701.2 Standard Components and Platforms for Software (weight: 3) DEVOPS-TOOLS-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A team manages infrastructure using a configuration management tool. They want to adopt infrastructure as code to provision cloud resources, but they also need to maintain existing servers that are already configured. They want to avoid downtime and ensure that changes are reviewed before being applied. Which approach best balances these requirements?

   • AUse an IaC tool for new cloud resources and keep the configuration management tool for existing servers, with all changes reviewed via pull requests.
   • BUse the configuration management tool to provision cloud resources as well.
   • CManually apply changes to existing servers and use IaC only for new resources.
   • DMigrate all existing servers to the IaC tool immediately.
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2. 12application · medium

   An organization runs a monolithic application on virtual machines. They want to decompose it into smaller services that can be developed and deployed independently. They also want to ensure that each service runs in a consistent environment across development, testing, and production, and that the services can be scaled individually. Which approach best meets these requirements?

   • AUse configuration management tools to provision each service on shared VMs.
   • BPackage each service as a container and deploy them on a container orchestration platform.
   • CDeploy each service as a separate process on the same VM and use a process manager.
   • DContinue using virtual machines but create a separate VM for each service.
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4. 13application · medium

   A development team builds a Java application with many third-party dependencies. They want to ensure that builds are reproducible and that dependencies are cached locally to speed up CI pipelines. They also need to publish internal libraries for other teams to consume. Which solution best addresses these needs?

   • AUse a container registry to store Docker images of the application.
   • BUse a CI server's built-in cache for all dependencies.
   • CSet up an artifact repository like Nexus or Artifactory to proxy external dependencies and host internal packages.
   • DStore all dependencies in the Git repository.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   Which stage in a CI/CD pipeline is responsible for moving the application to a production environment?

   • ADeployment
   • BBuild
   • CCommit
   • DTest
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6. 15foundation · easy

   What is a key requirement for achieving continuous delivery?

   • AA dedicated team of manual testers for every release.
   • BA highly automated and reliable release pipeline.
   • CA single monolithic application architecture.
   • DA nightly build process that runs only once per day.
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