diff --git a/pkg/kor/namespaces_test.go b/pkg/kor/namespaces_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pkg/kor/namespaces_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package kor
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIgnoreResourceType(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		resource        string
+		ignoreResources []string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "non matching resource",
+			args: args{
+				resource: "pods",
+				ignoreResources: []string{
+					"configmaps",
+					"secrets",
+				},
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "matching resource",
+			args: args{
+				resource: "secrets",
+				ignoreResources: []string{
+					"configmaps",
+					"secrets",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty resource ignore list",
+			args: args{
+				resource:        "secrets",
+				ignoreResources: []string{},
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := ignoreResourceType(tt.args.resource, tt.args.ignoreResources); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ignoreResourceType() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}