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

A pod must read a secret from Key Vault with no credentials stored anywhere in the cluster. Which combination is correct?

  1. A A Kubernetes Secret populated by an init container using a service principal
  2. B Workload Identity: a Kubernetes ServiceAccount federated to an Azure AD managed identity (correct answer)
  3. C The kubelet managed identity referenced directly by the pod
  4. D An imagePullSecret with Key Vault credentials

Shortcut: Workload Identity projects a signed service account token into the pod, which Azure AD exchanges for an access token via a federated credential. No secret material is stored in the cluster.