DevOps MCQs with Answers

Introduction :


Welcome to our extensive collection of DevOps Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with detailed answers! As the DevOps methodology continues to revolutionize software development and operations across India and globally, a strong understanding of its principles and practices is essential for IT professionals. This resource is meticulously designed for aspiring DevOps engineers, system administrators, developers, and anyone keen to solidify their grasp of CI/CD pipelines, automation tools like Docker and Kubernetes, cloud integration, infrastructure as code, and agile methodologies. Whether you're preparing for a job interview in the rapidly expanding Indian tech sector, studying for a certification, or simply looking to enhance your skill set, our carefully curated MCQs offer an excellent way to test and deepen your DevOps expertise.


1 .
When was DevOps introduced?
A)
1999 and 2000
B)
2003 and 2004
C)
2007 and 2008
D)
2010 and 2011

Correct Answer :   2007 and 2008

Explanation : The DevOps movement started to coalesce some time between 2007 and 2008, when IT operations and software development communities raised concerns what they felt was a fatal level of dysfunction in the industry.

2 .
Who is the father of DevOps?
A)
Patrick Debois
B)
Gene Kim
C)
David Farley
D)
Bridget Kravchenko

Correct Answer :   Patrick Debois

Explanation : Patrick Debois is a developer, manager, sysadmin, and tester. He first presented concepts on Agile Infrastructure at Agile 2008 in Toronto, and in 2009 he organized the first DevOpsDays . Since then he has been promoting the notion of ‘DevOps’ to exchange ideas between these groups and show how they can help each other to achieve better results in business.

3 .
What is the full form of Devops?
A)
Drive and Operations
B)
Digital and Operations
C)
Development And Operations
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Development And Operations

Explanation :

Development And Operations is the full form of Devops.

4 .
Identify the tool for DevOps?
A)
Monit
B)
Nagios
C)
Jenkins
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

5 .
What are the key components of DevOps?
A)
Continuous Testing
B)
Continuous Integration
C)
Continuous Delivery & Monitoring
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

6 .
What is DevOps?
A)
Developers performing operations
B)
A small team of people that own everything related to a particular service
C)
Developers and Operations team members working together
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   A small team of people that own everything related to a particular service

7 .
Which of the following is not a part of DevOps lifecycle ______.
A)
Operating
B)
Plan
C)
Build
D)
Code

Correct Answer :   Operating

8 .
How does DevOps impact security of an application or machine?
A)
Security is increased by including it earlier in the process.
B)
Security is increased because of the automation process.
C)
Security is reduced because of the automation process.
D)
Both (A) and (B)

Correct Answer :   Both (A) and (B)

9 .
What is the use of Git?
A)
Containerization tool
B)
Continuous Integration tool
C)
Version Control System tool
D)
Continuous Monitoring tool

Correct Answer :   Version Control System tool

10 .
DevOps is an extension of_______
A)
QA
B)
Agile
C)
Waterfall
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Agile

11 .
Which statement best describes the role of Change Management within a DevOps environment?
A)
Nothing changes as a risk adverse Change Management approach is paramount to IT and business success.
B)
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.
C)
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.
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   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.

12 .
Identify the methodologies does least impact the establishment of DevOps methodology?
A)
Waterfall Software Delivery
B)
Lean Manufacturing
C)
Agile Software Delivery
D)
Continuous Software Delivery

Correct Answer :   Waterfall Software Delivery

13 .
What are the some important features of Memcached?
A)
Callbacks
B)
CAS Tokens
C)
getDelayed & Igbinary
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

14 .
Which of the following is most important DevOps KPI?
A)
Deployment frequency
B)
Meantime to failure recovery
C)
Defect Volume
D)
Both (A) and (B)

Correct Answer :   Both (A) and (B)

15 .
Which of the following team gets priority in DevOps
A)
Operational Team
B)
Development Team
C)
Both (A) and (B)
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Both (A) and (B)

16 .
What do you mean by telemetry?
A)
Telemetry is a widely known SaaS tool to plan and execute DevOps projects.
B)
Telemetry is the process of recording the behaviour of your systems.
C)
Telemetry is a communication tool used by DevOps teams at geographically distributed locations
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Telemetry is the process of recording the behaviour of your systems.

