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Question 1easymultiple choice

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A DevOps engineer wants to build a CI/CD pipeline that automatically builds and tests code every time a developer pushes a new branch to a Git repository. Which Cloud Build trigger type should they use?

Trap 1: Scheduled trigger

Scheduled triggers run on a time basis, not on events.

Trap 2: Manual trigger

Manual triggers require explicit invocation, not automatic on push.

Trap 3: Pull request trigger

PR triggers react to pull requests, not direct pushes.

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A
Scheduled trigger
Why wrong: Scheduled triggers run on a time basis, not on events.
B
Manual trigger
Why wrong: Manual triggers require explicit invocation, not automatic on push.
C
Push to any branch trigger
This trigger fires on any branch push, including new branches.
D
Pull request trigger
Why wrong: PR triggers react to pull requests, not direct pushes.

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Building and Implementing CI/CD Pipelines for a Service questions

A DevOps engineer wants to build a CI/CD pipeline that automatically builds and tests code every time a developer pushes a new branch to a Git repository. Which Cloud Build trigger type should they use?

A team uses Cloud Build to build a Docker image and push it to Artifact Registry. They need to cache Docker layers to speed up subsequent builds. The build runs on a private pool with access to a VPC. Which caching approach should they implement in cloudbuild.yaml?

An engineer configures Cloud Deploy to promote a container to production after manual approval. The deployment strategy must gradually shift traffic from the current version to the new version while monitoring error rates. Which deployment strategy should they select in the delivery pipeline?

A company uses Cloud Build to deploy to Cloud Run. They need to test a new revision with a specific tag without serving any live traffic. After validation, they want to shift 10% of traffic to the new revision. Which two gcloud commands should they use?

A team wants to adopt GitOps for a GKE cluster. They need a solution that automatically syncs their Kubernetes manifests from a Git repository to the cluster and ensures the cluster state matches the repo. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

An engineer is configuring a Cloud Build trigger for a Java application. The build step uses Maven to compile and test, then builds a Docker image. Which cloudbuild.yaml step configuration is CORRECT for specifying the Maven command?

A team uses Cloud Build with a private pool to build a Docker image that requires access to a Cloud SQL instance. The build fails because the builder cannot connect to the database. The network configuration uses VPC Service Controls. What is the MOST likely cause and solution?

A company uses Artifact Registry to store Docker images. They want to enforce that only images signed by a trusted authority can be deployed to their GKE cluster. Which service should they use with Artifact Registry?

An engineer is building a CI/CD pipeline for a microservice that uses feature flags via LaunchDarkly. They want to automatically enable a new feature flag in a staging environment after deployment, but not in production. How should they integrate this into Cloud Deploy?

A team uses Cloud Build to deploy a Python service to Cloud Run. They need to ensure the service uses a custom domain and only accepts HTTPS traffic. Which flags should they include in the gcloud run deploy command?

A company uses Cloud Build to build a multi-module Maven project. They want to run unit tests for module A and integration tests for module B in parallel. In cloudbuild.yaml, how should they configure the steps to run in parallel?

A developer needs to push a Docker image to Artifact Registry from their local machine. They have installed the gcloud CLI. Which command should they run first to authenticate Docker with Artifact Registry?

A company uses Cloud Deploy for a CD pipeline to Cloud Run. They want to implement a canary deployment that automatically rolls back if the error rate increases by more than 5% during the canary phase. Which TWO actions should they take?

A team uses Cloud Build to build and deploy a Go application to GKE. They need to inject the Git commit SHA as an environment variable in the deployment. Which THREE steps should they take?

A company wants to enforce that only approved images from Artifact Registry can be deployed to their GKE clusters. They also want to ensure that images are scanned for vulnerabilities. Which TWO services should they use together?

An engineering team wants to automatically build a Docker image every time a developer pushes code to the main branch of their GitHub repository. They are using Cloud Build. Which configuration should they use?

A developer needs to authenticate to Artifact Registry from a CI/CD pipeline that runs on Compute Engine. The pipeline does not have access to user credentials. Which authentication method should they use?

A team uses Cloud Deploy to manage deployments to GKE. They want to automatically roll back to the previous revision if a canary deployment fails health checks. What should they configure?

A company wants to enforce that only container images signed by their CI/CD pipeline can be deployed to GKE. Which two services should they use together?

A DevOps engineer is configuring a Cloud Build pipeline that needs to deploy to a Cloud Run service in a VPC Service Controls perimeter. The build must access resources within the VPC. What should they use?

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