4.12 Apply the Principles of DevOps Practices 350-201 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A security team has a mature CI/CD pipeline with comprehensive automated tests. They want to reduce the time between code commit and production deployment to minutes, without human intervention. Which practice should they implement?

   • AContinuous delivery, where changes are automatically deployed to staging but require manual approval for production.
   • BContinuous deployment, where every change that passes all pipeline stages is automatically released to production.
   • CContinuous integration, where code is merged and built automatically but not deployed.
   • DRelease management, where a release manager manually triggers production deployments.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of a blameless post-mortem in a DevOps culture?

   • ATo identify the individual responsible for the incident
   • BTo document the incident for legal purposes
   • CTo focus on learning from incidents and improving processes
   • DTo celebrate the team's success in handling the incident
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4. 18application · medium

   A team of developers frequently works on the same network automation scripts. They often encounter merge conflicts and integration issues. Which practice should they adopt to minimize these problems?

   • AHave each developer work on a separate branch and merge at the end of the month.
   • BUse a file locking mechanism to prevent simultaneous edits.
   • CIntegrate code changes frequently, at least daily, into a shared repository.
   • DDesignate one developer to make all changes to the scripts.
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5. 19application · medium

   A security team and a network operations team often work in silos, leading to delays in deploying security updates. They want to adopt DevOps principles to improve collaboration. Which action best supports this goal?

   • AUse a ticketing system to manage all requests between teams.
   • BHave the security team work independently and then inform the network team of changes.
   • CForm a cross-functional team with shared responsibility for security and network operations.
   • DCreate a detailed handoff document for each team to follow.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which characteristic is typical of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?

   • AInfrastructure changes require physical access to devices.
   • BInfrastructure is configured manually through a CLI.
   • CInfrastructure is documented using network diagrams.
   • DInfrastructure is defined in declarative configuration files.
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