Q36 RBAC Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam Priority · Real Exam

An AKS pod must access Cosmos DB with a workload-specific identity. Which combination is correct?

  1. A Kubelet identity with Cosmos DB Contributor
  2. B Workload Identity federated to a user-assigned identity holding a Cosmos DB data-plane role (correct answer)
  3. C Account key in a ConfigMap
  4. D Node pool identity

Shortcut: Workload Identity gives the pod its own Entra ID identity. Pairing it with the Cosmos DB Built-in Data Contributor data role grants exactly the data access required.