17 .
What do you mean by trunk in trunk based DevOps delivery?
A)
Developers collaborate on code in a single branch called "trunk".
B)
Trunk is the process of merging code in DevOps deliveries.
C)
Trunk is a special private branch in a developer workstation.
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Developers collaborate on code in a single branch called "trunk".

18 .
DevOps culture is about _______ between Dev and Ops​
A)
Love
B)
Collaboration
C)
Stability
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Collaboration

Explanation : At its essence, a DevOps culture involves closer collaboration and a shared responsibility between development and operations for the products they create and maintain. This helps companies align their people, processes, and tools toward a more unified customer focus.

19 .
Which of the following components of the Cloudfront service can be used to distribute contents to users across the globe.
A)
Amazon VPC
B)
Amazon Regions
C)
Amazon Availability Zones
D)
Amazon Edge locations

Correct Answer :   Amazon Edge locations

20 .
Your company is planning to host resources in the AWS Cloud. They want to use services which can be used to decouple resources hosted on the cloud. Which of the following services can help fulfil this requirement
A)
AWS Glacier
B)
AWS EBS Volumes
C)
AWS SQS
D)
AWS EBS Snapshots

Correct Answer :   AWS SQS

21 .
DevOps is ansible an open-source tool.
A)
Yes
B)
No
C)
--
D)
--

Correct Answer :   Yes

22 .
Which of the following isn't a goal of NewOps?
A)
Serving as an interface between cloud providers and customers.
B)
By automating operations, remove the need for human competencies.
C)
Integrating different operations teams like storage, network, server etc. by removing silos and be aligned with business
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   By automating operations, remove the need for human competencies.

23 .
Identify the correct set of DevOps values?
A)
Culture, Automation, Lean, Metrics, Sharing
B)
Culture, Collaboration, Communication, Sharing
C)
Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing
D)
All of the Above

Correct Answer :   Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing

24 .
Which of the following goal of The Second Way?
A)
Increasing flow
B)
Mastery through practice
C)
Experimentation and learning
D)
Shortening feedback loops

Correct Answer :   Shortening feedback loops

25 .
What of the following is one of best techniques to convert normal changes into standard changes?
A)
Negotiate with release managers
B)
Publicly complain about bureaucracy and make everyone be aware of it
C)
Make sure normal changes are very carefully deployed to your production systems
D)
Use your track record of successful automated deployments with standard changes.

Correct Answer :   Use your track record of successful automated deployments with standard changes.

26 .
Which of the following is not a feature of continuous delivery?
A)
Gathering Requirement
B)
Automate Everything
C)
Continuous Improvement
D)
Bug fixes and experiments

Correct Answer :   Gathering Requirement

27 .
Which of the following is not a benefit of Automation in DevOps?
A)
Enables anyone to perform tasks
B)
Implants Manual Errors
C)
Enables Speed, Reliability and Consistency
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Implants Manual Errors

28 .
Which DevOps principle focuses on product and service thinking?
A)
Customer-centric action
B)
Continuous Improvement
C)
Create with the end in mind
D)
All of the Above

Correct Answer :   Create with the end in mind

29 .
How does a DevOps organization act in principle when it comes to financing its work?
A)
It finances special projects to serve its clients.
B)
It finances products and services to serve its clients.
C)
It finances development and operations teams separately, so they take care of their own business
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   It finances products and services to serve its clients.

30 .
What is the need for DevOps?
A)
Increase deployment frequency
B)
Lower failure rate of new releases
C)
Both (A) and (B)
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Both (A) and (B)

31 .
Is Jira DevOps tool?
A)
Yes
B)
No
C)
May be
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Yes

32 .
What is the purpose of version control?
A)
Test all external packages for compatibility.
B)
Track new and changed features of the product.
C)
Limit the code to a particular programming language.
D)
Archive code and ensure that changes to the code can be tracked.

