Given a Complex Customer Scenario Ability, Identify the Appropriate Use of Source Control, Automated Test, and Deployment Tools and Demonstrate the Ability to Articulate the Process Involved. DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6expert · hard

   A large Salesforce enterprise has a strict compliance requirement: every production deployment must be approved by two separate managers, and the entire deployment history must be retained for seven years. They also need to support multiple lines of business, each with its own release cadence and sandbox environments. The team currently uses Jenkins and GitLab. Which deployment tool should the architect recommend?

   • AGitLab CI/CD with environment approvals and audit logs
   • BCopado with dual approval gates and built-in audit trail
   • CJenkins with a custom approval plugin and audit logging
   • DA combination of Jenkins for CI and a custom script for deployment approvals
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2. 7application · medium

   A Salesforce org has a strict change advisory board (CAB) that requires a formal approval before any production deployment. The team uses Jenkins for CI and wants to automate the deployment pipeline but must pause before the production stage until a CAB member approves. Which deployment tool feature should the architect use?

   • AA Jenkins pipeline that deploys to production immediately after tests pass
   • BJenkins input step that pauses the pipeline and waits for a human approval
   • CA Jenkins job that sends an email to the CAB but continues deployment
   • DA scheduled Jenkins job that deploys to production at a fixed time
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4. 8foundation · easy

   A customer needs an automated testing tool that can run end-to-end tests on a web application and integrate with their CI/CD pipeline. Which tool is most appropriate?

   • APostman
   • BJUnit
   • CJMeter
   • DSelenium
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5. 9application · medium

   A Salesforce team is deploying a new Lightning Web Component (LWC) that changes the UI. They want to run automated UI tests against a scratch org before merging to main. The team uses GitHub Actions and wants to avoid maintaining a separate Selenium grid. Which testing approach should they use?

   • ADeploy to a full sandbox and run UI tests there, but only after merging to main
   • BRun UI tests manually on a developer's local machine before merging
   • CRun Jest tests for LWC in a GitHub Actions job, but skip UI tests because they are too complex
   • DUse a GitHub Actions job with a headless Chrome browser to run UI tests against the scratch org
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is the role of a deployment tool in relation to the CI/CD pipeline?

   • AIt runs unit tests on the code
   • BIt manages source code versions
   • CIt deploys the artifacts produced by the build and test stages to target environments
   • DIt compiles the source code
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