FREE SAFe® 5 DevOps: DevOps Questions and Answers

Question 1

Staff from the operations teams must be included in the development teams supporting the Agile approach to DevOps to ensure:

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The resultant designs of the systems will fit nicely into the business as usual environment

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Operational considerations are prioritized over stability

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That stability is prioritized over creativity

Question 2

Which of the following statements about DevOps is true?

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All of the above

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DevOps won’t work in regulated industries

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DevOps and ITIL® don’t mix

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DevOps won’t work with Outsourced Development

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You must use cloud technologies

Question 3

Which advantages of implementing a DevOps strategy could be cited in a business case for doing so?

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All of the above

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Shortened lead time between fixes

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Lower failure rate of new releases

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Improved deployment frequency, which can lead to faster time to market

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Faster mean time to recovery in the event of a new release crashing or otherwise disabling the current system

Question 4

DevOps is...

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The collaboration and communication of both software developers and other information-technology (IT) professional while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes.

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Automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes.

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Developers taking over all Operations tasks.

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The collaboration and communication of just software developers and operations staff while automating the process software delivery and infrastructure changes.

Question 5

Is this a true statement? "DevOps is inherently a cultural shift within the organization; it is more than just a tool or a process change."

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Yes, there needs to be cultural shift within the organisation across all stakeholders to ensure a successful adoption of a DevOps approach.

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No, DevOps is all about the tools.

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No, cultural shift will occur when staff are using the most up to date tools

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Yes, but the most up to date tools and LEAN processes need to be in place to drive an organisational culture shift.

Question 6

DevOps adoption is being influenced by things like:

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All of the above

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Wide availability of virtualized and cloud infrastructure from internal and external providers

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Demand for an increased rate of production releases from application and business unit stakeholders

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Use of Agile and other development processes and methodologies

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Increased usage of data centre automation and configuration management tools and LEAN processes.

Question 7

Which statement about the similarities and differences between Agile and DevOps is true?

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Agile is a change of thinking whereas DevOps is actual organisation cultural change

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Agile is actual organisational cultural change whereas DevOps is a change of thinking.

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Agile is role driven whereas DevOps is process driven.

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Agile is process driven whereas DevOps is role driven.

Question 8

Which of the following best sums up how DevOps and Continuous Delivery interact?

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DevOps and Continuous Delivery share a background in Agile methods and LEAN thinking.

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DevOps and Continuous Delivery share common processes.

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DevOps and Continuous Delivery are not related and are mutually exclusive.

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DevOps and Continuous Delivery are the same thing.

Question 9

Which of the following statements best describes the role of Change Management in a DevOps environment?

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The moment an app change is asked for, the request should go out to everyone on the team, no matter which IT discipline they work in.

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The moment an app change is asked for, the request should go to the Developers to authorise.
Once authorised it goes to Operations for implementation.

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Nothing changes as a risk adverse Change Management approach is paramount to IT and business success.

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DevOps does not need Change Management?

Question 10

Which of the following best sums up the purpose of DevOps?

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One goal of DevOps is to establish an environment where releasing more reliable applications faster and more frequently can occur.

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One goal of DevOps is to establish an environment where Change Management does bot control application releases.

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One goal of DevOps is to establish an environment where releasing applications is valued over the quality of the released application.

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One goal of DevOps is to establish an environment where application development perform all operations tasks.