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Start Deployment and Orchestration of ML Workflows PracticeAn ML pipeline uses SageMaker Processing to run a feature engineering script. The script takes a long time and the team wants to speed up pipeline execution. What is the MOST effective approach?
Explanation: Increasing the instance count for the SageMaker Processing step enables distributed execution of the feature engineering script across multiple nodes. SageMaker Processing supports distributed processing by default when you set the instance_count > 1, which can dramatically reduce wall-clock time for embarrassingly parallel workloads like feature engineering. This is the most effective approach because it directly parallelizes the computation without requiring code changes if the script is designed to work with distributed frameworks like PySpark or if the data is sharded appropriately.
A company uses SageMaker Model Registry to manage model versions. They want to automate the approval of models that pass automated evaluation, but require manual approval for others. Which Model Registry feature supports this workflow?
Explanation: SageMaker Model Registry supports an approval workflow that can be automated using a pipeline Condition step. The Condition step evaluates the model's metrics or metadata and, if the model passes the automated evaluation, it can automatically update the model package status to 'Approved'; otherwise, it remains 'PendingManualApproval' for a human to review. This directly satisfies the requirement of automating approval for passing models while requiring manual approval for others.
A team uses SageMaker Pipelines to train and evaluate a model. They want to run the training step only if the data quality check passes, otherwise skip. Which TWO pipeline step types are required? (Select TWO.)
Explanation: Option B (Condition step) is correct because SageMaker Pipelines uses a Condition step to evaluate a boolean expression (e.g., a PropertyFile or JsonGet on the data quality check output) and branch execution accordingly, which is exactly how the training step is skipped when the check fails. Option D (Training step) is correct because the scenario explicitly requires running the model training only when the data quality check passes, so the Training step must exist as the conditional branch target. The data quality check itself is performed by a Processing step, but the question asks which step types are required to conditionally run training, and the Training step is the one being gated. Option A (RegisterModel step) is not required because the scenario only covers training and evaluation, not model registration. Option C (Processing step) is used for the data quality check but is not one of the two step types the question asks for in this conditional-run context. Option E (Transform step) is for batch inference and is unrelated to conditional training.
A machine learning engineer needs to deploy a model that requires less than 100 ms inference latency for real-time predictions. The model is a small PyTorch model that fits in a single GPU. Which SageMaker inference option is MOST cost-effective for this scenario?
Explanation: Serverless inference is the most cost-effective option for a small model with low, intermittent traffic because it automatically scales to zero when not in use, so you only pay for the compute duration of each request. It supports sub-100ms latency for small models that fit in memory, and setting max concurrency to 10 caps the scaling to control costs. Unlike a real-time endpoint, there is no idle cost, making it ideal for spiky or unpredictable workloads.
A company has 200 small models (each ~100 MB) that serve different customers. They want to minimize costs while keeping low latency for each customer. Which SageMaker deployment approach is MOST suitable?
Explanation: A single multi-model endpoint (MME) on an ml.c5.large instance is the most suitable because it allows you to host up to 200 small models (each ~100 MB) on a single endpoint, dynamically loading and unloading models from Amazon EBS or Amazon EFS based on inference requests. This minimizes costs by sharing a single instance across all models while maintaining low latency for each customer, as the models are small enough to be cached in memory and loaded quickly on demand.
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