Welcome to the DevOps Quiz! This blog post features more than 20 multiple-choice questions that explore key DevOps concepts, covering foundational principles and commonly used tools in a typical DevOps pipeline.
1. What are the key components of DevOps?
Select the best answer
a) Continuous Testing
b) Continuous Integration
c) Continuous Delivery & Monitoring
d) All of the above
2. Which one of the following methodologies does least impact the establishment of DevOps methodology?
Choose one option
a) Lean Manufacturing.
b) Agile Software Delivery.
c) Waterfall Software Delivery.
d) Continuous Software Delivery.
3. Which one of the following statements about DevOps is incorrect?
Choose one option
a) DevOps is only suitable for start-up companies
b) DevOps is suitable for brownfield software products and services
c) DevOps is suitable for greenfield software products and services
d) Some of the most exemplary DevOps initiatives started in companies with giant and mature IT organizations
4. Which practice involves deploying code into a production-like environment before actual production?
Choose one option
a) Continuous Testing
b) Canary Release
c) Blue-Green Deployment
d) Continuous Deployment
5. What is a Version Control System (VCS) primarily used for?
a) Infrastructure monitoring
b) Configuration management
c) Tracking changes to source code
d) Application deployment
6. Which tool is often used for orchestrating cloud infrastructure as code?
a) Jenkins
b) Grafana
c) Terraform
d) Docker
7. Which of the following is not a benefit of Automation in DevOps?
a) Continuous Deployment
b) Continuous Integration
c) Continuous Monitoring
d) Continuous Feedback
8. Which of the following tools is primarily associated with monitoring and visualizing time-series data?
Choose one option
a) Ansible
b) Git
c) Grafana
d) Puppet
9. What does the term “Immutable Infrastructure” refer to?
Choose one option
a) Infrastructure that can be easily changed and adapted
b) Infrastructure components that are never updated once deployed
c) Frequently changing infrastructure
d) Infrastructure that is resistant to hacker attacks
10. Which DevOps practice involves automating the provisioning and management of servers?
Choose one option
a) Continuous Monitoring
b) Continuous Feedback
c) Configuration Management
d) Continuous Testing
11. Which DevOps tool is known for its “Infrastructure as Code” capabilities and agentless architecture?
Choose one option
a) Jenkins
b) Git
c) Puppet
d) Ansible
12. Which tooling can best be used to automate the building and configuration of environments?
Choose one option
a) A ticketing system for the provision of a development, test or acceptance environment ​
b) A tool that copies the production environment settings to the development, test and acceptance environments
c) Configuration files per environment that are manually distributed and maintained in order to keep the environments in sync
d)Infrastructure as code and configuration management tools that enable the programmers in changing the environments themselves
13. What does IaC stand for in DevOps?
Choose one option
a) yes
b) No
c) May be
d) None of the Above
14. Which maven plugin creates the project structure?
Choose one option
a) Execution
b) Properties
c) Archetype
d) Dependency
15. What is telemetry?
Choose one option
a) Telemetry is a widely known SaaS tool to plan and execute DevOps projects.
b) Telemetry is a communication tool used by DevOps teams at geographically distributed locations.
c) Telemetry is the process of recording the behaviour of your systems.
d) Telemetry is a tool to design, code and execute automated unit tests.
16. The DevOps team at Innovation Solutions is adopting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for managing their cloud infrastructure. What is a key advantage of using IaC in terms of infrastructure provisioning and configuration?
Choose one option
a) Manual intervention for each infrastructure change.
b) Infrastructure changes performed only by the operations team.
c) Reproducible and version-controlled infrastructure changes.
d) Infrastructure changes documented in a separate manual document.
17. As a DevOps engineer at AWS DevOps Certification Services, you are tasked with improving the security posture of the CI/CD pipeline. What security practice should be implemented to detect and address vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies during the build process?
Choose one option
a) Manual code review by security experts.
b) Regularly updating dependencies without security analysis.
c) Implementing automated Dependency Scanning in the CI/CD pipeline.
d) Ignoring third-party dependencies to prioritize faster builds.
18. The DevOps team at DevOps Foundation Inc (Part of DevOps Institute) is considering the adoption of a hybrid cloud strategy. What is a key advantage of a hybrid cloud approach compared to a purely on-premises or public cloud solution?
Choose one option
a) Reduced flexibility in choosing cloud providers.
b) Higher costs associated with data transfer between on-premises and the cloud.
c) Optimized for either fully on-premises or fully public cloud solutions.
d) Allows flexibility to choose the best environment for specific workloads.
19. The DevOps team at Microsoft DevOps Azure Solutions is implementing automated deployment pipelines. What is a key advantage of using immutable infrastructure in the deployment process?
a) Requires manual configuration for each deployment.
b) Allows for in-place updates to running infrastructure.
c) Minimizes consistency across different environments.
d) Enables reproducible and consistent deployments with pre-built images.
20. Devops supports the elimination of _ because it can hamper collaboration, operations and morale within the company.
Choose one option
a) Excessive Documentation, which tends to create bottlenecks and hinder effective communication.
b) Siloed Development, as it impedes the flow of information and slows down the overall delivery process.
c) Traditional Waterfall Methodology, which lacks agility and responsiveness to changing requirements.
d) Manual Testing Practices, as they introduce delays and are prone to human errors.
21. How does DevOps impact security of an application or machine?
a) Security is increased by including it earlier in the process.
b) Security is increased because of the automation process.
c) Security is reduced because of the automation process.
d) Both (a) and (b)
22. What are the some important features of Memcached?
a) Callbacks
b) CAS Tokens
c) getDelayed & Igbinary
d) All of the above
23. Certain companies utilize immutable deployment, in which changes to the system are _ as opposed to _.
a) Changes deployed by creating new instances with the updates applied, modifying existing instances directly.
b) Changes are temporarily implemented, allowing adjustments post-deployment.
c) Changes are dynamically applied, enabling real-time system modifications.
d) Changes are stored in a separate environment for future manual application.
24. What is trunk in trunk based DevOps delivery?
a) Developers collaborate on code in a single branch called “trunk”.
b) Trunk is a special private branch in a developer workstation.
c) Trunk is the process of merging code in DevOps deliveries.
d) Trunk is a special source code version controlling system which stores mission critical special projects of your DevOps organization.
25. Which one of the following is not one of the DevOps principles for good test automation?
a) Test Automation should give quick and early feedback about your quality of work.
b) Never mix test driven development (TDD) together with your test automation approach.
c) Tests should generate consistent, deterministic and repeatable results provided same conditions for different test runs.
d) With your test automation, avoid slow and periodic feedback. What you need is fast feedback whenever you or your developer attempts to check-in code to your trunk.
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