Maven - Online Quiz

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Q 1 - Which of the following is true about Maven?

A - Development team can automate the project's build infrastructure in almost no time using Maven.

B - Maven uses a standard directory layout and a default build lifecycle.

C - Both of the above.

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

Development team can automate the project's build infrastructure in almost no time as Maven uses a standard directory layout and a default build lifecycle.

Q 2 - Which of the following is true about 'clean' Maven life cycle?

A - It cleans up artifacts created by prior builds.

B - This is used to build the application.

C - This generates site documentation for the project.

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

clean: cleans up artifacts created by prior builds.

Q 3 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle compiles the source code of the project?

Answer : B

Explanation

compile phase compile the source code of the project.

Q 4 - Which of the Build Profile is defined in Maven global settings xml file (%M2_HOME%/conf/settings.xml)?

A - Per Project

B - Per User

C - Global

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

Global − Defined in Maven global settings xml file (%M2_HOME%/conf/settings.xml).

Q 5 - Which of the following maven plugin executes during the site generation and they should be configured in the element of the pom.xml?

A - Build plugins

B - Reporting plugins

C - Both of the above

D - None of the above.

Answer : B

Explanation

Reporting plugins − They execute during the site generation and they should be configured in the element of the pom.xml.

Q 6 - Which of the following scope is the default scope?

Answer : A

Explanation

compile − This scope indicates that dependency is available in classpath of project. It is default scope.

Q 7 - All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.

A - false

B - true

Answer : B

Explanation

All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.

Q 8 - Root element of POM.xml is project.

A - true

B - false

Answer : A

Explanation

Root element of POM.xml is project.

Q 9 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle post-processes the generated files from compilation, for example to do bytecode enhancement/optimization on Java classes?

A - process-classes

B - process-test-sources

C - process-test-classes

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

process-classes post-processes the generated files from compilation, for example to do bytecode enhancement/optimization on Java classes.

Q 10 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle processes and deploys the package if necessary into an environment where integration tests can be run?

A - process-resources

B - pre-integration-test

C - integration-test

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

integration-test processes and deploys the package if necessary into an environment where integration tests can be run.

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