Objective: Explain What GitLab CI/CD Is and Why Teams Use It GITLAB-CERTIFIED-CICD-ASSOCIATE Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which outcome is a primary benefit of using GitLab CI/CD for a development team?

   • AEliminating the need for any code reviews.
   • BReplacing the need for a version control system.
   • CReducing manual errors by automating build, test, and deployment steps.
   • DGuaranteeing that no bugs ever reach production.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which statement best describes the relationship between Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) in GitLab CI/CD?

   • ACI and CD are two names for the same process of deploying code to production.
   • BCI automatically deploys code to production, while CD focuses on merging code changes.
   • CCI focuses on automatically building and testing code changes, while CD automates delivery or deployment of validated code.
   • DCI is a manual process, while CD is the automated pipeline that runs tests.
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4. 13expert · hard

   A team is designing a pipeline for a mobile app. They want to run unit tests and UI tests. Unit tests are fast and should run on every commit. UI tests are slow and should run only on merge requests targeting the main branch. They also want to build the app only after tests pass. Which pipeline structure best meets these requirements?

   • APut both test jobs in the same stage and run them in parallel, then build
   • BDefine a test stage with two jobs: unit-test (runs always) and ui-test (runs only on merge requests), followed by a build stage
   • CUse a single test job that runs both unit and UI tests, then build
   • DDefine a build stage first, then a test stage with both test jobs
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5. 14expert · hard

   A company has a compliance requirement that all production deployments must be approved by a release manager. They also want to minimize the time between code commit and production availability. Their current pipeline automatically builds and tests, then deploys to a staging environment. Which configuration best meets both requirements?

   • AAutomate the production deployment and notify the release manager after it completes
   • BRequire the release manager to manually trigger the entire pipeline
   • CDeploy to production automatically but only on the main branch
   • DAdd a manual approval job in the deploy stage before the production deployment job
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6. 15expert · hard

   A team is troubleshooting a pipeline that fails intermittently. The failure occurs in a test job that runs after a build job. The build job produces artifacts that the test job consumes. The team suspects the artifacts are sometimes missing. What is the most likely cause and the correct fix?

   • AThe artifacts are not being passed because the test job lacks a dependencies keyword; add dependencies to the test job
   • BThe runner is running out of disk space; increase the runner's storage
   • CThe build job is failing silently; check the build job's exit code
   • DThe artifacts expire before the test job runs; increase the artifact expiration time
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