CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
An Azure administrator needs to deploy a cloud-native application using Azure DevOps. The team wants to define the entire Azure infrastructure as code using a declarative language that is concise and integrated with Azure. Which tool should the administrator use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Bicep
Bicep is a domain-specific language for deploying Azure resources that provides a simpler syntax than ARM templates while being fully integrated with Azure.
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Terraform
Why it's wrong here
Terraform is a multi-cloud tool, but it is not native to Azure and uses HCL syntax.
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Bicep
Why this is correct
Bicep is a declarative language for Azure that transpiles to ARM templates, offering a cleaner syntax.
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Ansible
Why it's wrong here
Ansible is an agentless automation tool but uses YAML and is not Azure-native.
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ARM templates (JSON)
Why it's wrong here
ARM templates are native but verbose; Bicep is the modern, concise alternative.
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