Cloud Automation GCLD Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   Which cloud provider offers the 'Azure Automation' service?

   • AAmazon Web Services (AWS)
   • BOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
   • CGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)
   • DMicrosoft Azure
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2. 17expert · hard

   A company wants to automate the enforcement of data retention policies for objects stored in Amazon S3. They need to ensure that objects older than 90 days are automatically transitioned to S3 Glacier, and objects older than 365 days are deleted. The solution must be cost-effective and require no custom code. Which approach should they use?

   • AUse AWS Lambda functions triggered by S3 events to move and delete objects.
   • BUse AWS Batch to run a nightly job that scans and transitions objects.
   • CUse S3 Intelligent-Tiering to automatically move objects between access tiers.
   • DConfigure an S3 Lifecycle policy on the bucket with transition and expiration actions.
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4. 18expert · hard

   A company is adopting Terraform to manage infrastructure across AWS and Azure. The team wants to ensure that changes are reviewed and that the Terraform state file is protected, because it contains sensitive information. The team also wants to enable collaboration among multiple engineers. Which approach best meets these requirements?

   • AKeep the state file in a public Git repository for easy access by the team.
   • BUse a shared network drive to store the state file and rely on file locking.
   • CStore the Terraform state file in a remote backend with encryption and access controls, and use a Git-based workflow with pull requests for code review.
   • DStore the state file locally on each engineer's machine and merge changes manually.
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5. 19expert · hard

   A DevOps team is building a CI/CD pipeline for a microservices application. They want to implement automated testing at multiple stages: unit tests, integration tests, and security scans. They also want to ensure that the pipeline fails fast and provides clear feedback to developers. Which pipeline design best achieves these goals?

   • ARun unit tests in the build stage, integration tests in a separate stage, and security scans in another stage, with each stage failing independently.
   • BRun all tests in parallel in separate pipelines and merge results at the end.
   • CRun unit tests, then integration tests, then security scans in a single build stage, and fail the pipeline at the first failure.
   • DRun unit tests only in the pipeline and perform integration and security tests manually before release.
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6. 20application · medium

   A startup uses Terraform to provision all AWS resources. They need to ensure that any manual change to a resource's configuration made directly in the AWS console is detected and corrected automatically. Which approach best meets this requirement?

   • AConfigure a scheduled job that runs `terraform plan -detailed-exitcode` and triggers `terraform apply` when drift is detected.
   • BSet up AWS Config rules to alert the security team when a resource configuration changes.
   • CUse a CI/CD pipeline that runs `terraform plan` and `terraform apply` on every commit to the main branch.
   • DRun `terraform plan` periodically and apply the output manually after review.
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