Question 480
A new table was manually added in production and may conflict with the next declarative deployment. What should a technical reviewer verify before approving completion?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Schema drift occurs when deployed objects differ from version-controlled declarative models. The observation “The unexpected object or configuration is reported before any destructive deployment” directly confirms the chosen action worked for this situation: A new table was manually added in production and may conflict with the next declarative deployment.
Incorrect Answers
Build validation checks syntax/schema dependencies; tests verify behavior and interactions. This observation would not establish that the required result occurred for A new table was manually added in production and may conflict with the next declarative deployment. The confirming test is: The unexpected object or configuration is reported before any destructive deployment.
Promoting the same validated artifact strengthens release traceability and reduces environment divergence. This observation would not establish that the required result occurred for A new table was manually added in production and may conflict with the next declarative deployment. The confirming test is: The unexpected object or configuration is reported before any destructive deployment.
Always Encrypted keeps protected data encrypted from the SQL engine when client drivers manage keys. This observation would not establish that the required result occurred for A new table was manually added in production and may conflict with the next declarative deployment. The confirming test is: The unexpected object or configuration is reported before any destructive deployment.