Continuous Integration

Question 1

Continuous integration is ____.
Select one:
a. The process of integrating builds with another build in the cloud
b. The process of integrating code daily and verifying changes with incremental builds
c. All of these
d. The process of integrating builds just before going live into production

Answer 1

d. The process of integrating builds just before going live into production

Question 2

A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the term used for a Jenkins build workflow that you configure for a project.
Select one:
a. Pipe 
b. Job
c. Workflow
d. Build

Answer 2

b. Job

Question 3

A \_\_\_\_\_\_ defines when a Jenkins will begin a build.
Select one:
a. Build step
b. Build configuration
c. Build trigger 
d. Build automation

Answer 3

c. Build trigger

Question 4

In what order are the phases of the default lifecycle executed?
Select one:
a. validate, test, compile, package, integration-test, verify, install, deploy
b. validate, compile, package, test, integration-test, verify, deploy, install
c. validate, compile, test, package, integration-test, verify, install, deploy
d. validate, compile, test, package, integration-test, deploy, install, verify

Answer 4

c. validate, compile, test, package, integration-test, verify, install, deploy

Question 5

True or False. Jenkins is usually combined with a source code management system like Git and a build agent like Maven.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

Answer 5

a. True

Question 6

What are the elements of a project's coordinates?
Select one:
a. project, version
b. group, artifact, version
c. groupId, artifactId, version 
d. company, project, versionNumber

Answer 6

c. groupId, artifactId, version

Question 7

What is a dependency?
Select one:
a. Another name for the POM file
b. An artifact that must be included in the build for the application to function properly
c. A collection of unit tests that must pass before the build is allowed to complete
d. A dependent or subordinate thing, especially a country or province controlled by another

Answer 7

b. An artifact that must be included in the build for the application to function properly

Question 8

What is a Maven goal?
Select one:
a. A project dependency that is resolved during compilation
b. To manage project resources, such as documents, developers, and source code
c. A task bound to zero or more build phases which contributes to the building and managing of a project
d. A directory structure template for building Maven applications

Answer 8

c. A task bound to zero or more build phases which contributes to the building and managing of a project

Question 9

What is an archetype?
Select one:
a. A task bound to zero or more build phases which contributes to the building and managing of a project
b. A project structure based on a template
c. None of the above
d. A JAR file required to build the project

Answer 9

b. A project structure based on a template

Question 10

What is Maven?
Select one:
a. None of the above
b. A build automation and project management tool
c. A unit testing framework
d. A database connectivity framework for Java

Answer 10

b. A build automation and project management tool

Question 11

What is the command to create a new project based on an archetype?
Select one:
a. mvn archetype:quickstart 
b. mvn archetype:create
c. mvn archetype:generate
d. mvn archetype:new

Answer 11

c. mvn archetype:generate

Question 12

What is the default location of your local repository?
Select one:
a. C:/.m2/repository
b. All of the above
c. userhome/.m2/repository 
d. userhome/m2/repository

Answer 12

c. userhome/.m2/repository

Question 13

What is the difference between the local and central repositories?
Select one:
a. The central repo is on your computer, whereas the local repo is an online repo of uploaded dependencies
b. The local repo is on your computer, whereas the central repo is an online repo of uploaded dependencies

Answer 13

b. The local repo is on your computer, whereas the central repo is an online repo of uploaded dependencies

Question 14

What is the POM?
Select one:
a. A Maven project template, including source and test directories
b. A representation of a Maven project held in a file named pom.txt
c. An XML representation of a Maven project held in a file named pom.xml
d. All of the above

Answer 14

c. An XML representation of a Maven project held in a file named pom.xml

Question 15

What would the command mvn clean do?
Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Both of the above
c. Removes the target directory with all the build data before starting the build process
d. Removes the source directory with all the build data before starting the build process

Answer 15

c. Removes the target directory with all the build data before starting the build process

Question 16

Which command is used to install a JAR file to your local repository?
Select one:
a. mvn install:install-file
b. mvn install:install-jar 
c. mvn install
d. mvn clean

Answer 16

a. mvn install:install-file

Question 17

Which is NOT a Maven build lifecycle?
Select one:
a. Default 
b. Clean
c. Integrate
d. Site

Answer 17

c. Integrate