AZ-204 Quality Control & Assurance 2

Question 1

Which Azure DevOps feature allows you to define and enforce branch policies to prevent direct pushes to the main branch?

Accepted Answer

Branch policies

Answer

Azure DevOps Branch Policies let you require pull requests, minimum reviewer counts, and status checks before code can be merged to protected branches.

Question 2

When configuring an Azure Load Testing resource, which metric best indicates that a web API is degrading under load?

Accepted Answer

Average response time increasing as virtual users increase

Answer

A rising average response time correlated with increasing virtual users signals that the service is struggling to keep up with demand.

Question 3

In Azure Application Insights, what is the purpose of 'Availability Tests'?

Accepted Answer

Continuously ping your app endpoints from global locations to detect downtime

Answer

Availability Tests send synthetic HTTP requests to your URLs from multiple Azure regions on a schedule and alert you when they fail.

Question 4

A developer wants to ensure that every pull request passes unit tests before it can be merged. Which Azure DevOps configuration achieves this?

Accepted Answer

Add a status check policy requiring the CI pipeline to succeed

Answer

A status check policy tied to a build pipeline blocks merge until the pipeline reports success, enforcing automated test verification on every PR.

Question 5

Which xUnit attribute should you use in a .NET test project to supply multiple sets of inputs to a single test method?

Accepted Answer

[Theory] with [InlineData]

Answer

In xUnit, [Theory] marks a parameterized test and [InlineData] provides each set of arguments, running the method once per data row.

AZ-204 - Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Practice Test

AZ-204 - Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Practice Test

AZ-204 Quality Control & Assurance 2