Agile & DevOps - Tq topic answers
Q1) A client is currently struggling with late-stage integration and manual deployments. They want to find another method that will better suit their needs, and they are reviewing the DevOps approach. Which statement describes an advantage of DevOps?
1) It allows the team to communicate on an "as-needed" basis only.
2) It can deliver services faster with higher reliability and quality.
3) It allows for the elimination of traditional IT roles.
4) It encompasses a magnified engineering culture.
Q2) Which term accurately describes Agile and DevOps?
1) a suite of software applications
2) a set of processes
3) a set of values and principles
4) a set of automated tools
Q3) An Accenture Technology team located in the US has added a new feature to an existing online ticketing platform. The team would like to have the new feature reviewed by other global teams using individual instances of the platform. Which technology, when combined with Agile and DevOps, will help the team receive real time feedback?
1) Artificial Intelligence
2) Internet of Things (IoT)
3) Cloud
4) Robotics
Q4) How should companies incorporate Agile methodology into their initiatives?
1) by implanting Agile project management software
2) by secretly adopting some Agile principles in remote location
3) by ensuring the clear separation n Agile and non-Agile between projects which will avoid introducing inefficiencies
4) by using frameworks that fit their needs and tailoring the approach to match their unique attributes
Q5) What is an accurate description of Agile and DevOps?
1) values and principles to develop better solutions faster
2) technologies that make up Accenture's product offerings
3) specialized operating groups within Accenture
4) methodologies with sets of processes and rules
Q6) Accenture is helping a client improve their business agility by reducing time to market, increasing product quality, and enabling continuous delivery. The client team responsible for quality checks sometimes takes longer to finish testing all aspects of their product. What should Accenture suggest the client do to decrease the testing time?
1) automate core testing functions to reduce cycle time OS
2) deploy DevOps to speed up the testing phase
3) use Kanban to track the testing team's availability
4) apply the Scrum framework to create and track a backlog of tests
Q7) How does Accenture generate value for clients through Agile and DevOps?
1) by permanently locking in stakeholder requirements during a project's planning phase
2) through improved speed to market, increased product quality, and increased customer satisfaction
3) by scheduling the completion of tasks according to a linear sequence of distinct phases
4) through highly detailed process documentation that is updated following every work cycle
Q8) What is the definition of a unit test from a DevOps perspective?
1) It allows all of the new functionality created during a sprint to be tested at once.
2) It is software testing where individual units/components of a software are tested.
3) It compares one potential method of fulfilling a requirement with another to determine the best approach.
4) It assesses how a particular segment of end users react to the use of newly developed software.
Q9) Which Agile approach helps teams improve their project cycle time by considering team capacity?
1) Kanban
2) DevOps
3) Design Thinking
4) XP
Q10) How can a DevOps team take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
1) by focusing on multiple views into systems, and pushing DevOps issues across the process
2) by ensuring developers have the time needed to write and release code
3) by allowing Al to organize data into separate silos for better data aggregation
Q11) What is a benefit DevOps brings to the way a company works?
1) It prevents bottlenecks by limiting the amount of work in progress.
2) It eliminates IT roles such as development and operations.
3) It breaks work into smaller pieces is work into smaller that are completed in iterative cycles.
4) It reduces cycle time by accelerating software development.
Q12) How do Agile and DevOps interrelate?
1) DevOps defines software requirements that Agile teams develop.
2) Iterations of new increments of software use requirements developed by DevOps.
4) DevOps creates software that Agile teams help test and deploy.
Q13) What is the rationale for Scrum teams implementing short sprints?
1) to improve collaboration and communication among virtual team members
2) to break work into smaller chunks that can be delivered early and often
3) to maintain a record of each team member's roles and responsibilities
4) to postpone the detection and resolution of errors until later sprints
Q14) Which is an example of continuous delivery?
