operator allocates a PodCIDR to each node from the configured cluster- wide address pool. It records those allocations in each node's CiliumNode custom resource, specifically under spec.ipam.podCIDRs . The Cilium agent waits for this allocation during startup and then performs host-local allocation of individual pod addresses from the CIDR assigned to its node.
This division of responsibility explains why C is correct. The agent consumes its assigned range and allocates endpoint addresses locally, but it does not independently choose the cluster-wide per-node PodCIDR. The Operator coordinates those ranges to prevent nodes from receiving overlapping allocations.
Options A and D describe Kubernetes host-scope IPAM rather than Cilium cluster-scope IPAM. In Kubernetes host-scope mode, the Kubernetes controller manager assigns PodCIDRs and exposes them through spec.podCIDR or spec.podCIDRs in the standard Kubernetes Node resource. Cluster-scope mode is specifically useful when Kubernetes is not configured to perform that allocation or when Cilium should control the cluster address pool.
Therefore, the managing component and resource are the Cilium Operator and CiliumNode , respectively.
Official references
Cluster-Pool IPAM ; Cluster Scope IPAM .
Study Guide topic: Installation and Configuration.
NEW QUESTION # 23
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