GH-600 Practice Questions — Free & Original
A sample of GH-600-style practice questions with full explanations — written from the public exam objectives, in plain English. Use them to see how the exam thinks, then practice the full quizzes free.
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Sample GH-600 practice questions
Read the scenario, pick your answer, then reveal the explanation. These mirror the style of the exam — practical, scenario-based — across the six domains.
An agent repeatedly calls an external API but keeps failing — it's passing the wrong parameters. What is the best first fix?
- A. Give the agent more tools to choose from
- B. Tighten the tool's definition and scope its permissions so the correct call is the obvious one
- C. Increase the agent's autonomy so it can retry freely
- D. Remove the human review step to speed things up
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B. Most "agentic" failures are tool misuse — wrong API, wrong parameters, or not returning the result to the loop. Clearer tool definitions and least-privilege permissions fix the cause. More tools (A) or more autonomy (C) make it worse; removing review (D) removes a safety net.
Why would you configure an agent to produce a structured plan and have it approved before it takes any action?
- A. It makes the agent run faster
- B. It lets a human validate the intent before any irreversible work happens
- C. It removes the need for logging
- D. It lets the agent skip evaluation later
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B. Separating planning from execution, and gating action on an approved plan, lets a human catch a wrong approach before code is written or changes are made — especially valuable for risky or hard-to-reverse work.
Which agent action most clearly requires a human-in-the-loop approval?
- A. Reading a file in the repository
- B. Running the test suite
- C. Force-deleting a production branch (an irreversible, high-risk change)
- D. Adding a comment to a pull request
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C. Guardrails should require explicit authorization for irreversible or compliance-sensitive actions. Low-risk, reversible actions (A, B, D) can stay autonomous so you don't slow delivery for no real risk reduction.
An agent is working a long, multi-step task and starts repeating steps it already finished. What's the most likely fix?
- A. Give it a bigger model
- B. Capture task progress and decisions as durable artifacts it can resume from
- C. Delete all of its memory between steps
- D. Let it run more agents in parallel
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B. Persisting progress and decisions as durable artifacts lets the agent resume where it left off without redoing work or diverging from earlier decisions — that's how you manage state and prevent drift.
Two agents working in parallel both edit the same file and produce conflicting changes. Which approach best prevents this?
- A. Run them faster
- B. Give both agents admin permissions
- C. Isolate each agent's work (e.g., separate branches/scope) and apply an orchestration pattern to coordinate them
- D. Turn off logging to avoid noise
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C. Multi-agent coordination is about isolation + orchestration: scope each agent's work so they don't collide, and use a coordination pattern to detect and resolve overlaps. Broad permissions (B) increase risk, not safety.
An agent produced a wrong result. Where do you look first to find the root cause?
- A. The agent's logs, plan, traces, outputs, and workflow artifacts
- B. The number of stars on the repository
- C. The agent's autonomy level only
- D. Nowhere — just rerun it until it works
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A. Failure analysis starts with the evidence the agent leaves behind — logs, the plan it made, traces, its outputs, and workflow artifacts — so you can classify the root cause (reasoning error, tool misuse, or context/environment issue) and tune from there.
Want the full set? Take the free quizzes
These six are a taster. The free course has a quiz at the end of every lesson, plus domain quizzes — so you practice as you learn, and the site tracks what you've mastered.
How to use practice questions well
- Understand, don't memorize. If you can explain why the right answer is right, a reworded question won't trip you.
- Aim high before you book. A common rule of thumb is to score comfortably (around 85%+) on practice before sitting the real exam.
- Focus on failure modes. Many GH-600 scenarios ask what goes wrong and how to fix it — especially around tools.
- Weight your time by domain. Tool use (Domain 2) is the largest slice of the exam — see the exam guide for all six weights.
FAQ
Are these real GH-600 exam questions?
No. They're original questions we wrote from the public objectives to teach the concepts. We don't use or share real or leaked exam content — that breaks the certification agreement and doesn't help you learn.
Are GH-600 practice questions free here?
Yes — these samples and the full quizzes in the course are free, no signup.
Are "exam dumps" safe to use?
No. Using leaked exam questions can get your certification revoked, and memorizing them doesn't build real understanding. Original practice plus learning the material is the reliable way to pass.
How many questions are on the real GH-600?
Around 40–60 questions in 120 minutes, with a passing score of 700/1000 (per the official study guide). Confirm details on the official exam page.
More GH-600 guides
- GH-600 exam guide — exam format, passing score, and the six domains with weights.
- Is the GH-600 worth it? — who it's for, what it costs, and how hard it is.
- The full free GH-600 course → — learn it from zero, one lesson at a time.
Unofficial. Not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed by, or sponsored by GitHub, Inc. or Microsoft Corporation. “GitHub”, “GitHub Copilot”, and “GH-600” are trademarks of their respective owners, referenced here for identification and study purposes only. These are original study questions, not official or actual exam content. For the official guide, see Microsoft Learn.