CNCF-KCA Exam Information and Outline
Kyverno Certified Associate
Syllabus Update Checked on: October 30, 2026
CNCF-KCA Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
CNCF.
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- Exam Format
- 60 multiple-choice questions; 90 minutes; online proctored
- Fundamentals of Kyverno (18%)
- Policy-as-code concepts and admission controllers
- Kyverno architecture and resources
- Installation, Configuration and Upgrades (18%)
- Installing with Helm, high availability and configuration
- Kyverno CLI (12%)
- Testing and applying policies with the CLI
- Applying Policies (10%)
- Policy reports, exceptions and background scans
- Writing Policies (32%)
- Validate, mutate, generate and verifyImages rules
- Match/exclude, preconditions, variables and JMESPath
- Policy Management (10%)
- Policy lifecycle, reporting and troubleshooting