A developer is testing a Lambda function that sends an email using Amazon SES. To avoid sending real emails during unit tests, what is the best approach?

Mock the SES client in the Lambda function's code

Set the Lambda function's environment variable to disable email sending

Use a test email address that is not monitored

A developer wants to test an event-driven application that processes messages from an Amazon SQS queue. What is the best way to simulate a message for testing?

Invoke the Lambda function directly with a sample event

Create a new SQS queue for testing

Send a test message to the SQS queue

Use the AWS Console to view queue metrics

A developer is testing an event-driven application that uses Amazon EventBridge. What is the most direct way to validate that the event pattern matches and the target is invoked?

Publish a test event to the event bus

Invoke the target Lambda function directly

Review the EventBridge rules in the console

Check the CloudWatch Logs for the event bus

A developer has an API Gateway API with a 'prod' stage. The developer wants to test a new version of the API without affecting the production stage. What is the best approach?

Use the API Gateway console's test feature to test the new version.

Update the 'prod' stage with the new version and test it.

Create a new stage named 'dev' and deploy the new version to that stage.

Create a new API Gateway API and deploy it to the 'prod' stage.

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A developer is testing a Lambda function that sends an email using Amazon SES. To avoid sending real emails during unit tests, what is the best approach?
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A developer has deployed a new version of a Lambda function that processes SQS messages. The developer wants to monitor the function for errors and see the execution trace for each message. Which AWS services should the developer use?
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8foundation · easy
A developer wants to test an event-driven application that processes messages from an Amazon SQS queue. What is the best way to simulate a message for testing?
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9foundation · easy
A developer is testing an event-driven application that uses Amazon EventBridge. What is the most direct way to validate that the event pattern matches and the target is invoked?
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10application · medium
A developer has an API Gateway API with a 'prod' stage. The developer wants to test a new version of the API without affecting the production stage. What is the best approach?
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