Linux Foundation CGOA Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: CGOA
Exam Name/Title: Certified GitOps Associate
Certification Provider: Linux Foundation
Corresponding Certification: DevOps and Site Reliability

Exam Questions: 62
Updated On: Jun 28, 2026

Question #1

In the context of GitOps, what is the purpose of a State Store?

A. To provide a system for storing temporary state data during GitOps deployments.

B. To provide a system for storing immutable versions of Desired State declarations.

C. To provide a system for storing mutable versions of Desired State declarations.

D. To provide a system for storing the current state of an application.

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Question #2

In GitOps, what is the process of ensuring the actual state of a system matches its Desired State called?

A. Webhooks

B. Monitoring

C. Reconciliation

D. Manual Intervention

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Question #3

Which of the following is part of a declaratively defined system?

A. Both the desired state and the steps to reach the Desired State.

B. Only the code for reaching the Desired State.

C. Only the steps to reach the Desired State.

D. Only the Desired State.

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Question #4

What is the main difference between Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible?

A. Terraform/OpenTofu is imperative in nature, while Ansible is declarative.

B. Terraform/OpenTofu stores the state of each resource, while Ansible works in a fire-and-forget mode.

C. Terraform/OpenTofu uses a configuration language called CUE, while Ansible uses HCL.

D. Ansible is written in Golang, while Terraform/OpenTofu is written in Python.

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Question #5

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between DevOps and GitOps?

A. GitOps is a set of principles to guide modern DevOps in practice.

B. DevOps and GitOps are two completely separate concepts with no relation to each other.

C. DevOps and GitOps are competing methodologies, and organizations must choose one over the other.

D. DevOps and GitOps are interchangeable terms used to describe the same concept and principles.

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #6

A GitOps-managed Software System includes which of the following?

A. Hardware infrastructure used for hosting the software system.

B. One or more runtime environments consisting of resources under management.

C. Operating systems used for hosting the software system.

D. One or more programming languages used for development.

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Question #7

In GitOps, what is a pull-based approach?

A. A pull-based approach is when the GitOps system sends notifications to developers to apply changes from the Git repository manually.

B. A pull-based approach is when the Git repository automatically pushes changes to the GitOps system, which then applies them.

C. A pull-based approach is when developers manually push changes to the GitOps system, which then applies them automatically.

D. A pull-based approach is when the GitOps system continuously polls the Git repository for changes and applies them automatically.

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