Q2 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam

An AKS cluster must run kube-system pods including CoreDNS and the metrics server. Which node pool type is required for this?

  1. A User node pool
  2. B System node pool (correct answer)
  3. C Spot node pool
  4. D GPU node pool

Shortcut: Every AKS cluster must have at least one system node pool. System node pools host kube-system pods (CoreDNS, metrics-server, tunnel-front) and cannot be deleted while the cluster exists.