Application Architectures and Development Lifecycle DSE Practice Questions (Page 12)

Questions 56–60

1. 56application · medium

   A company wants to reduce the time between code commit and production deployment while maintaining quality. The development and operations teams currently work in silos. Which set of practices best addresses this?

   • AHave developers manually deploy to production after each change
   • BSeparate development and operations responsibilities completely
   • CAutomate builds and tests, integrate code frequently, and foster collaboration between dev and ops
   • DUse a monthly release cycle with no automated testing
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2. 57application · medium

   A development team is integrating security into their SDLC. They want to catch vulnerabilities early in the development process, ideally before code is merged. Which security testing practice should they add to their CI pipeline?

   • AStatic application security testing (SAST) on every commit.
   • BDynamic application security testing (DAST) on the production environment only.
   • CPenetration testing once a year.
   • DRuntime application self-protection (RASP) in production.
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4. 58foundation · easy

   What is a defining characteristic of the waterfall development model?

   • ADevelopment occurs in short iterations with continuous feedback.
   • BEach phase must be completed before the next phase begins, with no overlap.
   • CTesting is performed continuously throughout the development process.
   • DRequirements are allowed to change at any time during development.
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5. 59foundation · easy

   What is a key trade-off of a canary deployment compared to a blue-green deployment?

   • ACanary deployment updates all instances at once, which is faster but riskier.
   • BCanary deployment requires two full production environments, which is more costly.
   • CCanary deployment exposes the new version to a small subset of users first, allowing gradual rollout and monitoring.
   • DCanary deployment does not allow rollback if issues are found.
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6. 60foundation · easy

   How does a version control system support collaborative development?

   • ABy automatically fixing merge conflicts without developer input.
   • BBy locking files so only one developer can edit at a time.
   • CBy preventing any changes to the code after initial commit.
   • DBy allowing multiple developers to work on the same codebase simultaneously and merge changes.
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