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DevOps is a combination of which two practices?
Correct Answer
Development and Operations
☑ MCQ PRACTICE
DevOps Unit 1
Practice objective questions for quick revision and examination preparation. Try answering each question before revealing the answer.
DevOps - Unit-1
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Which Agile framework organises work into fixed-length iterations called sprints?
Correct Answer
Scrum
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In Scrum, who is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and managing the product backlog?
Correct Answer
Product Owner
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Which technique does Kanban use to avoid overloading the team?
Correct Answer
Work-in-progress (WIP) limits
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A basic Kanban board typically has which columns?
Correct Answer
To Do, In Progress, Done
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In which year was the Agile Manifesto published?
Correct Answer
2001
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What does ITIL stand for?
Correct Answer
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
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Continuous Delivery ensures that software can be
Correct Answer
released to production reliably at any time
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The practice of frequently merging code changes into a shared repository, verified by automated builds, is called
Correct Answer
Continuous Integration
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Which of the following is NOT a typical stage of a delivery pipeline?
Correct Answer
Marketing campaign launch
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A bottleneck in a delivery pipeline is
Correct Answer
the stage that limits the overall throughput
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Lead time in a delivery pipeline measures
Correct Answer
the time from a code commit to running in production
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Release management is
Correct Answer
planning, scheduling and controlling software releases through different environments
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Which Scrum event is a short daily meeting of about 15 minutes?
Correct Answer
Daily Scrum (stand-up)
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What is the role of the Scrum Master?
Correct Answer
Facilitate the Scrum process and remove impediments
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A Scrum sprint typically lasts
Correct Answer
1 to 4 weeks
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Which model completes each phase fully before the next phase begins?
Correct Answer
Waterfall model
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DevOps culture mainly emphasises
Correct Answer
collaboration between development and operations teams
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ITIL is mainly concerned with
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IT service management
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Continuous Deployment differs from Continuous Delivery because in Continuous Deployment
Correct Answer
every change that passes the tests is deployed to production automatically
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Which Scrum artifact is an ordered list of everything needed in the product?
Correct Answer
Product Backlog
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Kanban originated from
Correct Answer
the Toyota Production System
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The main benefit of an automated delivery pipeline is
Correct Answer
faster, repeatable releases with fewer manual errors
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Which of the following is a common bottleneck in a delivery pipeline?
Correct Answer
Slow manual testing and approvals
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Value stream mapping is used to
Correct Answer
visualise the flow of work and identify delays and waste
Fill in the Blanks
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DevOps is a combination of Development and __________.
Correct Answer
Operations
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A time-boxed iteration in Scrum is called a __________.
Correct Answer
Sprint
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Kanban limits the amount of __________ in progress (WIP).
Correct Answer
work
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ITIL stands for Information Technology __________ Library.
Correct Answer
Infrastructure
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__________ ensures that software is always in a releasable state.
Correct Answer
Continuous Delivery
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The Scrum role that owns the product backlog is the __________.
Correct Answer
Product Owner
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The Daily Scrum meeting lasts at most __________ minutes.
Correct Answer
15
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The Agile Manifesto was published in the year __________.
Correct Answer
2001
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A __________ pipeline automates the stages from code commit to release.
Correct Answer
delivery
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The stage that limits the overall flow of a pipeline is called a __________.
Correct Answer
bottleneck
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In Kanban, work items are represented by __________ on the board.
Correct Answer
cards
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__________ management plans, schedules and controls the release of software through environments.
Correct Answer
Release
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In the __________ model, development phases follow one after another without overlapping.
Correct Answer
Waterfall
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The Sprint __________ meeting reviews what went well and what can be improved.
Correct Answer
Retrospective
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The time between committing code and running it in production is called __________ time.
Correct Answer
lead