DevOps Foundation

Examination Requirements

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 DevOps Foundation Certificate

DevOps Foundation is a freestanding certification from the DevOps Institute. The

purpose of this course and its associated exam is to impart, test and validate
knowledge of DevOps basic vocabulary, principles and practices. The vocabulary
terms, concepts and practices are documented in the course learner manual. DevOps
Foundation is intended to provide individuals an understanding of basic DevOps
concepts and how DevOps may be used to improve communication, collaboration and integration
between software developers and IT operations professionals.

Eligibility for Examination

To be eligible for the exam leading to certification candidates must fill the following requirements:
• Complete at least 16 contact hours (instruction and labs) as part of a formal, approved training
course delivered by an approved Registered Education Partner of the DevOps Institute.
• It is recommended that students complete at a minimum 6 hours of personal study by reviewing the
vocabulary list and pertinent areas of the course learner manual and by completing the sample
exam

Examination Administration

The DevOps Foundation examination is accredited, managed and administered under the strict
protocols and standards of the DevOps Institute’s strategic examination partner Peoplecert

Level of Difficulty
The DevOps Foundation certification uses the Bloom Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the
construction of both the content and the examination.
• The DevOps Foundation exam contains Bloom 1 questions that test learners’ knowledge of
DevOps concepts and vocabulary terms (see list below)
• The exam also contains Bloom 2 questions that test learner’s comprehension of these concepts
in context

Format of the Examination

Candidates must achieve a passing score to gain the DevOps Foundation Certificate.

Exam Type 40 multiple choice questions

Duration 60 minutes for candidates in their respective language

75 minutes if English is not a candidate’s native tongue
Prerequisites DevOps Foundation course from a DevOps Institute Registered Education Partner
(REP)
Supervised Yes
Open Book No
Passing Score 65%
Delivery Online or invigilated in person
Badge DevOps Foundation Certified

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Exam Topic Areas and Question Weighting

The DevOps Foundation exam requires knowledge of the topic areas described below.

Module Description Max Questions

DOFD – 1 Exploring DevOps Purpose, objectives and business value 5

of DevOps
DOFD – 2 Core DevOps Principles The Three Ways 4

DOFD – 3 Key DevOps Practices Emerging DevOps Practices such as 7

DOFD – 4 Business & Technology
Frameworks
DOFD – 5 DevOps Values - Culture,
Behaviors & Operating Models
DOFD – 6 DevOps Values - Automation
& Architecting DevOps Toolchains
DOFD – 7 DevOps Values –
Measurement, Metrics & Reporting
DOFD – 8 DevOps Values: Sharing,
Shadowing and Reporting
continuous delivery and continuous
integration
The relationship between relevant 7
frameworks and standards and DevOps
Characteristics of a DevOps culture and 6
of culture change
The Deployment Pipeline, DevOps 5
toolchains and other automation
considerations
Common DevOps practices and related 2
processes
Responsibilities of key roles and 4
considerations relative to
organizational structure. Getting
started - adoption challenges, risks,
critical success factors and key
performance measures

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Concept and Terminology List
After studying this course, the candidate is expected to understand the following DevOps concepts and
vocabulary at a Blooms Level 1 and 2.

● Agile Manifesto ● Improvement kata

● Agile service management ● IT service management
● Agile software development ● Kanban
● Application Programming Interface (API) ● Lean production
● CALMS ● Lean thinking
● Change failure rate ● Lean tools
● Change fatigue ● Lean types of Waste (DOWNTIME)
● Change lead time ● Microservices
● ChatOps ● Open source
● Code commit ● Organizational culture
● Collaboration and communication ● Organizational considerations
● Collective Body of Knowledge (Cbok) ● Outcome economy
● Configuration management tools ● Pace-Layered Application Strategy
● Conflict management ● Process Model
● Constraint ● Rugged DevOps
● Containers ● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
● Continuous integration ● Scrum
● Continuous delivery ● Scrum roles, artifacts and events
● Continuous deployment ● Sharing opportunities
● Cultural debt ● Service
● Cycle time ● Shift left
● Deployment pipeline ● Simian Army/Chaos Monkey
● Deployment frequency ● Test driven development
● DevSecOps ● Testing (unit, acceptance, integration)
● DevOps ● The Three Ways
● DevOps metrics ● Theory of Constraints
● DevOps stakeholders ● DevOps toolchain
● DevOps teams ● Value stream mapping
● DevOps roles ● Variable speed IT
● Flow ● Velocity
● Golden Circle ● Waste
● High-performing organizations ● Waterfall
● Impediment
● Immersion

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