Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions — Question 18

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You use Azure Pipelines to build and test a React.js application.
You have a pipeline that has a single job.
You discover that installing JavaScript packages from npm takes approximately five minutes each time you run the pipeline.
You need to recommend a solution to reduce the pipeline execution time.
Solution: You recommend defining a container job that uses a custom container that has the JavaScript packages preinstalled.
Does this meet the goal?

Answer options

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The solution does not meet the goal because while a custom container with preinstalled packages could save time in some contexts, the pipeline execution time may still be impacted by other factors, such as network latency or the overhead of pulling the container itself. Additionally, if the packages need to be frequently updated, this approach might not provide the expected time savings.