CDP Testing & Quality Assurance

Question 1

Which testing approach aligns best with DevOps principles by integrating testing throughout the entire software delivery pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Shift-left testing

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Waterfall testing

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Manual regression testing

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End-of-cycle UAT

Question 2

In a DevOps pipeline, what is the primary purpose of a quality gate?

Accepted Answer

To enforce minimum quality criteria before promoting code to the next stage

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To slow down deployments for manual review

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To generate test reports for stakeholders

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To replace unit tests with integration tests

Question 3

Which type of test validates that individual functions or methods work correctly in isolation?

Accepted Answer

Unit test

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Integration test

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Smoke test

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End-to-end test

Question 4

What does TDD (Test-Driven Development) require developers to do before writing production code?

Accepted Answer

Write a failing test first

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Deploy to a staging environment

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Review code with a peer

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Create a deployment plan

Question 5

Which metric measures the percentage of code exercised by automated tests?

Accepted Answer

Code coverage

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Defect escape rate

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Mean time to recovery

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Deployment frequency

Question 6

In the DevOps testing pyramid, which layer should contain the largest number of tests?

Accepted Answer

Unit tests

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UI/End-to-end tests

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Service/Integration tests

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Manual exploratory tests

Question 7

What is the main benefit of running automated tests in parallel during a CI pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Shortens overall pipeline execution time

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Reduces the number of test cases needed

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Eliminates the need for integration tests

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Increases code coverage automatically