DCA Question #75: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: No. The orchestrator's action after a liveness probe failure depends on the pod's restart policy; if set to 'Never', the container will not be restarted.

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Container Orchestration

Question

One of several containers in a pod is marked as unhealthy after failing its livenessProbe many times. Is this the action taken by the orchestrator to fix the unhealthy container? Solution: The unhealthy container is restarted.

Options

AYes
BNo

Explanation

The orchestrator's action after a liveness probe failure depends on the pod's restart policy; if set to 'Never', the container will not be restarted.

Common mistakes.

A. Restarting the unhealthy container is the default behavior for most workload types, but the restartPolicy: Never configuration would prevent such a restart from occurring.

Concept tested. Kubernetes liveness probe and restart policy

Reference. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/#restart-policy

Topics

#Liveness Probes#Container Health#Orchestrator Actions#Pod Lifecycle

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