Q14 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam Priority · Real Exam Choose 2

A pod must be prevented from starting until its dependency is reachable, and must be removed from the load balancer if it later becomes unhealthy. Which TWO probes are required?

  1. A A startup probe (correct answer)
  2. B A readiness probe (correct answer)
  3. C A liveness probe
  4. D A CPU request
  5. E A PodDisruptionBudget

Shortcut: The startup probe holds off the other probes until the container has finished initialising, which prevents a slow-starting pod being killed. The readiness probe controls Service endpoint membership, so a pod that becomes unhealthy is removed from load balancing without being restarted.