You have multiple Azure Pipelines YAML pipelines that deploy to different environments. You want to centralize the approval process so that any deployment to a production environment requires approval from the same set of users. You also want to avoid duplicating the approval configuration in each pipeline. What should you do?

Create a single environment named 'Production' and reference it in all production deployment jobs. Configure the approval check on that environment.

Use a task group that includes a manual validation task and add it to each pipeline.

Create a YAML template that includes the approval step and reference it from each pipeline.

Use a variable group to store the approver list and reference it in each pipeline.

You have a GitHub repository with a workflow that should run only when a pull request is merged to the 'main' branch. You also want to reuse the same deployment steps in a workflow that runs on a schedule. What should you do?

Use a 'schedule' trigger with a cron expression and a 'paths' filter.

Use a 'push' trigger with a 'branches' filter for 'main' and create a reusable workflow for the deployment steps.

Use a 'pull_request' trigger with a 'types: [closed]' filter and check the merge status in a job.

Use a 'workflow_run' trigger that runs after the pull request workflow completes.

A company uses GitHub for source control and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD. They want to automatically trigger a pipeline when a pull request is opened in GitHub. Which integration feature should they configure?

Service hooks from GitHub to Azure DevOps

Pipeline triggers configured in the YAML file

A team needs to run Azure Pipelines jobs that require a specific on-premises software license and access to internal network resources. They want to minimize ongoing costs for idle time. Which agent infrastructure should they choose?

Azure Pipelines hosted agent pool with a private project

Azure Container Instances with a container agent

Self-hosted agent on a company-managed VM

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Design and Implement Pipelines AZ-400 Practice Questions (Page 4)

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16foundation · easy
A DevOps team is evaluating automation platforms for their CI/CD workflows. They need a solution that is tightly integrated with GitHub repositories and supports YAML-based pipeline definitions. Which deployment automation solution best fits this requirement?
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17expert · hard
You have multiple Azure Pipelines YAML pipelines that deploy to different environments. You want to centralize the approval process so that any deployment to a production environment requires approval from the same set of users. You also want to avoid duplicating the approval configuration in each pipeline. What should you do?
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18application · medium
You have a GitHub repository with a workflow that should run only when a pull request is merged to the 'main' branch. You also want to reuse the same deployment steps in a workflow that runs on a schedule. What should you do?
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19foundation · easy
A company uses GitHub for source control and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD. They want to automatically trigger a pipeline when a pull request is opened in GitHub. Which integration feature should they configure?
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20foundation · easy
A team needs to run Azure Pipelines jobs that require a specific on-premises software license and access to internal network resources. They want to minimize ongoing costs for idle time. Which agent infrastructure should they choose?
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Questions 16–20

A DevOps team is evaluating automation platforms for their CI/CD workflows. They need a solution that is tightly integrated with GitHub repositories and supports YAML-based pipeline definitions. Which deployment automation solution best fits this requirement?

You have a GitHub repository with a workflow that should run only when a pull request is merged to the 'main' branch. You also want to reuse the same deployment steps in a workflow that runs on a schedule. What should you do?

A company uses GitHub for source control and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD. They want to automatically trigger a pipeline when a pull request is opened in GitHub. Which integration feature should they configure?

A team needs to run Azure Pipelines jobs that require a specific on-premises software license and access to internal network resources. They want to minimize ongoing costs for idle time. Which agent infrastructure should they choose?

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