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Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA)
The Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA) certification is designed to validate a professional's foundational understanding of GitOps methodologies within cloud-native environments
- 90 min
- 70% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 5 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official The Linux Foundation blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA) exam question
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An engineer says Helm should be considered the GitOps controller because Helm performs the install. Which correction is most appropriate?
Exam facts at a glance
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- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 5
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 2.0 / 10
- Question mix
- 21 single · 20 multi · 19 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- GitOps Patterns12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- GitOps Principles18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- GitOps Terminology12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Related Practices10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Tooling8 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
38% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
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