This DVA-C02 practice question tests your understanding of deployment. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A developer is deploying a new version of a Lambda function using an AWS CodePipeline pipeline. The deployment fails during the 'Deploy' stage with an error indicating that the function's code is too large. What should the developer do to resolve this issue?
Upload the Lambda deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it from the function
S3 allows larger packages.
Increase the Lambda function's timeout setting
Why wrong: Timeout is unrelated to code size.
Use Amazon CloudFront to distribute the Lambda code
Why wrong: CloudFront is for content delivery, not Lambda.
Enable AWS X-Ray tracing on the Lambda function
Why wrong: X-Ray is for debugging, not code size.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Upload the Lambda deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it from the function
Option C is correct because Lambda has a deployment package size limit of 50 MB for direct upload via the console or API. For larger packages, developers should upload the deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it. Option A is incorrect because increasing the Lambda timeout does not affect code size. Option B is incorrect because Lambda does not support X-Ray for code size issues. Option D is incorrect because CloudFront is a CDN, not a solution for Lambda package size.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Upload the Lambda deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it from the function
Why this is correct
S3 allows larger packages.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Increase the Lambda function's timeout setting
Why it's wrong here
Timeout is unrelated to code size.
Use Amazon CloudFront to distribute the Lambda code
Why it's wrong here
CloudFront is for content delivery, not Lambda.
Enable AWS X-Ray tracing on the Lambda function
Why it's wrong here
X-Ray is for debugging, not code size.
Common exam traps
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Detailed technical explanation
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Deployment — This question tests Deployment — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Upload the Lambda deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it from the function — Option C is correct because Lambda has a deployment package size limit of 50 MB for direct upload via the console or API. For larger packages, developers should upload the deployment package to Amazon S3 and reference it. Option A is incorrect because increasing the Lambda timeout does not affect code size. Option B is incorrect because Lambda does not support X-Ray for code size issues. Option D is incorrect because CloudFront is a CDN, not a solution for Lambda package size.
Identify which DVA-C02 exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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