CI/CD in MDC3 stands for which of the following?

• A. Continuous Improvement/Continuous Delivery
• B. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment
• C. Code Integration/Controlled Deployment
• D. Centralized Information/Data Control

Answer: (B)

CI/CD is about automating both the building and releasing of software. Continuous Integration means developers frequently merge changes into a shared codebase, with automatic builds and tests running to catch integration problems early. This keeps the software in a deployable state. Continuous Deployment takes those validated changes and pushes them into production automatically, so once something passes the tests and checks, it goes live without manual steps. The combination describes a flow where code is integrated continuously and releases happen automatically after passing quality checks.

The other phrases don’t fit this commonly used pipeline concept. Continuous Improvement/Continuous Delivery uses different terminology, where delivery implies readiness to release but not necessarily automatic deployment. Code Integration/Controlled Deployment and Centralized Information/Data Control aren’t standard terms for the release automation process described by CI/CD.