Important DevOps Practices CT-ATLAS Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A team has deployed a new feature and wants to use shift-right testing to validate it in production. They are concerned about the impact on all users if the feature has a defect. Which strategy best mitigates this risk while still gaining production feedback?

   • AUse a canary release to roll out the feature to a small subset of users and monitor key metrics.
   • BRun a full regression suite in production before the feature is used.
   • CCollect user feedback through a survey after the release.
   • DDeploy the feature to all users immediately and monitor for issues.
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2. 12expert · hard

   A company wants to adopt continuous deployment to production. They have a comprehensive automated test suite, but the business is risk-averse and requires that any change can be quickly reverted if a problem is detected. Which approach best balances the need for speed with the risk requirement?

   • AUse continuous delivery with a manual approval gate for every production release.
   • BDeploy to production automatically but rely on users to report issues.
   • CDeploy to production only after a full regression suite passes, with no rollback plan.
   • DImplement continuous deployment with automated rollback and feature flags.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In a DevOps culture, what does 'shared responsibility' for quality mean?

   • AEveryone on the team, including developers, operations, and testers, is responsible for ensuring the quality of the product.
   • BThe operations team is responsible for quality in production, while the development team is responsible for quality in development.
   • CThe QA team is solely responsible for quality and must approve all releases.
   • DThe customer is responsible for reporting all defects, as they are the final testers.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   How do monitoring and observability practices contribute to continuous improvement of software quality?

   • ABy replacing the need for automated testing, as production data is more accurate.
   • BBy automatically fixing defects in production without human intervention.
   • CBy providing data and insights from production that can be used to identify defects, performance bottlenecks, and user experience issues.
   • DBy ensuring that no defects are released to production in the first place.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   In the context of the test pyramid, which layer represents the largest number of tests and the fastest execution time?

   • AManual exploratory tests
   • BEnd-to-end tests
   • CUnit tests
   • DIntegration tests
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