4. Describe the Components and Benefits of CI/CD Pipeline in Infrastructure Automation 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   A network team frequently discovers configuration errors only after changes are deployed to production. They want to reduce the time between writing a change and knowing whether it is valid. Which CI/CD benefit directly addresses this need?

   • AReduced infrastructure costs
   • BIncreased manual testing
   • CImproved documentation
   • DFaster feedback through automated testing in the pipeline
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2. 22expert · hard

   A network team has a CI/CD pipeline that deploys configuration changes to staging automatically but requires a manual approval before production. They want to reduce the time to production while still maintaining a human checkpoint for compliance reasons. Which change to the pipeline would best achieve this?

   • ARemove the manual approval entirely and deploy all changes automatically
   • BAutomate the staging deployment and pre-approve production changes that pass all tests, but keep a manual approval for changes that require special review
   • CMove the manual approval earlier in the pipeline, before staging deployment
   • DKeep the manual approval but automate the staging deployment only
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4. 23foundation · easy

   What is a common recovery strategy in a CI/CD pipeline?

   • ARestarting the pipeline from the beginning without changes
   • BRedeploying the previous successful version
   • CManually editing configuration files on production servers
   • DDisabling all automated tests
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5. 24expert · hard

   A network team is considering adopting CI/CD for their infrastructure automation. They are concerned about the initial effort to set up the pipeline and the cost of running automated tests. They want to demonstrate the value to management. Which benefit of CI/CD is most directly measurable and likely to justify the investment?

   • AReduced mean time to recovery (MTTR) through automated rollback and faster detection of failures
   • BReduced need for documentation
   • CIncreased number of network devices
   • DImproved employee satisfaction
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6. 25expert · hard

   A company uses a CI/CD pipeline to manage network infrastructure with Ansible. They want to ensure that the production environment is always in the exact state defined in the Git repository. They also need to audit all changes. Which combination of practices best achieves this?

   • AUse Ansible in check mode during the test stage, then apply the playbook in the deploy stage, and log all changes to an audit trail
   • BManually configure devices and then update the Git repository afterward
   • CUse a scheduled job to apply the playbook without version control
   • DRun Ansible playbooks directly from a developer's laptop to production
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