DevOps Principles and Pipelines DSE Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–40

1. 36application · medium

   A development team frequently blames the operations team when production incidents occur, and each team maintains separate tooling and metrics. The company wants to adopt DevOps principles to improve collaboration and delivery speed. Which action best aligns with the CAMS model?

   • ACreate a shared dashboard that displays both development and operations metrics, and establish a joint on-call rotation for production services.
   • BImplement a new monitoring tool that alerts both teams independently when production issues occur.
   • CHave the operations team document all production runbooks and share them with development on a wiki.
   • DAutomate the deployment pipeline and require operations to use the same CI/CD tool as development.
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2. 37application · medium

   A small team manually runs builds, tests, and deployments, which often leads to skipped steps and inconsistent environments. They want to reduce human error and accelerate delivery. Which approach should they take?

   • AIncrease the number of manual reviews before each deployment.
   • BCreate detailed runbooks and require team members to follow them exactly.
   • CImplement an automated pipeline that orchestrates build, test, and deployment stages.
   • DUse a shared spreadsheet to track which steps have been completed.
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4. 38application · medium

   A company is transitioning from a traditional security model where a separate security team reviews code only at the end of the release cycle. The DevOps team wants to adopt DevSecOps principles. Which approach best exemplifies 'security as code'?

   • ASchedule a weekly security review meeting where developers and security engineers discuss potential vulnerabilities.
   • BDeploy a web application firewall in front of production to block common attacks.
   • CProvide developers with a checklist of security best practices to follow before each release.
   • DStore security policies and scanning configurations as version-controlled files in the same repository as the application code, and reference them from the CI pipeline.
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5. 39expert · hard

   A team has a CI/CD pipeline that works well, but they want to increase automation to reduce manual effort. They currently have a manual approval step before production deployment. The business is not ready for fully automated production deployments. Which automation improvement would best reduce manual effort while respecting the business constraint?

   • AKeep all stages manual but use a script to assist with each step.
   • BAutomate the production deployment but require a post-deployment sign-off from a manager.
   • CAutomate all stages up to the production deployment, and keep only the final production approval as a manual step.
   • DAutomate the production deployment and remove the manual approval entirely.
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6. 40foundation · easy

   In the context of DevOps principles, what does the 'Sharing' pillar primarily emphasize?

   • ASharing responsibilities, knowledge, and feedback across development and operations teams
   • BSharing only successful outcomes to avoid blame
   • CSharing code repositories with external open-source communities
   • DSharing infrastructure resources among multiple customers
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