6.3 Deployment and Release Management PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A company wants to provision identical environments for development, testing, and production using Terraform. They want to avoid configuration drift and ensure that changes are reviewed before being applied. Which practice should they adopt?

   • AUse separate Terraform configurations for each environment with no shared modules
   • BStore Terraform configurations in a Git repository and use a CI/CD pipeline to run terraform plan and apply
   • CUse Terraform workspaces to manage each environment with the same configuration
   • DRun terraform apply directly from a developer's laptop
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2. 7application · medium

   A company's CI/CD pipeline needs to deploy an application that requires a database password. They want to avoid storing the password in the source repository and ensure it is available only to the deployment process. Which approach should they use?

   • APut the password in a configuration file in the repository
   • BStore the password in a Cloud Storage bucket with public read access
   • CUse Cloud Secret Manager to store the password and retrieve it during deployment
   • DHard-code the password in the application code
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4. 8application · medium

   A team wants to implement a CI/CD pipeline that automatically builds, tests, and deploys their application to Google Kubernetes Engine. They also need to ensure that only authorized personnel can deploy to production. Which combination of services should they use?

   • ACloud Functions to deploy the application and Cloud Scheduler to trigger it
   • BCloud Run with a manual deployment process
   • CApp Engine with automatic scaling and no manual deployment
   • DCloud Build with a trigger on the main branch and IAM roles to restrict deployment permissions
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5. 9application · medium

   A team manages multiple environments (dev, staging, prod) for a Compute Engine application. They want to ensure that configuration values like API keys and database connection strings are not hard-coded in the application code and are managed consistently. Which approach should they use?

   • AUse environment variables in each environment and manage them via Deployment Manager
   • BUse a configuration file that is manually copied to each server
   • CEmbed configuration in the application binary during build
   • DStore all configuration in a text file in the source repository
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of configuration management tools like Terraform or Deployment Manager?

   • ATo monitor application performance in real time
   • BTo define and manage infrastructure resources in a declarative way
   • CTo write and debug application code
   • DTo manage user authentication and authorization
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