12. Identify the Principles of DevOps Practices 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–40

1. 36application · medium

   A team manages a fleet of network devices and wants to ensure that any unauthorized change to a device's configuration is automatically corrected to match the approved baseline. Which tool or practice should they use?

   • AA monitoring tool that only alerts when a configuration change is detected.
   • BA configuration management tool that continuously enforces the desired state defined in version-controlled files.
   • CA backup system that stores nightly configuration snapshots.
   • DA manual audit process that reviews configurations quarterly.
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2. 37expert · hard

   A company is transitioning to DevOps. The development team wants to deploy code more frequently, but the operations team is concerned about stability and lacks visibility into the changes. There is a history of blame and finger-pointing when incidents occur. What is the most effective way to foster a collaborative culture?

   • ARequire operations to approve every code change before it is committed
   • BGive the development team full control over production deployments
   • CCreate a separate team to handle all deployments
   • DEstablish shared goals and metrics, and conduct blameless post-incident reviews
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4. 38foundation · easy

   In a continuous delivery pipeline, what does the automated process typically do after code passes all tests?

   • AArchives the code and waits for the next release cycle
   • BDeploys the code to a staging environment and makes it available for a manual release decision
   • CSends the code to a quality assurance team for manual testing
   • DDeploys the code directly to production
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5. 39foundation · easy

   How does DevOps foster collaboration between development and operations teams?

   • ABy keeping the teams separate and communicating only through formal documents
   • BBy having operations teams write all the application code
   • CBy requiring developers to manage all production incidents alone
   • DBy encouraging shared goals, joint ownership, and open communication across the delivery lifecycle
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6. 40expert · hard

   A network team is adopting DevOps practices. They currently store their Python scripts in Git, but their Ansible playbooks and device configuration templates are stored on a shared drive. They want to ensure that all infrastructure changes are traceable and that the CI/CD pipeline can use them. What is the most important action to take?

   • ADocument the location of the shared drive in a wiki
   • BMove all playbooks and templates into the same Git repository as the scripts
   • CUse the shared drive for playbooks and Git for scripts to avoid mixing
   • DCreate a backup of the shared drive to a cloud storage service
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