1) requiring users to download a software patch
2) automating the generation of user stories for a backlog
3) updating software automatically on a mobile phone
4) releasing new retail versions for customer purchase
Q15) A client is currently struggling with late-stage integration and manual deployments. They want to find another method that will better suit their needs, and they are reviewing the DevOps approach. Which statement describes an advantage of DevOps?
1) It encompasses a magnified engineering culture.
2) It can deliver services faster with higher reliability and quality.
3) It allows for the elimination of traditional IT roles.
4) It allows the team to communicate on an "as-needed" basis only.
Q16) Which Agile approach helps teams improve their project cycle time by considering team capacity?
1) Design Thinking
2) Kanban
3) DevOps
4) XP
Q17) SAFe is a set of organization and workflow patterns, which combines Scrum, Kanban, XP, and DevOps in a super framework, intended to guide businesses in implementing practices more broadly across their Enterprise. What does the acronym SAFe stand for?
1) Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
2) Solution Acceptance Fixes (SAFe)
3) Speed Awareness Feedback (SAFe)
4) Shared Agility Feature (SAFe)
Q18) Organizations following Waterfall methodology usually begin with requirements gathering, in which the development team attempts to fully understand the product and all its desired features. This process may take months under the traditional approach. How is the Agile way of working different?
1) Agile expects teams to work quickly and gather all the requirements in a shorter duration of time.
2) Agile requires thoroughly documenting the requirements and getting them approved by the client.
4) Agile presumes that requirements cannot fully be known up front, because they are always changing.
Q19) How does Accenture generate value for clients through Agile and DevOps?
1) by permanently locking in stakeholder requirements during a project's planning phase
2) through highly detailed process documentation that is updated following every work cycle
3) through improved speed to market, increased product quality, and increased customer satisfaction
4) by scheduling the completion of tasks according to a linear sequence of distinct phases
Q20) What is the definition of a unit test from a DevOps perspective?
1) It allows all of the new functionality created during a sprint to be tested at once.
2) It compares one potential method of fulfilling a requirement with another to determine the best approach.
3) It is software testing where individual units/components of a software are tested.
4) It assesses how a particular segment of end users react to the use of newly developed software.
Q21) What is the rationale for Scrum teams implementing short sprints?
1) to maintain a record of each team member's roles and responsibilities
2) to break work into smaller chunks that can be delivered early and often
3) to improve collaboration and communication among virtual team members
4) to postpone the detection and resolution of errors until later sprints
Q22) What is a principle of DevOps?
1) include customers in the development process
2) embrace failure and recover automatically
3) follow a sequential development structure
4) have separate objectives for each team
Q23) What is a benefit DevOps brings to the way a company works?
1) It eliminates IT roles such as development and operations.
2) It breaks work into smaller pieces that are completed in iterative cycles.
3) It reduces cycle time by accelerating software development.
4) It prevents bottlenecks by limiting the amount of work in progress.
Q24) What is an accurate description of Agile and DevOps?
1) methodologies with sets of processes and rules
2) technologies that make up Accenture's product offerings
3) values and principles to develop better solutions faster
4) specialized operating groups within Accenture
Q25) Which term describes the traditional methodology of project management and software development?
1) annual cycle
2) critical chain
3) progressive flow
4) waterfall
Q26) Accenture is helping a client improve their business agility by reducing time to market, increasing product quality, and enabling continuous delivery. The client team responsible for quality checks sometimes takes longer to finish testing all aspects of their product. What should Accenture suggest the client do to decrease the testing time?
1) deploy DevOps to speed up the testing phase
2) apply the Scrum framework to create and track a backlog of tests
3) use Kanban to track the testing team's availability
4) automate core testing functions to reduce cycle time
Q27) How can a DevOps team take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
1) by ensuring developers have the time needed to write and release code
2) by allowing Al to organize data into separate silos for better data aggregation
3) by using Al to collate data from multiple sources and assess existing automation to improve efficiency
4) by focusing on multiple views into systems, and pushing DevOps issues across the process
Q28) What is an Agile perspective on errors and mistakes in project development?
1) Mistakes should be embraced as an opportunity to try new things and see what works.
