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  1. A team uses AWS CodePipeline and wants to require manual approval before deploying to production. Which action type should they add to the pipeline?

    Answer: Manual Approval action

    A Manual Approval action pauses the pipeline and sends a notification, requiring a designated approver to approve or reject before execution continues.

  2. Which AWS OpsWorks layer type is responsible for load balancing traffic across application server instances?

    Answer: HAProxy Layer

    OpsWorks provides an HAProxy layer that automatically configures the HAProxy load balancer to distribute traffic across application server instances in the stack.

  3. When using AWS CloudFormation StackSets, what is a 'stack instance'?

    Answer: A reference to a stack in a specific account and region

    A stack instance is a reference to a stack that has been or will be deployed in a specific AWS account and region as part of a StackSet.

  4. A company wants to automatically roll back an AWS CodeDeploy deployment if error rates exceed a threshold. Which feature enables this?

    Answer: CloudWatch Alarms-based automatic rollback

    CodeDeploy supports automatic rollback triggered by CloudWatch alarms, reverting to the last known good revision if a specified alarm enters ALARM state during deployment.

  5. What is the maximum size of an AWS CloudFormation template that can be uploaded directly via the console or CLI?

    Answer: 51,200 bytes

    CloudFormation templates uploaded directly have a 51,200-byte (50KB) limit; larger templates must be stored in S3 and referenced by URL.

  6. Which AWS Systems Manager capability allows you to create and manage a predefined set of operating system configurations as versioned documents?

    Answer: State Manager

    AWS Systems Manager State Manager uses association documents to define and maintain desired configuration states on managed instances, tracking compliance over time.

  7. A developer uses AWS Elastic Beanstalk and needs to deploy a new version while keeping the old version running until validation completes. Which deployment policy should they choose?

    Answer: Immutable

    The Immutable deployment policy launches a full set of new instances with the new version alongside existing instances, only replacing the old ones after health checks pass.