QA in CI/CD Pipeline CT-QDO Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26foundation · easy

   How does deployment automation integrate with testing in a CD pipeline?

   • ADeployment automation replaces the need for any testing
   • BDeployment automation runs tests before and after the deployment to validate the process and the application
   • CDeployment automation is used only for production, not for test environments
   • DTesting is performed only after the deployment is manually approved
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2. 27foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of running smoke tests immediately after an automated deployment?

   • ATo verify that the application is up and responding correctly after deployment
   • BTo test the application under heavy load
   • CTo perform a full regression test of all features
   • DTo check for security vulnerabilities
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4. 28application · medium

   A CI pipeline currently builds the application and runs unit tests. The team wants to add a stage that validates the application can start and respond to basic requests. Where should this stage be placed and what type of test should it run?

   • AAfter the build stage, run a smoke test that starts the application and verifies it responds to a health endpoint.
   • BIn parallel with the build stage, run a load test against a staging environment.
   • CBefore the build stage, run a static code analysis tool.
   • DAfter deployment to production, run a full regression suite.
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5. 29expert · hard

   A team is considering testing in production using canary releases. They have monitoring in place for server metrics but are unsure if it is sufficient to detect user-facing issues. What additional practice is most important to include?

   • ARely on the existing server metrics (CPU, memory) to detect any application issues.
   • BDisable monitoring during the canary release to avoid alert fatigue.
   • CImplement synthetic transactions that exercise critical user journeys in production and alert on failures.
   • DOnly use manual testing by QA engineers on the canary version.
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6. 30foundation · easy

   How do feedback loops from production monitoring contribute to QA?

   • AThey provide information that helps improve test coverage and prevent future defects
   • BThey only provide information to the operations team, not QA
   • CThey automatically fix defects in the code
   • DThey eliminate the need for future testing
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