Google Associate Cloud Engineer Exam - Topic 5 Question 119 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Associate Cloud Engineer exam

Question #: 119
Topic #: 5

You deployed a new application inside your Google Kubernetes Engine cluster using the YAML file specified below.

You check the status of the deployed pods and notice that one of them is still in PENDING status:

You want to find out why the pod is stuck in pending status. What should you do?

AReview details of the myapp-service Service object and check for error messages.

BReview details of the myapp-deployment Deployment object and check for error messages.

CReview details of myapp-deployment-58ddbbb995-lp86m Pod and check for warning messages.

DView logs of the container in myapp-deployment-58ddbbb995-lp86m pod and check for warning messages.

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Suggested Answer: C

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/debug-application/#debugging-pods

by Beth at Apr 09, 2026, 06:07 PM

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2 months ago

I think I remember that checking the pod details directly might give us the most insight into why it's pending. So maybe option C?

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