DevOps Engineering on AWS Certification SDLC Automation and CI/CD Pipelines 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS CodeDeploy deployment type is supported for AWS Lambda functions?
- In-place
- Rolling
- Blue/green (Correct answer)
- Immutable
Correct answer: Blue/green
AWS Lambda deployments only support blue/green deployments, which shift traffic between Lambda function versions using aliases.
Question 2: In a CodePipeline, where must build artifacts be stored when passed between stages?
- Amazon EFS
- Amazon S3 (Correct answer)
- AWS CodeCommit
- Amazon DynamoDB
Correct answer: Amazon S3
CodePipeline uses Amazon S3 as the artifact store to pass build artifacts between pipeline stages.
Question 3: Which CodeDeploy appspec.yml section defines the scripts to run at each lifecycle event hook for an EC2 deployment?
- Resources
- Hooks (Correct answer)
- Files
- Permissions
Correct answer: Hooks
The Hooks section of appspec.yml specifies the scripts to run at each lifecycle event hook during a CodeDeploy deployment.
Question 4: A CodeBuild project needs to cache Maven dependencies between builds. Which cache type should be configured?
- No cache
- Amazon S3 cache (Correct answer)
- Local cache
- ElastiCache
Correct answer: Amazon S3 cache
Amazon S3 cache in CodeBuild stores and retrieves build dependencies between builds, reducing build time for projects like Maven.
Question 5: Which CodePipeline action category is used to deploy artifacts to AWS CloudFormation?
- Source
- Build
- Test
- Deploy (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Deploy
The Deploy action category in CodePipeline handles deployment tasks, including deploying stacks using AWS CloudFormation.
Question 6: What feature of AWS CodeDeploy allows automatic rollback when a deployment triggers a CloudWatch alarm?
- Deployment group rollback policy
- Automatic rollback configuration (Correct answer)
- Deployment health threshold
- Lifecycle event timeout
Correct answer: Automatic rollback configuration
Automatic rollback configuration in CodeDeploy can be set to roll back deployments when specified CloudWatch alarms are triggered.
DevOps Engineering on AWS Certification SDLC Automation and CI/CD Pipelines 2
Which AWS CodeDeploy deployment type is supported for AWS Lambda functions?