CAD FREE CAD Continuous Integration and Delivery Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

In an Agile CI/CD pipeline, what is the primary purpose of a build artifact repository such as JFrog Artifactory or Nexus?

Accepted Answer

To store and version compiled binaries and packages for consistent deployments

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To replace the source code version control system

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To monitor application performance in production

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To manage user authentication tokens

Question 2

Which practice ensures that every code commit to the main branch automatically triggers a full build and test suite?

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Continuous Integration

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Continuous Deployment

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Blue-Green Deployment

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Feature Branching

Question 3

What is a canary release strategy in the context of Continuous Delivery?

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Deploying a new version to a small subset of users before a full rollout

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Releasing all features simultaneously to every user

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Rolling back to the previous version after every deployment

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Running the test suite only on the canary branch

Question 4

In a CI/CD workflow, what does the term 'pipeline as code' refer to?

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Defining build, test, and deploy stages in a version-controlled configuration file

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Writing application code that self-deploys without any pipeline

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Using a graphical drag-and-drop tool to design the pipeline

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Storing pipeline logs inside the application database

Question 5

Which metric is most useful for measuring the effectiveness of a Continuous Integration process?

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Build failure rate and mean time to fix broken builds

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Number of lines of code written per sprint

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Total number of repositories in the organization

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Frequency of team standup meetings

Question 6

What is the key difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment?

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Continuous Delivery requires manual approval before production release; Continuous Deployment is fully automated

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Continuous Deployment requires manual approval; Continuous Delivery is fully automated

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They are identical concepts with different names

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Continuous Delivery only applies to mobile applications