Why is serverless a vital technological advancement

Cloud Data Engineering

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1

Why is serverless a vital technological advancement?

1 / 1 point

Minimizes the technical overhead in building services

It is in Python

The software is “no-code.”

You got it! Serverless minimizes the technical overhead in building services.

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Question 2

Why would a developer use AWS Lambda and a Dockerfile?

1 / 1 point

It is a requirement

Standardized development workflow

It works with Python

You got it! By adding a Dockerfile it allows familiar software engineering paradigms.

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Question 3

Where can AWS SAM be used?

1 / 1 point

To build serverless applications on AWS

AWS EC2

AWS EBS

You got it! AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) is an open-source framework for building serverless AWS applications.

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Question 4

Why is event-driven programming similar to the lightbulb in your garage?

1 / 1 point

It has a programmatic invocation via AWS

Lightbulbs respond to multiple signals

It runs manually

You got it! A light bulb in a garage can turn on if the door opens, if it is switched on, or on a timer.

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Question 5

What is an example of an AWS Lambda Trigger?

1 / 1 point

Python

Boto3

API Gateway

You got it! API Gateway is a trigger for an AWS Lambda function in that an API request will invoke the function.

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Question 6

What are architectural best practices to contemplate when using serverless?

1 / 1 point

Connecting to a message bus

Synchronous design

Long-running processes

You got it! Connecting to a message queue such as Amazon SQS is a helpful design pattern due to offloading state.

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Question 7

Why would you use a command-line tool (CLI) to invoke an AWS Lambda function?

1 / 1 point

To build a REST API

Rapid prototyping

To serve out HTTP traffic

You got it! Command-line tools are an effective way to do rapid prototyping.

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Question 8

What is a good use case for serverless?

1 / 1 point

Long-running process

Data Engineering

Desktop App

You got it! Serverless is ideal for Data Engineering work because a data pipeline is event-based.

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Question 9

Why is serverless also called FaaS or Function as a Service?

1 / 1 point

It run on bare metal

A function is the core component of serverless

It requires Object-Oriented (OO) programming

You got it! Serverless technology is the ability to use functions at scale.

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Question 10

Why are containers often involved in serverless architectures?

1 / 1 point

Increases Memory

Increases CPU

Containers map well to functions

You got it! Containers map closely to the concept of Function as a Service.

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