4.11 Describe Components of a CI/CD Pipeline 350-201 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   What is a key advantage of blue-green deployment?

   • AIt eliminates the need for automated testing.
   • BIt deploys changes to a small subset of users first.
   • CIt allows for instant rollback by switching traffic back to the previous environment.
   • DIt requires no additional infrastructure or resources.
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2. 12application · medium

   A security automation team wants to ensure that a new version of a network scanning tool does not break existing functionality. They have a suite of tests that verify the tool's API responses and a set of tests that simulate a full scanning session. Which approach best balances speed and confidence?

   • ARun only end-to-end tests to save time.
   • BRun integration tests before unit tests to catch integration issues early.
   • CRun unit tests first, then integration tests, and finally end-to-end tests, stopping the pipeline if any fail.
   • DRun only unit tests to speed up the pipeline.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   Which activity is typically performed during the build stage of a CI/CD pipeline?

   • AMonitoring application performance in real-time.
   • BReviewing code changes for style and correctness.
   • CDeploying the application to production servers.
   • DCompiling source code into executable artifacts.
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5. 14application · medium

   A security operations team wants to deploy a new version of their intrusion detection system (IDS) with zero downtime. They plan to maintain two identical environments: one running the current version and one running the new version. After validating the new environment, they will switch all traffic to it. Which deployment strategy is this?

   • ABlue-green deployment
   • BRolling deployment
   • CRecreate deployment
   • DCanary deployment
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6. 15application · medium

   A company's CI/CD pipeline produces a signed RPM package for a security agent. The team needs to ensure that the exact package tested in the pipeline is the one deployed to production, and that they can retrieve any previous version for audit purposes. What should they do?

   • AStore the RPM in an artifact repository with a unique version number and use that version in the deployment stage.
   • BUpload the RPM to a shared network drive with a timestamp in the filename.
   • CKeep the RPM on the build server and copy it to production when needed.
   • DRebuild the RPM in the deployment stage from the source code to ensure it is fresh.
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