diff --git a/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go b/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go
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+++ b/checkpoint/checkpoint_test.go
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+package checkpoint
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/intel/multus-cni/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	fakeTempFile = "/tmp/kubelet_internal_checkpoint"
+)
+
+type fakeCheckpoint struct {
+	fileName string
+}
+
+func (fc *fakeCheckpoint) WriteToFile(inBytes []byte) error {
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(fc.fileName, inBytes, 0600)
+}
+
+func (fc *fakeCheckpoint) DeleteFile() error {
+	return os.Remove(fc.fileName)
+}
+
+func TestCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Checkpoint")
+}
+
+var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	sampleData := `{
+		"Data": {
+			"PodDeviceEntries": [
+			{
+				"PodUID": "970a395d-bb3b-11e8-89df-408d5c537d23",
+				"ContainerName": "appcntr1",
+				"ResourceName": "intel.com/sriov_net_A",
+				"DeviceIDs": [
+				"0000:03:02.3",
+				"0000:03:02.0"
+				],
+				"AllocResp": "CikKC3NyaW92X25ldF9BEhogMDAwMDowMzowMi4zIDAwMDA6MDM6MDIuMA=="
+			}
+			],
+			"RegisteredDevices": {
+			"intel.com/sriov_net_A": [
+				"0000:03:02.1",
+				"0000:03:02.2",
+				"0000:03:02.3",
+				"0000:03:02.0"
+			],
+			"intel.com/sriov_net_B": [
+				"0000:03:06.3",
+				"0000:03:06.0",
+				"0000:03:06.1",
+				"0000:03:06.2"
+			]
+			}
+		},
+		"Checksum": 229855270
+		}`
+
+	fakeCheckpoint := &fakeCheckpoint{fileName: fakeTempFile}
+	err := fakeCheckpoint.WriteToFile([]byte(sampleData))
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("Kubelet checkpoint data read operations", func() {
+	Context("Using /tmp/kubelet_internal_checkpoint file", func() {
+		var (
+			cp            Checkpoint
+			err           error
+			resourceMap   map[string]*types.ResourceInfo
+			resourceInfo  *types.ResourceInfo
+			resourceAnnot = "intel.com/sriov_net_A"
+		)
+
+		It("should get a Checkpoint instance from file", func() {
+			cp, err = getCheckpoint(fakeTempFile)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		It("should return a ResourceMap instance", func() {
+			rmap, err := cp.GetComputeDeviceMap("970a395d-bb3b-11e8-89df-408d5c537d23")
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(rmap).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+			resourceMap = rmap
+		})
+
+		It("resourceMap should have value for \"intel.com/sriov_net_A\"", func() {
+			rInfo, ok := resourceMap[resourceAnnot]
+			Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
+			resourceInfo = rInfo
+		})
+
+		It("should have 2 deviceIDs", func() {
+			Expect(len(resourceInfo.DeviceIDs)).To(BeEquivalentTo(2))
+		})
+
+		It("should have \"0000:03:02.3\" in deviceIDs[0]", func() {
+			Expect(resourceInfo.DeviceIDs[0]).To(BeEquivalentTo("0000:03:02.3"))
+		})
+
+		It("should have \"0000:03:02.0\" in deviceIDs[1]", func() {
+			Expect(resourceInfo.DeviceIDs[1]).To(BeEquivalentTo("0000:03:02.0"))
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
+	fakeCheckpoint := &fakeCheckpoint{fileName: fakeTempFile}
+	err := fakeCheckpoint.DeleteFile()
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+})