200-901 Application Deployment and Security Practice Question
Which THREE steps are essential in a typical CI/CD pipeline for a containerized application? (Choose THREE.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the distinction between development practices (like code review) and automated pipeline steps, so candidates mistakenly include code review as a CI/CD step when it is actually a prerequisite.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Build the Docker image
Building the Docker image is essential because it packages the application code, dependencies, and runtime into a portable container. Without this step, there is no deployable artifact for the CI/CD pipeline to promote through stages.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Perform code review
Why it's wrong here
Code review is part of development, not typically a pipeline stage.
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Build the Docker image
Why this is correct
Building is the first step to create the artifact.
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Push the image to a container registry
Why this is correct
Publishing the image makes it available for deployment.
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Run unit and integration tests
Why this is correct
Testing validates the code and image before deployment.
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Deploy directly to production without testing
Why it's wrong here
Skipping tests is risky and not a best practice.
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