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Cloud-Native Core Engineer Practice Exam: 20 Free Questions
Test your readiness for the TELCOMA Certified Cloud-Native Core Engineer. 20 real exam-style questions, no time limit. On submit, you get a personalized study plan with your weak areas mapped to specific lessons.
What this exam covers
- Kubernetes & Container OrchestrationKubernetes architecture for telecom, pod scheduling and resource management, node affinity and taints/tolerations, persistent storage, network plugins (CNI), and multi-cluster federation for carrier-grade deployments.
- CNF ArchitectureCloud-Native Network Function design principles, 12-factor app methodology for NFs, microservice decomposition of 5GC, stateless design patterns, Helm chart packaging, and operator-managed lifecycle.
- Service Mesh & CI/CDIstio and Envoy for telecom service communication, mTLS between NFs, traffic management, canary deployments, GitOps workflows with ArgoCD/Flux, CI/CD pipelines for CNF delivery.
- Observability & Day-2 OpsPrometheus and Grafana for telecom metrics, distributed tracing with Jaeger/OpenTelemetry, log aggregation with EFK/Loki, alerting strategies, capacity planning, and Day-2 operational procedures for CNF upgrades and scaling.
What you get on completion
- ✓ Score breakdown by domain
- ✓ Every missed question with full explanation
- ✓ Personalized study plan — your gaps mapped to specific lessons
- ✓ Optional: email yourself the plan + 7-day Pro trial
Sample question (from the 65-question bank)
Q. What is the purpose of Network Policies in a Kubernetes cluster hosting 5GC NFs?
- A.They define the physical network cabling requirements
- B.They control pod-to-pod network traffic at the IP/port level, enforcing microsegmentation so that only authorised NFs can communicate — for example, only SMF can reach UPF on the N4 interface
- C.They automatically configure BGP routing on the host network
- D.They manage storage IOPS allocation for pods
Click Start Practice Exam below to begin a fresh 20-question session.
Ready? 20 questions, no time pressure
Answer all 20 questions, then submit to see your score, your weak areas, and a personalized study plan.
No signup. No card. Takes ~24 minutes.
FAQs
Is this the same as the real exam?+
No — this is a free practice test drawn from a 65-question bank to gauge readiness. The official TELCOMA Certified Cloud-Native Core Engineer is a 65-question proctored exam with a 72% pass mark, included with the Pro subscription.
How accurate are the questions?+
Each is reviewed by TELCOMA's curriculum team and references 3GPP specs where applicable. Difficulty matches the official cert.
Can I retake?+
Yes, unlimited retakes — each draws fresh questions.
Do I need an account?+
No to take it. Optional at the end if you want the personalized study plan emailed to you.