Deployment Strategies Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. Which deployment strategy involves running the new version of an application alongside the old version, gradually shifting traffic until the old version is decommissioned?
2. In a Blue-Green deployment strategy, what is the primary purpose of maintaining two identical production environments?
3. Which deployment strategy is considered the most disruptive because it requires terminating all existing instances of the old version before starting the new version?
4. You are deploying a database-backed application and need to ensure that the database schema migration is backward compatible. Which strategy is best suited for minimizing user-facing errors during the transition?
5. When implementing a Canary deployment using a service mesh, how is traffic shifting typically managed to ensure safety?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.