GitLab CI/CD Specialist Practice Exam

A GitLab CI/CD Specialist is a professional skilled in utilizing GitLab's functionalities to implement and manage Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. These pipelines automate the software development process, streamlining tasks like building, testing, and deploying applications.

Who Should Take This Exam?

This exam is ideal for individuals involved in the software development lifecycle who want to:

• Automate workflows: Learn how to leverage GitLab CI/CD functionalities to automate tasks like building, testing, and deploying applications.
• Improve development efficiency: Gain expertise in optimizing development workflows using GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate their skills: Demonstrate their proficiency in GitLab CI/CD to potential employers.

Roles and Responsibilties

• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines using GitLab features and functionalities.
• Configure automated testing within the CI/CD pipelines for code quality and functionality.
• Integrate GitLab with other development tools for a seamless workflow.
• Manage and monitor CI/CD pipeline execution, identifying and resolving any issues.
• Collaborate with developers and operations teams to ensure effective CI/CD implementation.
• Stay updated on the latest GitLab CI/CD features and best practices.

Exam Details

• Exam Level: Intermediate
• Exam Duration: 60 minutes Written test and 60 minutes Hands-on Lab

Course Outline

The GitLab CI/CD Specialist Exam covers topics including - 

• Explain what GitLab CI/CD is and why teams use it
• Learn to identify the key components needed for a CI/CD pipeline
• Understand GitLabs’s CI/CD functions
• Verify a new feature
• Learn about scope and persist variables at various levels
• Set out the basics of a test, build, review, and deploy pipeline using feature/topic branching as the review mechanism
• Learn to apply the GitLab release and deployment workflow
• Learn to use artifacts and dependency caching
• Learn to build and deploy images to the GitLab registry