The Three Ways of DevOps CT-QDO Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   A development team frequently hands off code to operations as large, infrequent releases. Deployment is slow and error-prone, and operations staff spend most of their time firefighting. The team wants to apply the First Way of DevOps to improve this situation. Which action best exemplifies the First Way?

   • ABreak work into smaller batches and automate the handoff between development and operations to reduce wait times and rework.
   • BImplement a blameless post-incident review process to learn from deployment failures.
   • CIntroduce a daily stand-up meeting where developers and operations staff share status updates and discuss blockers.
   • DCreate a shared metrics dashboard so both teams can see deployment frequency and lead time.
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2. 22foundation · medium

   In the context of DevOps, what is the primary purpose of the Three Ways?

   • ATo define the specific tools and technologies that must be used in a DevOps pipeline
   • BTo establish a strict hierarchy between development, operations, and security teams
   • CTo provide a set of principles that enable continuous flow, feedback, and learning
   • DTo replace the need for ITIL or other IT service management frameworks
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4. 23expert · hard

   A team has a deployment pipeline that is fast, but they are experiencing frequent rollbacks because defects are not caught early. They want to improve the pipeline without slowing it down. Which approach best balances the First Way (flow) and the Second Way (feedback)?

   • AReduce the number of deployments to give more time for testing.
   • BAdd a manual testing phase before production to catch more defects.
   • CAdd automated tests and monitoring at each stage of the pipeline so that issues are caught quickly without manual delays.
   • DUse a longer staging period to simulate production more accurately.
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5. 24expert · hard

   A team has a mature feedback loop with automated tests and monitoring, but they are not learning from the feedback. Incidents repeat because the same mistakes are made. Which practice best combines the Second Way and the Third Way to address this?

   • AAssign a single person to investigate all incidents and report findings.
   • BConduct blameless post-incident reviews and track action items to ensure improvements are implemented.
   • CIncrease the frequency of monitoring alerts to get more feedback.
   • DAdd more automated tests to catch the same issues earlier.
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6. 25expert · hard

   A DevOps team is implementing the Three Ways but is struggling to get buy-in from operations staff who feel that the changes are increasing their workload. The team wants to demonstrate the value of the Three Ways to operations. Which approach best shows how the Three Ways benefit operations?

   • APromise that operations will have less work once the Three Ways are fully implemented.
   • BAsk operations to document all their current manual tasks so they can be automated later.
   • CShow how automated pipelines reduce manual handoffs, monitoring provides early warnings, and blameless reviews reduce firefighting.
   • DExplain that the Three Ways are a standard industry practice and should be adopted without question.
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