SAFe® 5 DevOps Certification SAFe® 5 DevOps: Continuous Deployment 3

Question 1

Which SAFe® 5 concept emphasizes deploying to production continuously while decoupling when features are released to users?

Accepted Answer

Decouple Deployment from Release

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Continuous Integration

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Value Stream Mapping

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Program Increment Planning

Question 2

What is a key characteristic of a 'rolling deployment' strategy in SAFe® 5 DevOps?

Accepted Answer

Instances are updated incrementally, with new and old versions running in parallel during the transition

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All instances are updated simultaneously during a short maintenance window

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Traffic is switched instantly from the old environment to the new environment

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The deployment is repeated on a rolling monthly schedule coordinated with PI boundaries

Question 3

In SAFe® 5 DevOps, which deployment environment practice reduces the 'works on my machine' problem?

Accepted Answer

Using containers and Infrastructure as Code to create consistent, reproducible environments

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Assigning each developer a dedicated physical server for testing

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Restricting all testing to the production environment to ensure accuracy

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Requiring developers to manually verify their code on all environments before merging

Question 4

What is the relationship between automated testing and Continuous Deployment in SAFe® 5 DevOps?

Accepted Answer

Automated testing is a prerequisite for Continuous Deployment because it provides the confidence needed to deploy frequently

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Automated testing is optional if the team has strong manual QA processes in place

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Automated testing only applies to unit tests; integration tests must remain manual

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Automated testing slows down Continuous Deployment by adding stages to the pipeline

Question 5

In SAFe® 5 DevOps, what does 'Mean Time to Restore' (MTTR) measure?

Accepted Answer

The average time required to recover service after a production incident or failed deployment

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The average time it takes to merge a pull request into the main branch

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The time between a feature request and its first deployment to staging

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The average duration of a Continuous Integration pipeline build

Question 6

Which practice in SAFe® 5 DevOps Continuous Deployment ensures that configuration values (such as API keys and database URLs) are managed securely and separately from application code?

Accepted Answer

Using environment variables, secrets managers, or configuration services to inject values at runtime

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Storing all configuration in a shared spreadsheet accessible to the DevOps team

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Hardcoding environment-specific values directly in the application source code

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Encrypting configuration files and including them in the source code repository

Question 7

In SAFe® 5 DevOps, what is the primary purpose of a staging environment in the Continuous Deployment pipeline?

Accepted Answer

To provide a production-like environment where the full deployment process is validated before releasing to real users

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To serve as the permanent home for features that are too risky for production

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To allow developers to test code changes on their local machines

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To store deployment artifacts generated by the CI build server