DevOps Culture, Fundamentals, and Maturity Models ECDE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A traditional IT organization has separate change-management and release teams. They want to adopt DevOps practices but are concerned about losing the audit trail required by regulators. Which approach best balances DevOps culture with regulatory requirements?

   • AHave the release team approve all changes after deployment, using post-implementation reviews.
   • BKeep the manual change advisory board (CAB) but require it to meet daily to speed up approvals.
   • CAutomate the change-management process so that every deployment is logged and approved through a policy-as-code mechanism.
   • DEliminate the change-management process entirely to allow developers to deploy at any time.
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2. 2foundation · medium

   Which characteristic is commonly used to define higher maturity levels in DevOps maturity models?

   • AFocus on individual performance metrics rather than team outcomes.
   • BReduced collaboration between teams to minimize conflicts.
   • CGreater automation, standardized processes, and data-driven decision making.
   • DIncreased reliance on manual processes and individual heroics.
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4. 3foundation · medium

   What distinguishes continuous delivery (CD) from continuous deployment?

   • AContinuous delivery ensures code is always in a deployable state, but the release to production is a manual decision.
   • BContinuous delivery and continuous deployment are identical terms with no difference.
   • CContinuous delivery automates the entire release process, while continuous deployment requires manual approval.
   • DContinuous delivery is only applicable to mobile apps, while continuous deployment is for web apps.
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5. 4application · medium

   A large financial institution has separate teams for development, operations, and security. Developers hand code to operations, and security reviews only at the end of the release cycle. The organization wants to adopt a DevOps culture but is concerned about losing control. Which initial change best aligns with DevOps culture while addressing the concern?

   • AMerge the development and operations teams into one team, but keep the security team separate to preserve independence.
   • BCreate a new security review stage after each deployment to production, with the authority to roll back the release.
   • CAllow developers to deploy directly to production without any automated checks, relying on post-incident reviews.
   • DHave security define a set of automated gates that run in the CI pipeline, with developers and operations both responsible for fixing any failures.
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6. 5application · medium

   A DevOps team is experiencing frequent friction because developers want to deploy quickly, while operations wants to ensure stability, and security wants to perform manual reviews. Which cultural practice would best reduce this friction?

   • ALet developers deploy to production without any oversight, and let operations handle any resulting issues.
   • BCreate a shared on-call rotation that includes developers, operations, and security engineers for production incidents.
   • CCreate a new team that acts as a middle layer between development, operations, and security.
   • DHave security approve every deployment in a separate manual step before operations deploys.
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