Which two statements best describe elements of Continuous Delivery? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• ADevelopment and test environments should be separate from production
• BAutomate testing Features and nonfunctional requirements
• CMaintain manual deployment
• DMaintain a staging environment that emulates production
• EDeploy to staging every third Iteration

• A
  77% (17)
• B
  14% (3)
• C
  5% (1)
• E
  5% (1)

Explanation

Note: The question asks to "choose two," but only option A is listed as correct - this appears to be an incomplete answer key. Based on Continuous Delivery principles, A and B are the strongest pair.

Option A is correct because CD requires isolating development and test environments from production to prevent untested changes from disrupting live systems and to enable safe, frequent experimentation.

Option B is also correct - automating testing of both features and non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability) is a cornerstone of CD; without it, the pipeline cannot deliver reliably at speed.

Option C is wrong because manual deployment directly contradicts CD - the goal is fully automated, repeatable deployments to eliminate human error and enable frequent releases.

Option D describes a valid practice (staging environments are part of CD), but it's less definitionally central than A or B; it's more of an implementation detail than a defining element.

Option E is wrong because deploying only every third iteration slows feedback loops - CD encourages deploying as frequently as possible, ideally every iteration or on demand.

Memory tip: Think of CD's two non-negotiables as "separate + automate" - keep environments separated so nothing bleeds into production accidentally, and automate testing so the pipeline can move fast without breaking things.

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