Question. The practice test for secrets did not include encrypting the secrets. . . .

Jason:
Question. The practice test for secrets did not include encrypting the secrets. Is this something that is not covered on the exam?

Mohamed Ayman:
Secret uses hashed value not encrypted and you can use base64 command to hash the value.
Check this example:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file/|https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file/

Also, you can use this link in the exam