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DevOps Foundation
Learn the basic DevOps concepts, principles, and practices needed to deliver high-quality software solutions quickly, exceed customer expectations, and outpace competitors.

At a glance
DevOps Basics
to get you started

Suitable for
IT professionals

Exam available in:
8 languages

Globally accepted
in the market

Certification renewal
every 3 years

What will you learn?

Exploring DevOps
Dive into the fascinating field of DevOps to discover its role and why it’s becoming increasingly significant today.

Core DevOps Principles
Learn key DevOps principles including the Three Ways, the Theory of Constraints, Chaos Engineering, and Learning Organisations.

Key DevOps Practices
Explore key DevOps practices such as Continuous Testing, Integration, Delivery, Deployment, Site Reliability and Resilience Engineering, DevSecOps, ChatOps, Monitoring and Observability, Value Stream Management, and Platform Engineering.

Business and Technology Frameworks
Explore Agile and Lean methods, ITSM, VSM, SRE, Safety Culture, Learning Organisations, and Continuous Funding.

Culture, Behaviours, Operating Models
Learn how to define Organisational Culture, Cultural Debt, Behavioural Models and Organisational Maturity Models.

Automation, Architecting DevOps Toolchains
Explore CI/CD, IaC, Cloud, Containers, and Microservices, Machine Learning, Automation, DevOps Toolchains, VSM Platforms, Platform Engineering, and Generative AI Use Cases.

Measurement, Metrics, and Reporting
Gain an in-depth understanding of DevOps metrics, including Speed, Quality, Stability, Culture, Change Lead/Cycle Time, Value Driven Metrics, DevOps Dashboards, and AIOps.

Sharing, Shadowing and Evolving
Take a closer look at DevOps in the enterprise, particularly DevOps leadership, the common challenges, risks, and critical success factors of implementing DevOps, and how to get started.

Certification Blueprint
Download the Certification Blueprint to learn more about the various topics, principles and practices covered in this certification.

Sample Question and Answers

QUESTION 1
Which of the following MOST accurately describes DevOps?

A. A team
B. A methodology
C. A standard
D. A cultural and professional movement

Answer: D

Explanation:
DevOps is not simply a team, methodology, or standard. The PeopleCert DevOps Foundation v3.6
materials define DevOps as a oecultural and professional movement that stresses communication,
collaboration, integration, and automation to improve workflow between software developers and IT
operations professionals. The cultural transformation is fundamental, emphasizing shared
responsibilities, breaking down silos, and fostering continuous improvement.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.1; State of DevOps Report; "The Phoenix Project".

QUESTION 2
Why is it important for IT to understand and support the business' "why"?

A. IT must understand why the organization exists and its purpose, cause and belief
B. IT must understand why they should develop or acquire certain software products
C. IT must understand why the organization will benefit from a DevOps approach
D. IT must understand specific business processes so that they can support the organization properly

Answer: A

Explanation:
One of the core DevOps values is aligning IT efforts with business objectives”understanding the
business oewhy. The Foundation syllabus highlights the need for IT to understand the organization's
purpose, cause, and belief. Without this, IT cant effectively support value delivery or drive digital
transformation. Understanding the organizational oewhy connects daily activities to strategic
objectives, a key DevOps mindset.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.2; "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek.

QUESTION 3
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of DevOps?

A. Ensuring overall organizational success
B. Working towards a common goal
C. Fast flow of unplanned work into production
D. World-class stability, reliability, availability and security

Answer: C

Explanation:
A fast flow of unplanned work into production is not a characteristic of DevOps. In fact, DevOps
practices strive to minimize unplanned work (like emergency changes or outages) through
automation, testing, collaboration, and rigorous change control. The other options”ensuring
organizational success, working toward a common goal, and world-class stability/reliability”are all
key DevOps characteristics.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.4; State of DevOps Report.

QUESTION 4
According to the State of DevOps Reports, LOW performing organizations have:

A. More frequent code deployments
B. Faster lead times from commit to deploy
C. Faster mean times to recovery
D. Higher change failure rates

Answer: D

Explanation:
The State of DevOps Reports show that LOW performing organizations have higher change failure
rates, meaning a larger percentage of changes lead to incidents, outages, or degraded service. In
contrast, high performers have more frequent deployments, faster lead times, and quicker recovery from incidents.
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 2.2; Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps.

QUESTION 5
A healthcare organization's software developers have been practicing agile development techniques
and have been able to make new features available at the end of every two-week sprint cycle. But
the set-up of the production processes and infrastructure means that they have to deploy to live every quarter.
Why would DevOps be a solution to their problems?

A. IT Operations have been left behind
B. DevOps is focused on software development
C. It will break the cadence between development and IT operations
D. DevOps is the same as agile

Answer: A

Explanation:
When developers practice agile but operations is slow to deploy, it means IT Operations have not
kept pace”classic oeleft behind scenario. DevOps aims to align development and operations,
breaking down barriers and enabling faster, safer, and more frequent deployments. DevOps is not
only about development (B is incorrect), does not break cadence but instead aligns it (C is incorrect),
and is not the same as agile but complements it (D is incorrect).
Reference: DevOps Foundation v3.6 syllabus section 1.5; The Phoenix Project; Accelerate.

QUESTION 6
Which of The Three Ways increases the flow of work from left to right?

A. The First Way
B. The Second Way
C. The Third Way
D. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation:
The oeThree Ways are foundational principles in DevOps:
The First Way focuses on increasing the flow of work from left (development) to right (operations).
It is about optimizing the entire system for fast delivery, limiting bottlenecks, and enabling a rapid flow of features and fixes to customers.
The Second Way is about amplifying feedback loops so corrections can be made early.
The Third Way emphasizes continual learning and experimentation.
Extract-style reference:
oeThe First Way emphasizes the performance of the entire system, as opposed to the performance of
a specific silo of work or department. The goal is to maximize the flow of work (value) from
Development to Operations to the customer.
” Gene Kim, The Phoenix Project / DevOps Handbook