QA and Testing in DevOps Context CT-QDO Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A team is moving from a Waterfall model to DevOps. They are concerned about the impact on their testing strategy. Which change is most significant?

   • ATesting is reduced to only unit tests to speed up the pipeline
   • BTesting is performed only by developers, eliminating the QA role
   • CTesting is no longer a separate phase but is integrated throughout the pipeline
   • DTesting is performed only after deployment to production
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2. 2foundation · easy

   In the Waterfall model, when are test objectives typically defined?

   • ADuring the testing phase, after development is complete.
   • BDuring the requirements phase, before any development.
   • COnly after the product is deployed.
   • DContinuously throughout the project.
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4. 3application · medium

   A team wants to reduce the cost of fixing defects by detecting them as early as possible. They are considering implementing shift-left testing. Which activity is an example of shift-left testing?

   • AMonitoring production logs and metrics to detect issues after release
   • BConducting a post-mortem after a production incident
   • CRunning automated regression tests in the CI pipeline on every commit
   • DPerforming user acceptance testing in a staging environment before release
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5. 4expert · hard

   A DevOps team is experiencing frequent production incidents that are not caught by their pre-production tests. They want to implement shift-right testing to improve detection. Which approach is most effective?

   • ARely on user feedback and bug reports after release to identify issues
   • BDeploy canary releases and monitor key metrics to compare new versions against the stable version in production
   • CIncrease the number of test environments and run more automated tests before deployment
   • DPerform load testing in a staging environment that mirrors production
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6. 5foundation · easy

   In a DevOps environment, how does the testing strategy typically differ from a traditional V-Model approach?

   • ADevOps uses more automated testing and integrates it throughout the pipeline, while V-Model has defined test levels.
   • BDevOps has no testing strategy; it relies on developers to test.
   • CDevOps performs testing only after deployment, while V-Model tests before deployment.
   • DDevOps uses only manual testing, while V-Model uses automated testing.
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