2) Mistakes can be eradicated given sufficient upfront planning and communication.
4) Mistakes are evidence of risky behavior and indicate more robust governance is required.
Q29) Which statement describes a benefit of DevOps?
1) It enables the capability to continuously release software with high confidence.
2) It provides a clear separation between application methods and infrastructure methods
3) It allows for a slower and more reasonable time frame for making fixes in production mode
4) It promotes individual efforts for both development and operations.
Q30) Which tool is often used by DevOps to facilitate the development, testing, and deployment of new software?
1) retainers
2) project management software
3) extreme programming
4) virtual machines
Q31) An Accenture Technologies team located in the US has added a new feature to an existing online ticketing platform. The team would like to have the new feature reviewed by other global teams using individual instances of the platform. Which technology, when combined with Agile and DevOps, will help the team receive real-time feedback?
1) Cloud
2) Internet of Things (IoT)
3) Robotics
Q32) What differentiates Agile from the Waterfall methodology?
1) Agile places emphasis on processes and tools over people and interactions.
2) Agile accommodates changes which might be needed after defining initial requirements.
3) Agile focuses on the creation of a separate testing phase for the finished final product.
4) Agile focuses on the completion of the project in phases with strict timelines and deliverables.
Q33) Which Agile approach helps teams improve their project cycle time by considering team capacity?
1) XP
2) DevOps
3) Kanban
4) Design Thinking
Q34) Which is an example of continuous delivery?
1) releasing new retail versions for customer purchase
2) updating software automatically on a mobile phone.
3) requiring users to download a software patch
4) automating the generation of user stories for a backlog
Q35) Why does DevOps recommend "shift-left" testing principles?
1) It makes collaboration with the client teams easier.
2) It decreases end-to-end production costs.
3) It reduces costly re-work during later delivery stages.
4) It ensures the reduction of overall development time.
Q36) What is the rationale for Scrum teams implementing short sprints?
1) to break work into smaller chunks that can be delivered early and often
2) to maintain a record of each team member's roles and responsibilities
3) to postpone the detection and resolution of errors until later sprints
4) to improve collaboration and communication among virtual team members
Q37) Scrum teams use short iterations to receive quick feedback from customers. What is the name for this timeboxed iteration?
1) blocks
2) sprints
3) quarters
4) sequences
Q38) How do Agile and DevOps interrelate?
1) Iterations of new increments of software use DevOps practices to seamlessly deploy into a customer's hands.
2) DevOps defines software requirements that Agile teams develop.
3) Iterations of new increments of software use requirements developed by DevOps.
4) DevOps creates software that Agile teams help test and deploy.
Q39) What is a downside of using the traditional Waterfall approach?
1) It requires a larger commitment for collaboration between project team members than Agile.
2) It prevents the development team from quantifying the effort, time, and cost of delivering the final product.
4) It can increase costs and delays if updates are incorporated in the development process after the planning stage.
Q40) An Accenture consulting team is tasked with developing a new client. operating model and decide to follow the Waterfall approach. The team misses the client deadline because they did not work together and share information. For the next iteration, the team decides to work in a series of sprints, with brief daily meetings to ensure all team members collaborate effectively. Which Agile approach is described in this example?
1) Scrum
2) Kanban
3) Design Thinking
4) XP
Q41) A global clothing manufacturing company often develops multiple clothing lines simultaneously. Occasionally, the executive design team. decides to change designs after development is under way due to market feedback. This results in delays, which in turn lead to missed delivery deadlines. How could the company benefit by applying Agile principles?
1) The company can install an Agile project management software to easily accommodate last minute changes to their products.
3) The adoption of Agile will reduce the cost of change, because it requires very little training or planning to successfully adopt.
4) The manager has the budget allowance to adopt Agile and no other approvals are necessary.
Q42) What is a common misconception about Agile and DevOps?
1) They are a set of values and principles.
2) They include constant iterations.
3) They are faster, higher in quality, and come with built-in security.
4) They are methodologies.
