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KCNA · Question #99
KCNA Question #99: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is D: Pending. A Pod is in the 'Pending' state when it has been accepted by Kubernetes but one or more of its containers have not yet started, such as when waiting for container image downloads.
Submitted by certguy· May 4, 2026Kubernetes Fundamentals
Question
If a Pod was waiting for container images to download on the scheduled node, what state would it be in?
Options
- AFailed
- BSucceeded
- CUnknown
- DPending
Explanation
A Pod is in the 'Pending' state when it has been accepted by Kubernetes but one or more of its containers have not yet started, such as when waiting for container image downloads.
Common mistakes.
- A. The
Failedstate indicates that all containers in the Pod have terminated, and at least one container has terminated in failure. - B. The
Succeededstate indicates that all containers in the Pod have terminated successfully and will not restart. - C. The
Unknownstate means the state of the Pod could not be obtained, typically due to an error in communicating with the node where the Pod is supposed to be running.
Concept tested. Kubernetes Pod lifecycle states
Reference. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/#pod-phase
Topics
#Pod lifecycle#Pod states#Image pull#Pending state
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