Design and Implement Pipelines AZ-400 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   You have multiple Azure Pipelines YAML pipelines that share a common set of steps for building a Java application. You want to update the build steps in one place and have all pipelines automatically use the updated steps. You also need to pass a version number to the shared steps. What should you do?

   • ACreate a reusable workflow in GitHub Actions and call it from your Azure Pipelines.
   • BCopy the build steps into each pipeline and use a global variable group for the version number.
   • CCreate a task group and add it to each pipeline. Use a variable to pass the version number.
   • DCreate a YAML template with parameters and reference it from each pipeline using 'template: build.yml'.
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2. 7application · medium

   You are creating an Azure Pipelines YAML pipeline that deploys to a production environment. You want to require that two different users approve the deployment before it proceeds. You also want to ensure that the approval is tied to the environment resource. What should you do?

   • ADefine an environment in Azure DevOps, add an approval check, and specify 'numberOfApprovals: 2' in the YAML environment reference.
   • BUse a branch policy on the production branch to require two reviewers.
   • CUse a 'pre-deployment' gate that calls a REST API to check for approvals.
   • DAdd a manual validation task to the pipeline and require two users to approve the task.
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4. 8foundation · easy

   In an Azure Pipelines YAML file, which trigger keyword is used to specify that the pipeline should run only when changes are pushed to the main branch?

   • Atrigger: branches: include: [main]
   • Bschedules: - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   • Cpr: branches: include: [main]
   • Dresources: repositories: - repository: self
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5. 9foundation · easy

   In an Azure Pipelines YAML file, which top-level section defines the steps that run in a job?

   • Ajobs
   • Bsteps
   • Cpool
   • Dvariables
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6. 10application · medium

   A pipeline has three jobs: Build, Test, and Deploy. Test depends on Build, and Deploy depends on Test. The team wants to reduce overall time by running Test on multiple configurations in parallel. What should they configure?

   • AUse a job with a strategy matrix that runs Test on multiple configurations, and set dependencies from Deploy to the Test job.
   • BUse a single Test job with multiple steps that run sequentially.
   • CUse a multi-stage pipeline with a stage for each configuration.
   • DUse a single Test job and run it multiple times manually.
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