Correct Answer :   Archive code and ensure that changes to the code can be tracked.

33 .
What is required when creating resilience by injecting production failures? ​
A)
Defining the failure
B)
Training the people
C)
Using a test environment
D)
Organizing post mortem meetings

Correct Answer :   Defining the failure ​

34 .
Which tooling can best be used to automate the building and configuration of environments?​
A)
A ticketing system for the provision of a development, test or acceptance environment ​
B)
A tool that copies the production environment settings to the development, test and acceptance environments
C)
Configuration files per environment that are manually distributed and maintained in order to keep the environments in sync
D)
Infrastructure as code and configuration management tools that enable the programmers in changing the environments themselves ​

Correct Answer :   Infrastructure as code and configuration management tools that enable the programmers in changing the environments themselves ​

35 .
Is DevOps and Agile is same?
A)
yes
B)
No
C)
May be
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   No

36 .
Chef is a devops tool?
A)
Yes
B)
No
C)
May be
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   Yes

37 .
Which of the following is not true for Ant?
A)
It is a tool box
B)
It is procedural
C)
It provides lifecycle management
D)
It doesn't have formal conventions

Correct Answer :   It provides lifecycle management

38 .
Which maven plugin creates the project structure?
A)
Execution
B)
Properties
C)
Archetype
D)
Dependency

Correct Answer :   Archetype

39 .
What are the useful plugins in Jenkin?
A)
HTML Publisher
B)
Amazon EC2
C)
Maven 2 Project
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

40 .
Which command can be used to check maven version?
A)
mvn -ver
B)
mvn -version
C)
maven -ver
D)
maven -version

Correct Answer :   mvn -version

41 .
What are the PRIMARY stakeholders for DevOps?
A)
Testers
B)
Design Engineers
C)
Quality Assurance
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

42 .
Is informatica a devops tool
A)
Yes
B)
No
C)
Maybe
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   No

43 .
What is a core value of DevOps?
A)
minimizing support calls
B)
Minimizing the development time
C)
shortening release cycles
D)
shortening troubleshooting windows

Correct Answer :   shortening release cycles

44 .
Which one of the following statements about DevOps is incorrect?
A)
DevOps is only suitable for start-up companies
B)
DevOps is suitable for brownfield software products and services
C)
DevOps is suitable for greenfield software products and services
D)
Some of the most exemplary DevOps initiatives started in companies with giant and mature IT organizations

Correct Answer :   DevOps is only suitable for start-up companies

45 .
Which of the following DevOps practice supports The First Way?
A)
Value Stream Mapping
B)
Improvement Kata
C)
Shared On-call Rotation
D)
Blameless postmortems

Correct Answer :   Value Stream Mapping

46 .
DevOps is NOT
A)
Collaboration b/w Development and Operations
B)
A one size fits all strategy
C)
Automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   A one size fits all strategy

47 .
Which of the following statement best describes the goal of DevOps?
A)
Estalish an environment where the release of applications is valued more than its quality
B)
Establish an environment where application development performs all the operation tasks
C)
Establish an environment to release more reliable applications faster
D)
All of the Above

Correct Answer :   Establish an environment to release more reliable applications faster

48 .
Which one of the following techniques makes DevOps a successful methodology to develop and deliver software?
A)
DevOps enables you to quickly identify, fix and learn from errors
B)
DevOps enables you to organize your teams around your organizational mission
C)
DevOps enables you to create your software with built-in quality and monitoring
D)
All of the Above

Correct Answer :   All of the Above

49 .
Which among the following is not included in devops?
A)
Releasing
B)
Monitoring
C)
Packaging
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   None of the Above

50 .
When does testing occur in a DevOps environment?
A)
during development and after release
B)
only during development
C)
only after release
D)
after development but before release

Correct Answer :   during development and after release

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