Understanding the DevOps Workflow GCSA Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26foundation · easy

   Which activity is a typical part of the continuous integration process?

   • ARunning automated unit tests on every code commit
   • BDeploying the application to a staging environment after every commit
   • CManually reviewing code changes before merging to the main branch
   • DCreating a new virtual machine for each developer
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2. 27expert · hard

   A company wants to implement continuous deployment for its web application. The team has automated tests, but they are concerned about deploying to production without any human oversight. They also want to be able to quickly roll back if a deployment causes issues. Which approach best addresses their concerns?

   • AImplement continuous deployment with automated rollback triggered by monitoring alerts.
   • BImplement continuous deployment but only deploy to a staging environment.
   • CImplement continuous deployment but require a human to manually roll back if issues occur.
   • DImplement continuous delivery with a manual approval gate before production.
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4. 28expert · hard

   A highly regulated company requires that every production deployment be approved by a change advisory board (CAB). The team wants to reduce the time between code commit and production availability while still complying with the CAB approval requirement. Which approach best balances automation and compliance?

   • AImplement continuous deployment and have the CAB approve the pipeline configuration once, then all future deployments are automatic.
   • BAutomate the CAB approval by using a chatbot that sends a summary of the change and requires a single click from any CAB member.
   • CUse a feature flag system to deploy code to production automatically but keep it disabled until the CAB approves.
   • DImplement continuous delivery so that every change is automatically tested and deployed to a staging environment, and only the final production deployment is triggered manually after CAB approval.
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5. 29application · medium

   A team wants to build a DevOps toolchain that supports continuous integration, configuration management, and monitoring. They already use Git for version control. Which set of tools would best complete the toolchain?

   • AGitLab CI for CI, Kubernetes for configuration management, and Elasticsearch for monitoring.
   • BTerraform for CI, Nagios for configuration management, and Grafana for monitoring.
   • CAnsible for CI, Jenkins for configuration management, and Prometheus for monitoring.
   • DJenkins for CI, Ansible for configuration management, and Prometheus for monitoring.
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6. 30application · medium

   A SaaS company's release process requires a human to click 'Approve' in the CI/CD tool before the pipeline deploys the build to production. The team wants to eliminate this manual step while still running automated tests before production. Which change best achieves this?

   • AMove the approval gate to a staging environment and require a second approval for production.
   • BRemove the approval gate and configure the pipeline to deploy to production automatically after tests pass.
   • CAutomate the build and test stages but keep the production deployment manual for compliance reasons.
   • DKeep the approval gate but add a scheduled job that runs the tests every hour and reports results to the team.
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