701.2 Standard Components and Platforms for Software (weight: 3) DEVOPS-TOOLS-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 6)

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1. 26application · medium

   An organization runs dozens of containerized microservices. They need to automate deployment, scaling, and load balancing of these containers. They also want self-healing capabilities, such as restarting failed containers. Which platform should they use?

   • AA container runtime like Docker Engine.
   • BA container orchestration platform like Kubernetes.
   • CA monitoring tool like Prometheus.
   • DA configuration management tool like Ansible.
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2. 27expert · hard

   An organization has a mix of on-premises servers and cloud instances. They want to use a single configuration management tool to enforce consistent configurations across all systems. They also want to integrate with their infrastructure as code tool to provision new instances and then automatically configure them. Which approach best meets these needs?

   • AUse a configuration management tool that supports both on-premises and cloud, and trigger it from the IaC tool after provisioning.
   • BUse only an IaC tool to manage both provisioning and configuration.
   • CUse a monitoring tool to detect configuration drift and manually fix it.
   • DUse separate tools for on-premises and cloud, and manage them independently.
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4. 28foundation · easy

   Which statement correctly describes a key difference between centralized and distributed version control systems?

   • ACentralized systems store the full history on a central server, while distributed systems store a complete copy of the repository on each client.
   • BCentralized systems allow offline commits, while distributed systems require a network connection for every commit.
   • CDistributed systems store only the latest snapshot, while centralized systems store the entire history.
   • DCentralized systems are always faster than distributed systems for large repositories.
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5. 29foundation · easy

   In the Gitflow workflow, which branch is typically used for preparing release candidates?

   • Afeature branch
   • Brelease branch
   • Chotfix branch
   • Dmain branch
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6. 30application · medium

   An operations team manages hundreds of Linux servers. They need to ensure that all servers have the same security patches and configuration settings. They want to define the desired state in a central file and have the tool automatically correct any drift. Which tool would best meet this requirement?

   • AA container orchestration platform like Kubernetes.
   • BA configuration management tool like Ansible or Puppet that enforces a desired state.
   • CA monitoring tool like Prometheus that alerts on configuration differences.
   • DAn artifact repository like Nexus that stores configuration files.
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