Question 1

A merchant states the downtime during the deployment phase is too long. After analysis, it is determined the static content deployment is the longest process. Static content needs to be available immediately after deployment. How can the static content deployment time be reduced?

Accepted Answer

Moving static content deployment to the build phase allows it to be pre-generated, reducing the time needed during the deployment phase.

Question 2

You fixed an issue in a third-party extension using a patch named m2-hotfixes/extension-fix.patch . Before committing the patch to the repository you want to test it locally. How do you test a patch in a clean working copy?

Accepted Answer

The command `git apply m2-hotfixes/extension-fix.patch` is used to apply a patch to the working directory without committing it, allowing you to test the changes locally.

Question 3

You upgraded an integration branch in your Magento Commerce Cloud project, but received an error during the deploy phase. What are the two ways to review details about the deployment? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The answer of You upgraded an integration branch in your...

Question 4

You need to specify the admin password using an environment variable. You have created an environment variable env:ADMIN_PASSWORD with a valid password. When attempting to log in to the Magento Admin it is not accepting the new password. How do you correct the environment variable?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You need to specify the admin password...

Question 5

You need to increase the Admin Session Lifetime up to 86400 seconds for the branch named Integration and children branches, but not for the Staging and Production branches. How do you update this on the Integration branch and its child branches?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You need to increase the Admin Session...

Question 6

You want to exclude some themes from static assets generation only for integration environments. You are trying to choose where to set the SCD_EXCLUDE_THEMES variable in the .magento.env.yaml file or in the Project Web UI. What prevents the usage of the file?

Accepted Answer

The .magento.env.yaml file is meant for deployment configuration options, which are only applicable if static assets generation occurs during the deploy phase.

Question 7

The merchant wants to offer specific pricing in different currency markets, so you have set up multiple websites to cover each currency. Now they want customers to be directed to the appropriate website based on the country they are in. How do you configure this?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The merchant wants to offer specific pricing...

Question 8

After contacting Magento Support, you were advised to permanently enable the Redis disable_locking option. How do you implement this on a Production environment?

Accepted Answer

The correct way to permanently enable the Redis disable_locking option in a Magento Production environment is to modify the `app/etc/env.php` file and add `disable_locking: 1` inside the Redis session configuration block. This ensures that the setting is applied directly to the Magento configuration.

Question 9

A client has an in-house design team which manages content on their Magento Commerce Cloud project. This content is rapidly changing and they would like the ability to maintain their own stylesheets in a structured way without affecting site uptime. How do you achieve this on the Integration branch?

Accepted Answer

Creating a mount in the pub directory using the .magento.app.yaml file allows the client to manage stylesheets without affecting site uptime, as it provides a writable area for dynamic content updates.

Question 10

You want to improve the ability to monitor Production deployments by setting up an email notification system. How do you achieve this?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You want to improve the ability to...

Question 11

After deploying to Staging for the first time with the Fastly module installed, you notice that Fastly is not caching pages. Page caching works properly in a local development environment. What two steps are required to make Fastly cache pages? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

To make Fastly cache pages, you need to activate the module by setting the Caching Application to Fastly CDN and populate VCL in Fastly by clicking on Upload VCL to Fastly in the Magento admin.

Question 12

You need to directly access the database that belongs to your Integration environment from your local environment. How do you achieve this?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You need to directly access the database...

Question 13

You are adding a new website to the Magento store you manage. This website will run on the same instance of Magento to take advantage of shared integration processes When accessing the new website URL, it redirects to the original website. The files in /media/ and /static/ do not redirect. The correct URL is present in the website configuration. What step must you complete for the URL to stop redirecting?

Accepted Answer

Deploying an updated app/etc/config.php that includes the website URL will ensure that the URL is correctly configured and will stop the redirect.

Question 14

You are going to create a backup of an Integration branch before implementing some new feature. What are two ways to create the backup of the Integration branch? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The answer of You are going to create a backup...

Question 15

You need to test a data-related issue occurring on your Production environment. You replicate the data to your staging environment utilizing the Synchronization tool. When you access your staging environment, you are redirected to your Production environment. Your project is on the Starter plan. How do you prevent the redirect?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You need to test a data-related issue...

Question 16

To secure composer credentials you want to remove the auth.json file from the project repository. How do you do that?

Accepted Answer

The answer of To secure composer credentials you want to...

Question 17

Magento Support advises you to upgrade to the latest release of ece-tools matching the project's Magento Commerce version 2.3.1. How do you do that?

Accepted Answer

Running the command `composer update magento/ece-tools` will update the ece-tools package to the latest compatible version for the project's Magento Commerce version.

Question 18

Exploring the Production environment, you find MYSQL_USE_SLAVE_CONNECTION is enabled. What is the purpose of this setting?

Accepted Answer

This setting is used to direct read queries to the read-only slave servers, which helps in distributing the load and improving the overall performance of the database system by offloading read operations from the master server.

Question 19

After making changes to custom commands in the deploy and build phases, you deploy to Staging. The deployment takes much longer than expected, and Staging is in maintenance mode for most of this time. What do you do to reduce site downtime?

Accepted Answer

The answer of After making changes to custom commands in...

Question 20

You added the env:ADMIN_PASSWORD variable in the Project Web UI to change a Magento admin user's password. After deployment you are unable to login using the new password. What causes this?

Accepted Answer

Variables which are set using the Project Web UI are not available on the build phase, the admin password variable should be set in the .magento.env.yaml file

Exam 5: Magento Certified Professional Cloud Developer