Latest GitLab-Certified-CI-CD-Associate Practice Test for Free Online Preparation

Question 1

You are working on a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab where certain jobs handle sensitive data. To ensure job isolation and security, which configuration should you use?

Options :

A : Disable specific runners and rely solely on shared runners

B : Allow jobs with sensitive data to run on any available runner

C : Run all jobs on shared runners

D : Configure specific runners with appropriate security settings and assign sensitive jobs to these runners using tags

Answer: D

Question 2

Which of the following configurations correctly sets up a parent-child pipeline in GitLab to run jobs defined in a separate child pipeline file? Select two correct answers.

Options :

A : Run the child pipeline using before_script and after_script.

B : Define the child pipeline in the script section of the parent pipeline.

C : Include the child pipeline configuration using the include keyword.

D : Use the trigger keyword to define child pipelines in the parent .gitlab-ci.yml.

E : List the child pipeline jobs under the stages keyword.

Answer: C,D

Question 3

In GitLab CI/CD, which keyword is used in the .gitlab-ci.yml file to define different environments such as development, staging, and production?

Options :

A : environment

B : jobs

C : deploy

D : stages

Answer: A

Question 4

Your GitLab CI/CD pipeline is set up for a large application with multiple stages and jobs. Recently, you noticed that a specific job in the middle of the pipeline is failing, causing the subsequent jobs to be skipped. You want to identify the root cause efficiently using the GitLab Pipeline Graph. Which of the following steps should you take to pinpoint the issue?

Options :

A : Rerun the entire pipeline from the beginning.

B : Use the pipeline graph to identify the failing job and inspect its logs.

C : Manually execute each job on a local machine to find the error.

D : Check the log files of the skipped jobs.

Answer: B

Question 5

You have a CI/CD pipeline with jobs: compile, unit_test, integration_test, and release. The release job should only run after both compile and integration_test have completed, but the unit_test job can run in parallel with compile. How do you correctly set up the DAG dependencies in your .gitlab-ci.yml file?

Options :

A :

compile:
  stage: build
unit_test:
  stage: test
integration_test:
  stage: test
release:
  stage: deploy
  needs: ["compile", "integration_test"]

B :

compile:
  stage: build
unit_test:
  stage: test
integration_test:
  stage: test
release:
  stage: deploy
  depends: ["compile", "integration_test"]

C :

compile:
  stage: build
unit_test:
  stage: test
integration_test:
  stage: test
release:
  stage: deploy
  needs: ["compile", "unit_test"]

D :

Answer: A