A DevOps team wants to implement a configuration management strategy that allows them to track changes, review history, and roll back to previous configurations if needed. Which practice is essential for this strategy?

Creating a new configuration file for each change

Documenting configuration changes in a wiki

Using a configuration management tool that supports pull-based updates

Storing configuration files in a version control system

A company is developing a configuration management strategy for a hybrid environment. They have Azure VMs and on-premises servers. They want to use a single tool to manage both, with a declarative desired state and compliance reporting. The team is also planning to use Bicep for infrastructure provisioning. Which tool should they use for configuration management?

Azure Automation State Configuration

A team is using ARM templates to deploy infrastructure. What is the role of Azure Resource Manager in this process?

It is the service that processes and deploys the ARM templates

It is a storage service for ARM templates

It is a scripting language used to write ARM templates

It is a tool that converts ARM templates to Bicep

A team is implementing infrastructure as code for a new application. They want to validate that the Bicep templates are syntactically correct and that the resulting Azure resources will be configured as expected before deploying to production. The team uses Azure DevOps for CI/CD. Which set of steps should the team include in the pipeline?

Run 'bicep lint' to check for best practices, then deploy directly to production with a manual approval gate.

Run 'bicep build' to validate syntax, then use the ARM template deployment task with the 'What-If' operation to preview changes.

Run 'bicep build' and then use the Azure CLI 'az deployment group validate' command to check the template.

Use the Azure Resource Manager template deployment task with the 'Incremental' mode and rely on the pipeline to catch errors.

An organization uses Chef to manage configuration of its Linux servers. They need a similar tool that is agentless and uses a push model to apply configurations from a central server. Which configuration management technology fits this requirement?

Azure Automation State Configuration

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Design and Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) AZ-400 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Part of the Design and implement build and release pipelines domain, which makes up ~41% of our current practice bank. Microsoft does not publish an official question count, but from its 140-minute exam (~55–95 total, ~23–39 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Configuration Management Technologies
Configuration Management Strategy
IaC Strategy Definition
Desired State Configuration Design
Azure Automation State Configuration
Azure Resource Manager and Bicep
Azure Machine Configuration
Azure Deployment Environments Design
Azure Deployment Environments Implementation

Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
A DevOps team wants to implement a configuration management strategy that allows them to track changes, review history, and roll back to previous configurations if needed. Which practice is essential for this strategy?
Select an answer first
12expert · hard
A company is developing a configuration management strategy for a hybrid environment. They have Azure VMs and on-premises servers. They want to use a single tool to manage both, with a declarative desired state and compliance reporting. The team is also planning to use Bicep for infrastructure provisioning. Which tool should they use for configuration management?
Select an answer first
13foundation · easy
A team is using ARM templates to deploy infrastructure. What is the role of Azure Resource Manager in this process?
Select an answer first
14application · medium
A team is implementing infrastructure as code for a new application. They want to validate that the Bicep templates are syntactically correct and that the resulting Azure resources will be configured as expected before deploying to production. The team uses Azure DevOps for CI/CD. Which set of steps should the team include in the pipeline?
Select an answer first
15foundation · easy
An organization uses Chef to manage configuration of its Linux servers. They need a similar tool that is agentless and uses a push model to apply configurations from a central server. Which configuration management technology fits this requirement?
Select an answer first

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Questions 11–15

A DevOps team wants to implement a configuration management strategy that allows them to track changes, review history, and roll back to previous configurations if needed. Which practice is essential for this strategy?

A team is using ARM templates to deploy infrastructure. What is the role of Azure Resource Manager in this process?

An organization uses Chef to manage configuration of its Linux servers. They need a similar tool that is agentless and uses a push model to apply configurations from a central server. Which configuration management technology fits this requirement?

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