Q27 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam Priority · Real Exam

Which AKS feature automatically adds nodes when pods cannot be scheduled due to resource pressure?

  1. A Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
  2. B Cluster Autoscaler (correct answer)
  3. C Vertical Pod Autoscaler
  4. D KEDA

Shortcut: The Cluster Autoscaler watches for unschedulable pods and grows the node pool, then removes underutilised nodes. HPA scales pod replicas; KEDA scales on external event sources.