AZ400-Q: distinguish approval from automated check

A production release requires a human business decision and a separate automated validation that no active Sev-1 incident exists. How should the environment be configured?

  • A) Use one free-form pipeline variable for both requirements.
  • B) Configure a human approval and a separate automated check on the protected environment. ✓
  • C) Put the Sev-1 status in the application README.
  • D) Grant the pipeline Owner so it can decide.

Answer: B. A human approval and an automated health/change check represent distinct controls and evidence. Both can gate the same deployment environment.

Why not the others: Variables/docs are not enforced checks; pipeline Owner is not a business approval.

deployment-environment · environment-approvals · dynamic-approval-checks