{
  "id": "jobs-cronjobs-mcq",
  "title": "Jobs vs CronJobs",
  "category": "Workloads",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "type": "mcq",
  "weight": 3,
  "description": "## Jobs vs CronJobs\n\nA data-processing team needs to run a database backup script **every night at midnight**. Which Kubernetes resource should they use, and why?",
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "text": "A `Job` — because Jobs run a task until it completes successfully, including on a nightly schedule"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "text": "A `CronJob` — because it creates Jobs on a time-based schedule (cron syntax) and is designed for recurring tasks"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "text": "A `Deployment` with `restartPolicy: OnFailure` — deployments keep tasks running on schedule"
    },
    {
      "id": "d",
      "text": "A `DaemonSet` — because it ensures exactly one backup process per node nightly"
    }
  ],
  "correct_option": "b",
  "explanation": "A **CronJob** is the right resource for recurring scheduled tasks. It uses standard cron syntax (e.g. `0 0 * * *` for midnight daily) and creates a new `Job` object at each scheduled time. A plain `Job` runs once to completion — you would need external scheduling to run it nightly. Deployments are for long-running services, and DaemonSets run pods on every node.",
  "hints": [
    {
      "title": "CronJob syntax",
      "body": "CronJobs use standard cron format: `minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week`. For midnight daily: `0 0 * * *`.",
      "command": "kubectl explain cronjob.spec.schedule"
    }
  ],
  "setup_commands": [],
  "default_namespace": "default",
  "teardown_commands": []
}