Knowledge quiz

It's time to put what you've learned to the test, get 8 right to pass this week.

What methods best describe continuous integration?

There are three correct answers.

One code line to production.

Keep changes away from main code line for as long as possible in order to stabilize it.

Push changes at least once per day to main code line.

Multiple code lines for multiple releases.

Automated system (CI Server) to build and verify every change automatically.

What is meant by the "Conways law reversed maneuver"?

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Align architecture and platform design.

Align organization and network design.

Align architecture and network design.

Align organization and architecture design.

What can be seen as a root cause for many dysfunctions of a team according to Patrick Lencioni?

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Avoidance of accountability

Lack of commitment

Fear of conflict

Absence of trust

What is the definition of trust, according to Dr. Duane C. Tway Jr. ("A construct of trust", 1993)?

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The state of readiness for unguarded interaction with someone or something.

The state of readiness for unguarded communication with someone or something.

The state of readiness for guarded interaction with someone or something.

The state of readiness for guarded communication with someone or something.

DevOps is addressed at which group?

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Development and operations people only.

Everyone who works along the value stream.

People not directly related to product or service creation.

Development, operations, and security people.

Name three team patterns described in the book, Team Topologies:

There are three correct answers.

Platform team

Development team

Stream-aligned team

Enablement team

Operations team

Where does quality fit into the DevOps application lifecycle?

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Quality is a phase within the lifecycle.

Quality is something we can do at the end of each phase of the lifecycle.

Quality is a part of each phase of the lifecycle.

Quality is not included in the lifecycle.

How does automation improve quality?

There are three correct answers.

Automation can only be used for test tasks.

Test automation can identify all the issues in our system.

Test automation increases confidence in the system’s expected behavior.

Automation of repetitive tasks decreases the possibility of manual errors.

Automation frees up time to explore our system and learn more about its current state.

Which methodologies greatly impacted DevOps?

There are two correct answers.

Lean product development

Object-oriented programming

Agile software development

Waterfall model

Moore's law

10.

What is a deployment pipeline?

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A sequence of tasks which need to be executed to produce, verify, and deploy a software change.

A sequence of features to be activated in the productive landscape.

An operator's tool to deploy new system instances to a landscape.

A sequence of changes which need to be deployed to the productive landscape.