According to the State of DevOps Reports, LOW performing organizations have:
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
The State of DevOps Reports show that LOW performing organizations have higher change failure
rates, meaning a larger percentage of changes lead to incidents, outages, or degraded service. In
contrast, high performers have more frequent deployments, faster lead times, and quicker recovery
from incidents.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 2.2; Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software
and DevOps.
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of DevOps?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
A fast flow of unplanned work into production is not a characteristic of DevOps. In fact, DevOps
practices strive to minimize unplanned work (like emergency changes or outages) through
automation, testing, collaboration, and rigorous change control. The other options ensuring
organizational success, working toward a common goal, and world-class stability/reliability are all
key DevOps characteristics.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.4; State of DevOps Report
Question 3
What is NOT an example of a business performance metric?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Epics delivered is a software/process metric , not a business performance metric. Business performance metrics include financial and market indicators: earnings, cashflow, market share, revenue growth. Why not the others? Earnings, Cashflow, Marketshare: Directly tied to business health. Extract-style reference: “Business performance metrics focus on outcomes such as earnings, cashflow, and marketshare. Agile metrics like epics delivered measure team output, not business value.” — Project to Product , Mik Kersten PeopleCert DevOps Foundation v3.6: Distinguishes business impact from process metrics.
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