AZ-400 Free Questions – Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions V10.02

1. You have a branch policy in a project in Azure DevOps. The policy requires that code always builds successfully.
You need to ensure that a specific user can always merge changes to the master branch, even if the code fails to compile. The solution must use the principle of least privilege.
What should you do?

2. Your company uses a Git repository in Azure Repos to manage the source code of a web application. The master branch is protected from direct updates. Developers work on new features in the topic branches.
Because of the high volume of requested features, it is difficult to follow the history of the changes to the master branch.
You need to enforce a pull request merge strategy. The strategy must meet the following requirements:
Consolidate commit histories.
Merge the changes into a single commit.
Which merge strategy should you use in the branch policy?

3. Your company uses cloud-hosted Jenkins for builds.
You need to ensure that Jenkins can retrieve source code from Azure Repos.
Which three actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

4. Your company builds a multi-tier web application.
You use Azure DevOps and host the production application on Azure virtual machines.
Your team prepares an Azure Resource Manager template of the virtual machine that you will use to test new features.
You need to create a staging environment in Azure that meets the following requirements:
– Minimizes the cost of Azure hosting
– Provisions the virtual machines automatically
– Uses the custom Azure Resource Manager template to provision the virtual machines
What should you do?

5. Which branching strategy should you recommend for the investment planning applications suite?

6. You have a GitHub repository.
You create a new repository in Azure DevOps.
You need to recommend a procedure to clone the repository from GitHub to Azure DevOps.
What should you recommend?

7. Your development team is building a new web solution by using the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).
You need to make a custom package available to all the developers. The package must be managed centrally, and the latest version must be available for consumption in Visual Studio automatically.
Which three actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

8. Your company plans to use an agile approach to software development.
You need to recommend an application to provide communication between members of the development team who work in locations around the world.
The applications must meet the following requirements:
– Provide the ability to isolate the members of different project teams into separate communication channels and to keep a history of the chats within those channels.
– Be available on Windows 10, Mac OS, iOS, and Android operating systems.
– Provide the ability to add external contractors and suppliers to projects.
– Integrate directly with Azure DevOps.
What should you recommend?

9. Your company has an on-premises Bitbucket Server that is used for Git-based source control. The server is protected by a firewall that blocks inbound Internet traffic.
You plan to use Azure DevOps to manage the build and release processes.
Which two components are required to integrate Azure DevOps and Bitbucket? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

10. During a code review, you discover many quality issues. Many modules contain unused variables and empty catch blocks.
You need to recommend a solution to improve the quality of the code.
What should you recommend?

11. You are developing a multi-tier application. The application will use Azure App Service web apps as the front end and an Azure SQL database as the back end. The application will use Azure functions to write some data to Azure Storage.
You need to send the Azure DevOps team an email message when the front end fails to return a status code of 200.
Which feature should you use?

12. You manage build pipelines and deployment pipelines by using Azure DevOps. Your company has a team of 500 developers. New members are added continually to the team. You need to automate the management of users and licenses whenever possible.
Which task must you perform manually?

13. Your company plans to use an agile approach to software development.
You need to recommend an application to provide communication between members of the development team who work in locations around the world.
The applications must meet the following requirements:
– Provide the ability to isolate the members of different project teams into separate communication channels and to keep a history of the chats within those channels.
– Be available on Windows 10, Mac OS, iOS, and Android operating systems.
– Provide the ability to add external contractors and suppliers to projects.
– Integrate directly with Azure DevOps.
What should you recommend?

14. You use Azure Artifacts to host NuGet packages that you create.
You need to make one of the packages available to anonymous users outside your organization. The solution must minimize the number of publication points.
What should you do?

15. You have an Azure Resource Manager template that deploys a multi-tier application.
You need to prevent the user who performs the deployment from viewing the account credentials and connection strings used by the application.
What should you use?

16. You are automating the build process for a Java-based application by using Azure DevOps. You need to add code coverage testing and publish the outcomes to the pipeline.
What should you use?

17. Your team uses an agile development approach.
You need to recommend a branching strategy for the team’s Git repository.
The strategy must meet the following requirements.
– Provide the ability to work on multiple independent tasks in parallel.
– Ensure that checked-in code remains in a releasable state always.
– Ensure that new features can be abandoned at any time.
– Encourage experimentation.
What should you recommend?

18. You have an Azure DevOps organization named Contoso, an Azure DevOps project named Project1, an Azure subscription named Sub1, and an Azure key vault named vault1.
You need to ensure that you can reference the values of the secrets stored in vault1 in all the pipelines of Project1. The solution must prevent the values from being stored in the pipelines.
What should you do?

19. You are automating the testing process for your company.
You need to automate UI testing of a web application.
Which framework should you use?

20. Your company uses Azure DevOps. Only users who have accounts in Azure Active Directory can access the Azure DevOps environment. You need to ensure that only devices that are connected to the on-premises network can access the Azure DevOps environment.
What should you do?