Your organization is evaluating whether to use GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines for a new project. The project requires integration with Azure resources, complex multi-stage deployment with approvals, and the ability to run on self-hosted infrastructure. Your team is already familiar with YAML. You need to choose the solution that best fits these requirements while minimizing the learning curve. What should you choose?

Use GitHub Actions because it is the default for GitHub repositories and supports self-hosted runners.

Use GitHub Actions for CI and Azure Pipelines for CD, and link them via webhooks.

Use Azure Pipelines with a GitHub repository, but only for CI, and use a separate tool for CD.

Use Azure Pipelines because it provides native multi-stage pipelines, environment-based approvals, and integration with Azure resources.

Your team uses GitHub Actions for a mobile app build that requires a macOS environment with specific Xcode versions. You have a limited budget and want to avoid purchasing dedicated Mac hardware. You also need to ensure that the build environment is always available and maintained. What should you do?

Purchase a Mac mini and set it up as a self-hosted runner.

Use a GitHub-hosted macOS runner and specify the required Xcode version in the workflow.

Use a Windows runner with a macOS virtual machine.

Use a Linux runner and install Xcode via a script.

You have a GitHub repository that uses Azure Pipelines for CI. You want to trigger the pipeline only when a pull request is opened by a team member, not by external contributors. You also want to reuse the same pipeline definition for the 'main' branch pushes. What should you do?

Use a GitHub Action to check the author and then call the Azure Pipeline via REST API.

Use a branch policy on the repository to require team membership for pull requests.

Use a 'pull_request' trigger in Azure Pipelines and add a condition that checks the 'Build.Reason' variable to skip external PRs. Use a YAML template for the shared steps.

Use a 'paths' filter in the trigger to only run for team members' branches.

Your company uses GitHub Actions for CI/CD. You need to run a build that requires a licensed third-party compiler and access to an on-premises license server. The build runs only during business hours. You want to minimize infrastructure cost while ensuring the build can access the license server. What should you do?

Use a self-hosted runner installed on an on-premises virtual machine that has network access to the license server.

Use a GitHub-hosted runner and configure the license server to accept connections from GitHub's IP ranges.

Use a GitHub-hosted runner and install the compiler and license client on the runner.

Use Azure Pipelines with a Microsoft-hosted agent and a private endpoint to the license server.

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Design and Implement Pipelines AZ-400 Practice Questions (Page 5)

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 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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21expert · hard
Your organization is evaluating whether to use GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines for a new project. The project requires integration with Azure resources, complex multi-stage deployment with approvals, and the ability to run on self-hosted infrastructure. Your team is already familiar with YAML. You need to choose the solution that best fits these requirements while minimizing the learning curve. What should you choose?
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22foundation · easy
In an Azure Pipelines YAML file, which keyword is used to define multiple jobs that can run in parallel?
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23application · medium
Your team uses GitHub Actions for a mobile app build that requires a macOS environment with specific Xcode versions. You have a limited budget and want to avoid purchasing dedicated Mac hardware. You also need to ensure that the build environment is always available and maintained. What should you do?
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24expert · hard
You have a GitHub repository that uses Azure Pipelines for CI. You want to trigger the pipeline only when a pull request is opened by a team member, not by external contributors. You also want to reuse the same pipeline definition for the 'main' branch pushes. What should you do?
Select an answer first
25application · medium
Your company uses GitHub Actions for CI/CD. You need to run a build that requires a licensed third-party compiler and access to an on-premises license server. The build runs only during business hours. You want to minimize infrastructure cost while ensuring the build can access the license server. What should you do?
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In an Azure Pipelines YAML file, which keyword is used to define multiple jobs that can run in parallel?

You have a GitHub repository that uses Azure Pipelines for CI. You want to trigger the pipeline only when a pull request is opened by a team member, not by external contributors. You also want to reuse the same pipeline definition for the 'main' branch pushes. What should you do?

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