4.11 Describe Components of a CI/CD Pipeline 350-201 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–28

1. 26application · medium

   A CI/CD pipeline for a security automation tool has three stages: build, test, and deploy. The team wants to ensure that if the test stage fails, the deploy stage does not run, and they want to receive a notification about the failure. What is the best way to implement this?

   • AMake the deploy stage always run, but have it skip deployment if the test stage failed.
   • BUse a manual approval step before the deploy stage, regardless of test results.
   • CDefine the deploy stage to depend on the successful completion of the test stage, and configure a failure hook to send a notification.
   • DRun all stages in parallel and let the deploy stage check the test results at runtime.
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2. 27foundation · easy

   How does a pipeline typically handle a failure in one of its stages?

   • AIt stops the pipeline and reports the failure so that developers can investigate.
   • BIt ignores the failure and continues to the next stage.
   • CIt automatically deploys the failed build to production for troubleshooting.
   • DIt reverts the code in version control to the previous commit.
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3. 28application · medium

   A development team uses a CI/CD pipeline to deploy network configuration changes. They need to store API tokens and SSH keys securely and make them available to pipeline jobs without exposing them in the source code or logs. What is the recommended approach?

   • AStore the secrets in a text file in the Git repository and read them during the build.
   • BEmbed the secrets directly in the pipeline configuration file.
   • CShare the secrets via a public chat channel to the team.
   • DUse a dedicated secrets management service and reference the secrets by name in the pipeline configuration.
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