AWS AWS DevOps and Developer Tools 5

Question 1

Which CodePipeline integration allows you to automatically trigger a pipeline when a pull request is opened in a GitHub repository?

Accepted Answer

Amazon EventBridge with CodeStar Connections

Answer

CodeStar Connections paired with EventBridge enables webhooks from GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab to automatically trigger CodePipeline executions on PR events.

Question 2

In CodeBuild, which cache type stores dependencies in an Amazon S3 bucket to speed up subsequent builds?

Accepted Answer

S3 cache

Answer

S3 cache in CodeBuild uploads cached directories to an S3 bucket after a build and downloads them at the start of the next build to reduce dependency installation time.

Question 3

What does the 'canary' deployment configuration in AWS CodeDeploy do?

Accepted Answer

Shifts a small percentage of traffic to the new version first, then completes the rollout

Answer

Canary configurations route a small initial percentage of traffic (e.g., 10%) to the new deployment, wait for validation, then shift the remaining traffic.

Question 4

Which AWS service provides a managed Git repository hosting service fully integrated with AWS IAM for access control?

Accepted Answer

AWS CodeCommit

Answer

AWS CodeCommit is a fully managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories with IAM-based authentication and authorization.

Question 5

When using AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model), what command packages and deploys your serverless application?

Accepted Answer

sam build && sam deploy

Answer

'sam build' compiles the application and 'sam deploy' uploads artifacts to S3 and deploys the CloudFormation stack for serverless resources.

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