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EXIN DevOps Professional
DevOps as a set of principles rather than a toolchain, from the Dutch examination body: the three ways of flow, feedback and continual learning, value stream mapping with lead time against process time and the counter-intuitive effect of limiting work in progress, trunk-based development and the delivery against deployment distinction; then architecture as the real constraint on independent release, security shifted into the pipeline, Conway law making team structure a design decision, and the four key metrics showing speed and stability rising together.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Flow, feedback and continuous delivery | Not published |
| Architecture, security, organisation and improvement | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Which practice shortens the feedback loop between operations and development?
- A separate operations team owning all of production
- A change board reviewing every release in advance
- Developers being involved in operating what they build — correct
- A quarterly report of the delivery measures
Why: When the people who build a service also operate it, operational feedback reaches them directly.
2. Which concept describes the mental effort a team must carry?
- Lead time
- Change failure rate
- Cognitive load — correct
- Deployment frequency
Why: Cognitive load is the amount a team must hold in mind, which bounds how much it can own effectively.
The real EXIN DevOps Professional exam
| Length | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 40 |
| Pass mark | 65% |
| Price | Sold through EXIN and accredited training providers |
| Recommended before you sit it | EXIN DevOps Foundation is recommended. Practical delivery experience is assumed. |
| Valid for | Does not expire |
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