350-201 Question #138: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

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• AOrchestration combines a set of automated tools, while automation is focused on the tools to
• BOrchestration arranges the tasks, while automation arranges processes.
• COrchestration minimizes redundancies, while automation decreases the time to recover from
• DAutomation optimizes the individual tasks to execute the process, while orchestration optimizes

Explanation

Automation and orchestration are complementary but distinct - automation handles the execution of individual discrete tasks, while orchestration coordinates and sequences those automated tasks to optimize an end-to-end process.

Common mistakes.

• A. This partially describes orchestration but mischaracterizes automation as being solely tool-focused rather than defining it by its role in executing individual tasks without human intervention.
• B. This reverses the correct relationship - orchestration sequences and coordinates processes or workflows at a macro level, while automation executes the individual tasks within those workflows, not the other way around.
• C. Reducing redundancies and decreasing recovery time are potential outcomes of applying both automation and orchestration; they do not define the conceptual distinction between the two.

Concept tested. Conceptual difference between process automation and orchestration

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/overview

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