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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #346

You created a Kubernetes deployment by running kubectl run nginx image=nginx replicas=1. After a few days, you decided you no longer want this deployment. You identified the pod and deleted it by…

The correct answer is A. kubectl delete deployment nginx. This command correctly deletes the deployment. Pods are managed by kubernetes workloads (deployments). When a pod is deleted, the deployment detects the pod is unavailable and brings up another pod to maintain the replica count. The only way to delete the workload is by…

Submitted by eva_at· Mar 30, 2026Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution

Question

You created a Kubernetes deployment by running kubectl run nginx image=nginx replicas=1. After a few days, you decided you no longer want this deployment. You identified the pod and deleted it by running kubectl delete pod. You noticed the pod got recreated. $ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-84748895c4-nqqmt 1/1 Running 0 9m41s $ kubectl delete pod nginx-84748895c4-nqqmt pod nginx-84748895c4-nqqmt deleted $ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-84748895c4-k6bzl 1/1 Running 0 25s What should you do to delete the deployment and avoid pod getting recreated?

Options

  • Akubectl delete deployment nginx
  • Bkubectl delete deployment=nginx
  • Ckubectl delete pod nginx-84748895c4-k6bzl -no-restart 2
  • Dkubectl delete inginx

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Explanation

This command correctly deletes the deployment. Pods are managed by kubernetes workloads (deployments). When a pod is deleted, the deployment detects the pod is unavailable and brings up another pod to maintain the replica count. The only way to delete the workload is by deleting the deployment itself using the kubectl delete deployment command. $ kubectl delete deployment nginx deployment.apps nginx deleted

Topics

#kubectl delete deployment#pod lifecycle#ReplicaSet behavior#GKE

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