Maven - Online Quiz
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Q 1 - Which of the following is true about Maven?
A - Maven is a project management and comprehension tool.
B - Maven provides developers a complete build lifecycle framework.
Answer : C
Explanation
Maven is a project management and comprehension tool. Maven provides developers a complete build lifecycle framework.
Q 2 - Which of the following is true about 'build' Maven life cycle?
A - It cleans up artifacts created by prior builds.
B - This is used to build the application.
Answer : B
Explanation
default (or build) − This is used to build the application.
Q 3 - 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?
Answer : A
Explanation
integration-test phase processes and deploys the package if necessary into an environment where integration tests can be run.
Q 4 - Which of the following is a valid type of Maven repository?
Answer : D
Explanation
Maven repository are of three types: local, central, remote.
Q 5 - Which of the following is true about a SNAPSHOT build?
A - Maven will automatically fetch the latest SNAPSHOT everytime dependent project is built.
Answer : C
Explanation
Maven will automatically fetch the latest SNAPSHOT everytime dependent project is built. Unlike regular versions, Maven checks for a new SNAPSHOT version in a remote repository for every build.
Q 6 - Which of the following scope indicates that you have to provide the system path?
Answer : A
Explanation
system − This scope indicates that you have to provide the system path.
Q 7 - All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.
Answer : B
Explanation
All POM files require the project element and three mandatory fields: groupId, artifactId,version.
Q 8 - Which of the following is correct about groupId in Maven pom.xml?
A - This is an Id of project's group.
B - This is generally unique amongst an organization or a project.
Answer : C
Explanation
This is an Id of project's group. This is generally unique amongst an organization or a project. For example, a banking group com.company.bank has all bank related projects.
Q 9 - Which of the following phase in maven life cycle performs any operations necessary to prepare a package before the actual packaging?
Answer : C
Explanation
prepare-package performs any operations necessary to prepare a package before the actual packaging.
Q 10 - When dependency in local repository is not found, then Maven searches dependency in central repository.
Answer : A
Explanation
Maven searches dependency in central repository, if not found and remote repository/repositories is/are mentioned then searches in remote repositories else if found, then it is downloaded to local repository for future reference.
