What is a feedback loop in the context of CI/CD?

The process of using information from tests and monitoring to improve the application and pipeline

The automatic generation of code documentation

The storage of build artifacts in a central repository

The manual approval process for production deployments

What is the main purpose of automated tests in the continuous integration (CI) stage?

To deploy the application to production automatically

To generate documentation for the application

To validate that code changes do not break existing functionality

To replace the need for manual code reviews

Which practice is a security best practice for CI/CD pipelines?

Disabling all security scans to speed up the pipeline

Storing secrets in a dedicated secrets manager and referencing them in the pipeline

Embedding API keys directly in the pipeline configuration file

Granting all developers admin access to the CI/CD system

A company uses a CI/CD pipeline to build and deploy containerized applications. They want to ensure that only approved and secure container images are deployed to production. Which security control should they implement?

Use the latest tag for all container images to ensure they are up to date.

Sign container images and verify the signature in the deployment stage.

Store container images in a public registry for transparency.

Disable authentication to the container registry to speed up deployments.

What is the typical purpose of a staging environment in a CI/CD pipeline?

To serve as the primary environment for developers to write code

To run unit tests on every commit

To closely mimic the production environment for final validation before release

To store build artifacts permanently

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4. Describe Components for a CI/CD Pipeline in Application Deployments 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 7)

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What is a feedback loop in the context of CI/CD?
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A company uses a CI/CD pipeline to build and deploy containerized applications. They want to ensure that only approved and secure container images are deployed to production. Which security control should they implement?
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