Design and Implement a Testing Strategy for Pipelines AZ-400 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A release pipeline deploys to production. The team wants to automatically pause the deployment if the post-deployment monitoring shows an error rate above 5% for 10 minutes. What should be configured in the release pipeline?

   • AA release gate that queries the monitoring system and evaluates the error rate metric.
   • BA build quality gate that checks the error rate before the build completes.
   • CA manual approval step that requires a human to check the error rate.
   • DA test task that runs load tests and checks the error rate.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   Which Azure DevOps feature can be used to implement a security gate that scans code for vulnerabilities?

   • AAzure Boards
   • BAzure Repos
   • CAzure Pipelines with a security scanning task
   • DAzure Artifacts
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4. 3application · medium

   A team of developers works on a Python application. They want to run unit tests locally before pushing code to the repository, but they have different operating systems and Python versions. They want a consistent local testing environment. What should they use?

   • AAsk each developer to install Python 3.9 and run 'pytest' manually.
   • BUse a Docker container with a fixed Python version and run tests inside the container.
   • CUse a virtual environment and a requirements.txt file, but let each developer choose their own Python version.
   • DRun tests only in the CI pipeline and never locally.
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5. 4application · medium

   A team wants to enforce a minimum code coverage threshold in the build pipeline. The pipeline currently runs unit tests and publishes code coverage results. What should be added to the pipeline to block the build if coverage is below 80%?

   • AA quality gate task that reads the coverage report and fails the pipeline if the threshold is not met.
   • BA release gate that checks coverage before deployment.
   • CA manual approval step in the release pipeline.
   • DA test task that runs the tests and publishes results to the pipeline.
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6. 5application · medium

   A company must ensure that every production deployment is approved by a change advisory board (CAB) and that the approval is recorded. The release pipeline currently deploys automatically. What should be configured to meet this governance requirement?

   • AConfigure the pipeline to send an email after deployment.
   • BAdd a pre-deployment gate that requires a CAB approval and logs the approval in the release record.
   • CAdd a post-deployment gate that checks the deployment logs.
   • DUse a build quality gate to check code coverage.
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