RedHat EX280 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

  • Exam Code/Number: EX280
  • Exam Name/Title: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration exam
  • Certification Provider: RedHat
  • Corresponding Certification: Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
  • Exam Questions: 33
  • Updated On: May 30, 2026
Configure a service account
Configure a service account in the apples project to meet the following requirements:
The name of the account is ex280sa
The account allows pods to be run as any available user
Correct Answer:
See the solution below in Explanation.
Explanation:
Solution:
$ oc project apples
$ oc create sa ex280sa
$ oc adm policy add-scc-to-user anyuid -z ex280sa
Create a PV and PVC
Task information Details:
Create a PersistentVolume named landing-pv with 1Gi , ReadOnlyMany , NFS backend, and Retain reclaim policy.
Create a PersistentVolumeClaim named landing-pvc requesting 1Gi , ReadOnlyMany , and storage class nfs2 .
Correct Answer:
See the solution below in Explanation.
Explanation:
Solution:
* Create landing-pv.yaml:
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
name: landing-pv
spec:
capacity:
storage: 1Gi
accessModes:
- ReadOnlyMany
nfs:
path: /open001
server: 192.168.2.2
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
* Apply it:
oc apply -f landing-pv.yaml
* Create landing-pvc.yaml:
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: landing-pvc
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadOnlyMany
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
storageClassName: nfs2
* Apply it:
oc apply -f landing-pvc.yaml
* Verify:
oc get pv
oc get pvc
oc describe pv landing-pv
oc describe pvc landing-pvc
This task validates persistent storage provisioning and claim binding concepts.
Configure an application to use a secret
Configure the application called qed in the math project with the following requirements:
The application uses the secret previously created called: magic The secret defines an environment variable with name: DECODER_RING The application output no longer displays: Sorry, application is not configured correctly.
Correct Answer:
See the solution below in Explanation.
Explanation:
Solution:
$ oc get all | grep deploy
$ oc set env --from=secret/magic deployment.apps/qed
Configure quotas
Configure your OpenShift cluster to use quotas in the manhattan project with the following requirements:
The name of the ResourceQuota resource is: ex280-quota
The amount of memory consumed across all containers may not exceed 1Gi
The total amount of CPU usage consumed across all containers may not exceed
2 full cores
The maximum number of replication controllers does not exceed 3 The maximum number of pods does not exceed 3 The maximum number of services does not exceed 6
Correct Answer:
See the solution below in Explanation.
Explanation:
Solution:
$ oc project manhattan
$ oc create quota ex280-quota -- hard=memory=1Gi,cpu=2,pods=3,services=6,replicationcontrollers=3
$ oc get resourcequota
0
0
0
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